{"id":19620,"date":"2018-10-25T15:08:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T12:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=19620"},"modified":"2021-05-10T16:22:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T13:22:21","slug":"sami-keijonen-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/sami-keijonen-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Sami Keijonen Interview – Front-End Engineer at 10up and Web Accessibility Supporter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey folks, I know that WordCamp Europe 2018 is already in the history books, but we still have some more great interviews from the event to share with you.\u00a0Today, it’s Sami\u00a0Keijonen’s<\/strong> turn. He’s a member of the WordPress accessibility team, a front-end engineer at 10up, plus a whole lot more!<\/p>\n

If you missed our previous interviews, you can see them all in their dedicated category<\/a>. Our last interview featured Raelene Morey<\/a> discussing WordPress and writing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now, we’re back to Sami<\/a>!\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Sami\u00a0Keijonen<\/a> is a devout supporter of web accessibility<\/a> and he’s doing his best to make WordPress friendly to people that really need it. He believes that the internet should be a place where everybody can feel welcomed, no matter what.<\/p>\n

He was also the host of a workshop in Belgrade, showing people how to test the accessibility of a WordPress site and what tools you need<\/strong>\u00a0to do it.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Recently, Sami accepted a job as a front-end engineer at the popular WordPress agency,\u00a010up<\/a>. He also has his own<\/a> theme and plugin shop\u00a0with some beautifully designed offerings. Right now he’s focused on getting fully involved in the WordPress community<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Sami’s thoughts on WordPress and web accessibility, you can read the text version below or watch the video to the right (or both!).<\/p>\n\n\t\t

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Here's our third #WCEU<\/a> interview with our new friend @samikeijonen<\/a> on #WordPress<\/a> and #a11y<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Thanks for your time Sami and good luck with your new job @10up<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Question 1: How did you get started with WordPress? pic.twitter.com\/VyoygyqL26<\/a><\/p>\n

— ThemeIsle (@ThemeIsle) June 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n