Hey there!
Meant to send this out automatically, but you know, I can’t seem to schedule this right so I did not send it out on the first of the month.
Got a little bit to talk about after being on vacation for the last couple of weeks. I’ve been bitten by the writing bug today so… Let’s do this!
The Podcast
The latest episode has been released finally (it took a little longer than expected but it is here!) with Bekah Hawrot Weigel on the Front End Nerdery YouTube channel account and published on your podcast app platform of choice! The November episode is coming soon, so stay tuned for that!
Conference Speaking
I’ll be in Atlanta for Connect Tech on November 5-12 and then off to London, England on November 13th to the 19th for Modern Frontends Live! If you’re going to be at these conferences, please stop me and say hello!
I’ll be giving my new talk on “Deceptive Patterns and FAST”. FAST is the Framework for Accessible Specification of Technologies This is something I have been working on for two years now and there is so much more work to go.
The objective? To fill gaps left by WCAG guidelines that those guidelines do not cover. Basically, make your creations and content accessible by making it safe and not causing harm to the people on the other side of the glass. Us.
I have been selected to speak at CodeMash 2023 in January where I’ll be giving the same talk on Deceptive Patterns and FAST. Matter of fact, any conference I am selected to in 2023, will be talking about Deceptive Patterns and FAST since I have sunsetted (for now) the Making a Strong Case for Accessibility.
Awesome Finds
RandomA11y is a great color combination generator that creates accessible color combinations (two colors only) with some UI components displayed like code blocks, text, sliders, input fields, and a lot more. A great resource if you’re looking for some color combination inspiration.
Dungeons & Dragons & Design Thinking is an old article (2019) but it has a lot of great points that can be applied to teams. Especially when teams are doing team-building exercises. Check it out, it’s a great read.
A beginner’s complete guide to form accessibility: the 5 things accessible forms needs and how to fix common errors is a terrific article on the ways to make forms accessible. Take a read today!
Thoughts
I mentioned switching over to Revue for the newsletter. Now, with the sale of Twitter to Elon Musk, whom I affectionately refer to as “Egon Husk”, I’m not sure at this point what I will do. Maybe I will keep both, for the time being, I don’t really know. I guess it depends on what happens to Twitter. Stay tuned for that.
Wrap it Up, Todd!
Please spread the word about the podcast (like, subscribe, and press that notification bell) and the newsletter if you’re so inclined. It’s just my way to keep folks up-to-date on my speaking dates and articles I publish on accessibility and to share some fine links with you on accessibility.
Until next time friend,
— Todd 🦞