Phil Archer
@philarcher.bsky.social
Resident Web geek at GS1. Formerly at W3C. GS1 Digital Link, Verifiable Credentials. Bibliophile. UK based with a tendency to visit Wales, especially Trefdraeth. Radio 3 & 4, LBC listener.
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The W3C is calling for speakers for the W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents, an online conference from February 25 to 27, 2026.
They’re looking for contributions on voice interaction, smart devices, and related standards.
Read the full details at: w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop
They’re looking for contributions on voice interaction, smart devices, and related standards.
Read the full details at: w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop
W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents
w3.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The W3C is calling for speakers for the W3C Workshop on Smart Voice Agents, an online conference from February 25 to 27, 2026.
They’re looking for contributions on voice interaction, smart devices, and related standards.
Read the full details at: w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop
They’re looking for contributions on voice interaction, smart devices, and related standards.
Read the full details at: w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop
My old job at W3C is up for grabs! www.w3.org/careers/data...
Data Strategist
W3C has an open full-time position for a Data Strategist, responsible for leading our standardization work around data on the web, to continue our efforts to represent, discover, query, and exchange d...
www.w3.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My old job at W3C is up for grabs! www.w3.org/careers/data...
I'd say it's head and shoulders above most SF books I've read in recent years.
In ascension by Martin Macinnes. It’s sci-fi in the same way The Martian is I think - but also like Absolution it’s about biology and botany - but also very very much about people. Very enjoyable
October 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'd say it's head and shoulders above most SF books I've read in recent years.
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Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and ebooks will be priced the same as they are on Amazon.
‘A tool in the fight against Amazon’: independent bookshops to begin selling ebooks
A new platform will be an alternative to Kindle, and bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Independent bookshops will earn 100% of the profit from sales, and ebooks will be priced the same as they are on Amazon.
Ooh, I see a new episode of www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... coming from this...
September 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ooh, I see a new episode of www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand... coming from this...
Another video from me about QR Codes with GS1 Digital Link and why treating them like just another marketing QR Code will lead to problems or failure youtu.be/2VFsVfYd6Z0
Why QR Codes powered by GS1 are more than a marketing tool
YouTube video by GS1
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Another video from me about QR Codes with GS1 Digital Link and why treating them like just another marketing QR Code will lead to problems or failure youtu.be/2VFsVfYd6Z0
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Tesco has been nominated for the Best Accessibility award at the Zeroheight Design System Awards for its Digital Design System, developed with TetraLogical's accessibility specialists.
Read more and cast your vote at: awards.zeroheight.com/voting/a11y-...
Read more and cast your vote at: awards.zeroheight.com/voting/a11y-...
Best Accessibility
awards.zeroheight.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Tesco has been nominated for the Best Accessibility award at the Zeroheight Design System Awards for its Digital Design System, developed with TetraLogical's accessibility specialists.
Read more and cast your vote at: awards.zeroheight.com/voting/a11y-...
Read more and cast your vote at: awards.zeroheight.com/voting/a11y-...
I agree with every word @lewisgoodall.com says in this youtu.be/Z9VITp0x5lM although my children have asked me to return all those "Best Dad ever" fathers day cards.
Lewis Goodall vs Iain Dale: Twitter in meltdown over inheritance tax idea
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
August 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I agree with every word @lewisgoodall.com says in this youtu.be/Z9VITp0x5lM although my children have asked me to return all those "Best Dad ever" fathers day cards.
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Retail sites often fail blind shoppers. Could agentic AI fill the gap?
Tools like Innosearch can find products, describe images, and add items to your basket.
@tink.uk explores further: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/08...
#Accessibility #AI #AgenticWeb #InclusiveDesign #UX #DigitalInclusion
Tools like Innosearch can find products, describe images, and add items to your basket.
@tink.uk explores further: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/08...
