Published inHealthHub Design·Nov 3, 2020Inside-out accessibilityA lot of accessibility work is (rightfully!) focused on the people with disabilities who are frequently un- or under-served by our existing systems. Be it digital applications, public services, physical infrastructure, or something as simple as voting — there is no shortage of work to be done. A big part…Accessibility4 min readAccessibility4 min read
Oct 21, 2020A place of my ownLooking back on my posts, I’ve been on Medium off-and-on for around four years. In the time before and since, I’ve been through the gauntlet of online blog platforms — Wordpress.com, Blogger, Tumblr, Wattpad, self-hosted Wordpress, LiveJournal, Tripod, whatever the heck Microsoft used to call their Hotmail blog tie-in… All…Blog5 min readBlog5 min read
Published inHealthHub Design·Aug 28, 2020“Why is accessibility important?” — Part 3New to this series? Take a look at part one and part two before jumping into this one! This three-part series of posts originally started as a lengthy thread (jokingly referred to as “a short response by Stephen Belyea”) in our internal messaging at HealthHub. Parts one and two came…Accessibility5 min readAccessibility5 min read
Published inHealthHub Design·Jul 31, 2020“Why is accessibility important?” — Part 2Haven’t read Part 1? Give it a look before jumping into this one. This three-part series of posts originally started as a lengthy thread (jokingly referred to as “a short response by Stephen Belyea”) in our internal messaging at HealthHub. You will notice some differences from the screen shot below…Accessibility4 min readAccessibility4 min read
Published inHealthHub Design·Jul 13, 2020“Why is accessibility important?” — Part 1I have been focused on digital accessibility in some form or another since starting out as a web developer in 2012. “Why is accessibility important” is a question I’ve fielded in some form or another many times over that period. In my personal journey, I’ve not always responded to this…Accessibility5 min readAccessibility5 min read
Jun 10, 2019Hire More PunksTech companies have big problems. From the lack of women, black people, and diversity in general, to issues with privacy and data breaches, to inflating the ballooning wage gap — there’s work to be done. To start, tech has a bumpy history when it comes to hiring practices. Some companies blame it on “the pipeline”…Tech4 min readTech4 min read
Apr 28, 2019A Longer Note on Skip Links and TabIndexI’ve written about skip links before, including a quick summary of their purpose and expected behaviour. I was missing a big piece in March of 2018, however, that I only recently found: tabindex. We’ll get to skip links; but I’d like to take a little tour around tabindex before we…Web Development3 min readWeb Development3 min read
Jan 14, 2019Prequel Memes: A Star Wars StoryWhat do seminal films like The Matrix, Fight Club, and American Beauty all have in common? All three have been a part of our world for 20 years now. They’ve also aged poorly due to associations with meninists, the alt-right, and Kevin Spacey. There is at least one 20-year-old movie…Star Wars3 min readStar Wars3 min read
Jul 20, 2018Inspiration MaintenanceWeb and application development is packed to the brim with incredibly passionate people who appear to be constantly redlining with drive and inspiration. …Design3 min readDesign3 min read
May 25, 2018A Quick Note on LangIf you’ve ever run an accessibility compliance audit, especially on markup generated by a JavaScript framework, I bet you’ve seen a warning about your html's lang attribute. A page’s (human) language must be identifiable for the machine that’s reading it. If you speak (only) English, exclusively visit English web content…Accessibility3 min readAccessibility3 min read
