EP2. Interview with Brian Evans - Accessibility is really about decency

Brian Evans is a resident and worker in the flourishing downtown of Newark, NJ. Receiving a B.S. in Human-Computer Interaction from NJIT he has quickly become a defender of the user, advocate for the differently-abled, and destroyer of churn and red tape. Passionate about designing experiences to help people get control of their financial lives. He holds a CPACC certification from the IAAP, yay acronyms! This means he finds web accessibility to be an important part of his profession. His hobbies include woodworking and writing quirky bios.

I worked with Brian at Prudential Financial for a few years and it was originally a conversation I had with Brian which led me to start this podcast. So I was super excited when he agreed to be the first interview guest on the show. I have to thank Brian as well for being such a trooper as we ran into a number of technical issues and even lost a small snippet of the recording. Thanks, Brian!

Brian currently works at https://www.incedoinc.com/

Brian discovered and was turned on to UX design from Code for America. https://www.codeforamerica.org/

Brian and I talk a lot about web accessibility. I love his line about "Accessibility really comes down to decency". I asked Brian about accessibility specifically because he was my go-to resource when we worked together for all accessibility-related questions as he always had the right answer.

Some links to further your Accessibility education:

Deque Accessibility Training. https://www.deque.com/training/

Web Aim. https://webaim.org/

IAAP. https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/

Brian's Inspirations:

Jared Spool. https://www.uie.com/

Whitney Quesenbery. https://civicdesign.org/about/our-team/

Educating Yourself:

Center Centre. https://www.centercentre.com/

Just some bears brewing bears.

Bear Party Brewing. https://www.instagram.com/bearpartybrewing/?hl=en

Brian and some of his friends have been brewing beer to keep active during this pandemic. I got the oppotunity to sample some and it was delicious. Pockets and Polar bear plunge were my favorites. Follow them on Instagram.

Catch up with Brian:

LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianevansux/

Twitter. https://twitter.com/briana11y

Website. https://bevans.design/

Podcast Music:

My podcast music was created by Davy Wreck. David is a student of mine at Springboard.com, but he also happens to be an amazing musician, artist, and dancer. I can't thank him enough for making this track for me. You can follow Davy on Spotify or you can listen to some of his Designer related playlists on Soundcloud. https://soundcloud.com/sevenpercent/sets