Mary Ditchen

Front end web designer with expertise in design systems, web standards, best practice, and accessibility. Working from home for WEB Office at

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

@jina I'm the only diagnosed ADHD person in my office and I'm also the gatekeeper of our university's design system. There is definitely something to your theory!

[Michelle Tarby @tarbyM]

"Accessibility benefits everyone and disadvantages no one." TRUTH #HEWeb20

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

"Design has the power to make us feel competent or incompetent; it has the power to include us or exclude us." - Elaine Ostroff, Institute for Human Centered Design

Thanks for a new favorite quote, @DAKCUL! #heweb20

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

"Above the fold" is an out-dated idea. People will scroll, and they won't even be mad about it. #thingswerealltalkingabout #heweb20

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

"What tension? Accessible Design is Good Design." - @DAKCUL, Addressing the Tensions between Accessible and Visual Design #heweb20

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

Design thinking is a non-linear process. Thanks for the helpful graphic, @LuisRMerino!

[Gary Wilhelm @gwilhelm]

Nice graphic about design thinking and how it relates to @LuisRMerino's journey on his large-scale web cleanup. #HEWeb20

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

"Universities have always been content factories." #ope @mjpowers #heweb20

[Genevieve Howard @HowGen]

Don't wait to be in the role to start preparing for the role. Print out the job descriptions of whatever is 3-5 years down the line and figure out what skills you don't have. Volunteer and get those skills. Get ready!

From #HEWeb20 keynoter @drgabewillis

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

Fun fact of the day from #heweb20 Alan Alda wanted to help scientists become better communicators so he helped found the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in Long Island. https://t.co/O4xCAWUvvE

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

@JPLei Site imagery is most effective when prospective students can imagine themselves in our photos and current students still recognize their lived campus experience in the stories we're telling with them.

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

@JPLei As we live out this new shared reality, images set in our old reality will feel more out-of-step with what's actually happening on our campuses.

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

@JPLei This is something our we've talked about in our web office, but don't have a lot of control over as we aren't the ones taking the pictures. But to portray authentic, relevant, and inclusive narratives, my instinct is we should be incorporating those images on our sites.

[Ada Nguyen @adanguyenx]

my sister has tiktok on both her phone and tablet and decides on which one to watch based on her mood since the algorithm on each is different 🤯

gen z is amazing lol

[National School Walkout @schoolwalkoutUS]

#NationalSchoolWalkout #NationalWalkoutDay
Today is the day! Walkout #1 for 17 minutes is underway. Be smart, be rebellious, be brave. We are students, we are victims, we are change.

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

The Invisible Parts of CSS explained (exceptionally well) by @MikeRiethmuller. https://t.co/nipFhMQKFI

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

Tim Offenstein's talk on #A11y and #rwd was so validating and motivating. Thank you, #UOFIWEBCON & @toolbelt54!! #day1 #session3

[Mary Ditchen @marykditchen]

@rachelbabiak Thanks!! 😊