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Spring hiking, more life coaching and developing my teaching skills

Calum in cycle wear beside a field

Web Accessibility Specialist - certified!

Almost a year ago I set myself a challenge to attain certification as a Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS). This is a summary of how I prepared for the exam, and hopefully some motivation for others to learn more about web accessibility.

Calum beside his IAAP WAS certificate

Five years of HWC London

This month marks five years since I started organising Homebrew Website Club London. I spent some time looking back over how it all started and survives to this day, even through the challenges of a global pandemic.

Participants at HWC London in 2017 with website screen backdrop

My typical day

In my first ever invitation to a blogging chain I've been asked to write about some typical things in my daily life.

What is ATAG?

Diving into details of what Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines are about.

What is ARIA?

What is WAI-ARIA and how does it enhance web accessibility?

End of year review 2019

Approaching the end of 2019 I look back on a year filled with some happy distractions away from the unending misery in UK politics and the climate crisis.

My 2010s

A decade-end review of my life to date seems almost too much to achieve in a digestible short read but here we go!"