Maybe last painting for a bit - back to work… #SceneInJamestown

Untitled - 9x12” watercolor / Yupo #LandscapePainting #JamestownNY

Cole Ave, Afternoon Sun - watercolor/yupo, 9x12” - #JamestownNY #SceneInJamestown #Watercolor #LandscapePainting

Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.

Finally started (and finished!) a painting - “House in the trees,” 12x9”, watercolor/Yupo - #SceneInJamestownNY

After 7 years of selling courses, I'm finally doing a Black Friday sale. I'd held off for from doing sales in general for all this time, but had some smart people get me on board with it, so I figured if I'm going to do it, I'll go big: 40% off + Flexbox Simplified for free.

Testing digital accessibility isn’t one size fits all. I break down how automation, AI and manual testing each contribute, and why you’ll want all three. Let’s talk about your approach. buff.ly/kB01jJ4 #DigitalAccessibility #DigitalInclusion #TestingStrategy #WCAG

🦊 “Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.” I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky. ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/the-li...

WordPress didn’t start in a boardroom. It started with one frustrated blog post that’s still online, and that post kicked off the project that now powers around 43% of the web. I wrote up the full story here: iterativewonders.com/2025/11/21/i...

Humans tend to favor the things we enjoy and that we have learned to be successful at. If blogging feels like “Ugh, I have to write this,” try reframing it: “I want to document what I know so I can stop explaining it repeatedly.” #ContentStrategy #SmallBusinessBlogs alwaysopen.design/small-busine...

I want to uplift again this brilliant piece of writing and thinking by @shannonmattern.bsky.social - placesjournal.org/article/extr... - I think that everyone who is interested in libraries would benefit from reading it.

📣 Hear hear! The biggest savings on the Practical Accessibility course start *today*—for a limited time only. Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.

I'll be Winging It Live with @meyerweb.com and @jamessw.com tomorrow, to talk about anchor positioning – which is now behind a flag in Firefox, and live everywhere else. Join us, and bring your questions! 1pm ET / 10am PT www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOXY...

The good people at @deque.com have put my #axe-con 2025 presentation, Design for Everyone, live for all! (With captions and ASL.) This is one of my favourite talks. It covers accessible and rights-respecting design, sort of a culmination of many of my other talks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAL7...

The first edition of Conversational Design is available as a free download. I think more people should read it before they go making every interface into chatbots. www.mulebooks.com/conversation...

THIS THURSDAY at 2pm EST, I'm going to be presenting a live webinar with GreenGeeks about managing new workflows for modern image formats on your site. Modern formats can be faster, easier, & cheaper than what you're doing right now. Come sign up! #WordPress #web www.greengeeks.com/webinars/mod...

I made a free full site editor block theme cheat sheet for #WordPress devs (or anyone dipping into theme development). Core blocks, theme.json reference, hooks, and troubleshooting tips I wish I'd had when I started. Grab it: elliottrichmond.co.uk/block-theme-...

10 out of 10 feudal serfs agree, working weekends in order to “catch up” and have time for a good life in the future definitely not a workable plan. Remind me in 5 days.

Bruce Lawson’s quite interesting reading list, 10/31/25 - brucelawson.co.uk/2025/reading...

Neighborhood homes, potential painting subjects over winter break 🤞

Today's #WordPress tutorial is about how to keep your site safe from hackers. It doesn't cover EVERYTHING, but it does give 5 simple steps to harden your front line. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4d6...

Launched! Post-launch checks commencing…

Fixed a slug that was annoyingly /service-name-3/ by deleting two image files with the same name - no MySQL queries. #Winning

No stress quite like missing images in a media library and database syncing when you need to launch a site.

Mutual aid is cute and everything, and we love that you're on the right side of Palestine, but do buy local? Like local-local? Are you promoting and paying small minority owned businesses?

Google Drive telling me I have work boundary issues without explicitly calling me a loser, “You often open around this time.”

“You might have a fantastic idea you want to write about. But great ideas without planning … will disappear like tears in rain.” #WordPress #BloggingMistakes #WritingIsEditing alwaysopen.design/13-blogging-...

