Sharing this Little Egret painting for @birdwhisperers.bsky.social June challenge. Painted with #watercolor and #gouache #birdart #BirdWhisperer

🎵 These boots are made for walkin’ 🎵 #Caturday

How reading patterns have changed uxdesign.cc/how-reading-...

🍩 Happy #NationalDonutDay 🍩 Perfect day to post this painting from my sketchbook. #watercolor

Finished my May #birdart Vermillion Flycatcher challenge. A fun way to continue to improve my watercolor painting skills. Learn more about the monthly bird challenges via @birdwhisperers.bsky.social #BirdWhisperer #watercolor #art

Tonight I'll be hosting @chihacknight.org ! We'll be hearing a presentation on data visualizations tracking the Artemis II moon mission. Tune in at 7pm CST! chihacknight.org/events/2026/...

Users often can’t find chatbots, they don’t know what they’re for, and the chatbots are less efficient than browsing, searching, and filtering: #AI #UI #UX www.nngroup.com/articles/sit...

Managed to get in a little bit of #urbansketching and painting during a walk at the nature preserve. That heron was huge—clearly eats a lot of fish 🐟 from the lake. #art #watercolor

Posting my latest #watercolor painting. Need to find this place for a future vacation.

Going to practice my watercolor painting this month by participating in this #BirdWhisperer #art challenge. Should be fun! birdwhispererproject.com/participate/

A nice collection of color palette, image editing, and typography tools: tools.rmv.fyi #webdevelopment

Sharing a floral #watercolor I just finished painting tonight. A water lily tulip I saw at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

A #Caturday morning stretch.

This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results. (One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Finished this #watercolor painting today. Exercise from the book Bold and Beautiful Watercolor Skies.

Practicing how to paint different trees today #watercolor

Mastering Dialog Accessibility, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky): https://vispero.com/resources/mastering-dialog-accessibility/ #accessibility #modals #html #aria

This #Caturday cutie decided there is no sleeping in allowed on the weekend.

For 2026, I wanted to learn how to paint using watercolors. Excited to finish my very first landscape tonight. #watercolor #art

The Great Backyard Bird Count is here! I'm filling my feeders and figuring out where else I want to go birding this weekend. Here's how to join the fun and help scientists get a global view of bird populations before they undertake seasonal migration. #GBBC🪶🧪

My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website. accessibilityforeveryone.site The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.

Making videos accessible drives reach and impact. Learn how to add audio descriptions on YouTube so blind and low‑vision viewers get the full experience. buff.ly/ptaBVYd #Accessibility #InclusiveDesign #Video #AudioDescription #YouTube #UX #DigitalAccessibility #A11y #AD

Santa Claus Has Come to Chi-Town. Merry Christmas!

Bought this holiday toy, and the cat jumps into it like it's a sled, sliding across the hardwood floors until she finally bumps into a wall. 🐈‍⬛ 🛷 #holiday #caturday

Ensure text is readable in data visualizations and information graphics. Small text is generally harder to read, and should be avoided where possible. Make sure the text is not obstructed by other chart elements, and has sufficient contrast against its background.

Graph Design Tips: Make your next PowerPoint slide or social media infographic really connect with your target audience (customer/employee/user). mattstromawn.com/writing/gold... Source: Article by @mattstromawn.bsky.social spotted via @uxlift.org #marketing #ux

Did you know we publish a weekly quiz on recent science news? Here's today's edition--tell us how you do!

Water your tree.

Co-worker/friend gift idea: Reusable "to go" sized glass cup I used to look at social media lists around holidays for unique #giftideas. I asked for and received this glass cup. Perfect size for afternoon coffee run. Love it! No affiliate link, just a nice cup. jococups.com/usa/reusable...

Shop Local 2025: Your Guide To Chicago’s Holiday Markets 🛍️ ❄️ 🌲 Shop local this holiday season across a wide variety of markets in neighborhoods from Beverly to Rogers Park: blockclubchi.co/3X3hRsV

🍁Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

Not exactly a digital accessibility resource, however this site is excellent when attempting to design and develop an effective and usable HTML Email. www.caniemail.com #Email #HTMLEmail #HTML #CSS

🎃 Happy Halloween! 👻

just added the MEGA TERMINAL CHEAT SHEET from "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" to our list of posters at wizardzines.com#posters

A Halloween #caturday pumpkin 🎃

How Blind People Navigate the World, On- and Offline, by @laura-a11y.bsky.social: https://a11ynews.substack.com/p/how-blind-people-navigate-the-on-92d #accessibility #navigation #screenreaders #nvda #jaws

With just about 1 day to go, we've now scheduled the videos for all #id24 sessions. You can find the YouTube link for each session in our schedule inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ and in the dedicated playlist for this year www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #accessibility #a11y #inclusiveDesign

A curious #caturday afternoon

"In this article, you’ll learn how to create home page heading structures that balance marketing copy/headlines with an accessible heading structure." blog.pope.tech/2024/07/29/a... #a11y #accessibility

NEW STUDY: Types of science🧪 articles shared on Bluesky: Health 29% Social 25% Physical 23% Life 23% arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18840 Worth reading--lots of other insights! Lately, I've been sharing our new article on global religious decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Eight ideas your company could implement today to improve your website's accessibility: buttondown.com/access-abili... #accessibility #a11y

“In a mind-blowing first for the animal kingdom, they discovered the eyespots on the fowl's fabulous feathers have unique properties that align light waves by bouncing them back and forth, effectively turning them into yellow-green lasers.” #scicomm www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing... 🧪 🦚 🐤

Hey Chicago, pull up a seat for CATVIDEOFEST😽 Playing this Saturday & Sunday at 11:30am, with an Encore Screening next Tuesday at 7pm. 10% of ticket sales will be donated to cats in need😻 Get Tickets Meow: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

Somebunny was enjoying the planter garden cherry tomatoes this weekend. #bunny #rabbit 🐰

Time to bookmark and create a reminder. Inclusive Design 24 is just 58 days away. 24 hours of absolutely free presentations on all things digital accessibility. inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #InclusiveDesign #DigitalAccessibility #Accessibility #A11y

The Game Accessibility Guidelines have been put together by game studios, specialists and academics. While they are not an official set of standards or documents, they are a collection of tips and techniques to help developers make games more inclusive. gameaccessibilityguidelines.com

Posting this fun dinosaur 🦕 find located at Lakenenland Sculpture Park near Marquette, MI. #dinosaur #art

It's not too late to join the GitHub 4-week accessibility challenge leading up to Global Accessibility Day 💖 Learn about alt text, accessible linking, emoji best practices, & get feedback on your ReadMe 📗 Bonus: you can win a free T-shirt just by participating 👕 github.com/orgs/communi...

From April 11-May 22, you can virtually join the “Beyond the Blue: Papahānaumokuākea ROV and Mapping expedition” LIVE with NOAA and partners as they explore never-before-surveyed Pacific waters. Details: noaa.gov/news/virtually-dive-live-into-pacific-waters-with-noaas-okeanos-explorer

Happy Pi Day 🥧🍰🎉 But while π gets attention, mathematician and novelist Manil Suri says we should also celebrate φ, 𝑒 and the Feigenbaum constant δ #PiDay