We'll keep our 'Kirby wrapped' post brief. There's one number we really want to share with you. Together, we’ve collected and donated €4,778 to the Against Malaria Foundation in 2025. 💛 This is a great achievement. We are very grateful that you use our donation chechbox at checkout so frequently!

These annual ‘year wrapped’ things are melting my brain. Spotify, Amazon, Strava, LinkedIn… mostly fine. But Miro? 256 collaborators. 1,936 boards. ”Specialism in workshops.” Lots of numbers. Zero insight. Genuinely worried about what might Microsoft one might say.

AI reads your site like a blind person. This piece explains why accessibility matters for AI search. Clear structure, proper headings, meaningful alt text, and transcripts help models understand context The work that helps people use your site helps AI interpret it. www.forbes.com/councils/for...

2025: A WordPress plug-in accidentally pushes something to live - the chair of a national institution resigns OpenAI intentionally release products to a mass market that includes errors, manipulations and stolen material - cool, cool Is this how it works? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“So, hinge is that like grinder? “

Had a lot of fun recording this! Thanks to @anikacolliernavaroli.com and @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.techpolicy.press/through-to-t...

#CampDigital is back! As many of you already know, it's an absolutely wonderful event for for anyone working in design, accessibility, and digital transformation. It's gonna be a goodun - So, sign-up for your early bird tickets before they go!

Love this idea - Black Market are fighting back against planned obsolescence by turning into a proposition and product www.backmarket.co.uk/en-gb/e/obso...

Quick question. I’m in need of some advice. Does anyone of any good platforms for publishing conference slides that maintain accessibility quality/standards? I’ve not looked into it for a while, but it’s always been a bit of a big bear of mine. Thanks in advance.

One of the funniest headlines I’ve read in ages. “Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft sites down in Microsoft global outage”

100% this!!!!!

Smashing Magazine sent out another good newsletter. This time they talk about how measuring traffic to a site is a vanity metric, particularly in this era of people using AI to find what they need instead of going to source materials. sparktoro.com/blog/in-a-ze...

Today, we're launching Transforming Public Services for a Modern Wales. This report sets out a clear path for the next Welsh Government to move beyond short-term fixes and deliver better, human-centred services. #DigitalWales #PublicServiceReform

@deanvipond.bsky.social looking forward to your session Dean! I was in a meeting last week when you started presenting - but as I walked back into the office a couple of people said to me “it was brilliant” and they were looking forward to learning more. 🙌

I've been thinking about this post a lot today (related, my son got a detention for "not having his shirt tucked in") and the whole "seeing like a state" approach to rule-based and technocratically managed childhoods is so at odds with anything that will produce resilient, curious, confident adults

Had a great chat with Al Duggin today. He said something that I think every designer and developer should adopt as their accessibility mantra: “Designing to include means making experiences that work for as many people as possible, without them having to adjust anything for it to meet their needs.”

Next Thursday (9th), I’ll be having an informal and candid chat to Katy Cowan at @creativeboom.com about the power of Grayskull — I mean *side projects*. It’s online and free to attend — just sign up to The Studio (again, for free). community.creativeboom.com/events/ellio...

Another interesting drive home tonight! Bottom Line looks at how D2C businesses do things differently. Real success comes when you’re able to align your and your audience’s mutual passion and values and build a relationship. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

This is a good summary of where we are, from @joannelockwood.bsky.social, in a funny, not funny way: open.substack.com/pub/joannelo...?

Thought provoking trip home this evening. Winners and losers. Immigration, wealth, inequality. At the heart of it is zero-sum thinking: the idea that someone’s gain must mean someone else’s loss. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I need to get a train carriage in my back garden. There is something about sitting on a quiet train to London in the moring sun that makes me feel like a productivity super hero.

Such ace discussions #CampDigital about digital accessibility, a reminder to consider poverty as a form of digital exclusion, latest report here: www.goodthingsfoundation.org/policy-and-r... lots for folks who design digital tools and services to consider!

The flipping legend @herahussain.bsky.social kicks off #campDigital with her 3 month old in a pram by her side 🌟💪🏽

The world has needed this book for a very long time!

"There’s no doubt AI can unlock better public services...But that won’t happen by default. It only happens if we’re deliberate, not just about what AI can do, but who it’s doing it for." 💬Read more from @chrisbush.bsky.social, our Capability Lead for Design at Nexer: digileaders.com/why-ai-must-...

