Today I realized that I'm older than HTML, CSS, and Javascript - all three 😂 HTML 1993; 32 years ago en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML Javascript 4 December 1995; 29 years ago en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScr... CSS 17 December 1996; 28 years ago en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS

🎶 On the fifth day of house-hunt my agent showed to me ✨Bad neighborhood! ✨ dated kitchen cabinets asbestos tiles lead paint is peeling and we have to waive all contingencies 🎶

You already know the Internet is all bots lately… But it’s even more pervasive and sophisticated than you might think 😱 www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...

💯 That's step 1. Can't get to the other steps without first taking that one.

This is the kind of thing I see with universal basic income polling. Poll: "People would stop working if provided basic income independent of work." 45% agree 55% disagree Poll: "YOU would stop working if provided basic income independent of work." 4% agree 96% disagree

Looking at under-desk treadmills? I found this google sheet that compares them! (from a Reddit post) docs.google.com/spreadsheets... I got this one first: REVO Walking Pad But the max speed was a little slow for me (I walk very fast!) So I upgraded to this one: UREVO Strol 1 Pro Treadmill

I’m evaluating manual browser testing tools like Browserstack and Sauce Labs. Most tools I’m comparing these two to are much less full featured. These two are the frontrunners! The biggest difference is pricing: Browserstack is per-user SauceLabs is “parallel test” number (simultaneous users)

How the lang=“en” attribute is important even if your site is only in English… The time when Pew Research surveys had “yes” replaced with “forks” 😂 https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025/03/21/how-a-glitch-in-an-online-survey-replaced-the-word-yes-with-forks/

CAPTCHA means “Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart”??

It’s the year of mass boycotts! avoiding Target, shifting more to Costco

Should our websites support Dynamic Type for iOS devices? A lot of folks with low vision increase their font size on their phones system-wide using the Font Size settings under Accessibility (me too!) This setting affects the system UI (Settings, etc) and many/most native iOS applications…

Have you ever actually installed an anti-tip kit for furniture? 👀 Are you a parent? 👀

https://conference-handbook.readthedocs.io/ I read this 10 years ago and it helped shape the way I run community events. But I keep losing the link! So glad I found it again It’s written for big tech conferences (python/django) but a lot of the ideas apply well to smaller events too.

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

Another accessibility story 📖 Last night I was helping my mother in law navigate medicare. She has low vision, and she has trouble navigating websites (~cognitive load). I projected my laptop screen onto the TV at 400% zoom so she could see what I was doing.

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

This is a fun free online game! Guessing drawings skribbl.io

This is a post to both Mastodon AND Bluesky, using the app Open Vibe. Let’s see how it works 👀

Looking to build a broader understanding of accessibility in gaming, but don't know where to start (or need a bit of guidance)? No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources. One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!

I'm pretty proud of this tree view component I helped to make. I wrote about the nuance of what went into it in the hopes that it can serve as a reference for others. #a11y github.blog/engineering/...

Artists! And people who post images, please post alt text, it helps those who can’t see well to describe what you’ve posted. You can set it in settings>accessibility to remind you to fill in alt text before posting 🥰 #alttext #accessibility

Did you know many #accessibility features designed for other issues can also help reduce cognitive load in games? High contrast modes can make it easier to see useful items in visually overwhelming scenes, and volume sliders for different types of sound help players focus on important sounds.

DEI public favorability continues to be +19. Pundits are wrong that: 1) DEI is unpopular. It's popular. 2) This recent support is thermostatic. This is NOT thermostatic. DEI favorability has been high throughout its existence (second pic).