260 – ☠️🧂Accessibility, Development, & Horror Movies with Chris DeMars

In this episode, we get to talk with Chris DeMars: Microsoft MVP, Google Developer Expert, Oracle Groundbreaker Ambassador, International Speaker, Front End Dev, Podcaster, Horror Fan, Accessibility Advocate, and UI Developer. We discuss what people need to know about accessibility and why, and also dive into some of the arguments that individuals and corporations make when circumventing accessibility at the start of a project. We also discuss what the industry deems a “developer” to be, and the value of a specialist. Lastly, we chat about horror movies, Tattoos, and living your life.

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Show Links

• Website: http://chrisdemars.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdemars/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/saltnburnem
• Podcast: Tales From The Script: http://www.talesftscript.com/
• Coding Accessible Careers: http://www.talesftscript.com/795617/3451354-coding-accessible-careers?play=true
• Medium: https://medium.com/@saltnburnem
• Chris DeMars ⚡️ VueConf US 2019: https://youtu.be/n117-pM4VKU
• Hellier: https://www.hellier.tv
• Supernatural: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460681/
• What a lot of people get wrong about the infamous 1994 McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/12/16/13971482/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit-stella-liebeck