Working

I’m Principal Technical Writer for the Knowledge Center at Vispero, which makes me part of a very large, global team focusing on digital accessibility.

Part of my job requires a lot of research, testing, reading, and writing technical guidance for the Vispero Knowledge Base: the rules, testing procedures, techniques, solutions, and articles our engineers and clients rely on to make websites accessible.

Another part requires more research, reading, and writing content for our Tutor self-directed digital accessibility training courses used by our staff and clients.

There is a third part, which is to aggregate industry news, events, and resources and collate them into newsletters, articles and blog posts (republished here).

I also contribute to external projects related to my work, including industry group OZeWAI, some W3C groups, the Accessibility Book Club, and events like WordPress Accessibility Day, Ask The Professionals, and Inclusive Design 24.

All this is the result of 35 years in information services, information technology, web design, and front end development, both freelance and for various companies.

My consistent focus on accessibility in these fields led to work with accessibility-focused agencies like like AccessIQ, Simply Accessible, AccessibilityOz, Intopia, Tenon, and now Vispero.

My writing and editing skills have also brought me work with the likes of UX Australia, SitePoint, Web Directions and Smashing Magazine. I’ve also been technical editor, technical reviewer, or development editor on a few web technology books.

I pop up occasionally to speak live or online at digital accessibility conferences, meetups, and podcasts, most recently Beyond Barriers Podcast (Sep 2025), Perth Digital Accessibility Meetup (Sep 2025), A11y Camp (Nov 2025), Perth Digital Accessibility Conference (Febr 2026), Wally Roundtable on AI and Accessibility (Feb 2026), and State of Accessibility Podcast (April 2026).

From my hideaway on the south coast of NSW, Australia, I maintain a small portfolio of web design clients, some of whom have been with me for over 20 years.

I collaborate with skilled colleagues on special projects, usually short term and focused on accessible design. One collaborator who I thoroughly endorse and recommend for digital accessibility projects large and small is Crystal Scott at Graceful Web Studio. Her work is outstanding.

Otherwise, I’m always available to discuss interesting projects, records, books, movies, TV, and recipes. Contact me.