ep28 - Mike Gifford: Web accessibility is for everyone

Stories from the Open Gov

Mike Gifford is the owner of Ottawa based OpenConcept Consulting, a company that specializes in web development with a particular focus on open source and web accessibility. OpenConcept has also contributed to the Drupal Core. Today Mike helps us understand the various web languages through an analogy we can all relate to... cars. We also have an in-depth discussion on how web accessibility can help everyone, not just those with disabilities. Additionally, in the spirit of preaching what you preach, Mike had this episode transcribed for those who may want to read our conversation! Check it out by click on the link below: https://openconcept.ca/blog/mike/stories-open-gov-interview Mike Gifford Twitter account https://twitter.com/mgifford Richard Pietro Twitter account twitter.com/richardpietro ABOUT Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like. Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality! MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance freemusicarchive.org/music/Singing_…3_I_Cant_Dance Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US) creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/