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Michael is a technology leader with over 30 years experience in software development, working alongside more than 100 companies during his career to build human-centered solutions. Michael is honored to be recognized as a Google Developer Expert and Microsoft MVP for his ongoing work with the software development community including speaking at conferences on every continent.

In 2015 Michael wrote Programming Languages ABC++ with Martine Dowden, which sold more than 20,000 copies and made its way into elementary schools across Indiana. In 2019 they released Approachable Accessibility to help accessibility advocates launch web accessibility initiatives in their organizations. Architecting CSS was released in 2020 to cover the technical detail ...more

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	Programming Languages: ABC++ by Michael Dowden (Goodreads Author), Martine Dowden (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Approachable Accessibility: Planning for Success by Martine Dowden (Goodreads Author), Michael Dowden (Goodreads Author), Katherine Joyce (Technical Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Architecting CSS: The Programmer’s Guide to Effective Style Sheets by Martine Dowden (Goodreads Author), Michael Dowden (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Approachable Accessibility: Planning for Success by Martine Dowden (Goodreads Author), Michael Dowden (Goodreads Author), Katherine Joyce (Technical Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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