One note... I said I had dhcp running -- that is not correct. I started it manually if necessary. It would be a bad thing to go to a job interview and plug a laptop running dhcp into the network. That would not get you the job. It might get you escorted off the premises though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: Re: OT: a speakup success story (Re: couple linux(deb) questions) > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Oh, ok, an interesting concept. Haven't thought of a possibility like > that. > > Greg > > > > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 10:03:57AM -0500, John Heim wrote: >> I took it to job interviews and used it to show off my web apps. I didn't >> need a network connection because apache was running on the laptop. So >> during the interview, I'd boot my laptop and show both my web app and how >> I'd work with the screen reader. >> >> I started doing that after some people seemed kind of shocked to see a >> blind >> guy show up for a job interview. Hard to believe but some people aren't >> aware that blind people can use computers. I thought that showing them >> that >> I was actually quite functional, maybe even fluent, on a computer would >> give >> me a better chance. >> >> I even brought a cross-over cable and had dhcp running so they could >> connect >> their PC to my laptop, get an IP, and run the web apps on their PC. All >> this >> on a 150 Mhz laptop with 56 Mb of ram and a 6 Gb hard drive. And it >> wasn't >> bad in terms of speed. The web pages took a little while to load, 2 or 3 >> seconds, but that was easily explained. >> >> I thought it was a very impressive show but even so, I was looking for >> a >> job for about a year. I was already working at the University of >> Wisconsin >> at the time but I was warned I might be a layoff victim. So I had time to >> look for another job. I think though, that the laptop was a big part of >> why >> I ended up here at the University of Wisconsin, Math Department. They >> seemed very interested in what I had done with it. >> >> I guess I can remove all that stuff now. I've been here for 2 years as of >> yesterday. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGESA37s9z/XlyUyARAjCiAJ0ewrpnsv7372vE+vj4bGJHw9Eg1ACggtuI > 1mH/vvKgJq2i7m+r4vPflRQ= > =w91i > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
