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Hello, I'm Marcus,

a freelance web developer and Web Accessibility Specialist from Berlin, Germany. This is my blog, and I currently write about accessible techniques for modern JavaScript apps 🤝.

  1. 2019 retrospective

    Another year passed by, and I really notice some truth in the saying that the older you get, the more life seems to accelerate. Although there were many (new) things in both my private and professional life, 2019 seems to have come and gone in an absurd pace. But in order ... → Read more about 2019 retrospective

    January 1st, 2020
  2. Twenty inclusive strategies for building web apps in 2020

    With the start of the new year, it is a good opportunity to look into the accessibility of your web app. Here are 20 starting points to make your web app more inclusive in 2020. Covering the basics is 90% of the way of making your web app accessible! Yes, there are special a... → Read more about Twenty inclusive strategies for building web apps in 2020

    December 18th, 2019
  3. Fata Morganas in Accessibility

    Sometimes you stumble over things where your first thoughts are, "Hey, thats great for accessibility!" or "Nice, it's always better to solve things in a browser-native way instead of relying on JavaScript". And this has happened to me before. Unfortunately, once you dive in deeper in to these, at first, ... → Read more about Fata Morganas in Accessibility

    October 23rd, 2019
  4. Accessible React component libraries

    It may be fact or selective perception on my part, but I got the impression that more and more React component systems built with accessibility in mind are emerging. In any way – this is a great development. In this little blog post I will try to collect my findings so fa... → Read more about Accessible React component libraries

    September 6th, 2019
  5. Using framework powers for good

    Usually, when talking about modern JavaScript frameworks and accessibility, the dominant opinion is "React and company are bad for for the inclusive web". But in my opinion, it is not the frameworks that are to blame – you can write accessible or inaccessible code, just like you would (or wouldn't) in pl... → Read more about Using framework powers for good

    August 11th, 2019
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  • Ben Robertson
  • Hugo Giraudel
  • Sara Soueidan
  • Ethan Marcotte
  • Harry Roberts
  • Ire Aderinokun
  • Marco Zehe

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