The WCAG is as fundamental to development as performance and speed.
Authentic conversations so far...
This is an archive of the email messages I sent to my daily mailing list since March 12th, 2024. Enjoy!
Accessibility audit fix strategy
Yesterday
Prioritse ruthlessly the issues in your accessibility audit to get around budget constraints.
The BS Meetings Signs: No discussions needed
Aug 20th, 2025
Meetings where there is no input required from participants can just be emails.
Time and consistency
Aug 19th, 2025
Keep working on accessibility, give your efforts enough time and you're guaranteed to see results. Time plus consistency equals results.
Today is not enough
Aug 18th, 2025
Small decisions compound and that's how you build in accessibility.
Access Denied #59: Accessibility vendors
Aug 17th, 2025
In Issue 59 of Access Denied, Gary doesn't want to test a vendor's accessibility claim.
Voice Control and accessibility
Aug 16th, 2025
Voice control on websites helps a surprisingly wide range of people.
Real talk: User personas
Aug 15th, 2025
User personas need to include people with various disabilities.
Accessibility for external vendors
Aug 14th, 2025
Check all accessibility claims of external vendors and add remediation processes in your contracts.
The BS Meeting Signs: No action items
Aug 13th, 2025
Meetings with no action items tied to dates and persons responsible are a waste of time.
Logic isn't enough
Aug 12th, 2025
Smart people disagree on accessibility solutions even when they want the same outcomes.
Make them care about accessibility
Aug 11th, 2025
Stop preaching moral obligations and show people why they should start caring about accessibility.
Access Denied #58: Not subject to litigation
Aug 10th, 2025
In Issue 58 of Access Denied, Gary wants to use an overlay because no one has sued them yet.
Being right vs doing right
Aug 9th, 2025
Sometimes doing right and being right aren't the same thing. Prioritise doing over being right if you want to change things.
Real talk: It's an edge case
Aug 8th, 2025
Accessibility isn't for edge cases. 1 in 5 people worldwide have a disability.
Accessibility debt management
Aug 7th, 2025
Use a 2-step process to balance fixing existing accessibility debt with preventing new debt from piling up.
The BS Meetings Signs: Just one more thing
Aug 6th, 2025
"Just one more thing" at the end of an already long meeting is the clear sign of a BS meeting.
I'd rather be a villain
Aug 5th, 2025
You need a villain's master plan, not a superhero's reactive fixes, to building inclusive products.
Not perfect, but better and definitely not worse
Aug 4th, 2025
If your product isn't perfectly accessible, start with one of these fixes today.
Access Denied #57: Thinking about other people
Aug 3rd, 2025
In Issue 57 of Access Denied, Gary hates it that he has to consider other people.
Discomfort is the great motivator
Aug 2nd, 2025
Embrace necessary discomfort to create more accessible products.
Real talk: We'll get there eventually
Aug 1st, 2025
Accessibility isn't optional or a future priority.
The BS Meetings Signs: No clear decision maker
Jul 31st, 2025
Meetings without a clear decision maker are a waste of time.
The perfect moment to begin
Jul 30th, 2025
It's never too late to start integrating accessibility into your workflow.
Healthcare, WCAG and what actually works
Jul 29th, 2025
Healthcare treats symptoms, WCAG treats compliance gaps. But the good stuff happens upstream.
Invest in slow growth
Jul 28th, 2025
Teams that invest in slowly building accessibility skills end up in a better place than those who try to fix everything at once.
Access Denied #56: Being the first
Jul 27th, 2025
In Issue 56 of Access Denied, Gary thinks being first is everything, even without an accessibility strategy.
The fast and the useless
Jul 26th, 2025
Speed doesn't matter if you don't know where you're going.
Real talk: To be young
Jul 25th, 2025
Stop assuming young users don't need web accessibility.
Accessibility during sprint planning
Jul 24th, 2025
Include accessibility into your existing acceptance criteria to build things right from the start without it feeling like extra work.
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I send out short emails like these every day to help you gain a fresh perspective on accessibility and understand it without the jargon, so you can build more robust products that everyone can use, including people with disabilities.