A Future Date: Free Three-Day Online Accessibility Conference

A Future Date

Did you miss out attending accessibility and inclusive design conferences this year, due to the COVID outbreak?

I know I canceled plans for attending several events, which I was looking forward to participating in.

Enter a new kind of online conference, A Future Date, that takes place April 21 to April 23, 2020.

Organized by volunteers, A Future Date offers three days of curated accessibility and inclusive design sessions by experts. The sessions were canceled at the major conferences planned this year. Continue reading A Future Date: Free Three-Day Online Accessibility Conference

Takeaways from “If It’s Interactive, It Needs a Focus Style”

If it's Interactive, It Needs a Focus Style

At the March 2020 Chicago Digital Accessibility and Inclusive Design virtual meetup, Eric Bailey explained the importance of inclusive design in creating focus styles for interactive web elements.

Thanks to the livestream recording, I watched the online presentation with dozens of other attendees. Here are my notes from the presentation. Continue reading Takeaways from “If It’s Interactive, It Needs a Focus Style”

Celebrate Web Standards: Blue Beanie Day Returns November 30

Blue capped woman looks at the blue sky through a scope.

It’s back!

This Saturday, November 30, 2019, web designers, developers, content strategists, information architects, user experience professionals, accessibility specialists, programmers—heck, everyone involved with creating, publishing, and coding on the web—will celebrate the thirteenth Blue Beanie Day.

Web folks around the world will celebrate web standards by publishing articles, talking about web standards, and updating their avatar with a blue beanie.

As I have in the past, I’m happy to spread the word about the importance of web standards. Continue reading Celebrate Web Standards: Blue Beanie Day Returns November 30