Podcast appearances and mentions of chris demars

Communicating the message is only part of the job of a DevRel practitioner - there's also the method. Ensuring you share the same alignment and you are seen as a member of the community is even more important than being able to educate a community. In this episode we'll look at the importance of keeping yourself humble and keeping the message sincere in order to find success within the tech world. "Sit down. Be Humble” - Kendrick Lamar Checkouts Chris DeMars * Off the Hook (https://www.youtube.com/@offthehookdetroit) Wesley Faulkner * Wear Extra Fingers - Life Hack (https://x.com/weirddalle/status/1746674550891291055) PJ Hagerty * Shoalin - the WuTang board game (https://www.chillbgames.com/shaolin?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAz6q-BhCfARIsAOezPxnUbw2cvBC79gHZyq5NAgYiZN3ItzQji069Bc-iCRG9CBrDIdZKLmMaAi3XEALw_wcB) * WuTang Final Tour with Run the Jewels (https://www.thewutangclan.com/tour/) Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/community-pulse/id1218368182?mt=2) and follow us on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/3I7g5W9fMSgpWu38zZMjet?si=eb528c7de12b4d7a&nd=1&dlsi=b0c85248dabc48ce), or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we're on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village. Special Guest: Chris DeMars.

Chris DeMars is a Senior Developer Advocate at DigitalOcean. He has over 20 years of technical experience and speaks globally on various frontend topics and has received accolades for his community contributions, including the prestigious Microsoft MVP and Progress Champion awards. Chris is passionate about enhancing web development and helping developers achieve their goals. In his free time, he enjoys writing blog posts, rating Detroit-style pizza, and investigating UFO's. You can find Chris on the following sites: Twitter LinkedIn GitHub PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Music Amazon Music RSS Feed You can check out more episodes of Coffee and Open Source on https://www.coffeeandopensource.com Coffee and Open Source is hosted by Isaac Levin --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coffeandopensource/support

Come hang with us! Like what you hear? Connect with me - Website: ⁠gun.io/taylor⁠ Email: taylordesseyn@gun.io LinkedIn: Taylor Desseyn Tweet me: @tdesseyn Pics of the life, wife, daughter & dog: @tdesseyn

I am joined by my dear friend Chris DeMars who is an Accessibility Engineer and who is currently on the job search so we are going to talk about his experiences so far and some other fun things! Come hang with us! Like what you hear? Connect with me - Website: gun.io/taylor Email: taylordesseyn@gun.io LinkedIn: Taylor Desseyn Tweet me: @tdesseyn Pics of the life, wife, daughter & dog: @tdesseyn

As the world of Artificial Intelligence continues to evolve,it's increasingly evident that AI tools are rapidly changing the way we work in Developer Relations & Community Building. Tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot are transforming the landscape of our work by .. automating tedious and repetitive tasks ..providing valuable insights and analytics..and even helping to generate content on our behalf. However, the integration of AI into our industry also raises new questions. Can AI truly enhance the work of DevRel practitioners and allow us to focus on different challenges.. or will it end up diminishing our creativity and impact on supporting developers? How do we make sure AI is used ethically and responsibly? And what impact will it have on the future of not only DevRel, but software development in general? Join us as we explore the exciting world of AI in Developer Relations on this episode of "The Community Pulse". Checkouts Chris DeMars * 3 Ways Feature Flags Could Have Saved Jurassic Park (https://www.split.io/blog/3-ways-feature-flags-could-have-saved-jurassic-park/) * I'll be at Orlando Codecamp (https://orlandocodecamp.com/) in March; DEVNEXUS (https://devnexus.com/) in Atlanta, Georgia, in April; and Chain React (https://chainreactconf.com/) in Portland, Oregon, in May. Rizel Scarlett * DevRel for Black Developers (https://www.youtube.com/live/8AZyqiQ3RKc?feature=share) * Finding Me by Viola Davis (https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Me-Memoir-Viola-Davis/dp/0063037327) * BlackRel Discord - a discord for Black folks in Developer Relations - sign up form (https://tinyurl.com/blackrel-discord) Wesley Faulkner * Elk Alpha (https://elk.zone) - A nimble Mastodon web client * The ChatGPT Cheat Sheet (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UOfN0iB_A0rEGYc2CbYnpIF44FupQn2I/view) Jason Hand * 8 Things You Didn't Know you Could do with GitHub CoPilot (https://github.blog/2022-09-14-8-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-with-github-copilot/) * Platonic : How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends (https://www.amazon.com/Platonic-Science-Attachment-Make-Keep-Friends/dp/0593331893) by Dr. Marisa G. Franco * Learning From Incidents Conference (https://www.learningfromincidents.io/) (in Denver) * The Darker Side of ChatGPT (https://towardsdatascience.com/not-all-rainbows-and-sunshine-the-darker-side-of-chatgpt-75917472b9c) * ChatGPT for writing technical articles and documentation (https://blog.almaer.com/developer-docs-genai-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f/) * Developer Docs + GenAI (https://blog.almaer.com/developer-docs-genai-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f/) AI Tools Caption: For Talking Videos (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/captions-for-talking-videos/id1541407007) NVIDIA: Eye Contact (https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/broadcasting/broadcast-app/) Descript (https://www.descript.com/) Grammarly (https://www.grammarly.com/) Interesting Articles * The Darker Side of ChatGPT (https://towardsdatascience.com/not-all-rainbows-and-sunshine-the-darker-side-of-chatgpt-75917472b9c) * ChatGPT for writing technical articles and documentation (https://blog.almaer.com/developer-docs-genai-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f/) * Developer Docs + GenAI (https://blog.almaer.com/developer-docs-genai-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f/) Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/community-pulse/id1218368182?mt=2) and follow us on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/3I7g5WfMSgpWu38zZMjet?si=565TMb81SaWwrJYbAIeOxQ), or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we're on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village. Artwork photo by Emiliano Vittoriosi (https://unsplash.com/@emilianovittoriosi?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on Unsplash (https://unsplash.com/@emilianovittoriosi?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) Special Guests: Chris DeMars and Rizel Scarlett.