Coming soon to Safari: - Anchor positioning (YAYY!) - Scroll-driven animations (YAYY!) - text-wrap: pretty - progress() function - margin-trim - contrast-color() webkit.org/blog/16993/n...

We’re looking for people with lived experience of access needs to take part in paid user research. Sessions are remote or in Macclesfield. Interested? Sign up here: forms.office.com/e/XPMJFQmLde #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #UserResearch #DigitalInclusion

Good morning Accessibility team, Over the past few weeks, I’ve been searching for high‑quality, inclusive image and photo libraries—particularly those that feature people with access needs in work settings or engaged in tasks and activities. If you know of any resources, I’d be really grateful.

I've just been added to this wonderful sustainable web resource directory - lowwwcarbon.com :) I've got a little bit to do around file caching, and killing off a few JS libs that i don't need - but feeling pretty fired up. This is the site report from ecograder. ecograder.com/report/6JJpG...

Really looking forward to speaking at the digital leaders event this week. You can still sign-up to be a part of the session if you want to learn more about inclusive AI

Only just discovered this service - and it’s brilliant. It tells you which platform a train will depart from, 30mins before departure. Absolutely kills the need for the crazy Ryanair style rush to get on a train, 5mins before departure. www.whatplatform.co.uk

I’m gaining quite an appreciation for how well early morning train trips support you being a productivity power house: * A quiet space to focus * A place to bat around ideas * Just enough internet to be productive * Nice views * A large latte * and… Warm toes I need a train carriage in the garden

Nice little clip of an alternative door pull for people with mobility needs www.instagram.com/reel/DFbCoYq...

Just saw an interesting piece from Zoe Klienman on an emergent AI start-up from China. DeepSeek was developed for less than $6 million, uses only a fraction of the compute power and chips required by its much larger rivals. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #AI /via @benholliday.com

Check out Hocus Focus —a fun keyboard focus game! It brilliantly shows how keyboard navigation works, the importance of logical focus order, visible focus outlines, & avoiding focus traps—all in just a few minutes. Fun, quick, and polished! #WebAccessibility focus.hteumeuleu.com - 1m 28s for me

Braille has popped up a few times in conversations this week. It’s not a topic I know a lot about, particularly, when moving beyond digital interfaces. But I’ve loved learning more about the print side of things this week, and the role of blind typesetters and printers Also got a Lego fix too.

A dead hard drive over Christmas led me to rediscover this 2011 gem by bsky.app/profile/worr.... It reshaped how I think about design, encouraging me to focus on the environments people are in, creating rich, immersive products & services that truly serve us as humans worrydream.com/ABriefRantOn...

I had a great day at the UKRI CDT: AI for Digital Media Inclusion event. It was lovely to meet a group of incredible people dedicated to removing barriers arounds accessing media, information, & services through the thoughtful & innovative use of AI. #Inclusion #Accessibility #AI

I’ve really enjoyed listening to these shows over the last couple of years. The BBC Correspondent’s look ahead The 2025 one is out on Friday. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

An idea for a secret Santa perhaps?

These three “Jack’s laws of content” from @curiousscutter.bsky.social are spot on

This year we’ve been privileged to work on amazing #accessibility projects, driving progress in inclusive products, services & organisations. But there’s so much more for us all to do. "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot..." *HT @hminto.bsky.social - shorturl.at/0Seb1

Can anyone recommend a good platform (or method) for publicly sharing conference presentations that is #accessible? I’ve used, Slideshare, Speakerdeck in the past & there is definitely opportunities for improvement there. I have been considering “view only” GoogleDocs. Need some inspo!

EA just made a whole bunch of #accessibility patents open-source This means that other developers throughout the industry can use the technology at no cost. The news comes after EA made a pledge not to sue rival companies for co-opting these types of tools. www.engadget.com/gaming/ea-ju...

#Campdigital is back! A day of bold ideas, inspiring talks, and meaningful conversations with the amazing digital community. 🎤💡 Join us on 3rd July at RNCM – early bird tickets are out now! Let’s shape the future of inclusive digital together.

One other quick Accessibility thought. I don't know if this has to be added or changed through blue sky, or if Skeets can fix it, but I would love all of the unlabeled buttons for people's icons to read their usernames, so we know what the pictures are. 

We've got some handy tips to help with making events more inclusive for deaf people 😀 rnid.org.uk/information-...

Excited to be at the “Creating Policy Futures: A Responsible #AI and Careful Industries Unconference” with @carefultrouble.bsky.social Its only just started and already feels like a wonderful crowd with so many different perspectives