Team MicroAssist Brings Home the Prize!

Unchain My Art takes first prize at AIR Austin!

Congratulations to Unchain My Art (AKA Team MicroAssist) for taking first place in the annual Accessiblitity Internet Rally! AIR-Austin matches teams of web designers/developers with non-profit organizations to build new websites or enhance existing ones to make them more accessible for people with disabilities: the competition does an amazing job of increasing awareness of the tools and techniques that make the Internet accessible to everyone. 

Jacob, Jillian, and Pavel worked with Alyson Curtis of Alyson Design, and Donna Blumberg, web designer and software developer extraordinaire, to create the Texas Inmate Families Association's new site. TIFA is an amazing non-profit based in Austin dedicated to breaking the cycle of crime by strengthening families through support, education, and advocacy. Check out their new website! 

Unchain My Art competed with twelve other teams to create an entire website in just one day. Websites were judged on accessibility, creativity, usabilitiy, aesthetics, and extensibility of concept to a larger website. Pavel, Jillian, Jacob, Donna, and Alyson worked extraordinarily hard and delivered fantastic results.

Hiram Kuykendall, MicroAssist's CTO, chaired the event, and was also named Volunteer of the Year.  

Again, congratulations to Unchain My Art and Hiram, and thanks to Knowbility for putting on such a great event!