E51 – Interview with Eric Meyer – Part 1
Eric talks about accessibility, of course, and semantics, and frameworks, and more! The web prioritises ubiquity over consistency and a lot of these– there have been a lot of attempts to prioritise...
View ArticleE52 – Interview with Eric Meyer – Part 2
Eric says that accessibility “is a foundational principle of the web. Like literally the web is built on accessibility. The original specs don’t necessarily call it that, but that’s an organizing...
View ArticleE53 – Interview with Nic Steenhout – Part 1
In a role reversal, for the first episode of the second year of the show – I’m the one being interviewed Léonie Watson was kind enough to chat with me. It was fun to be on the other side of things...
View ArticleE54 – Interview with Nic Steenhout – Part 2
“It’s a frustration of mine that too often when somebody asks me a question about accessibility, the only answer I can really give if I want to be succinct is, “It depends”.” Download file “E54 -...
View ArticleE55 – Interview with Becky Gibson – Part 1
In this episode, Becky talks to us about how changes in technology has changed her perception of accessibility. She also tells us how she came to be so passionate about accessibility! Download file...
View ArticleE56 – Interview with Becky Gibson – Part 2
Becky talks about accessibility needing to be in the curriculum for all computer science courses – and I couldn’t agree more! Download file “E56 - Interview with Becky Gibson - Part 2” | Duration:...
View ArticleE57 – Interview with Jen Simmons – Part 1
I love what Jen had to say about accessibility! She said, among other things: “accessibility is about the recognition that every human isn’t identical to every other human.” Download file “E57 -...
View ArticleE58 – Interview with Jen Simmons – Part 2
Jen says that many of the needs for accessibility aren’t that hard to accommodate by developers and designers! I couldn’t agree more. Download file “E58 - Interview with Jen Simmons - Part 2” |...
View ArticleE59 – Interview with John Tubbs
John Tubbs is an educator working for about thirty years in the area of high tech, digital education, online learning. He discusses accessibility and accomodations for students with disabilities – a...
View Article2018 International Podcast Day Special
Download file “2018 International Podcast Day Special” | Duration: 9:16 | Guest: Nic Steenhout | Series: A11y Rules Podcast Transcript Nic: Welcome to the A11y Rules podcast. I’m Nic Steenhout and...
View ArticleE60 – Interview with Adrienne McDonnell
Adrienne McDonnell is a front end developer at Elsevier. She says that knowing how to navigate a site with the keyboard is a fundational skill that all developers should know. She also reflects on the...
View ArticleE61 – Interview with Alex Brenon
Alex is a developer who has experienced the difference between baking in accessibility from the start compared to trying to retrofit accessibility into an existing project – which leads to a lot of...
View ArticleE62 – Interview with Eric Bailey – Part 1
Eric tells us, among other things, that relationship building is a good way to get passed the hostility some people have towards accessibility. Download file “E62 - Interview with Eric Bailey - Part 1”...
View ArticleE63 – Interview with Eric Bailey – Part 2
Eric tells us accessibility shouldn’t be just technical curiosity. It’s about people. Download file “E63 - Interview with Eric Bailey - Part 2” | Duration: 27:49 | Guest: Eric Bailey | Series: A11y...
View ArticleE64 – Interview with Marcy Sutton – Part 1
Marcy tells us that it’s important for folks in the accessibility community to listen to developers’ needs. She also states that we ought to be more positive, and to stop making people feel bad about...
View ArticleE65 – Interview with Marcy Sutton – Part 2
Marcy tells us that her greatest frustration is that for all of the energy that we put into this all the time it feels like we’re stagnant in terms of accessibility actually getting done. And that it’s...
View ArticleE66 – Interview with Beth Raduenzel – Part 1
Beth is an accessibility specialist and a UX interaction designer. She was part of an award winning team at United. She compares acceptance of the need for accessibility as the 5 stages of grief....
View ArticleE67 – Interview with Beth Raduenzel – Part 2
Continuing my chat with Beth. We discuss, among other things, accessibility as a coding challenge vs having to meet tight deadlines – and how sometimes developers chose to do things the way they know...
View ArticleE68 – Interview with Ire Aderinokun – Part 1
In the first part of my interview, Ire Aderinokun tells us that accessibility will not take you a massive effort if you’re using HTML correctly. Ire is a front-end developer and user interface...
View ArticleE69 – Interview with Ire Aderinokun – Part 2
In which Ire tells us that she thinks convincing framework developers to implement accessibility will have more impact than trying to change individual developers’ minds. Download file “E69 - Interview...
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