By Marcy Sutton Todd, Workspace Owner and lead Slack group admin Supporting the Accessibility Slack community with legal guidance on…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Updated April 1, 2021: The situation as I originally described is no longer an issue, it seems! Read on for more details. The lessons still…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year, amidst a giant shift in U.S. politics and societal norms, I want to take a moment to discuss…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Github: Links or buttons? Something that comes up again and again in front-end accessibility is the issue of links versus buttons. You know…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This post represents a final distillation of my talks given on Accessibility and Performance at Fronteers, Seattle JS and Generate NYC in…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Musings about frontend code, accessibility, web development consulting, and life.| marcysutton.com
Now available: the self-paced workshop series, TestingAccessibility.com! I created a series of learning resources about web accessibility to…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In July 2019, I traveled to Minneapolis to teach a workshop on Accessibility in JavaScript Applications, now available on the Frontend…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I wrote a book chapter on Accessibility in JavaScript Apps in the latest hardcover book from Smashing Magazine, New Frontiers in Web Design…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
2022 has been a time of major life change for me. In addition to working successfully for the second year as an independent, I got married…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I started a company, Modern Sole Design LLC, one year ago to work independently as a web developer and accessibility specialist. I worked…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Disclaimer: I am writing as a paid consultant and advisor for Evinced, a startup building new accessibility testing tools. Read on to find…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
There are many benefits to working a remote job: you don't have to invest time or money in a commute. There's no requirement to work in a…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This week I hosted a lunch meetup for NW Tech Women in downtown Bellingham, where we had a discussion about building a career in tech and…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In early May 2019, I traveled to London, UK to speak at a new community conference called React.js Girls. As soon as I heard about the event…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
On January 28, 2019, I started a new role as the Head of Learning at the remote startup, Gatsby.js. So I’m a leader at my job now. I don’t…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
As a Developer Advocate, I often think about what impact I want to have and the best ways to accomplish that goal. My job is to meet…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In June 2018 I traveled to Toronto, Canada for the latest edition of Smashing Conf. This year they challenged us to present without slides…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In June 2018, I traveled to Berlin once again for JSConf EU. I was delighted when they accepted my proposal to speak on the main stage…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Photo by Tiho Tadic This year, I accepted a challenge from Smashing Conference Toronto: present a talk on live accessibility debugging with…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
After 2½ years at Deque Systems (pronounced D-Q, if you aren't already hip to it), I'm happy to say that they've approved a new role for me…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In June 2018, I traveled to Berlin once again for JSConf EU. I was delighted when they accepted my proposal to speak on the main stage…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
If there's one thing I partake in every day that brings me so much comfort and joy, it's music. That's probably why I've compiled a mixtape…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In December 2017, I traveled with my Mom to Paris to give a talk at dotJS. I only had 18 minutes, which was a challenging length–it required…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In June 2017, I traveled to Oslo, Norway to give a new talk on something very important to me: JavaScript and Civil Rights. I discuss how…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This year I had the pleasure of giving one of a few keynote talks at O'Reilly's Fluent Conference in San Jose, California. Given such a huge…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In April 2017 I traveled to San Francisco to speak at Smashing Conf, delivering a brand-new talk on an issue that comes up frequently in…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Do you want to speak at conferences more? Do you submit to CFPs but struggle to have your proposals accepted? Perhaps writing an abstract…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
As this year winds to a close, I'm thinking back on a few significant changes I made in life in the past 12 months. I've really come to see…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I've compiled my favorite music again all year (for the 8th time!), but it's been a while since I wrote about it on this website. In…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In September 2016, I traveled to London to speak about accessibility testing in Angular 1 and 2. My slides can be found here: https…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I traveled to Prague, Czech Republic in September 2016 to present on Accessibility Testing with Angular. I enjoyed speaking on this subject…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In August 2016, I drove down to Utah to do my first-ever keynote talk at React Rally. I spoke about gotchas in accessibility testing using…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I had the pleasure of speaking at Cascadia Fest 2016 on automated accessibility testing. This was the first time I presented a talk in the…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In July 2016 I flew to Oakland to speak at the first-ever npm camp, a single-day conference run by the team behind our favorite web package…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In April 2016, I gave a talk on accessibility and performance for netmag's Generate conference in New York City. I gave a shorter version of…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
On April 1 in Amsterdam, I presented a 20-minute talk at the first-ever Fronteers Spring Thing on Accessibility and Performance. I recently…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This past week, I experienced something quite remarkable: O'Reilly, the organization known (to me) for web development textbooks with…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
These are my favorite web accessibility resources, books and tools as a web designer and developer. I hope you find them useful for yourself…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This post was originally published on The Pastry Box Project on December 26, 2015. Have you ever felt excluded at an event even though you…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In November 2015, I traveled to Europe to present this talk on mobile web accessibility. In Berlin, I presented a version at Beyond…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I recently gave a talk on Empathy at Creative Mornings Seattle, a free breakfast lecture series. In the talk, I explain 5 Things I Learned…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This post originally appeared on The Pastry Box Project on August 26, 2015. Rest-in-peace Wally, my beloved dog, seen here pulling me up a…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
My talk from O'Reilly's Fluent conference in April in San Francisco: Accessibility in AngularJS and Beyond. I highlighted common…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
What do you say upon losing a close member of your family? You have to say something to address the loss, and in a way it's healing to talk…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
A picture is worth a thousand words Originally published on The Pastry Box Project on June 23, 2015. Even with the best of intentions, when…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
