Hidden In Plain View

By Karl Groves

Elevator Pitch

A popular trope about accessibility is that it is “ugly”. This sentiment is easy to understand because it is often true, especially when it comes to assistive devices and assistive technologies. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. Good design is the convergence between creativity and capability.

Description

A popular trope about accessibility is that it is “ugly”. This sentiment is easy to understand because it is often true, especially when it comes to assistive devices and assistive technologies. But, it doesn’t have to be that way. Good design is the convergence between creativity and capability and in this talk we’ll see good design hidden in plain view.

Notes

I’m an engaging speaker with a over a decade of experience presenting, holding workshops, and training. I’ve spoken in 7 countries and 11 US states.

18 videos of some of my presentations can be seen at http://www.karlgroves.com/presentations/

Below is a partial the conferences I’ve spoken at:

  • NationJS, Washington DC (multiple)
  • Beyond Tellerand, Germany
  • ParisWeb, Paris France (multiple)
  • Better By Design, Madison Wisconsin (workshop)
  • Fronteers Spring Conference, Amsterdam Netherlands
  • Elements Web Conference at Penn State
  • IEEE Information Visualization, Baltimore Maryland
  • Annual Conference of the Society for Technical Communications, Baltimore Maryland
  • Frontend Conference, Zurich Switzerland
  • RVA JavaScript Conference