Critical accessibility issues in production directly affect users with disabilities.
Authentic conversations so far...
This is an archive of the email messages I sent to my daily mailing list since March 12th, 2024. Enjoy!
Workshop Game: Workshop Warriors
Jul 24th, 2024
Workshop Warriors is a game to help everyone get to know each other and the workshop format.
When the usual way isn't working
Jul 23rd, 2024
If you want a different outcome, it's time to start doing something different to get it.
We can't help being reactive
Jul 22nd, 2024
Our default stance is being reactive to accessibility issues. Unless you become passive, you're doing fine.
Priority-alignment meetings
Jul 21st, 2024
This Sunday's joke features priority-alignment meetings that don't solve anything.
The weekly 1%: Making headway
Jul 20th, 2024
You can steer the boat without making big waves.
If you want change
Jul 19th, 2024
Both people who want change and those who want to change play a role in advancing web accessibility.
Reducing the time accessibility issues spend in the backlog is a powerful way to ensure continuous improvement in accessibility.
Workshop Game: Impact Cards
Jul 17th, 2024
Impact Cards is a game to help everyone learn about a few different disabilities and how the web affects persons with these disabilities.
What's in your medicine cabinet?
Jul 16th, 2024
Why companies often opt for quick fixes over long-term solutions, and what are the benefits of a proactive approach to digital inclusion.
How could that work?
Jul 15th, 2024
Re-frame statements that reflect common misconceptions about accessibility into more constructive questions.
Our most consistent feature
Jul 14th, 2024
This Sunday's joke features product owners constantly postponing accessibility fixes.
The weekly 1%: The value of checklists
Jul 13th, 2024
A good checklist will yield consistent results, improve the quality of my work, save me time, increase productivity and reduce stress.
Accessibility requires deliberate practice
Jul 12th, 2024
Effective accessibility requires deliberate practice. The best at it understand what inclusive design requires.
Reduce the number of customer accessibility complaints
Jul 11th, 2024
Signals coming from your customers are the most important indicators of accessibility you can have.
Workshop Game: Focus Finder
Jul 10th, 2024
The purpose of the Focus Finder game is to prioritise a list of ideas to just a few you'll explore further.
Minor design choices create major obstacles
Jul 9th, 2024
Seemingly minor design choices have a significant impact on users with various invisible disabilities.
Invisible barriers
Jul 8th, 2024
Our design choices on the web have an often-overlooked impact on people with diverse cognitive abilities.
People want to be mad
Jul 7th, 2024
This Sunday's joke features the accessibility police and image alternative texts.
The weekly 1%: Thinking in absolutes
Jul 6th, 2024
Take what you read, especially online, with a grain of salt.
The thing about product versions
Jul 5th, 2024
Meaningful change in accessibility is a journey with countless little baby steps. It's not a single huge step that we need to focus on.
Just get it done
Jul 4th, 2024
You don't have to build this long-term sustainable solution to every accessibility problem. Sometimes you just need to get it done.
Ditch the accessibility score
Jul 3rd, 2024
Scoring 100 in the Accessibility section in Lighthouse doesn't mean people with disabilities can effectively use your website.
Reworking inaccessible features is often significantly more expensive and time-consuming than building accessibility in from the start.
Hanlon’s Razor
Jul 1st, 2024
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect, ignorance, or incompetence.
Tomorrow
Jun 30th, 2024
Tomorrow is the magical land where with minimal effort you'll make all your accessibility worries go away.
The weekly 1%: Lessons learned
Jun 29th, 2024
The more you know, the more you have to put aside when training others. It's more useful to start the process from where they are.
Accessibility isn't special work, it's specialized work
Jun 28th, 2024
Many teams treat web accessibility for people with disabilities as special. But accessibility isn't special. It's specialised work.
How to guarantee success
Jun 27th, 2024
If you're missing the right processes for people to rely on, even well-funded accessibility projects can fail.
Accessibility without the cheat codes
Jun 26th, 2024
Just as there are no cheat codes and shortcuts in getting in shape, tackling web accessibility requires a step-by-step approach.
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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.