Thoughts

I love sharing my passion for accessibility, design, and development through writing and speaking engagements.

• video: GAAD 2019 Solstice Panel

  Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019 Panel at Solstice.

• video: Designing Accessible Sign Up Forms (Expanded Talk)

  Presented in March 2019 at Midwest Drupal Camp.

• video: Designing Accessible Sign Up Forms (Lightning Talk)

  Presented in December 2018 at the A11YChi Lightning Talks event hosted by the Chicago Digital Accessibility & Inclusive Design Meetup Group.

• blog post: Designer's Guide to Learning to Code

  A brief on everything you need to get started when learning how to design in the browser.

• blog post: Reflecting on the Web Trends of 2017: News Feeds

  Although individual publications seek to differentiate themselves from their competition, they also utilize familiar patterns that users will recognize and know intuitively how to navigate.

• blog post: Addressing Accessibility for the Web

  Making sure your website is accessible requires more than just fulfilling a checklist of best practices.

• pdf: Palantir.net's Guide to Logos and File Types

  Keep this pdf on hand for reference when requesting graphics, commissioning artwork, or creating your own designs.

• podcast: The Secret Sauce, Ep. 23: Choosing Fonts for the Web

  Typography is a huge and critical component of the Web. So what do you need to know about web fonts for your site?