Alan Dalton
@alandalton.bsky.social
using this in a personal capacity
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There's a roundabout in Cork where even during the worst traffic, drivers unfailingly allow others to merge in a "zip" by local custom. Driving through it restores my faith in society, every time.
I just found out it's known as the "soundabout", and that's just wonderful.
I just found out it's known as the "soundabout", and that's just wonderful.
November 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM
There's a roundabout in Cork where even during the worst traffic, drivers unfailingly allow others to merge in a "zip" by local custom. Driving through it restores my faith in society, every time.
I just found out it's known as the "soundabout", and that's just wonderful.
I just found out it's known as the "soundabout", and that's just wonderful.
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—That guy is a woman’s man.
—Should we talk to him?
—He’s no time for that.
—His music’s loud.
—Yes, and his women are warm.
—Sounds like a good life!
—No; he’s been kicked around since he was born.
—How do you know all of this?
—Well, I can tell by the way he uses his walk.
—Should we talk to him?
—He’s no time for that.
—His music’s loud.
—Yes, and his women are warm.
—Sounds like a good life!
—No; he’s been kicked around since he was born.
—How do you know all of this?
—Well, I can tell by the way he uses his walk.
September 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
—That guy is a woman’s man.
—Should we talk to him?
—He’s no time for that.
—His music’s loud.
—Yes, and his women are warm.
—Sounds like a good life!
—No; he’s been kicked around since he was born.
—How do you know all of this?
—Well, I can tell by the way he uses his walk.
—Should we talk to him?
—He’s no time for that.
—His music’s loud.
—Yes, and his women are warm.
—Sounds like a good life!
—No; he’s been kicked around since he was born.
—How do you know all of this?
—Well, I can tell by the way he uses his walk.
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My basic point is that the current AI bubble is going to pop. So what should replace it? I make the case that smaller, more energy-efficient, and more ethically trained models should be used for "boring" tasks. Our job is to solve problems, not look cool.
September 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My basic point is that the current AI bubble is going to pop. So what should replace it? I make the case that smaller, more energy-efficient, and more ethically trained models should be used for "boring" tasks. Our job is to solve problems, not look cool.
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Oh, it's September already. Time for the HTMHell Advent calendar Call for Papers! 🖤
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HTMHell Advent Calendar
Hello, my dear friends of high-quality markup!
We're getting closer to the last quarter of 2025, which means that the HTMHell Advent Calendar is getting closer, too. Last year, once again, you contrib...
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September 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Oh, it's September already. Time for the HTMHell Advent calendar Call for Papers! 🖤
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“Audiobooks, screen readers, text-to-voice applications – anything can now be turned into robotic but perfectly intelligible audio within seconds. Admittedly, the experience of ‘reading’ in this way is different. […] But it’s still reading, of a kind.”
—@hlinehan.bsky.social
—@hlinehan.bsky.social
I’m not normally in the habit of writing personal pieces but this is about my experience of declining vision. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Hugh Linehan: My right eye is now failing too. The world is slipping away, just a little, just enough to notice
Hugh Linehan shares his experience of macular degeneration – and the losses, large and small, that come with it
www.irishtimes.com
July 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“Audiobooks, screen readers, text-to-voice applications – anything can now be turned into robotic but perfectly intelligible audio within seconds. Admittedly, the experience of ‘reading’ in this way is different. […] But it’s still reading, of a kind.”
—@hlinehan.bsky.social
—@hlinehan.bsky.social
“[@matuzo.at] has too much respect for your intelligence to waste time trying to convince you of something you already know. You already know that #WebAccessibility is important.”
—@adactio.com
—@adactio.com
Foreword to Accessibility Cookbook by Manuel Matuzovic
The foreword to the O’Reilly book on creating inclusive experiences.
adactio.com
April 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“[@matuzo.at] has too much respect for your intelligence to waste time trying to convince you of something you already know. You already know that #WebAccessibility is important.”
—@adactio.com
—@adactio.com
Time for a #DigitalDeclutter, as Cal Newport outlined in #DigitalMinimalism:
1. Put aside 30 days for forgoing optional technologies.
2. During this period, explore meaningful activities.
3. Resume using technologies in a way that maximises their value for you.
I’ll be off Bluesky until Easter.
1. Put aside 30 days for forgoing optional technologies.
2. During this period, explore meaningful activities.
3. Resume using technologies in a way that maximises their value for you.
I’ll be off Bluesky until Easter.
March 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Time for a #DigitalDeclutter, as Cal Newport outlined in #DigitalMinimalism:
1. Put aside 30 days for forgoing optional technologies.
2. During this period, explore meaningful activities.
3. Resume using technologies in a way that maximises their value for you.
I’ll be off Bluesky until Easter.
1. Put aside 30 days for forgoing optional technologies.
2. During this period, explore meaningful activities.
3. Resume using technologies in a way that maximises their value for you.
I’ll be off Bluesky until Easter.
“We’ve moved from humans learning to speak computer to computers learning to understand humans and I, for one, don’t want to go backwards, […]. Let’s make the computers figure out what we want, not the other way around.”
—Luke Wroblewski
—Luke Wroblewski
LukeW | Chat Interfaces & Declaring Intent
There's lots of debate within UI design circles about the explosion of chat interfaces driven by large-scale AI models. While there's certainly pros and cons to...
www.lukew.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“We’ve moved from humans learning to speak computer to computers learning to understand humans and I, for one, don’t want to go backwards, […]. Let’s make the computers figure out what we want, not the other way around.”
