Merry Christmas from Lake Taupo, New Zealand 🎄 Got up early to do the Parkrun round the lake with my big sis.

Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos: www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend... Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.

Wrote a piece for the @zeroheight.com blog on annotating design system components for accessibility: zeroheight.com/blog/how-to-... #a11y

Another day in the accessibility trenches, pushing my woke font agenda. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Excellent deep-dive on understanding the dialog element from @sjoy.lol in today's #htmhellAdventCalendar: htmhell.dev/adventcalend...

Sending love to whoever I called a fanny this year. It was probably @amyhupe.bsky.social

@profanity.accountant Mom here is so sweaky clean she wagers it's a zero.

The accessibility insights I’ve learned from this calendar are better than chocolate #a11y

If winter’s feeling a bit much, this podcast is a gentle listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... Early morning light and vitamin D seem to be keeping me upright so far ❄️

There’s a big sale on for a week @rosenfeldmedia.com, including on my book “Surveys That Work” If you’ve wondered about buying it, here you go rosenfeldmedia.com/books/survey...

Always admire Set Studio’s integrity and the way Piccalilli pays it forward to the community. Show them some love this Black Friday 💛

If you enjoyed @scott.is's book, this is your next treat. A proper deep dive into designing for real humans. Worth snapping up while there's a discount 🎀

If you’re after accessibility training, this is the one to do. Our engineers ran it as a group session, watching a section each week, then coming together to discuss. Incredible value for the amount of content packed in #a11y

Really enjoyed this post by @gerireid.com It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI. Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required. gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...

Good use of your training budget 👇

I have spent all afternoon trying to fix some broken animation with reduce motion setting on 🙈

Tickets to the last ever All Day Hey! have been released. This is a lovely cozy conference where you meet great people. Buy early!

I’ve missed @monteiro.bsky.social’s talks 🧡 If you have some downtime this weekend, recommend his thoughtful take on creativity and AI: youtu.be/zH2dFXDMwe4

Some great advice from kind people in this thread on how to stay positive in winter ❄️

Like many neurodivergent people, I struggle at this time of year when it gets dark and cold. Does anyone have stuff that helps them they recommend? I try to trick my brain by finding joy in blankets, candles, books and cozy things. It sort of helps but my mental health still declines every winter.

AS IF I snuck this episode of Systems of Harm out yesterday without posting about it - but 90% of the design systems community was at Converge. This week’s guest is none other than @bradfrost.com (‼️) talking about design systems and ADHD. Apple: apple.co/4qQfR50 RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB

Props to @lurkmoophy.bsky.social and the @zeroheight.com crew for such a fun Converge. Highlight was Natalya Shelburne's uplifting talk and relatable aesthetic 🔮

Spring Geri always leaves Autumn Geri something in her big coat pocket to find and delight in. This morning I received £5 and a stale chocolate from an Indian restaurant #winning

Watching this has improved my day by about 100% @lurkmoophy.bsky.social

This week felt like chaos, found the common denominator.

This remains one of my all time favourite pieces of writing.

My favourite talk this year, the way @katiefenn.bsky.social breaks down the explainer is just masterclass (plus you get to dance to Daft Punk at the end). More please!

Life advice that never gets old, the lovely @scott.is at @webdevconf.com ❤️

Loving the vibes @webdevconf.com today, the legendary @loftio.co.uk is smashing it with design for developers 🙌

I'm really interested to hear devs' thoughts on this – When interviewing, do you prefer Live Coding or Take Home tests? I've made a poll on Reddit, which would be great if you could respond to, but I'd love to hear any thoughts on here too! www.reddit.com/r/webdev/com...

It's always a joy to catch up with @amyhupe.bsky.social. Along with design systems accessibility, expect our usual cutting-edge thought leadership on AI, Doctor Who and how to become a baroness 👑

I liked State of the Browser this year so much that I decided to sponsor next year's edition! It's a wonderful event and I highly recommend you attend and buy your ticket soon! @londonwebstandards.org 2026.stateofthebrowser.com

Working on tokenised design systems I got to a point where it was quicker to spec out components in text. Making your design specs machine-readable means you can query them. I've recently started to annotate accessibility semantics like this. @nathanacurtis.bsky.social is ahead of the game as usual!

Brilliant lineup at WDC this year, looking forward to catching up with y’all.

Just received a box of sweet swag from the @zeroheight.com crew. Thank you lovely people! I get excited by nice socks.

Just ordered Crocs with fur in them. Somewhere in the space-time continuum, I feel 20-year-old Geri silently judging me.

Just a reminder that Side Quest is happening NEXT WEEK! Make sure you bag a free ticket! www.eventbrite.com/e/side-quest...

This course is a great investment. @scott.is cuts through all the corporate bullshit to teach design that matters for the real humans who use your products.

Accessibility Nutrition Labels are coming to the App Store. I ran through an app audit and wrote up the process: gerireid.com/blog/how-to-...

I’m giving myself a challenge: one blog post a month for a year. Mostly on accessibility. If you’re into that, here’s my RSS feed: gerireid.com/blog/im-not-...

Grab a super early bird to SoTB 👇

This is the most useful article I've ever read on publishing and self publishing: kk.org/thetechnium/...

Never considered taking the bins out could be so perilous.

Just hire Amy. She is ANNOYINGLY GOOD at content design and design system strategy #designSystems

Check out the spike in views my Medium article got from being included in @sturobson.com's Design Systems News email. If you want eyes on something in the DS space you should sponsor this.

Pre-orders for JavaScript for Everyone are available now. Get a pre-order copy for £149, saving £100 off the full price of £249 for two weeks only. Pre-orders close again after August 26, 2025. piccalilli.link/js4e-pre-ord...

Sad to hear tech pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley has passed away. If you've never heard her story it's remarkable: open.spotify.com/episode/37sZ...

If you like white noise @matteason.me's app is fab. My fall asleep mix is rain on glass + thunder.

WCAG can be overwhelming, this is a nice common sense grouping in plain terms #accessibility #a11y

I currently have availability for new clients starting at the beginning of August, 2026. If you’d like to discuss a potential collaboration, please get in touch: arielsalminen.com ✌🏻