#Accessibility #AI #AgenticWeb #InclusiveDesign #UX #DigitalInclusion
August 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Retail sites often fail blind shoppers. Could agentic AI fill the gap?
Tools like Innosearch can find products, describe images, and add items to your basket.
@tink.uk explores further: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/08...
#Accessibility #AI #AgenticWeb #InclusiveDesign #UX #DigitalInclusion
Tools like Innosearch can find products, describe images, and add items to your basket.
@tink.uk explores further: tetralogical.com/blog/2025/08...
#Accessibility #AI #AgenticWeb #InclusiveDesign #UX #DigitalInclusion
Lots of open positions at GS1 Global Office right now at all levels. Brussels, New Jersey, hybrid, remote... are any of these you or someone you know? www.gs1.org/about/careers
GS1 Careers | GS1
Find here all GS1's job openings and how it is like to work with GS1.
www.gs1.org
July 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Lots of open positions at GS1 Global Office right now at all levels. Brussels, New Jersey, hybrid, remote... are any of these you or someone you know? www.gs1.org/about/careers
This is the multiverse where my semi-automatic purchases of books by Adam Roberts as they're published crosses the manifold. I wonder whether *this* Adam Roberts' readers enjoy @adamroberts.bsky.social's work. #mustPayMoreAttentionToDetail
July 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is the multiverse where my semi-automatic purchases of books by Adam Roberts as they're published crosses the manifold. I wonder whether *this* Adam Roberts' readers enjoy @adamroberts.bsky.social's work. #mustPayMoreAttentionToDetail
A minor anniversary of absolutely no significance to anyone but I've now been at GS1 longer than any other job I've done - and that seemed worth a mention philarcher.org/diary/2025/8...
8 years at GS1
I was very obviously upset to leave W3C. 8 years on, I'm happy about the switch
philarcher.org
June 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A minor anniversary of absolutely no significance to anyone but I've now been at GS1 longer than any other job I've done - and that seemed worth a mention philarcher.org/diary/2025/8...
I was looking forward to reading a Neal Asher novel for the first time. Having read the frontispiece, I need to wash my hands, literally and figuratively philarcher.org/diary/2025/p...
Nailing your political colours to your business is bad business
If you're selling something, my advice is: keep your politics to yourself
philarcher.org
June 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I was looking forward to reading a Neal Asher novel for the first time. Having read the frontispiece, I need to wash my hands, literally and figuratively philarcher.org/diary/2025/p...
This content of this article is both fascinating (mountain collapses!) and v worrying at a time when far right politics is urging ever more fossil fuel use. It's also *brilliant* Web design, made for scrolling on your phone www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Swiss glacier collapse: How the village of Blatten was wiped off the map - BBC News
Nine million cubic metres of rock and ice came crashing down on Blatten after a landslide.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This content of this article is both fascinating (mountain collapses!) and v worrying at a time when far right politics is urging ever more fossil fuel use. It's also *brilliant* Web design, made for scrolling on your phone www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
A couple of hours early but I don't want to let tomorrow's date go by unremarked. 15 years ago on 25 May 2010 there was a revolution in Web design philarcher.org/diary/2025/r...
15 Years of Responsive Web Design
Noting the 15th anniversary of an article that changed the way websites are designed
philarcher.org
May 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A couple of hours early but I don't want to let tomorrow's date go by unremarked. 15 years ago on 25 May 2010 there was a revolution in Web design philarcher.org/diary/2025/r...
It's been a long slog by a group of dedicated and brilliant people. Thank you. This is an important step for DIDs and VCs as a technology but more importantly for privacy-preserving data exchange with integrity www.w3.org/news/2025/th...
May 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It's been a long slog by a group of dedicated and brilliant people. Thank you. This is an important step for DIDs and VCs as a technology but more importantly for privacy-preserving data exchange with integrity www.w3.org/news/2025/th...