This episode features Chris Demars, Randy Litwin and Jenn Litwin of Spring House Spirits. Sixty years ago Chris's grandmother taught him how to distill spirits, make wine and brew beer. Chris worked as a nuclear engineer which is kind of like being a distiller. He longed to come back to the family farm and get back to his distilling roots. He pays homage to his grandmothers background by bringing several grains together in the mash bill. This bespoke farm distillery is creating amazing spirits that are full of character and flavor. Each bottle highlights the quality of the process, the local grains, and the connection to the history of the surrounding Chester County community. 25 Martin Rd, Coatesville, PA 19320 - (610)593-7348 - www.SpringHouseSpirits.com - Facebook Highlights from our discussion: St. Malachi Church M & D Staves Zook Molasses Company Grey Goose Vodka Deer Creek Malthouse

In this episode, Dr. Liao speaks with Chris DeMars, the Interim Director of the Delivery Systems Innovation Office and the Director of the Transformation Center at the Oregon Health Authority.

Rory leads the team on an exploration of Amy Bruni's “Life with the Afterlife”. We discuss the lessons Bruni learned as a Paranormal Investigator and Researcher; the tips she's picked up along the way; and the moral issues of dealing with spirits. On this episode we are joined by special guest Chris DeMars!Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saltnburnem Check out Loaded Chamber Clothing: https://loadedchamberclothing.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoctivagantPod https://mobile.twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://mobile.twitter.com/bearishterror*The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*

Rory leads the team on an exploration of Amy Bruni's “Life with the Afterlife”. We discuss the lessons Bruni learned as a Paranormal Investigator and Researcher; the tips she's picked up along the way; and the moral issues of dealing with spirits. On this episode we are joined by special guest Chris DeMars!Follow Chris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saltnburnem Check out Loaded Chamber Clothing: https://loadedchamberclothing.com/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoctivagantPod https://mobile.twitter.com/mxrorywixhttps://twitter.com/midwestundeadhttps://mobile.twitter.com/bearishterror*The views and opinions expressed by guests/books that appear on this show belong to those guests and/or authors, and may not reflect the views and opinions of the Noctivagant crew.*

We know what the Open Source and Startup world is like - but what about Community work in the enterprise?   PJ sits down with Chris DeMars to talk about how Rocket Mortgage engages with folks on the Open Source front, the community front, and also on Chris' passion, the #a11y front.

