Takeaways from Inclusive Design in the Heart of the Organization

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At Ability Summit 2022, Christina Mallon, director of inclusive design at Microsoft facilitated a panel discussion with Bas Korsten, global chief creative officer at Wunderman Thompson, Sinead Burke, CEO and founder of Tilting the Lens, and KR Liu, head of brand accessibility at Google. Their talk focused on how organizations can build inclusive design into… Continue reading Takeaways from Inclusive Design in the Heart of the Organization

What to Know About Creating Accessible Podcasts

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In his Going Beyond the Listener: Accessible Audio for Podcasting webinar for 3PlayMedia, Nic Steenhout shared his tips and insights for creating accessible podcasts.

Web accessibility consultant and host of the popular A11y Rules podcast, Steenhout discussed the benefits of accessible podcasting, what makes up an accessible podcast (it’s more than a transcript), and highlighted features to consider in the platform and tools you use.

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Takeaways from State of the Word 2021

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The annual State of the Word keynote address took on a different look in 2021.

Held in New York City on December 14, 2021, the annual talk was a combination live event with small audience of WordPress community members (around 30 people) along with livestream.

In his two-hour talk, Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress, discussed WordPress accomplishments, open source, and answered questions from the WordPress community.

Here are my notes.

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