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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · 8d

Getting back to work from maternity leave, design engineering (more engineering than design), organizing my wedding, helping my mom to come to Spain 🫠 beyond TIRED

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · 25d

Spanish grandma made it to NYT. I don't have one but I'm proud

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SergioEfe @sergioefe.bsky.social · 25d

No conocía este término, pero me gusta bastante.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorit...

The term Majority World refers to countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, and Indigenous peoples. It is an alternative to terms considered to be derogatory such as "Third World" or "Developing World."

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · 25d

AI con book! I loved it too!

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Adrian Roselli @aardrian.bsky.social · 27d

I’ve been mulling my own WCAG3 post, but my TL;DR on Karl’s post is essentially the same as I would have written:

“WCAG 3 is not ready for you to use as a compliance framework. Not even close.”

afixt.com/why-now-is-n...

#accessibility #WCAG #a11y

Why Now Is Not the Time to Think About WCAG 3 - AFixt

If you work in accessibility or are responsible for compliance at your organization, you’ve probably heard about WCAG 3.0. The W3C has been developing it for years, and the most recent Working Draft w...

afixt.com

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · 29d

Lovely ✨

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · 29d

Let me tell you that the birth and pregnancy was not traumatic, what is really traumatic is leaving your 4 months old and sitting infront of the screen for 8 hours instead. Back to work on Monday 💔

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · 29d

No, not as much as I wanted to! I came across it in books but it was mainly in social or work contexts. Send me anything you find interesting ☺️

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Sara Joy ☠️ @sjoy.lol · 29d

Fought my way through to level 35 and for now I'm like, nope!

Fun though: neal.fun/not-a-robot/

Thanks @neal.fun 😄

I'm Not a Robot

Prove your humanity

neal.fun

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · 29d

Here's where accessibility reveals its hidden superpower: it forces you to understand the purpose of everything in your product.

🔗 “Accessible by Design: Building Inclusive Digital Products from the Ground Up”

www.nira11y.com/post/accessi...

Accessible by Design: Building Inclusive Digital Products from the Ground Up

Here's where accessibility reveals its hidden superpower: it forces you to understand the purpose of everything in your product. You can't write meaningful alt text without knowing exactly why an imag...

www.nira11y.com

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Alicia Jarvis 🇨🇦 @a11yalicia.bsky.social · Sep 15

Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Reduce Transparency

For those who updated to #iOS26 today

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 15

True story: my friend actually got vibe coding cleanup specialist freelance job

www.404media.co/the-software...

The Software Engineers Paid to Fix Vibe Coded Messes

Linkedin has been joking about “vibe coding cleanup specialists,” but it’s actually a growing profession.

www.404media.co

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 12

We were 🤏 this close to having 4 days workweek in Spain. Can’t get over the fact that due to some votes it’s no longer happening 💔

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 12

A qué hora es? Igual me paso 😍

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 11

“How often users will see an animation is a key factor in deciding whether to animate or not.”

emilkowal.ski/ui/you-dont-...

You Don't Need Animations

Why you are animating more often than you should.

emilkowal.ski

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alex @dremenec.com · Oct 28

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs.

However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!

An infographic. There are six panels.

1. "Slow internet. Alt text is shown in place of unloaded images." a drawing shows a phone with poor signal, and alt text is visible where the image should have loaded.

2. "Findabillity. Alt text helps to search content." A drawing shows someone searching 'dog with banana' and a post is shown underneath without the words 'dog' or 'banana'. It is implied to be part of the alt text.

3. "Screen readers. Alt is read out to people using text-to-speech software". There is a drawing of the output a screen-reader would show when viewing an image with alt text on bluesky.

4. "Translation. Alt text can be translated". A drawing shows a post being translated. The alt text is also translated into german.

5. "Readability. Text in images can be made legible" There is a drawing of some truly awful handwriting inside a speech bubble. The alt text clarifies what the text is supposed to say.

6. "Disambiguation. Description helps clarify intent." There is a drawing of a post with a picture of a creature. This is styled after the famous optical illusion of a rabbit and a duck. The alt text clarifies that the animal is a rabbit. It definitely looks more like a duck.

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Tom MacWright @macwright.com · Aug 10

good chill day plan: open the wikipedia app, tab over to 'places', find articles about stuff near you that don't have photos. walk there, take some photos, learn about the stuff, improve the pages.

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 7

Las Olympus son increíbles, tengo una que parece un plasticorrio barato (no quiere decir que era barata 😆) de los finales de los 90, y las fotos salen increíbles para lo torpe que soy yo!

Modern Spanish buildings (beige, creme and red) and clear blue sky

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 7

To gather more data from human responses? 🫰

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 7

Parece una locura que diga esto y que sea verdad: he descansando estas vacaciones con un bebé de 3 meses y he dormido más que nunca en mi vida 😳

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Ariel Salminen @arielsalminen.com · Sep 5

What 15 years of design debt looks like

A really confusing parking payment machine that has dozens of options that all seem to have a different user interface and no consistency whatsoever.

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spooky audora 🌙🦇 @ohklio.bsky.social · Sep 7

Repair psychic damage from the labor department AI slop with beautiful Soviet work safety posters

An orange poster with a stylized allow human figure being flattened between 2 large green bottles. The label in Russian reads "alcohol is the cause of injuries at work."

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 2

My wish for years is for Microsoft Word to let me move the image without messing up the entire PRD doc

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 2

Waking up to the sound of rain on the ceiling of the cabin near the beach during the hottest Spanish summer is h e a v e n.

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Alena Nikolaeva @alenanik.github.io · Sep 1

A small recap of improvements done for students to have access to all visual graph information with keyboard and screen readers. Love accessible graphing ❤️

blog.khanacademy.org/rebuilding-g...

Rebuilding Graphs for Accessibility: Inside Khan Academy’s Inclusive Design

Learn how Khan Academy rebuilt its graphing tools to be accessible for all learners—including those using screen readers, keyboards, and assistive tech.

blog.khanacademy.org

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