In this episode, I spoke with Chris DeMars. Developer Advocate and Front End Developer at Rocket Mortgage, Accessibility Advocate, speaker, Host of Tales From The Script Podcast. We talked a lot about Developer Relations, Accessibility, and a lot of different aspects of accessibility as well as some other chatter, in between subjects. Intro/Outro music graciously given permission to use called, "Settle In" by Homer Gaines. Transcripts can be found at: https://toddl.dev/podcast/transcripts/demars Show Notes: http://chrisdemars.com/ - Chris's Personal Site https://twitter.com/saltnburnem - Chris on Twitter https://www.talesftscript.com/ - Tales From The Script https://2021.connect.tech/ - Connect.Tech https://momentumdevcon.com/ - Momentum Developer Conference https://getwitit.org/columbus-witcon-2021-2/ - WITCON https://twitter.com/marcysutton - Marcy Sutton on Twitter https://www.twitch.tv/rocketdevrel - Front End Fun Zone & Rocket DevRel on Twitch --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frontendnerdery/support

01:14 - Chris’s Superpower: His Ability to Sleep. 01:50 - Why Chris Wants To Talk About Web Accessibility * Top 3 Priorities When Building on the Web * Accessibility * Performance * Security 02:45 - Whose Responsibility Is It To Build An Accessible Web? * Anyone Building On The Web * Dominos’ Lawsuit (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-dominos-pizza/u-s-supreme-court-rejects-dominos-bid-to-avoid-disabilities-suit-idUSKBN1WM1P1) * WCAG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Content_Accessibility_Guidelines) 07:38 - How To Inform And Get Colleagues On Board With Accessibility * Understanding The Clientele * Have Numbers To Back It Up 11:45 - Image Descriptions * Alt Attributes * Twitter Adds Alt Text For .gifs 16:34 - Companies Deal With Accessibility Lawsuits 19:07 - Where To Start Making Changes * Only Shipping One Experience That Works For Everybody * Make Sure You Are Using Semantic Markup * Color Contrast * Make Sure There Are Alt Attributes On Your Images 27:50 - What Can Developers Do Today To Make Changes * Start With An Audit * Compare To Competitors 31:06 - Work Collaboratively With The Designers 34:15 - How To Be Accessible For Various Disabilities * Hearing * Cognitive * Physical 37:10 - Accessibility Can Benefit Everyone Reflections: Chris: Accessibility is not a requirement, it is a must. From Marcy Sutton: Every little bit of accessibility you contribute is so necessary and so needed. Carina: The concrete useful examples such as audits are beneficial to business people. Jacob: Wants to get better at using a screen reader to gain empathy about what the right thing is to do. This episode was brought to you by @therubyrep (https://twitter.com/therubyrep) of DevReps, LLC (http://www.devreps.com/). To pledge your support and to join our awesome Slack community, visit patreon.com/greaterthancode (https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode) To make a one-time donation so that we can continue to bring you more content and transcripts like this, please do so at paypal.me/devreps (https://www.paypal.me/devreps). You will also get an invitation to our Slack community this way as well. Amazon links may be affiliate links, which means you’re supporting the show when you purchase our recommendations. Thanks! Special Guest: Chris DeMars.

On this episode of Eat Sleep Code, we talk to accessibility expect and front end developer Chris Demars. Chris discusses the current state of accessibility (a11y) on the web. We learn about common accessibility problems, mistakes and best practices. Chris DeMars (https://twitter.com/saltnburnem) is a front end developer from Detroit, Michigan now living in Denver, Colorado. For his community contributions, he holds awards as a Microsoft MVP in developer technologies, Google Developer Expert in web technologies, and is an Oracle Groundbreaker Ambassador. Chris loves coming up with solutions for all types of applications, which include modular CSS architectures, performance, and advocating for web accessibility. When he is not working on making the web great and inclusive you can find him writing blog posts, recording episodes of his podcast, Tales From The Script, or watching horror movies. http://chrisdemars.com/ https://www.telerik.com/ https://web.dev/ https://www.deque.com/axe/ https://uxdesign.cc/chrome-devtools-accessible-colors-300ec462a63c https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/

The Hallway track is a series of interview with attendees and speakers at various conferences around the world. Come learn what speakers are excited to share and why attendees choose to go to a specific conference. Our guest is Chris DeMars who spoke at NgDenver 2019