At JSConf this year, I spoke about automated accessibility testing, something that has become a huge part of my daily work as a JavaScript…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This post was migrated from its original location on the Substantial blog. For 10 months, I contributed full-time as a developer and…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In September, I gave a talk at the inaugural Responsive Field Day in Portland, Oregon. It was a huge honor to speak alongside web veterans…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Last summer, a 4th and 5th grade science teacher from rural Oregon emailed me to ask if I would speak to his class over a Google Hangout…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Note: This post (in part) led to a web standards proposal by Brian Kardell and Alice Boxhall called CSS Input Modality and later, the…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
When I redesigned this website in November 2014, I had a design aesthetic in mind for the main navigation: a "hamburger" menu icon in the…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In 2015, I started writing for The Pastry Box Project, a platform for web creators that gives you a bunch of random publish dates and the…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In the first week of March, I attended and spoke at the CSUN 30th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Automated testing is a valuable tool for identifying common accessibility issues with a minimum amount of effort. As part of my work on the…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Originally published on The Pastry Box Project on February 26, 2015. Coming up this week is the 30th Annual(!) International Technology and…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In December 2014, I got to travel up to Whistler, Canada to speak at the first Smashing Conf Canada. Despite the fact it rained instead of…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Other than my yearly favorite music posts, I don't usually write anything to recap each year. But 2014 was HUGE. My career exploded in the…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
When Material Design was launched, many of us in the accessibility community noticed that both the Polymer and Angular.js Material Design…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I recently spoke at ngEurope in Paris on Accessibility of AngularJS and my work on Material Design. I used some of the information from my…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This post was migrated from its original location on the Substantial blog. In 2014 I traveled to Berlin to speak at JSConf EU, a community…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In September 2014, I traveled to Berlin, Germany to speak about the accessibility of JavaScript MV* frameworks like Angular, Ember, and…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In August 2014, after attending the two previous years, I finally spoke at CascadiaJS in Portland, Oregon about the Accessibility of…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This post was migrated from its original location on the Substantial blog and updated on March 17, 2020. Contents Headings and Semantic…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In May 2014, I presented on Accessibility of Web Components in the B-track at JSConf US. I even had real-life tacos delivered! It was a…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I presented Accessibility of Web Components at JSConf US in May 2014. Read about that experience on the Substantial blog. Or watch the video…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
This post was migrated from its original location on the Substantial blog. A few months ago I saw many of my accessibility heroes RSVPing…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
My first conference talk! Accessibility and the Shadow DOM at JSConf Australia in April 2014. I wrote about it on this here website. I later…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
A lesson on rendering trees, emerging technologies and tacos. This post was migrated from its original location on the Substantial blog. tl…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Music continued to make my world go round in 2013. Here are my favorite tracks of the year, which my awesome employer, Substantial…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In 2013, I became a member of an amazing community: Girl Develop It Seattle (opens in a new window)! I first got involved with the group on…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Should mobile webpages be accessible? (That seems so obvious when I ask it out loud.) The answer is, YES! With smartphone and tablet usage…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
On a Saturday morning in December 2012, I was at home reading Twitter when I came across this tweet from @Kissane about how fondly she…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I love music. I cherish finding new favorite artists & albums; the Internet is great for that. For each of the past five years I have…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
The Target Corporate Site on Responsivator I wrapped up a notable responsive web project in 2012: the Target Corporate Website, a.k.a. the…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Decibel Festival was fantastic this year, as always. There were two nights where I picked less than stellar showcases but the other three I…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Top 10 albums of 2011: Nu:Tone - Words and Pictures Little Dragon - Ritual Union SBTRKT - SBTRKT Holy Ghost! - Holy Ghost! Justice - Audio…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
For Christmas this past year I wanted to make gifts for my family using my web skills... what to do? I started thinking: my Mom, sister and…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
After seeing a few cool web clocks (Webkit Clock and the Hexadecimal Color Clock in particular), we at POP decided it would be fun to make…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I recently put out my annual holiday mixtape, a compilation of my favorite tunes from the past year. 2010 was a great year for music, making…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I have spent a lot of time retrofitting a certain website for screen readers recently. Before a month or two ago, I couldn't have told you…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Gifted the benefit of R&D time at work, at the end of 2010 I submitted an entry to the Christmas JS1k contest along with my fellow POPsters…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
...is awesome. I love that I've gotten to use Zend Framework on a few projects recently. While I do work with other platforms at POP, PHP…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In October 2010, I traveled to Atlanta for the North American Cycle Courier Championships and raced with some peeps in Grant Park. No, I'm…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Originally a photo essay for Typography class at the Art Institute of Seattle, my Urban Type project continues to influence my design style…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
In 2008 I redesigned and built my Dad's RV dealership website, SuttonRV.com. I inherited some cool branding but also some legacy code that…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I found a new love in PHP — SimpleXML. I recently discovered I can traverse an XML tree just like I do in Actionscript, right in the middle…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I recently finished my first big Actionscript 3 website and had to decide on the best loading sequence. I initially tried using the…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
I developed a website with nav items that covered the whole stage from top to bottom and I ran into a problem where it was pretty easy for…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
For the second year in a row, I have lovingly compiled a mix of my favorite tunes from the past twelve months. This time around, I…| MarcySutton.com RSS Feed
Musings about frontend code, accessibility, web development consulting, and life.| marcysutton.com
Musings about frontend code, accessibility, web development consulting, and life.| marcysutton.com
Musings about frontend code, accessibility, web development consulting, and life.| marcysutton.com
Musings about frontend code, accessibility, web development consulting, and life.| marcysutton.com
Musings about frontend code, accessibility, web development consulting, and life.| marcysutton.com
Musings about frontend code, accessibility, web development consulting, and life.| marcysutton.com