What a strange year it has been...

When did technology last spark JOY for you? Not efficiency, delight? Our new forum "Delightful Encounters" explores play as a radical design ethos. Read & contribute: doi.org/10.1145/3780... #HCI #playfuldesign @dalya.dev @laurenscottdev.bsky.social @pat-piedade.bsky.social

Staff involved in teaching and learning: share your experience with #playfullearning! Whether you use these methods, are curious about them, or sceptical – we want to hear from YOU. Help shape the future of university #HigherEd teaching 👇 nupsych.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #HCI #Design

🌧️ hey yeah it’s launch day. had a blast making this website with the inimitable @likethecolour.red, a Bluesky Account & in many ways a dear friend whose outlook on life inspires me deeply :) this is a project made with love for the web, friends, and reiselust. i'm excited to share it with you.

looking for CSS animation experts for something fun in December 👀

I wanted to work out what URLPattern was and how it worked, so I ended up with another Rob-special HTML PWA urlpattern.r0b.io #PWA #JavaScript #HTML #CSS #WebDev

Introducing transparent.html: relevant.space/transparent.... An experiment in turning the web transparent

dev log 004 - set up live CSS debugging by setting every <style> tag to `display: block` and `contenteditable`. Ship to production for a completely customisable user experience.

In case you missed it, I wrote about the basics CSS Anchor Positioning. 🔗 ishadeed.com/article/anch...

Thank you! This was all very exciting and fun, and I can't believe I won seeing how great everyone's submission was.

This cow is an expert in its field

Public service announcement: Chickpeas can explode in the airfryer and coat the insides like a chickpea stucco wall. No perfectly toasted chickpea recipe reel will tell you that.

dev log 003 - css `will-change`? what illegal black magic is this?

Just submitted my @nordcraft.com Bad UX idea only to discover that I wasn't the first to build it. Great minds and all... Here it is anyway perfectdate.relevant.space

Can we please get some basic markdown support here on bluesky?

dev log 002 - adopting a more transparent approach to web development today with `script { display: block; }`

Two years later and I'm still deciding which mastodon server to join.

Everyone blames avocado toast and lattes for millennials being broke, but no one talks about the 27 domain names you renew annually because you're trapped in a sunk cost fallacy and can't get over how great the pun is.

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Great talk today from Steve Hodges on 'Unlocking a Long Tail of Hardware' as part of the first day of the #2025pro2summerschool @lancasteruni.bsky.social

We're giving you an extra week to get your design entries in! Design the official #RSECon25 T-shirt and sticker! 🏆 Prize includes: - Your design on official merch - Free t-shirt + sticker pack - Community recognition 🗓 Deadline: 5 July (23:59 BST) rsecon25.society-rse.org/community-co...

Just a reminder that when you ask chatgpt for life advice, there’s a non-zero chance it's been trained on my tumblr posts from when I was 16

I have been blessed by the airbnb cat 🐾

dev log 001 - just wanted a sticky header to have a shadow that fades in after scroll. Firefox still has scroll-driven animations behind a flag. So now for the hackiest css-only solution: - sticky shadow under header - absolute white shadow over it to hide it pre-scroll Am I overcomplicating this?

Vibe c̶o̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ prompt engineering.

I’ve got some free time coming up. Should I rewrite all my GitHub repos, catch up on the ten-plus ideas I’ve been planning to work on for the last few years, or finally build the portfolio I keep thinking I need?

🏃‍♀️🚨Fully funded PhD in HCI + neurodiversity with me & @dbpharrison.bsky.social PhD will explore self-tracking tools for neurodivergent women, rethinking how they can support sport,health& wellbeing in more inclusive ways. 🇬🇧UK/home-fee only. Please share widely! 🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Fantastic 3 Minute Thesis presentation from Luis Carvalho from Northumbria's CIS department about web accessibility and the challenges ensuring our websites work for all users. Well done Luis! #phdlife #hci #3MT #web #accessibility

when vacuum robots encounter the mirror-realm, they know it is A Forbidden Place. these little robots know their place in our treacherous cosmos far better than we, and they rarely find themselves punished, sequestered into a hollow and silent reverse prison, by the Shades

Got creative flair? Want your work featured at the biggest RSE event of the year? We’re calling on the RSE community to design the official #RSECon25 T-shirt and sticker! 🗓 Deadline: 28th June (23:59 BST) Submission details and more information at rsecon25.society-rse.org/community-co...

