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Hello,

Time for another weekly round up of web links and chat about life on-line. The podcast is ready when you are and it's stuffed full of interest as usual.

If there is a page you are interested in or a character you want to follow up and find out more, this is where you will find all of the links.

First of all we returned to Haiti. The clear up effort and charity work around the Capital is offering some hope of normality to many after the earthquake shattered many lives. Georgia Popplewell, managing director of went to Haiti shortly after the earthquake to see what the organisation could do to help. She also wrote amazing pieces for GV and .
Having returned home, she took a moment to tell me about the things she saw and why she believes new media tools and social interaction online can really help when it comes to crisis situations.

Something to put in your diary in the US and later this year in the UK. The unconference is coming up, running from February 12th to 13th in Long Beach CA. Even more excitingly they are going global alongside the conference in this Summer. Bill Erickson is one of the founders of BIL. He took us back to the origins and explained more about why this alternative is so appealing.

The second half of this week's Pods and Blogs took a brief look at accessibility. For openers I had a chat with world renowned accessibility expert and evangelist for Yahoo, . He told me more about the issues of web standards and getting accessibility sorted out on as many sites, leading to a better chance of equality.

New and social media should not be left out of the equation of course. Dennis Lembree makes the podcast about accessibility and has also created a Twitter reader that he says is 100% accessible.

Though accessibility should be incorporated into all websites, as usual on Pods and Blogs, it's the things you do that are really interesting. is a blind photographer. He described how a visual medium fors for him and how he presents his photographs on-line.

Below is an example of Vince's elegant work.

As usual, I have learned a lot this week and enjoyed speaking to extraordinary people about their web activities. If there is something that you have created online that we should know about or if you have seen something creative that blows your mind - then let us know.

You can email me at Podsandblogs at bbc dot co dot uk or come and say hello on Twitter where we are known as Podsandblogs. There is often a pre-show discussion there and everyone is welcome.

Until next week!
- Jamillah