— Speaking

Speaking

I occasionally speak about front-end craft, accessibility, and design systems — particularly where technical decisions intersect with people, organisations, and long-term sustainability.

Being an introvert, the very idea of public speaking scares the crap out of me, but I do it, because weirdly I enjoy it — usually afterwards, when I’m in the pub.

The imposter syndrome is real. The prep is exhausting. And yet, every single time I’ve walked off a stage I’ve been glad I did it. There’s something about the forced clarity of having to explain something out loud, to a room of people, that sharpens your thinking in a way writing alone doesn’t.

If you’re organising an event and think one of these talks might be a good fit, reach out via LinkedIn or Bluesky. I’m interested in events that value depth over performance — where the audience is there to think, not just to hear someone confident-sounding on a stage.

Current talks

Designing a Slower Web

An exploration of pace as a design decision. Why speed became the default metric in web development, and what we lose when velocity becomes the goal rather than a tool. Covers performance culture, the cost of constant churn, and what it might look like to build with more intentionality.

Accessibility Debt Is Tech Debt

Accessibility failures rarely come from bad intentions — they come from systems that make exclusion the path of least resistance. This talk explores how accessibility debt forms, why it’s structurally identical to technical debt, and how teams can address it through architecture and culture rather than audits and retrofits.

Constraint as a Catalyst

How constraints — technical, organisational, or human — can sharpen craft rather than limit it, when we stop treating them as obstacles. Draws on real examples from design systems work and front-end engineering at scale.

Talk history