Registration has been extended until end of day on 9th May to attend our #DCX event this year. Please sign up if you want to come along, you can also deliver a lightning talk at our DCXplain event by submitting an abstract here: forms.office.com/e/n1eKGTHkZ2 #hci #digitalcivics #dcitizens

Read about the latest updates to EBI Search - our new article is now available as part of the Nucleic Acids Research Web Server issue: academic.oup.com/nar/advance-... @narjournal.bsky.social

Karaokai won the Popular Vote Award at #CHI2025! Big love to everyone who sang, asked, smiled & danced with us and our dino. You made it magic. @dalya.dev @kylemontague.bsky.social @laurenscottdev.bsky.social @pat-piedade.bsky.social #Karaokai #karaokescience #hci #northumbriauni

Thank you for the music 🎶 🎉 Couldn't be prouder of the brilliant team that brought this mad idea to life 🥳

Hi #CHI2025 please help share or take part if you are interested and qualify.

In case you need an excuse to sing at #CHI2025, come find our KaraokAI interactivity booth, where you'll meet the wonderful @annarlcarter.bsky.social and the rest of the brilliant team. Highly recommend both the singing and the company.

We demoed KaraokAI: turning papers into karaoke songs at @chi.acm.org today. Over 100 people sang, danced and chatted with us! We’re so grateful for the energy you brought. Excited to meet and sing with more of you over the next few days. #KaraokAI #HCI #KaraokeScience #CHI2025

🎉 📣The RSE Society are pleased to announce that registration for RSECon25 at University of Warwick (9-11th September) is open Connect with and learn from peers and find out about exciting developments in the RSE domain rsecon25.society-rse.org/registration/ #RSECon25 ##conference #rse

Come along to our #CHI2025 SIG on Designing for Neurodiversity in Academia: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in HCI. 📆Tuesday 29th April 🕑2:10pm 📍G217 Everyone welcome, whether you are neurodivergent, an ally, or just curious. See you there! 🧩✨

Heading to #CHI2025 tomorrow 🤩 if any of this sounds interesting, let’s connect! 🧵 🧠 ADHD-inclusive productivity tools 🤖 Future of work: worker-centred gig economy, AI in third sector & @chiwork.bsky.social 💚 Well-being through reflective / affective interaction 🧐 First-person research methods

Recycled fondue.

📣 Thank you to everyone who has already submitted their proposals to RSECon25. To give you all a little more time and take some pressure off the Easter break we will be extending the submissions deadline to the 2nd May (at midnight 🕛 ). rsecon25.society-rse.org/call-for-sub... #rsecon25 #rse

Hi everyone. We've just published a couple of new #RSEStories! First up: Samantha Finnigan, Senior Research Software Engineer at Durham University, who talks about the experience of becoming a Senior RSE and being a neurodiverse manager.

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

Health influencers cannot explain why every croissant I’ve ever eaten has been a deeply healing and nourishing experience.

It was my pleasure to engage the @northumbriauni.bsky.social HCI group as part of the #dcitizens Seminar Series. It was a fun talk that ended with AI research abstract karaoke sung to the tune of "Last Christmas"! 🎤 Thanks for organizing and showing me around Newcastle, @annarlcarter.bsky.social

Time for some late night baking 🌙

#GGJ2025 and I am paying homage to my research group's love for Bubble Tea with a game programmed in #Java. Still needs some work (video from day 2), but it's getting there. Thanks as always to Northumbria Uni for hosting.

oh you use a text editor? real programmers make their edits directly on the github web ui