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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 395 \| Martine Dowden - Accessing Goodness
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:43:43
	Publish Date:		2018-11-28 18:00:00
	Description:		Guest: @ Martine Dowden talks with Dave Rael about being a geek, psychology, art, accessibility, business, and lifestyle Focusing on web interfaces that are beautiful, functional, and usable, Martine delivers products that adhere to WCAG and Section 508 for accessibility and compliance. She approaches User Experience from both Art and Science, drawing from her degrees in Psychology and Visual Communications. Martine has worked as an artist, educator, and consultant since 2005. She stays active in the industry, teaching new developers at Eleven Fifty Academy, attending and speaking at conferences and meetups, and publishing the occasional blog. In 2015 Martine's children's book Programming Languages ABC++ was published by Inedo, and in 2016 the Workbook Edition sold over 20,000 copies. Chapters: 0:36 - Dave introduces the show and Martine Dowden 3:18 - Martine's interest in psychology 5:15 - Martine's interest in accessibility 8:06 - Are accessibility concerns edge cases? 12:36 - Ways of testing for accessibility 14:22 - How Martine became interested in accessibility 17:05 - Connecting art and psychology to technology and complementary skills and personalities 21:24 - Deliberate lifestyle decisions 24:07 - The Programming Languages ABC++ book project 26:09 - Martine's story of failure - increasingly bad ideas from increasingly more organizationally powerful people in the heat of a crisis 31:11 - Martine's book book recommendations 33:47 - Martine's experience with speaking at conferences 36:04 - Barriers to fully embracing a commitment to accessibility 39:00 - How Martine stays current with what she needs to know 40:51 - Martine's top 3 tips for delivering more value 42:24 - Keeping up with Martine Resources: Martine on GitHub Programming Languanges ABC++ - Michael Dowden, Martine Dowden Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Section 508 Michael Dowden on Developer On Fire Alex Papadimoulis on Developer On Fire Typeface Indy.Code() Jon Mills on Developer On Fire Jeffrey Strauss Martine's book recommendation: The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Just My Type: A Book About Fonts - Simon Garfield Martine's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Take care of yourself If you ever quit loving what you do, move on Be a mentor and have a mentor
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