Contact - the personal touch
Email me: mike dot foskett at this web address Very Important Due to the amount of junk mail I receive please put webSemantics as part of the subject line so I don't think your trying to sell me medication.
More traditional contact methods
Call me on mobile 07831 395 797 or write to this address:
2 avenue roadcompton
wolverhampton
west midlands
united kingdom
wv3 9jr
Company and personal profile
Behind webSemantics you'll discover a strong, focused individual who aides clients in achieving their goals. Mike Foskett helps bring expert technical knowledge to your projects in a manner that creates a very rewarding and positive experience.
Mike specialises in accessibility and computer interface design. He advises some of the leading companies and public sector institutions over critical issues in design, implementation and accessibility.
Mikes' knowledge, ability and great attention to detail makes him a genuine asset to his clients.
Karen Currier August 2005
Aims
- Create engaging web solutions, which are fast, rich and usable, to demonstrate accessible sites do not have to be dull.
- Encourage developers into adopting web standards, developing strategies to ensure a greater compliance with accessible design guidelines.
- Raise awareness within organisations of the problems encountered by people with disabilities that affect their use of the web.
- Direct visitors to information and resources on accessible web development.
- Influence policy within organisations to positively effect web accessibility across the public and private sector.
- Educate and inform managers and programmers of the benefits that optimised accessible developments bring to organisations.
How I became involved
I became interested in HCI while working for a degree at Wolverhampton University almost fifteen years ago. I left university and started work as a IT manager for a steel company in Stourbridge. My task was simple - to computerise the manual systems. By listening carefully to the users needs I presented systems that each user found dramatically simpler and thereby overcoming the fear of technology and change which abounded at the time. Such was the success that many of the systems implemented are still in place today.
This began a lifelong commitment to creating people orientated systems. I returned to University in 1999 to update skills for the Internet.
It is my belief that computer systems impair us all, even now I'm being handicapped by a qwerty keyboard and a cathode ray tube. Surely there are more enabling methods inclusive to everyone?
Experience of the years
While crafting the art at University I also held a position at a small software company which gave me the chance to hone the skills and techniques learned.
I've continued to grow as the internet evolves and currently consult mainly for Becta who are the Government's key partner in the strategic development of information and communications technologies, delivering e-learning strategies for schools and the learning and skills sectors.
I have been professionally active on the internet for nine years and an IT professional for almost twenty.
Company background
webSemantics was born from the need to expand programming techniques and more importantly to change attitudes on how we think about the way we work.
Associations and memberships
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The Web Standards Group |
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The Guild of Accessible Web Designers |
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Member of W3C compliant sites |
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British Web Design & Marketing Association |
What sets webSemantics apart
Attitude, understanding and attention to detail. Offering pragmatic solutions to pedantic issues.
