Time for another #DigitalDeclutter, as Cal Newport outlined in #DigitalMinimalism. I’ll be off Bluesky — and other social media — until Easter.

@benterrett.bsky.social You might like this column from Joel Snape, Ben: it chimes with your “Advice: Sit at the front” blog post from April 2007!

@emcguane.bsky.social Hi, Elizabeth. I’ve added a link on my “Authors Apart“ webpage to your “Design by Definition“ book, to help spread the word. alandalton.github.io/Authors-Apar...

wonderfully written and vital article from @ladymissbarton.bsky.social

Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

There's a roundabout in Cork where even during the worst traffic, drivers unfailingly allow others to merge in a "zip" by local custom. Driving through it restores my faith in society, every time. I just found out it's known as the "soundabout", and that's just wonderful.

😑 This link will give you three free months of meditation on Waking Up!

—That guy is a woman’s man. —Should we talk to him? —He’s no time for that. —His music’s loud. —Yes, and his women are warm. —Sounds like a good life! —No; he’s been kicked around since he was born. —How do you know all of this? —Well, I can tell by the way he uses his walk.

My basic point is that the current AI bubble is going to pop. So what should replace it? I make the case that smaller, more energy-efficient, and more ethically trained models should be used for "boring" tasks. Our job is to solve problems, not look cool.

Oh, it's September already. Time for the HTMHell Advent calendar Call for Papers! 🖤 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

“Audiobooks, screen readers, text-to-voice applications – anything can now be turned into robotic but perfectly intelligible audio within seconds. Admittedly, the experience of ‘reading’ in this way is different. […] But it’s still reading, of a kind.” —@hlinehan.bsky.social

“[@matuzo.at] has too much respect for your intelligence to waste time trying to convince you of something you already know. You already know that #WebAccessibility is important.” —@adactio.com

Time for a #DigitalDeclutter, as Cal Newport outlined in #DigitalMinimalism: 1. Put aside 30 days for forgoing optional technologies. 2. During this period, explore meaningful activities. 3. Resume using technologies in a way that maximises their value for you. I’ll be off Bluesky until Easter.

“We’ve moved from humans learning to speak computer to computers learning to understand humans and I, for one, don’t want to go backwards, […]. Let’s make the computers figure out what we want, not the other way around.” —Luke Wroblewski

🤔 Pretty much since the inception of Approachable Open Source, I’ve asked myself and others, “should the book itself be #opensource?” We’ll get to that below. But, let’s not bury the lede. 📗 Read the book at approachableopensource.com/read/ 📑 View the source github.com/approachable...

“Given the boring magic of the original tap, it’s surprising that we frequently encounter taps today that are badly designed. Many of them are so unintuitive and complex it’s now common to see a set of A4 printed instructions next to a tap.” —@benterrett.bsky.social, @publicdigital.bsky.social

Here’s a 30-day guest pass for “Waking Up”, in case you want to make meditation your New Year’s Resolution.

On day 29 @twogrey.bsky.social shows us what happens if you use `<datalist>` with `type="date"` and `type="color"`. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 28 @schepp.dev introduces us to the Speculation Rules API. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 27 @alexmuzenhardt.bsky.social writes about icon-only buttons and their impact on screen readers. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 26 @luhr.co advocates for the `<dl>` element. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 25 @alistairshepherd.uk teaches how to optimise font loading performance. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 24 Steve Frenzel makes the case for the `<label>` element. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

On day 22 Daniela Kubesch advises us to stop using the title attribute as a tooltip. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 21 Matze talks about the usefulness of fieldsets. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

Anyone have a clear mapping of the metadata/Open Graph fields and fallbacks used by Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, FB, and X? Feels like a really inconsistent mess across platforms right now. (Don’t get me started on the og:* vs. itemprop thing…)

On day 20 @vale.rocks explains why `color="chucknorris"` renders a red color. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 19 @scottjehl.com shows us how to embed orientation aware videos. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 18 @alandalton.bsky.social dives into the markup for listing books. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 17 Marco Bretschneider shares how he learned that ARIA isn't as bad as he thought. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

📚 A Book Apart authors list by @alandalton.bsky.social is a wonderful indie resource keeping hope alive. Hat tip: @stephaniewalter.bsky.social. 
 alandalton.github.io/Authors-Apart/ #webdesign #canon #books #authors #ABookApart

On day 16 Maureen Holland tells us why we don’t need the isOpen class. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 15 Corina Murg illustrates the difference between `<button>` and `<div class="button">`. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 14 Kristin Rohleder shows us how to build a simple and a not so simple pagination. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 13 Anastasiia shows us how to fix wrong auto-translation using HTML. @HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 12 Julia Undeutsch shows us how to use the rt, rp, and ruby elements. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 11 Evan Hahn presents a makeshift hot reload solution in HTML. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 10 Felix shares something he recently learned about forms. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 9 @[email protected] builds a light/dark color scheme switcher. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 8 @meiert.com shows us how we can learn from the past and take that into the future. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 7 @tink.uk illustrates how good AI is at accessibility. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 6 @westonthayer.bsky.social discovers what happens if aria-labelledby points within. htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 5 @cssence.com teaches us about the positive affects of using semantic HTML on forced colors mode. htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 4 @bram.us shows us how to control the viewport resize behavior on mobile. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day3 @johnallsopp.bsky.social explains how to create smooth multi-page experiences with just a few lines of CSS. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 2 @kilianvalkhof.com tells us where the autofocus attribute shines. htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

On day 1 Rian Rietveld explains how to write the alt text for a linked logo in a header. #HTMHellAdventCalendar htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

@alandalton.bsky.social has been faithfully cataloging the books that the authors have put up for free: They’re all worth a close and thoughtful read! alandalton.github.io/Authors-Apart/