Here are a few tips for building a blazing-fast #WordPress website from the ground up. speckyboy.com/building-per...

Great skies here

Who Will Support Quality Content on the Web? pleasehumoreric.com/who-will-sup...

While Hitler plotted and Europe crumbled, a motley crew of mathematicians, philosophers, architects, and economists met weekly to invent Computer Science. Mark Bernstein mines this forgotten history for lessons that just might save today’s web from its worst impulses.

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Set your alarms and clear your inboxes: JavaScript for Everyone launches in 7 days, on October 14th. The drafts are done, the editing is *nearly* complete and let us tell you, Mat has written a masterpiece. Get alerted on launch day by signing up for updates: piccalil.li/javascript-f...

Please give him something to do today. Thank you.

WRFA To Host County Executive Debate Oct. 16 WRFA, along with media partners, the Jamestown Post-Journal and Media One Group, will host a Chautauqua County Executive candidates debate this Thursday, October 16. The debate will feature incumbent Republican candidate PJ Wendel and Democratic…

It’s Sunday so I wrote a blog article, Search engine rankings and how to get them - enjoy! alwaysopen.design/small-busine...

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Why Do We Still Celebrate Tech Leaders as Visionaries? - Please Humor Eric pleasehumoreric.com/why-do-we-st...

✍️ New post: Jane Goodall’s Famous Last Words #blogtober #interview #janegoodall #climateaction #nature matthiasott.com/notes/jane-g...

My curated weekly newsletter is out: - OKLCH Gradients - Screen Readers And AI Ethics - Boring LLMs Are The Way To Go - Mobile Web Inspiration - European Product Alternatives - Brutalita Font Editor - Accessible Flip Card Tutorial 👉🏻 stephaniewalter.design/blog/pixels-...

✍️ New post: Euro­pean Tech Alternatives 🇪🇺 #blogtober #tech #software #europe matthiasott.com/notes/europe...

I just registered for #WPA11yDay, a free, virtual 24-hour conference on WordPress accessibility taking place October 15-16, and you should too! Get your free ticket at 2025.wpaccessibility.day. #WPAD2025 #WordPress #a11y

It's not unusual for freelancers to forget about legacy clients. Once a site launches, the focus usually turns to booking the next project. However, there's still potential for revamping older #WordPress websites and adding features. thewpminute.com/dont-forget-...

New post: Able Player 4.7.0 & Able Player for WordPress 2.2.0 Released! https://www.joedolson.com/2025/09/able-player-4-7-0-able-player-for-wordpress-2-2-0-released/

Amazing (and I never, ever use that word) visit to the Jamestown Audubon center today - beautiful, well designed, and such a great community resource and respite… @audubon.org

Chicago folks, the Art Institute's exhibition of Elizabeth Catlett's work is open and I highly encourage you to visit. I saw the exhibition 3 times when it was at the Brooklyn Museum. You will thank me later. www.artic.edu/articles/121...

🎥 New (Video) Podcast: "Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan", with @kevinpowell.co www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGK... I finally sat down with Kevin for a long-overdue, in-depth conversation about web #accessibility, and we had a blast!

If weekends were 4 days and the “work” week was 3 days, I think I’d get more done. But, maybe that’s true problem…

I wrote a thing! Finding it hard to understand why my Additional CSS wasn’t working (doing it wrong), I googled, tested, and perplexitied this brief guide into existence for you: alwaysopen.design/additional-c...

If health care costs go up as expected, 2026 is going to be a make-or-break year for me (and a lot of other US-based freelancers). I will either have to increase revenue significantly or just go out of business (after 26+ years). #Freelance time.com/7312361/obam...

[LISTEN] Arts on Fire – Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell – August 22, 2025 Buffalo musicians Sally Schaefer and Tyler Bagwell stopped by the WRFA studios before their performance at the 2025 Mayville Bluegrass Festival to play some songs in-studio and talk music with AOF host Anthony Merchant…