This is the blog of Martin Mengele, aka Accessabilly, a frontend web engineer focussed on accessibility and user experience. I live in north-eastern Switzerland, close to Lake Constance. If you want to get in touch, check me out on Twitter or just write an e-mail.
What I like to do
I work in the web development business since 1996 and I’m still very passionate about things like web standards, semantics, responsive design and people interacting with media.
I work for a software company (Seitenbau GmbH) as a lead frontend developer. I’m specialized in CMS and intranet solutions and I work for public administration and local government in Germany and Switzerland.
Since 2022 I’m certified through International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) as a Web Accessibility Specialist.
Clients & Projects
As part of my job at Seitenbau GmbH, I have worked as a developer and consultant for many clients, including:
German Authorities, Cities & Companies
- Bundeskanzleramt
- Bundesverwaltungsamt
- Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht
- Bundesarchiv
- Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe
- Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten
- University of Cologne
- City of Cologne
- City of Bonn
- City of Aachen
- City of Kaiserslautern
- City of Konstanz
- City of Villingen-Schwenningen
- Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Arbeiter Samariter Bund
- Hochbahn AG
- Rhein-Kreis Neuss
- Serviceportal Baden-Württemberg
- Aktion Mensch
- Bio-Pro Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Energieversorgung Weser-Ems AG
Swiss Authorities & Companies
- Eidgenössisches Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation
- Eidgenössisches Finanzdepartement
- Eidgenössische Zollverwaltung
- Schweizer Bundeskanzlei
- Staatssekretariat für Wirtschaft
- Bundesamt für Informatik und Telekommunikation
- Bundesamt für Kultur
- Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt
- Bundesamt für Strassen
- Bundesamt für Kommunikation
- Bundesamt für Umwelt
- Bundesamt für Raumentwicklung
- Betonsuisse
- Kein & Aber Verlag
- Innova Versicherungen
Austrian Authorities
- Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie
Music, Movies & Me
Occasionally I write about music at the fine site laut.de and I’m a movie buff as well and I write reviews on some of the films that I like. I’m a huge fan of vintage design in everyday life.
I love The Smiths and Morrissey. Their Rockabilly tunes and my passion for web accessibility got me to the name Accessabilly . That’s why I take the liberty of quoting Morrissey’s lyrics here from time to time. Although I don’t dig his recent political opinions at all, I distinguish between the man and the artist.
Why I’m here
I decided to start a blog (oh, is it 2003?), because I feel that accessibility in web development is not recognized as important as it should be. In my daily work experience I see it still mostly being considered as a show stopper and one of the reasons, why projects budgets are overrun.
Personally I feel, that there is a growing interest in web standards and user experience and I see an inherent chance in accessible web techniques that make websites a joy of use for everybody. To share the benefits of accessible and usable websites and applications I decided to share ideas and best practice examples from my daily work in this blog.
Thanks for stopping by.
Martin