092: A11y Ally with Rob DeLuca

August 8th, 2018 · 50 mins 25 secs

About this Episode

01:09 – Rob’s Superpower: Ambition

05:00 – Designing and Testing for Accessibility

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Standards

Your Emotional API

16:36 – Hard Problems and “Squishy Problems”

19:49 – Rob’s Getting Involved with and Caring About Accessibility Story

31:03 – The Accessibility World on the Web has an Accessible Problem

38:04 – Moving From a Developer Role to a Business-y Role Within a Company

Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott (Book)

Radical Candor — The Surprising Secret to Being a Good Boss (Talk)

“We are investing in Rob the person, not Rob the developer.” ~ Brandon Hays

Reflections:

John: Thinking about people problems as engineering problems.

Jessica: The Frontside as a human company that cares about the people in it.

Rob: The Human API.

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