The schedule for the next @pixelpioneers.co is taking shape, and I'm so looking forward to sharing the first speakers with you. 😃 We're back in Bristol on 19 June, which will come round faster than you think! pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

If you have any sponsorship budget to use up by the end of the calendar year, why not spend it on a grassroots community conference like Pixel Pioneers? 😀 You'll have the opportunity to connect with a lovely crowd of around 200 front-end devs and UX/UI designers! pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

Now's the time to use up your training and development budget! Buy an early bird ticket to Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2026 for yourself and/or your team before the calendar year ends. But don't leave it too long, the tickets are flying at the moment! 🚀

The web was built on openness, but today’s monetization models often create barriers. 📺 In this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers 2025, Rabeb Othmani explores a new approach: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UvF... Huge thanks again to @interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy for the support!

All super early bird tickets for the eighth edition of Pixel Pioneers Bristol (19 June) have been snapped up already! 😲 🐣🎟️ Regular early birds (which are also limited) are now available: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

Pixel Pioneers Bristol will be back on 19 June 2026! 🙌 An email about very limited super early bird tickets has just gone out to previous attendees:

Are you aware of the secret battle behind your browser? Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!

Sometimes, the right use of ARIA can improve your UI for end users. 🎥 Watch @hidde.blog's excellent talk on both the good parts and common pitfalls of ARIA, delivered at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTh... #throwbackthursday #tbthursday #a11y #accessibility

Are we witnessing the death of the browser? 🎥 In their excellent closing talk at Pixel Pioneers Bristol this summer, @nearestnabors.com explored how AI agents can transform our relationship with the internet. Watch the keynote here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IT5... #ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday

2D to 3D and back again! 🎥 Watch @chrisgannon.bsky.social's excellent talk from Pixel Pioneers in Bristol this summer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLK... Chris live-codes to make an interactive web animation in 2D with @gsap-greensock.bsky.social, then recreates it in 3D with @splinetool.bsky.social.

What does refactoring CSS have in common with redecorating a new home? 🎥 Watch @ohhelloana.blog's fantastic talk on maintaining and modernising legacy CSS to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JU...

Great design isn’t just about pixels. It's about collaboration, speed, and setting up the right foundations so designers and developers can build better products, faster. 🎥 Watch Rachel Ilan Simpson's talk on building and transforming design at startups & scaleups: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl6...

"It's just nice when a site feels nice." 🎥 Watch @jackf.io's excellent talk on debugging web performance with Chrome DevTools: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5I... #ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #webperf #perfmatters #devtools @developer.chrome.com

🎥 Here's the first video from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025! @tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP... #ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y

If you haven't seen them yet, the photos from @pixelpioneers.co Bristol 2025 are on the PP site at pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...! I've written a big thank you post over at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver... The videos of all the talks will follow very soon!

Thanks for the excellent writeup, Jamie! 🙏

Last week, Thomas Beverley, co-founder of Wavebox, spoke at @pixelpioneers.co to spotlight how Microsoft uses misleading user interface patterns, hidden settings, and system updates to make it difficult for users to set and keep a non-Edge browser as their default.

Thanks to all the speakers, attendees, and volunteers at #pixelpioneers. I’m tempted to say that was the best edition yet! Congrats @oliverlindberg.com! Hosting was a treat. You’re all lovely. (Even accounting for unread email counts)

Many, many thanks to everyone who played a part in making last Friday's @pixelpioneers.co Bristol such a wonderful day: all the speakers, sponsors and supporters, attendees, volunteers, and MC @philhawksworth.dev of course! Stay tuned for the full photo gallery and the videos of the talks!

It's time to choose a winner for our @frontendnorth.bsky.social competition! 😃 🥁 Drumroll... @haidarnasralla.bsky.social, please drop us a quick line at [email protected] and we'll get your free ticket 🎟️ sorted! Congratulations!

My key takeaway from @pixelpioneers.co last Friday — it’s actually not so bad having only 1,127 unread emails in my personal inbox.

Thanks @pixelpioneers.co for having me! My slides and all the links are on talks.hiddedevries.nl/UlE4OU/aria-...

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Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)! Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June. And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com

Read all the Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 speaker spotlights on our blog: pixelpioneers.co/blog

We'll be in a new venue on Friday! Can't wait to run the conference at @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social! 🤩

It's @pixelpioneers.co week! And it's going to be very warm on Friday – Bristol harbour will look glorious!

