Richard Morton
@accessibleweb.bsky.social
Christian, Head of Accessiblity and Digital Inclusion at Government Digital Service, part of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Terrible puns. Music wot I wrote at https://soundcloud.com/user-480796149
Possibly also too many keyboard cats.
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Possibly also too many keyboard cats.
They apparently work fine in Scandinavian countries so should be able to cope with our coldest days.
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
They apparently work fine in Scandinavian countries so should be able to cope with our coldest days.
Did you get into the whole discussion about how ripe they need to be? Some people like them fairly green. I want them yellow and would rather not eat them until they are at this stage:
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Did you get into the whole discussion about how ripe they need to be? Some people like them fairly green. I want them yellow and would rather not eat them until they are at this stage:
Great drama and scale. Could be one of those “how many triangles” can you see and it’s definitely more than 9 3/4.
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Great drama and scale. Could be one of those “how many triangles” can you see and it’s definitely more than 9 3/4.
Echoes of Mark Twain — 'I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.'
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Echoes of Mark Twain — 'I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.'
Hard to argue with the logic of that.
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hard to argue with the logic of that.
The article has been removed.
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The article has been removed.
True, many people have been brainwashed into thinking that vaccines and masks don’t work.
November 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
True, many people have been brainwashed into thinking that vaccines and masks don’t work.
So sorry to hear that Crystal.
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So sorry to hear that Crystal.
That would make a good book itself.
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
That would make a good book itself.
People will be giving chocolate teapots one star reviews because they don’t hold hot tea for long enough to brew.
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
People will be giving chocolate teapots one star reviews because they don’t hold hot tea for long enough to brew.
I don’t know why people seem to love centre-aligned text so much. Maybe the sign writers need to use space responsibly too. 😉
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I don’t know why people seem to love centre-aligned text so much. Maybe the sign writers need to use space responsibly too. 😉
“Pick up the doggy and do take it home” could also work. A bit like “pets must be carried on escalators”.
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Pick up the doggy and do take it home” could also work. A bit like “pets must be carried on escalators”.
Interestingly the UK public sector is also largely unencumbered by the EAA because we adopted the EU directive on public sector accessibility into UK law and we are no longer part of the European Union.
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Interestingly the UK public sector is also largely unencumbered by the EAA because we adopted the EU directive on public sector accessibility into UK law and we are no longer part of the European Union.
That’s a definite win
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
That’s a definite win
More power to your elbow (probably a very English expression - I don’t know where you are based).
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
More power to your elbow (probably a very English expression - I don’t know where you are based).
Clearly so hard that I used the word still twice in that sentence. 😆
October 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Clearly so hard that I used the word still twice in that sentence. 😆
Still hard to get accessibility taken seriously still, but I’ve been given the go ahead to hire a permanent senior specialist to build on the work, so I am calling that a win.
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Still hard to get accessibility taken seriously still, but I’ve been given the go ahead to hire a permanent senior specialist to build on the work, so I am calling that a win.
I wonder what the person who connected the very first consumer device (a coffee pot I believe) to the internet back in the early days before even the web existed would think 🤔
October 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I wonder what the person who connected the very first consumer device (a coffee pot I believe) to the internet back in the early days before even the web existed would think 🤔
So many things require an app to use these days. Our EV charger has an app which is being decommissioned imminently. Fortunately the app provider is making sure the charger is connected once the app has gone, but we are at the mercy of the apps and WiFi and all the necessary backing servers.
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So many things require an app to use these days. Our EV charger has an app which is being decommissioned imminently. Fortunately the app provider is making sure the charger is connected once the app has gone, but we are at the mercy of the apps and WiFi and all the necessary backing servers.