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Authentic conversations so far...

This is an archive of the email messages I sent to my daily mailing list since March 12th, 2024. Enjoy!

Just talk

I love all the talk about web accessibility, but it seems that not a whole lot of others listen.

One kind word can change someone's entire day and, in accessibility, this can be particularly powerful.

Accessibility is the technical debt that your team did not realize they had until they learned about accessibility.

The purpose of If I were you is to give everyone on the product team the chance to experience a different role in accessibility.

Is it really a bug?

Just because no one complains about accessibility on your website doesn't mean it's accessible to all.

We have to open our minds to the reality that not everyone is like us and understand that accessibility needs vary greatly.

Stop and start

Stop doing the things that are holding you back from an accessible website.

Mind the gap!

There's often a significant gap between technical compliance and what users with disabilities actually experience on a website.

Saying yes in business relationships goes against common advice. Saying yes in life is the best idea to find opportunities.

Matchup is a workshop game meant to identify where users with disabilities could encounter problems on a website.

When you have a mountain of inaccessible code, the best you can do is clean up and leave things better than you found them.

Path Plotter is a workshop game meant to break down user goals into sub-components to form a user flow.

Feedback is a gift

When someone points out an accessibility problem, they're handing you a golden opportunity to make your website better for everyone.

If I were to dedicate tomorrow's newsletter to you and the challenge you're currently facing, what would that newsletter be about?

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