[SC 2.4.4] It still can be Wednesday if you believe
I fell asleep really early last night, so this newsletter is going out a lot later than it normally does. That said, it still can be Wednesday if you...
[SC 2.4.4] I'll be in Toronto for a11yTO Conf
I'm writing this from an airport! I'll be in Toronto for a11yTO Conf. Let me know if you're gonna be there too and we can hang out. Tengo Project Is A...
[SC 2.4.4] You would not believe bureaucratic nonsense
You would not believe bureaucratic nonsense involved in putting ~90 words on the internet. That said, the words are there now. More importantly, the reason...
[SC 2.4.4] Accessibility preferences are kinda strange
Accessibility preferences are kinda strange in terms of how they intersect with concerns surrounding information architecture and self-identity. So, I wrote...
[SC 2.4.4] 24 hours of free talks
Inclusive Design 24 has started up its 2024 edition. If you're not familiar, it's 24 hours of free talks about accessibility and inclusive design streamed...
[SC 2.4.4] A new weird little guy
This week has professional quitter-for-youers, a new weird little guy, a Simpsons reference, and ancient viruses. It also has some badsad things, but one of...
[SC 2.4.4] That's me editorializing
Apparently the theme of this week's newsletter is putting companion links by the main link I'm sharing out. Know that if there's a link in a quote I include...
[SC 2.4.4] Links do a lot of things
Links do a lot of things, and I set about documenting a decent chunk of them. This work was sitting on a dusty shelf at work, so I'm glad I was able to steal...
[SC 2.4.4] I guess I'm maudlin at heart
I edited out a few bummertown links this week because I try to walk a balance between that sort of content and more positive things. I guess I'm maudlin at...
[SC 2.4.4] It's a surprisingly small internet sometimes
I was pleasantly surprised to get a shoutout on People and Blogs by way of Anne Sturdivant's interview. It's a surprisingly small internet sometimes! Anne is...
[SC 2.4.4] Some absolutely nasty CSS selectors
I've been working on community-reported bugs and access barriers at work. It's been very rewarding, and I just got to write some absolutely nasty CSS...
[SC 2.4.4] I'd pick grimoires every time
I wrote a post for Smashing Magazine about minimum compliant interactive areas. It's nice to have a resource to point to, since I've answered questions...
[SC 2.4.4] A gigantic shameless nerd
Because I am a gigantic shameless nerd, I wrote about Dungeons & Dragons indirectly teaching me how to write alt text. It seemed to resonate with folks,...
[SC 2.4.4] Even more happy that I gave up
I soft relaunched a redesign of a11y-webring.club. I'm pretty happy with how the design turned out, and even more happy that I gave up on trying to write...
[SC 2.4.4] Out of my head and onto the web
I've been meaning to get this post on design token ugly mode out since forever, and it feels so good to finally have the thought out of my head and onto the...
[SC 2.4.4] Mine features 100% more vegetable
I wrote about my feelings around what to do when systems fail you as an author who writes in good faith for the open web. I especially like Matt Wilcox's...
[SC 2.4.4] They would have told me to tone it down a bit
This week access to all 911-associated services went down in Massachusetts in the middle of a serious heatwave. It turns out the culprit was a misconfigured...
[SC 2.4.4] Cackling out loud like an old-timey prospector
I'm fortunate in that sometimes something I put out on the web comes back to me in a surprising and pleasant and. Reader, I was cackling out loud like an...
[SC 2.4.4] Gives me the squick
I was visiting Bellevue for a work thing, and got a day-long migraine. It was likely the result of a combination of lack of sleep, pressure and timezone...
[SC 2.4.4] Literal counting crows
This week I've got literal counting crows, a review designed to kill, Devo facts, Wu-Tang clan news, and more! Crows Appear to Be Able to Count Out Loud Hell...