As a bibliophile and collector of signed first editions, I've pre-ordered the signed edition from Waterstone's. Will hope for opportunity to get a personal dedication added from my old boss too, although I rarely see him these days.
From scribbled notes to a global revolution-the personal journey behind the Web’s invention and the unexpected turns along the way. It's both a history and my vision.
This is for Everyone isn’t just a story about technology; it’s about possibility
September 9th, pre-order linktr.ee/thisisforeve...
This is for Everyone isn’t just a story about technology; it’s about possibility
September 9th, pre-order linktr.ee/thisisforeve...
April 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As a bibliophile and collector of signed first editions, I've pre-ordered the signed edition from Waterstone's. Will hope for opportunity to get a personal dedication added from my old boss too, although I rarely see him these days.
To my shame, I didn't know Linus Torvalds invented Git - I only knew his name as the inventor of Linux. This is quite an anniversay.
⭐ In 2005, Git made its first commit.
⏩ Fast-forward to 2025, we relive the birth of Git with the creator, Linus Torvalds.
❤️ Head down memory lane with us.
github.blog/open-source/...
⏩ Fast-forward to 2025, we relive the birth of Git with the creator, Linus Torvalds.
❤️ Head down memory lane with us.
github.blog/open-source/...
April 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
To my shame, I didn't know Linus Torvalds invented Git - I only knew his name as the inventor of Linux. This is quite an anniversay.
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Smaller than I thought. Not surprising it sank, really.
April 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Smaller than I thought. Not surprising it sank, really.
Turns out, not paying Elon Musk is easy philarcher.org/diary/2025/q...
Quitting Starlink
Finding the alternative to Starlink in my rural home turned out to be really easy
philarcher.org
March 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Turns out, not paying Elon Musk is easy philarcher.org/diary/2025/q...
Finally got a moment to update a post about signed first editions philarcher.org/diary/2021/s.... All those links to now deleted Twitter accounts needed to be sorted. And, oh, delighted to be off to Hull in May www.visithull.org/whatson/hull... - maybe I'll be able to get some more signatures
Hull Noir: Charlotte Philby
Hull Noir and Hull Libraries present… Dirty Money by Charlotte Philby Wednesday 7 May 7 – 9pm Hull Central Library + livestreamed to an online audience An investigation into an upmarket escort agency ...
www.visithull.org
March 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Finally got a moment to update a post about signed first editions philarcher.org/diary/2021/s.... All those links to now deleted Twitter accounts needed to be sorted. And, oh, delighted to be off to Hull in May www.visithull.org/whatson/hull... - maybe I'll be able to get some more signatures
I had reason to look up the origin of the phrase "trust but verify" earlier. It orginates from Russia: doveryai, no proveryai (доверяй, но проверяй). The phrase and its origin seem very apposite for today's situation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_...
Trust, but verify - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I had reason to look up the origin of the phrase "trust but verify" earlier. It orginates from Russia: doveryai, no proveryai (доверяй, но проверяй). The phrase and its origin seem very apposite for today's situation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_...
Conundrum. I have a ticket to see @natashapulley.bsky.social in Ely next month. But... two days before that she's doing an event with Claire North in the equidistant Chelmsford. Do I cancel Ely and go to Chelmsford or go to both? @bookishsff.bsky.social What would you do?
March 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Conundrum. I have a ticket to see @natashapulley.bsky.social in Ely next month. But... two days before that she's doing an event with Claire North in the equidistant Chelmsford. Do I cancel Ely and go to Chelmsford or go to both? @bookishsff.bsky.social What would you do?
Been on a Zoom/Teams call with me? You've seen this picture before. Here's its story and why it's special to me philarcher.org/diary/2025/t...
The whole picture
The story of why Gillian McDonald's depiction of Newport, Pembokeshire is displayed behind my desk
philarcher.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Been on a Zoom/Teams call with me? You've seen this picture before. Here's its story and why it's special to me philarcher.org/diary/2025/t...