When A Picture Isn’t Worth a Thousand Words

I’ve talked a lot this past week in both my work with UsableNet and talking with some creatives about using images of text. I wrote about this a few weeks ago as part of my “5 Tips for Accessible Newsletters” post, but the topic deserves its own post. The fact is that...

When to Say Goodbye

We all have moments when we know that we need to part ways with a process, a software, a website/email/social media platform… something that we’ve used to help get our business done, but that is no longer working for us. This past weekend I completed converting to a...

Create Informative Link Text

Taking a few extra minutes to create meaningful link text has benefits for your audience as it helps them understand exactly where a link is going. Where Does It Go? Anytime you use “click here,” “read more,” “buy now,” or something similar, you’re making your...

Rude!

I’ve enjoyed ABC’s new crime family drama The Company You Keep. It’s about the Nicolettis, a family of con artists, who are looking to retire from the business, except the last job goes wrong and they have to continue. Alongside the cons, there’s a budding romance...