Refresh Detroit: Creating a More Usable and Accessible Experience

Attendees at Accessibility Summit 2016

I’ve been a Meetup.com event organizer for around 10 years.

During that time, I’ve managed events for five meetup groups. I estimate I hosted 400+ events in the past decade with the Meetup.com platform.

When Meetup.com first came out, I was ecstatic to have a unified event management tool.

It was free, over time they started charging low fees. Which I didn’t mind, because it offered what I needed for managing meetup events. Continue reading Refresh Detroit: Creating a More Usable and Accessible Experience

Google Search Console: A Refresher on the Refresh on September 23

Google Search Console Refresh

You’re invited to join our Refresh Detroit and Metro Detroit WordPress meetup groups as we host Google Search Console: A Refresher on the Refresh on Monday, September 23, 2019.

It’s been a couple years since I’ve coordinated a joint event for the two meetup groups; I know this topic is something our members in both groups will enjoy. Continue reading Google Search Console: A Refresher on the Refresh on September 23

Our Refresh Detroit Site is Refreshed

About page on the Refresh Detroit website.

Woohoo! We have a refreshed and updated Refresh Detroit website.

Refresh Detroit is a local web design meetup group focused on accessibility, usability, and web standards.

I’ve been a member of the group for 13 years and co-organizer of the group since 2007. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ve seen my promotions of our Refresh Detroit events.

With the annual web hosting invoice looming over me, I finally took the leap and updated the site. Continue reading Our Refresh Detroit Site is Refreshed