Watching some Axe-con talks

Axe-con

I managed to watch a couple of the Axe-con talks the other week. Axe-con is a free accessibility conference. You can watch the talks for free as long as you register.

I watched Anna Cook's and Stéphanie Walter's talks from the design track.

Anna Cook

Some quotes I liked from Anna's talk...

"Accessibility is not a feature. It is system design."
"Designing for diagnoses creates brittle systems … instead, design for variability … support multiple interaction modes … respect user-initiated preferences"

Video: Accessibility in the End of Deterministic Design (Again) by Anna Cook

Stéphanie Walter

Stéphanie talked about how to get buy-in for accessibility from stakeholders. She recommends "tying accessibility to customer satisfaction KPIs."

She also shared a chart based on IBM data illustrating that fixing defects later on in the delivery process can be a lot more expensive...

Design stage - 1 times the cost
Development stage - 6.5 times the cost
Testing stage - 15 times the cost
Maintenance stage - 100 times the cost

Video: How to Convince People to Care and Invest in Accessibility by Stéphanie Walter

A pic of the new van

A couple of you have asked for a pic of the new van, so here you go. Sorry about the dog poo bag, I though about erasing it, then I thought that in the age of AI it's better to be authentic.

We just stayed for one night near Rhossili. It was cold in the awning (the kids stayed in the van) but other than that, it went well.

Looking forward to a longer break in North Wales at Easter.

A silver camper van in a grassy field with the roof up and an awning attached. A small black dog poo bag sits on the gravel pitch at the front.

Seeing the Rugby in Cardiff

I'm off to the rugby today in Cardiff. Not expecting a win but should be a good game between Wales and Italy.

Glad to see that Wales have started wearing white (not red) when playing against Ireland in green to make it more colour blind friendly.

Considering how common colour blindness is in men, I'm really surprised how often the impact can be forgotten or ignored in sport.