Sponsors Sentry use code “devchat” for 2 months free Triplebyte $1000 signing bonus Panel Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Chris Ferdinandi AJ O’Neal Joe Eames Joined by Special Guest: Chris DeMars Episode Summary Special guest Chris DeMars is from Detroit, MI. Currently, he works for Tuft and Needle and is an international speaker, Google developer expert, Microsoft mvp, and web accessibility specialist. He comes from a varied work background, including truck driving and other non-tech jobs.   Today the panel discusses web accessibility for people with disabilities. According to a study done by WebAIM, 97.8% of homepages tested had detectable WCAG 2 failures. The panel discusses why web accessibility is doing so poorly. Chris talks about some of the biggest mistakes he sees and some very simple fixes to make sites more accessible. Chris talks about the importance of manual testing on screen readers and emphasizes that it is important to cover the screen to make sure that it really works with a screen reader. Chris talks about some of the resources available for those who wish to increase accessibility on their sites.   The team discusses tactics for prioritizing accessibility and if there is a moral obligation to make sites accessible to those with disabilities. Chris talks about his experience making accessibility a priority for one of the companies he worked for in the past. They discuss the futue of legal ramifications for sites that do not incorporate accessibility, and what responsibility falls on the shoulders of people who regularly use assistive devices to notify companies of issues. They finish the show with resources available to people who want to learn more. Links The DOM Semantic markup writings Alt attribute Axe by DeQue Bootstrap Aria lable WebAim study Follow DevChat on Facebook and Twitter Picks Charles Max Wood: LootCrate Aimee Knight: Implementing Git in Python tutorial Chris Ferdinandi: "Fighting Uphill" by Eric Bailey “The Web We Broke” by Ethan Marcotte AllBirds sneakers Newsletter AJ O’Neal: Golang Channel vs Mutex vs WaitGroup Nobuo Uematsu The Best Way to Tin Enameled Wire Joe Eames: Gizmos board game Thinkster.io accessibility course (not released yet) Chris DeMars: Dixxon Flannel Company Aquis.com accessibility simulator Refactr accessibility workshop in June Follow Chris

Sponsors Sentry use code “devchat” for 2 months free Triplebyte $1000 signing bonus Panel Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Chris Ferdinandi AJ O’Neal Joe Eames Joined by Special Guest: Chris DeMars Episode Summary Special guest Chris DeMars is from Detroit, MI. Currently, he works for Tuft and Needle and is an international speaker, Google developer expert, Microsoft mvp, and web accessibility specialist. He comes from a varied work background, including truck driving and other non-tech jobs.   Today the panel discusses web accessibility for people with disabilities. According to a study done by WebAIM, 97.8% of homepages tested had detectable WCAG 2 failures. The panel discusses why web accessibility is doing so poorly. Chris talks about some of the biggest mistakes he sees and some very simple fixes to make sites more accessible. Chris talks about the importance of manual testing on screen readers and emphasizes that it is important to cover the screen to make sure that it really works with a screen reader. Chris talks about some of the resources available for those who wish to increase accessibility on their sites.   The team discusses tactics for prioritizing accessibility and if there is a moral obligation to make sites accessible to those with disabilities. Chris talks about his experience making accessibility a priority for one of the companies he worked for in the past. They discuss the futue of legal ramifications for sites that do not incorporate accessibility, and what responsibility falls on the shoulders of people who regularly use assistive devices to notify companies of issues. They finish the show with resources available to people who want to learn more. Links The DOM Semantic markup writings Alt attribute Axe by DeQue Bootstrap Aria lable WebAim study Follow DevChat on Facebook and Twitter Picks Charles Max Wood: LootCrate Aimee Knight: Implementing Git in Python tutorial Chris Ferdinandi: "Fighting Uphill" by Eric Bailey “The Web We Broke” by Ethan Marcotte AllBirds sneakers Newsletter AJ O’Neal: Golang Channel vs Mutex vs WaitGroup Nobuo Uematsu The Best Way to Tin Enameled Wire Joe Eames: Gizmos board game Thinkster.io accessibility course (not released yet) Chris DeMars: Dixxon Flannel Company Aquis.com accessibility simulator Refactr accessibility workshop in June Follow Chris

