About

So, you’d like to know more about me, eh? Right then…

So, who’s this “dotjay” bloke?

I’m Jon Gibbins, a Web engineer and accessibility consultant from the UK.

I am an administrator for the Guild of Accessible Web Designers (GAWDS), helping the Guild where I can and discussing the latest Web accessibility issues on the mailing list. I’m also a moderator on Accessify Forum, which has been helping Web designers with accessibility since 2003.

The name “dotjay” is derived from a nickname I had while at university, where I studied for my Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering with Music Technology Systems.

I am currently interface and application developer at Grow Collective, a Web design co-operative based in Bristol.

What’s this site then?

dotjay.co.uk is my personal site, where I get to play with some experiments or rant about things on my blog. Besides that, it is somewhere I can pull together the little bits of me that lie sprawled across the Web into something a little more coherent. It is a creative outlet. It is my online laboratory. It is somewhere I can stay in touch with friends, and maybe make a few new ones.

What do you blog about?

Most blogs have a theme of some sort. Up to now, my blog has generally contained random musings while occasionally touching on Web design issues, with specific focus on accessibility.

Recently, my ramblings have become more diverse, so I began tagging my posts and categorising my feeds to allow people more choice over which of my posts they follow. However, the feeds are a little knackered at the moment, so please bear with me while I iron out some wrinkles.

Why accessibility?

Living in an inclusive environment is just the way things should be, but that’s often not the way of the world, or the Web. Often it seems that, for whatever reason, disability and accessibility get overlooked or ignored. For me, accessibility inspires thought and innovation and it has become a challenge and a passion. I hope that promoting discussion of accessibility will instil this in others.

How do I contact you?

In the interests of keeping spam to a minimum, I don’t normally publish e-mail addresses, but if you want to get in touch, feel free to string some words together and send to dotjay at this domain.