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Web Axe has been a solid accessibility blog and podcast that most of us should be listening to / reading.

Scott Gledhill’s presentation at Web Directions Government was titled Real World Web Standards.

Interesting simple interface for watching YouTube videos. Chris Heilmann’s play with the YouTube API inspired by Antonia Hyde’s presentation at this year’s Accessibility 2.0 conference in London titled Rich Media and web apps for peopel with learning disabilities.

If you’re not a regular listener of the Boagworld weekly web design / development podcast then you need to subscribe to it. They’ve had a month off and are back with episode 116 and a new site redesign - don’t mention the cows because its the part Paul didn’t design and everyone mentions it. They also provide a full written transcript on their podcast page. And don’t mention Paul’s new way of referencing his supporting links in the podcast (in human non-friendly terms), we’re all smarter than that right. Ha ha.

Seriously, if you’re a professional in this industry this is a staple of your diet. Get to it.

100 Killer Web Accessibility Resources: Blogs, Forums and Tutorials for your best practice web design professional self to do the right thing.

Luke Wroblewski’s new book Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks is published by Rosenfeld Media and available in paperback or digital. Its also on my must read list for 2008.

Gez Lemon notes that WebKit, the framework behind Safari and other browsers, is now starting to implement WAI-ARIA (Web Accessibility Initiative - Accessible Rich Internet Applications Suite) bringing all four major browsers to support it to some degree.

There’s a rundown on the Yahoo! Developer Network blog of what went on for the Accessibility 2.0 Conference in London last week.