Nov 30th, 2024
Work on the 20% of the causes that cause 80% of the accessibility problems. But give 100% of the effort.
This is an archive of the email messages I sent to my daily mailing list since March 12th, 2024. Enjoy!
Nov 30th, 2024
Work on the 20% of the causes that cause 80% of the accessibility problems. But give 100% of the effort.
Nov 29th, 2024
The hardest part in web accessibility isn't knowing what to do. It's doing it every day, even when you don't feel like it.
Nov 28th, 2024
What is accessibility advocacy as a metric and what's the role of an accessibility advocate?
The guidelines for the develop stage of running effective accessibility workshops.
Nov 26th, 2024
Good accessibility planning anticipates growth.
Nov 25th, 2024
Without a follow through, there's no point in calling yourself inclusive while excluding disabled customers.
Nov 24th, 2024
In Issue 21 of Access Denied, Gary proves he knows accessibility by using a lot of acronyms and words.
Nov 23rd, 2024
Change happens slowly, two steps forward, one step back. But accessibility has come a long way since just a few years ago.
Nov 22nd, 2024
You don't need more time. You need more focus. Work will just expand to fill up your time.
Nov 21st, 2024
Cultural safety is about creating an environment where everyone feels empowered to speak up without fear of retribution or marginalisation.
The mindset, rules and guidelines for the evaluation stage of running effective accessibility workshops.
Nov 19th, 2024
Who gets to decide if your website is accessible? It's not you. It's the people using it.
Nov 18th, 2024
Every decision you've made so far in terms of planning, design, code, user research and deployment includes some people and excludes others.
Nov 17th, 2024
In Issue 20 of Access Denied, Gary claims he's an accessibility expert and puts the company at maturity level purple.
Nov 16th, 2024
You don't have to know everything in web accessibility. Instead adopt a let's figure this out mentality.
Nov 15th, 2024
Food safety isn't about passing inspections. And accessibility isn't about passing audits.
Nov 14th, 2024
Six intangible accessible metrics that focus on different aspects of an organisation's accessibility maturity.
The mindset, rules and guidelines for the creative stage of running effective accessibility workshops.
Nov 12th, 2024
In accessibility, don't start with the how, when you're missing the what and the why.
Nov 11th, 2024
We want accessibility to be easy and that's what makes it complicated.
Nov 10th, 2024
In Issue #19 of Access Denied, Gary expects Sarah to be a master of accessibility in just two weeks.
Nov 9th, 2024
If you want to master something, spend the time and go deep into that one area at the expense of all others.
Nov 8th, 2024
Small actions beat master plans. But a systemic change in your organisation will survive and spread across teams and people.
Recap on accessibility metrics that give you early warnings and introducing intangible accessibility metrics.
What are the stages of an effective accessibility workshop.
Nov 5th, 2024
In web accessibility, we want the outcome, but what we need is the journey.
Nov 4th, 2024
Most decisions in web accessibility are not technical decisions. They are people decisions.
Nov 3rd, 2024
In Issue 18 of Access Denied, Gary thinks the team needs to create an button to solve accessibility.
Nov 2nd, 2024
If you've launched a product and it's not accessible, it's okay. You can only move forward and work through it starting now.
Nov 1st, 2024
Whatever everyone says, most of the work is on designers and developers.
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.