Sponsors Sentry use code “devchat” for 2 months free Triplebyte $1000 signing bonus Panel Charles Max Wood Aimee Knight Chris Ferdinandi AJ O’Neal Joe Eames Joined by Special Guest: Chris DeMars Episode Summary Special guest Chris DeMars is from Detroit, MI. Currently, he works for Tuft and Needle and is an international speaker, Google developer expert, Microsoft mvp, and web accessibility specialist. He comes from a varied work background, including truck driving and other non-tech jobs.   Today the panel discusses web accessibility for people with disabilities. According to a study done by WebAIM, 97.8% of homepages tested had detectable WCAG 2 failures. The panel discusses why web accessibility is doing so poorly. Chris talks about some of the biggest mistakes he sees and some very simple fixes to make sites more accessible. Chris talks about the importance of manual testing on screen readers and emphasizes that it is important to cover the screen to make sure that it really works with a screen reader. Chris talks about some of the resources available for those who wish to increase accessibility on their sites.   The team discusses tactics for prioritizing accessibility and if there is a moral obligation to make sites accessible to those with disabilities. Chris talks about his experience making accessibility a priority for one of the companies he worked for in the past. They discuss the futue of legal ramifications for sites that do not incorporate accessibility, and what responsibility falls on the shoulders of people who regularly use assistive devices to notify companies of issues. They finish the show with resources available to people who want to learn more. Links The DOM Semantic markup writings Alt attribute Axe by DeQue Bootstrap Aria lable WebAim study Follow DevChat on Facebook and Twitter Picks Charles Max Wood: LootCrate Aimee Knight: Implementing Git in Python tutorial Chris Ferdinandi: "Fighting Uphill" by Eric Bailey “The Web We Broke” by Ethan Marcotte AllBirds sneakers Newsletter AJ O’Neal: Golang Channel vs Mutex vs WaitGroup Nobuo Uematsu The Best Way to Tin Enameled Wire Joe Eames: Gizmos board game Thinkster.io accessibility course (not released yet) Chris DeMars: Dixxon Flannel Company Aquis.com accessibility simulator Refactr accessibility workshop in June Follow Chris

Today, I'm talking about web accessibility as a moral obligation. Links JS Jabber: https://devchat.tv/js-jabber/ Chris DeMars: http://chrisdemars.com/ A11Y Nutrition Cards - https://davatron5000.github.io/a11y-nutrition-cards/ Browser-Native Accordions: https://gomakethings.com/javascript-free-accordions/ Accessibility issues with the dialog element: https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2019/03/05/open-dialog.html

https://twitter.com/saltnburnemhttps://us.vuejs.org UI Developer – Microsoft MVP – Google Developer Expert – International Speaker

In this episode of Second Career Devs, I chat with Chris DeMars, a former truck driver turned web developer. Chris shares lessons learned from a life spent in Detroit, and his passion for web accessibility and speaking at conferences. Links in the episode: Tales from the Script Podcast - http://www.tftscript.com/

Chris tells us “the biggest challenge that [the accessibility community is] going to have, and it currently stands now, is the never-ending library framework” Thanks to Twilio for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Make sure you have a look at: Their blog: https://www.twilio.com/blog Their channel on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/twilio Diversity event tickets: https://go.twilio.com/margaret/ Transcript Nic:   … Continue Reading E71 – Interview with Chris DeMars – Part 2

Chris is a front-end developer based in Detroit, MI. He tells us, among other things, that learning about accessibility is an ongoing process. Transcript Nic:    Welcome to the Accessibility Rules Podcast. This is episode 70. I’m Nic Steenhout and I talk with people involved in one way or another with web accessibility. If you’re interested… Continue Reading E70 – Interview with Chris DeMars – Part 1

Modern Web Podcast on CSS Hosts: Tracy Lee (@ladyleet) - This Dot Co-founder, RxJS Core Team, Google Developer ExpertJake Dohm (@jakedohm) - Web Developer, Triangle Javascript Organizer Guests: Aimee Knight (@Aimee_Knight) - Software Engineer @ Built Technology, GDEChris DeMars (@saltnburnem) - Senior UI Developer, Google Developer Expert Topics: In this podcast, we discuss the latest features in CSS, CSS careers, and what our guests are excited about in upcoming standards. You can follow us on twitter @moderdotweb + @thisdotmedia

In this ver. Clark talks with Chris about the current state of our web culture, accessibility on the web and well a few angle brackets. Chris DeMars is a UI developer first, UX architect always, working out of Detroit, Michigan. Chris is also an instructor, teacher assistant, and volunteer for the Ann Arbor chapter of Girl Develop It and co-organizer for the Ann Arbor Accessibility Group. Chris loves coming up with solutions for enterprise applications, which include modular CSS architectures, performance, and advocating for web accessibility. When he is not working on making the web great and inclusive you can find him writing blog posts, recording episodes of his podcast, Tales From The Script, watching horror movies, drinking the finest of beers, or in the woods of northern Michigan. You can find out more about Chris here: http://chrisdemars.com.