—Luke Wroblewski
—Luke Wroblewski
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🤔 Pretty much since the inception of Approachable Open Source, I’ve asked myself and others, “should the book itself be #opensource?” We’ll get to that below. But, let’s not bury the lede.
📗 Read the book at approachableopensource.com/read/
📑 View the source github.com/approachable...
📗 Read the book at approachableopensource.com/read/
📑 View the source github.com/approachable...
Approachable Open Source
A new book by Brian Muenzenmeyer, available paperback or digital
approachableopensource.com
January 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🤔 Pretty much since the inception of Approachable Open Source, I’ve asked myself and others, “should the book itself be #opensource?” We’ll get to that below. But, let’s not bury the lede.
📗 Read the book at approachableopensource.com/read/
📑 View the source github.com/approachable...
📗 Read the book at approachableopensource.com/read/
📑 View the source github.com/approachable...
“Given the boring magic of the original tap, it’s surprising that we frequently encounter taps today that are badly designed. Many of them are so unintuitive and complex it’s now common to see a set of A4 printed instructions next to a tap.”
—@benterrett.bsky.social, @publicdigital.bsky.social
—@benterrett.bsky.social, @publicdigital.bsky.social
🚰 Ever thought about the magic behind your everyday taps?
This week in our blog, our CEO Ben Terrett explores the subtle, behind-the-scenes design elements that make digital experiences feel effortless.
#UserExperience #DesignThinking #DigitalTransformation #ProductDesign #PublicDigital
This week in our blog, our CEO Ben Terrett explores the subtle, behind-the-scenes design elements that make digital experiences feel effortless.
#UserExperience #DesignThinking #DigitalTransformation #ProductDesign #PublicDigital
Taps and the case of boring magic in design — Public Digitalpublic digitalpublic digital
public.digital
January 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Given the boring magic of the original tap, it’s surprising that we frequently encounter taps today that are badly designed. Many of them are so unintuitive and complex it’s now common to see a set of A4 printed instructions next to a tap.”
—@benterrett.bsky.social, @publicdigital.bsky.social
—@benterrett.bsky.social, @publicdigital.bsky.social
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January 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a 30-day guest pass for “Waking Up”, in case you want to make meditation your New Year’s Resolution.
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On day 29 @twogrey.bsky.social shows us what happens if you use `
datalists are more powerful than you think - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 29, 2024 at 9:10 PM
On day 29 @twogrey.bsky.social shows us what happens if you use `
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On day 28 @schepp.dev introduces us to the Speculation Rules API. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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Boost website speed with prefetching and the Speculation Rules API - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 28, 2024 at 7:35 PM
On day 28 @schepp.dev introduces us to the Speculation Rules API. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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On day 27 @alexmuzenhardt.bsky.social writes about icon-only buttons and their impact on screen readers. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Misleading Icons: Icon-Only-Buttons and Their Impact on Screen Readers - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 27, 2024 at 7:26 PM
On day 27 @alexmuzenhardt.bsky.social writes about icon-only buttons and their impact on screen readers. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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On day 26 @luhr.co advocates for the `
The underrated <dl> element - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM
On day 26 @luhr.co advocates for the `
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On day 25 @alistairshepherd.uk teaches how to optimise font loading performance. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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Preloading fonts for web performance with link rel=”preload” - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 25, 2024 at 2:59 PM
On day 25 @alistairshepherd.uk teaches how to optimise font loading performance. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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On day 24 Steve Frenzel makes the case for the `
The search input: They almost got it right - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 25, 2024 at 8:19 AM
On day 24 Steve Frenzel makes the case for the `
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Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
December 25, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
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On day 22 Daniela Kubesch advises us to stop using the title attribute as a tooltip. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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PSA: Stop using the title attribute as tooltip! - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 22, 2024 at 9:32 PM
On day 22 Daniela Kubesch advises us to stop using the title attribute as a tooltip. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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On day 21 Matze talks about the usefulness of fieldsets. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Grouping form fields - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 21, 2024 at 5:45 PM
On day 21 Matze talks about the usefulness of fieldsets. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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Anyone have a clear mapping of the metadata/Open Graph fields and fallbacks used by Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, FB, and X? Feels like a really inconsistent mess across platforms right now. (Don’t get me started on the og:* vs. itemprop thing…)
December 19, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Anyone have a clear mapping of the metadata/Open Graph fields and fallbacks used by Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, FB, and X? Feels like a really inconsistent mess across platforms right now. (Don’t get me started on the og:* vs. itemprop thing…)
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On day 20 @vale.rocks explains why `color="chucknorris"` renders a red color. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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My favourite colour is Chuck Norris red - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 20, 2024 at 4:20 AM
On day 20 @vale.rocks explains why `color="chucknorris"` renders a red color. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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On day 19 @scottjehl.com shows us how to embed orientation aware videos. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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Getting Oriented with HTML Video - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 19, 2024 at 7:22 PM
On day 19 @scottjehl.com shows us how to embed orientation aware videos. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
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On day 18 @alandalton.bsky.social dives into the markup for listing books. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Microdata for books - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 18, 2024 at 7:47 PM
On day 18 @alandalton.bsky.social dives into the markup for listing books. #HTMHellAdventCalendar
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