"We want users to have a fair choice about what browser they use, so independent vendors like us are free to build experiences that users want and love." The final speaker spotlight featuring Thomas Beverley of wavebox.io and @browserchoicealliance.org is now live: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...

"I want people to [be] excited about the vision of an internet where access to fair, secure, & inclusive financial services isn’t limited by geography, infrastructure, or income." @Interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy's Rabeb Othmani in our latest speaker Q&A: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...

Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)! Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June. And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com

I looked through 78 payment-related claims and wrote down the 3 mistakes freelancers make when chasing late payments.

If you want to come to @pixelpioneers.co Bristol on 20 June and haven't got a ticket yet, you really should get it sorted asap. We're near capacity, and there aren't many tickets left now!

Catch Thomas's talk at Pixel Pioneers (20 June!) to find out how we can keep the web open, why users should have the right to choose their browser, and how gatekeepers and their dark patterns stifle browser innovation. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Don't forget that we're in a new venue this time! We can't wait to hold Pixel Pioneers Bristol in the amazing @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social!

If you’re in Bristol the night before @pixelpioneers.co and enjoy the colour orange, come hang out with us at the Just Eat office! 🧡 We’re on the harbourside a couple of mins from the venue.

This is a must listen! @tink.uk will open Pixel Pioneers Bristol on 20 June and @brucel.bsky.social is kindly sponsoring the event with @vivaldi.com. 😊

Bibi is speaking at Pixel Pioneers! Get a look under the hood of how Web Monetization works, the challenges it addresses, and how you can start experimenting with this model in your own projects. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

They're shutting down accessibility and diversity & inclusion teams. So let's cover #a11y even more at @pixelpioneers.co.😃 Join us in Bristol on 19/20 June for a community conference that puts accessibility at the heart of its schedule: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

Hiring and looking for a job in 2025 is chaos. In this two-part article, Rachel Ilan Simpson shares some invaluable advice for hiring managers and job seekers: 👉 How to Hire: medium.com/@rilan/how-t... 👉 How to Get Hired: medium.com/@rilan/how-t...

Not long now until @pixelpioneers.co in lovely Bristol. I'll be there to MC in the fancy new venue. Looking forward to what looks like a great lineup. I promise not to forget to bring some @deno.land stickers this time. See you there? pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

25 days to go! Wanna learn about CSS, web performance, AI, accessibility & more? And connect with fellow front-end developers and UX/UI designers? 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 Come to Pixel Pioneers Bristol on 20 June! 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

Jack Franklin (don't miss his talk on debugging web performance at our Bristol conference on 20 June!) has found ways to let AI enhance — not replace — his work. 👇👇👇

📣 We've teamed up with Just Eat to bring you a warm-up on the night before @pixelpioneers.co Bristol! Featuring talks by @gerireid.com and @ashn.uk and @whitep4nth3r.com! The event is free to attend, but as space is limited, please register to reserve your spot: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

New interview! Find out what first drew @chrisgannon.bsky.social to motion design, what inspired his brand-new talk about 2D and 3D animations, and more!

⏳ @pixelpioneers.co Bristol is just 1 month away! Meet this year's core speakers: 👉 @hidde.blog 👉 @chrisgannon.bsky.social 👉 @ohhelloana.blog 👉 @nearestnabors.com 👉 @tink.uk 👉 Rachel Ilan Simpson 👉 @jackf.io And stay tuned for news on the two lightning talks! pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

The Design Systems Awards are back! Let’s celebrate the teams and individuals shaping our community across 12 categories, from Best Documentation to Community Champion. 🏆 Submit your entry by 22 August — for your team or someone you admire. We can't wait to see your entries. 💚 hubs.li/Q03ms3TK0

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! The perfect opportunity to announce that #a11y legend @tink.uk is opening @pixelpioneers.co Bristol on 20 June! 👉🏽 Check out the full talk description and secure your ticket: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist... #GAAD #GAAD2025 #accessibility

39 days to go! ⌛ The auditorium is filling up, so don't leave it too late. The final regular speaker will be announced this week 👀, then it's just the lightning talks and the schedule is complete! 👉 Check out what we have planned so far and secure your tickets: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

The deadline is looming! ⏳ There are 11 days left to apply for a diversity scholarship to attend our conference in Bristol on 20 June. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

"Critical thinking [...] should be at the heart of any role or work. Designers call this design process – but it’s really about asking the basic questions." 👉🏽 Check out the latest @pixelpioneers.co speaker spotlight featuring Rachel Ilan Simpson: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...