When
9:45 AM Saturday
Where
Rendezvous
Silicon Valley Code Camp : October 7 & 8, 2017session
9 things every developer can do to be more inclusive
The only thing stopping software from being inclusive is the developers. If they did these cost-effective things, they could increase their potential audience tremendously. This isn't about altruism, it's just good business practice.
About This Session
The only thing stopping software from being inclusive is the developers. Being inclusive is not a "bonus if we have enough time", but needs to be a core focus of a project from the earliest stage to the final product.A large number of developers recognize this is an important issue, but don’t think they have the resources to do anything about it. If more developers did these things, they could increase their potential audience tremendously. This isn't about altruism, it's just good business practice.
Tobiah Zarlez from Microsoft will share what he has learned through his work with developers, as well as his own development experience. Attendees will take away 9 simple ideas that developers should know about when creating their software to greatly increase the inclusivity their final products. They will learn that inclusivity can be cheap and easy to integrate as long as these concepts are kept in mind from the beginning.
Time: 9:45 AM Saturday Room: Rendezvous
The Speaker(s)
Tobiah Zarlez
Game Evangelist , Microsoft
Tobiah Zarlez is an independent game developer and Game Evangelist at Microsoft.