meera pankhania

Hi, I'm Meera!

An accessibility and usability consultant, front end developer, designer, uber geek, digital freak! A thinker, foodie, web junkie, sports lover, fan gurl of too many things and fanatical about films. This website is about my random ramblings, along with other pretty things.. and I'm available for freelance work.

3 August 2010 View Comments

Missing ALT Text in HTML Newsletters

Recently I have been noticing more and more e-newsletters which are purely images, this is fine as I have opted to receive HTML newsletters as opposed to text only newsletters, however I would like to see some descriptive alternative text used for the images.

20 May 2010 View Comments

Smallvile Season 10 to be the End

After almost a decade of our favourite ‘farm boy’ who still has no tights or flight, the show is coming to an end. CW are to make an official announcement, however it seems Smallville has been on the brink of cancellation for a few years, although the past few seasons (season 8 and 9) would [...]

14 May 2010 View Comments

Writing a post from my iphone

I’ve started writing this post from my iPhone using the WordPress app and so far it’s pretty impressive. I’m hoping this will encourage me to blog more and blog on the go!

21 December 2009 View Comments

US TV – Season Premier Air Dates 2010

Update: Lost has ended and Heroes and Flashforward is not scheduled to return. Dexter Season 5 26th September 2010 Smallville Season 10 24th September 2010 Glee Season 2 21st September 2010 Fringe Season 3 23rd September Burn Notice Season 4 3rd June 2010

4 November 2009 View Comments

Recommendations, Endorsements, Referees – Do they help when looking for a job?

Having recently written a LinkedIn endorsement request for my colleague Nic Bell, I wondered whether they were actually useful when looking for a new role. I am quite active on LinkedIn myself and often notice many people recommending their colleagues/friends/family, sometimes very generous and some very brief and usually the favour is returned. How important [...]

15 October 2009 View Comments

Access IT Web 2.0 Winner – Accessible Twitter

Accessible Twitter is an alternative to the Twitter.com website. It is designed to be easier to use and is optimized for disabled users. Firstly a huge well done to Accessible Twitter on winning the Web 2.0 ACCESS IT Award at a ceremony held at Microsoft London. I accepted the award on behalf of my Twitter [...]