I was one of several panelists for a UXPA Cleveland meetup tonight on Inclusive Design (virtually, of course). I’m grateful to have been invited, and to have had the opportunity to share alongside the other panelists. The moderator Marc Majers asked us all what our accessibility mantra was. Thankfully, I…

Every area of practice — technical nor not — evolves over time. That’s no different for accessibility. We move through stages of maturity in our knowledge, our skills, our understanding, and the ways in which that manifests in our work and process. We’ve seen lots of different approaches over time…

When I left my full-time job teaching high school in 1999, I started to teach people how to design and build web sites. I decided that in order to be the best possible teacher I could be, I needed to have real experience as a web professional. I needed to…

I’m willing to admit when I’m wrong. This time I was. I have done a minimum of 50 pushups daily for 537 days straight. I’ve done crunches for 530 days in a row. And I’ve done squats 527 days in a row. …

About 6 weeks ago, I listened to the audio book “Off the Clock” by Laura Vanderkam. I was completely struck by a statement Laura made that she tracked her time for a year or more in a spreadsheet. A YEAR?!? How on earth did she do that, and why? It…

We had the floors redone in our house after some water damage. We hired several contractors that knew what they were doing. They were specialists in their fields. A hardwood specialist; carpeting specialist; tile specialist. Cabinets, countertops and plumbing too… all specialists. The tiling was complete and as the tile…

As teachers and speakers, when we deliver a talk, a workshop, a class, or other type of teaching session, we need to think about how to structure a class. …

I’m headed to the American Banker’s Association Regulatory Compliance Conference (yeah, that’s a mouthful…) and I’m thinking ahead to the slides I can almost guarantee I’m going to see there from other presenters. And I think of the slides I’ve seen from other presenters at other recent conferences. I’ll see…