Inspired by a couple of today's #AxeCon talks to spark some life into our digital a11y community that exists only in an all-too-quiet Teams channel. 😊

Lovely talk from @annaecook.com at #AxeCon. I wanna broadcast it across our internal design channels, or really everywhere. Repeatedly. I wish for all those great messages to percolate gently into everyone's psyche. *sigh* 👏 💙

Had to commute to the office today to satisfy RTO rules, but I'm watching #axecon videos all day. 🫠😩

The inability of "UX/UI" designers to say "I don't love how this looks, but it's what works best" and iterate from there...

`text-light-4-dark-navy` 😵‍💫

It is wild to me how much so-called 'single-page apps' have distorted or destroyed mental models around what is a "page" and what is "navigation" etc.

Not surprising from a historical perspective, at all. "Labor saving" technology never actually reduces the amount of work that people are expected to do. It increases it. That's because A) work is fundamentally a social relationship and B) technological innovation creates new problems to be fixed

`color: theme(colors.neutral-dark-light-4):` Yup, ok.

What your neurodivergent colleagues wish you knew data.blog/2024/04/04/w... #ND #neurodiverse #OldGold

So glad I removed the `title` recommendation from our icon library bc I was seeing way too much of this nonsense.

I cut my finger and broke a dish trying to salsa while making avocado toast this morning. Que pena, Benito, hay algo de latina que me falta todavía.

AI "solutions" feel like paving well-established cow paths on ivy-league college campuses rather than dealing with walls, fences, and other barriers in the less favorable parts of town.

Automatically running a full test suite on every commit is not good for my neuronssss 🫠

Employees were asked to submit an audio clip stating their name and a hobby/passion, along with a photo of said activity, for some community aspect of the All Hands call. These materials were used to create an AI video montage animating the images. So glad exec dysfunction kept me out of that one.

I'm a frequent-small-commit-er, and waiting 30s for our entire test suite to run on every commit is definitely harming my brain cycles 😩

I'm the New Kid on the Team at work, and wondering how much my fresh energy is both tiring ["We tried that already and it didn't work!" *grumpy face*] vs refreshing ["Yes, we've been meaning to try that!" *finally! face*]... But hey, you hired someone who likes to improve things, so ha ha on you. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Design systems, apps, and services need to account for empty states. This is the second bad example I've encountered in an hour. Like anything else in life: if you don't have anything useful for me, keep your mouth* shut! [*UI]

Folks, is there any Is It Fascist Dot Com database where we can look up apps and services and find alternatives, bc y'all it's a minefield out there.

Stacked disclosure ("accordion") elements containing the main page content is a pattern that needs to die a fiery death in the bowels of the earth.

I can't imagine anything going wrong

Oh, hey, Winter 👋

Adorable canine axolotl NEEDS YOUR VOTE to win costume contest. Save her from boring humans! www.instagram.com/p/DQzjwKtkSi...

Dear every company I've ever ordered anything from: I do not want your holiday gift guide in my inbox.

And a loop of Henle that's the envy of alllll the loops. 😎💥

Oh look, a design expression I hate as much as 'pixel perfect'

First thought: See? This is the kind of thing AI can be good for! Second thought: Wait, how do we know the names aren't all made up?

My dog doesn't hate daylight savings time changes because I didn't turn her into a Pavlovian automaton by doing everything exactly the same way at exactly the same time every day. Imagine that.

The burden of my mental health will now rest upon this fellow I thrifted yesterday and his contents---propagated from a leaf I picked up off the Home Depot floor in the spring---because whimsy.

Moving slowly and with a heavy heart today. Basking in the warm sun and calling this a transition day.

I just wanna hug Ernie and tell him I still believe in the power of friendship.

Rogers crashes Sportsnet app during World Series to remind consumers that most of their products aren’t as functional as the Blue Jays

Sportsnet down again!!? COME ON!!

Noah Reid with the most perfect singing of the anthem ❤️🇨🇦 NOW LFG BLUE JAYS!! ⚾️🐦

Oh, my heart.

Are you fucking kidding me lodged ball!!?!?!??

Wait a sec, I was just nerding, but did I... Did I just write a LinkedIn thought piece?

So I'm just here basting this replacement hoodie zipper into place thinking this is just like wireframing: a low-fidelity version of the final which seems like more effort than it's worth, but ensures proper alignment and pays off with more speed and a better product later.

The accessibility tickets graveyard

Interview done, and now back to essential activities:

Been watching that line creep all night 😁

Oh, he's owning them tonight!

Fred is off to a good start tonight! Nomnom, buddy!

Let's gooooo Blue Jays!! #Game5 #WorldSeries

I regret to inform everyone that my pedantic brain couldn’t let me live until I knew whether or not dodger blue and blue jays blue are the same blue. They are ONE PANTONE NUMBER APART.

Um, no. 1. I'm on a phone, not clicking 2. It's below, not on the right 3. The disclosure trigger is a block-level element, so there's a whole bunch of unmarked clickable area. 4. Why the disclosure pattern, anyway? I'm on this page to view Women's Fashion Apparel (per page title and heading)

Ok, here we go. #Game4 #WorldSeries Hoping for the comeback and, importantly, a decent bedtime.

Sounds like the start of a Dean Koontz novel.