When people learn about what I do for a living, the conversations always lead to this question: “How did you become interested in accessibility?” The answer is buried inside 23 years working in usability, online conversions, software QA and providing web site audits as an independent consultant. Previous to this were the trial by fire[…]
Just Doing the Work is Enough
My last conference in the search engine marketing industry was my farewell trip. I didn’t pitch to speak. Instead, I spent four days making sure I was finished, and I was. It’s not that I was a famous conference speaker. I was never a star. There were two moments I feel proud of. One was[…]
Convincing Engineers on the Need for Accessibility
I was asked this question. “How would you convince 90 engineers to incorporate accessibility in with design and development?” I had to admit that despite the ideas popping into my mind, I didn’t have an answer I liked. The question nagged at me. Everyone, unless they are already trained, certified or working in the internet[…]