This week on the show Chris DeMars joins the show to talk about an open internet for all, accessibility, design for designers, and people get left out of the design process.Chris and Matt Rose share their expertise in design as Matt Naas asks a lot of basic questions. Our thoughts are own and do not represent any company we may or may not work for.Listen to what Matters!Subscribe:iTunes - https://apple.co/2nVQTT7Stitcher - http://bit.ly/2Ey9hvLGoogle Play - http://bit.ly/2C7vIT6RSS - http://bit.ly/2nU0VUITwitter - @MattersPodFacebook - /MattersPod

Guest: Chris DeMars @saltnburnem Full show notes are at https://developeronfire.com/podcast/episode-312-chris-demars-doing-something-with-his-life

On this episode, Marcy Sutton and I talk about the importance of storytelling and how it relates to the Web field as well as speaking at conferences.Transcript:Chris: What is up boils and ghouls, and welcome to another episode of Tales from the Script, a podcast focused on front end web development, accessibility, performance, end user experience, with a little bit of horror mixed in. I'm your host, the script keeper, Chris DeMars. Today I have an amazing guest with me, reigning from the mountains of Bellingham, Washington, my good friend Marcy Sutton. What's up Marcy?Marcy: Hello, what's happening?Chris: Oh you know, just trying to get through this fall-ish, summer-ish weather in Michigan, and it's killing my sinuses beyond belief. I'm literally dying over here.Marcy: Oh no. Chris: Yeah, it's not good.Marcy: Your own horror movie.Chris: Yeah, oh, that would be a horror movie that'd sell for sure. For those unfamiliar, Marcy's one of the top influential people in the world of accessibility. For those viewers who may not be familiar with you and your work, where do you work and what do you do?Marcy: I work at a company called Deque Systems on tools for web developers to help them make the web more accessible to people with disabilities. Browser extensions, APIs, and things to basically help point out to you if you mess something up for accessibility, how to fix it. Chris: Awesome, awesome, yeah.Marcy: That's what I do in a nutshell. Chris: Sweet, yeah. I love Deque, I love that they have an office here locally, right outside of Detroit and Ann Arbor. I'm a full supporter of everything you do as well as all your team mates. Any [inaudible 00:01:50] I give on accessibility I always plug Deque or have Deque stickers, so I'm right there rooting along with you. Cool.Marcy: Oh, thanks. Chris: Yeah, no problem. You know I got your back. Today's episode, we're going to switch it up a little bit and we're not going to talk about accessibility. We're going to talk about story telling and how it relates to what we do as a front end developer and as a UI developer, myself, and as well as how that plays along with conference speaking. Storytelling, what is it? The dictionary version, it says that it's the activity of telling or writing stories, so if our storytelling ... Right, exactly. Marcy: No way. Chris: Oh that's not what we do, we don't do that any day. We just there to write code, right? This is something we do pretty much every day, depending on what type of situation we're in or what type of work environment we're in. What does storytelling mean to you in our industry, Marcy?Marcy: Well for me it's about being able to articulate ideas in an entertaining way. My background is in journalism, visual journalism. Using visuals and photography to tell stories. Really the basis of storytelling to me is something that has a beginning, middle, and an end. This can come up in so many different ways in our jobs, either just presenting something to a client, or trying to figure out the discovery phase of a project, to doing a conference talk, to trying to delight your users with something you're building for them to put in front of them. It can come up in so many different ways. When I pivoted away from photojournalism because I wasn't really seeing any good job prospects, it didn't occur to me that those skills would really come in handy later in life. Yeah, that's what it means to me, is just trying to tell stories that are compelling, that they have a starting point and an ending point, and you take it along that story arc. It really comes up in so many different ways. Chris: Yeah, I totally agree with you on that front. I've been doing web design development for a long, long time and relating that to storytelling and having user stories or personas ... I know that personas

This week Matt, Matt, and Jen welcome Chris DeMars to the show.  Together they explore the merits of Seth Green, how being a bad Dad is really easy, and the dynamics of random spinning blades. ENTER IF YOU DARE! Subscribe: iTunes - http://apple.co/2rmULMB Stitcher - http://bit.ly/2stnx2B Google Play - http://bit.ly/2stz4yM RSS - http://bit.ly/2tcDib0 Twitter - @TFTDSPod Facebook/Instagram/Tumblr - /TFromTheDarkside