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Lola Odelola / The Gaps we Inherit #id 2025

Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 1d

Lola has the gift of being able to speak about standards, a v. difficult subject, in way that people of all skill levels are able to benefit, I hope you check out her talk + join me in sponsoring her standards work!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=idSl...
opencollective.com/lolas-lab

A threat model for accessibility on the web - Alice

Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 5d

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Jeremy Keith @adactio.com · 6d

Journal: Simplify

Reminding myself just how much you can do with CSS these days.

🔗https://adactio.com/journal/22178

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TetraLogical @tetralogical.com · 7d

We've created a tool called the "Screen reader support look up tables" designed to help people quickly check how screen readers interpret HTML elements and attributes across multiple combinations of browser and screen reader.

HTML/SR Support lookup

tetralogical.github.io

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 12d

You'll want to read this if you care at all about web standards/accessibility!

Adrian Roselli @aardrian.bsky.social · 13d

“A threat model for accessibility on the web”
alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-t...

A deep, well-researched & cited piece detailing systemic failures down the web stack (standards bodies, browsers vendors, etc) which marginalize #accessibility and its voices — but with proposed solutions.

#a11y

A explanation of the primary threat to accessibility on the web, and a call to action for the web standards community

alice.boxhall.au

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 13d

Extremely rude of you to never age

Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 13d

Excited to see the fruits of your hard work!

Kaye Moors / Brain Overload: The Silent Barrier to Inclusive Design #id24 2025

Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 13d

This was a wonderful talk on cognitive accessibility, an aspect of accessibility that is a little bit neglected in the current state of WCAG.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij_y...

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 13d

I really want to be able to get to this mindset!

Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 16d

It's posts like these that make me go wow, I have never had an original thought in my life

Join the Possum Posse to learn more about Eleventy! We're a new virtual meetup all about Eleventy and the tools and skills that support developing on Eleventy.Sign up for email updates

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Sia Karamalegos @sia.codes · 20d

📣 THE #11ty Meetup October: Nic will walk through her unique application of 11ty in an art museum while Helen will walk us through their multilingual blog setup. Asia-friendly start time!

Live attendees get exclusive access to the Q&A!

All details & add to cal at 11tymeetup.dev

THE Eleventy Meetup

11tymeetup.dev

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 19d

'this isn't ageism, it's simply physics' -chefs kiss-

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 19d

Tremendously kind of both of you to say, hope it doesn't disappoint! May the post-event-stress sleep be restful 🫡

Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 19d

Designer friends are gonna want check out my buddy @janmaarten.com + Daniel's talk on Accessibility Annotations Around the World
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Gm...

You're also gonna want to check out the incredible annotation toolkit that was just released to make design handoff easier!

Jan Maarten and Daniel Henderson-Ede / Accessibility Annotations Around the World #id24 2025

Nic Chan / Audiom: Building inclusive maps as the token sighted developer #id24 2025

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 19d

And that's a wrap on #id24! well, it doesn't feel like it because I have many that I wish to catch up on, but thanks to the organizers and other speakers for their tremendous effort!

Here's mine if you want to catch up!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIBG...

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 20d

Gonna be tough to push through this Friday, not gonna lie

Most powerful storm on earth this year lashes Philippines. Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China on alert | CNN

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king lola 👑 @lolaodelola.bsky.social · 21d

This is tomorrow! @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social is a 24 hour online conference with loads of amazing speakers across timezones. You're bound to find an interesting talk or 2 in your TZ but checkout the schedule here: inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/

I'm up at 4pm BST 😆

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 21d

day 2 is maps everyone! you've got homework! 🗺️

loren @ribo.zone · 21d

hehehe.... weird web october soon

weird web october

ribo.zone

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 22d

I have one cat that is particularly hard to wrangle, considering camping in my living room tonight as it has the most protected/smallest windows in my house

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 22d

Thinking of folks in the Philippines right now as HKers prepare for a direct hit late tonight. I've only been scared of one typhoon in my life (Mangkhut in 2018) and this one's supposed to be worse 🥹 Mainly worried about what to do with the cats if a window breaks

edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/a...

The strongest storm of the year so far has descended on the northern Philippines with destructive winds and torrential rain, prompting evacuations of thousands of people and preparations in nearby Hon...

edition.cnn.com