Eric Bailey
@ericwbailey.website
#accessibility / #a11y advocate, post enjoyer.
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Eric Bailey
@ericwbailey.website
· Oct 17
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Wonder how the general public figuring out they can vibe-code single-purpose utility apps while simultaneously enduring the LMM-created outages will make a lot of companies behave, especially when it removes the need for the current rent-seeking suites of software.
February 9, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Wonder how the general public figuring out they can vibe-code single-purpose utility apps while simultaneously enduring the LMM-created outages will make a lot of companies behave, especially when it removes the need for the current rent-seeking suites of software.
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99% of stakeholder "ideas" is just copying a feature they saw on a competitor's product. And the features they notice most are the ones that yell at their users the loudest.
Now all software (not just consumer apps, but also metrics dashboards) yells at you, and trains you to attend to its yelling.
Now all software (not just consumer apps, but also metrics dashboards) yells at you, and trains you to attend to its yelling.
The circular logic of our metrics
We design what is familiar. The design patterns we adopt are the ones yelling at us the loudest.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
99% of stakeholder "ideas" is just copying a feature they saw on a competitor's product. And the features they notice most are the ones that yell at their users the loudest.
Now all software (not just consumer apps, but also metrics dashboards) yells at you, and trains you to attend to its yelling.
Now all software (not just consumer apps, but also metrics dashboards) yells at you, and trains you to attend to its yelling.
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10 examples of how accessibility innovations like the typewriter, audiobooks, the typewriter, text-to-speech, online shopping, and touchscreens began as solutions for disabled people and evolved into mainstream products that benefit everyone.
Accessibility is the origin of human-centered design
Discover 10 human-centered innovations that started with real people’s needs and evolved into UX principles that is shaping today’s most inclusive products.
makeitfable.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
10 examples of how accessibility innovations like the typewriter, audiobooks, the typewriter, text-to-speech, online shopping, and touchscreens began as solutions for disabled people and evolved into mainstream products that benefit everyone.
work in tech and you can be both!
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
work in tech and you can be both!
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✏️ WCAG-EM 2.0 lets you report on accessibility of more than just websites hidde.blog/wcag-em-apps
WCAG-EM 2.0 lets you report on accessibility of more than just websites
There's a new version of WCAG-EM.
hidde.blog
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
✏️ WCAG-EM 2.0 lets you report on accessibility of more than just websites hidde.blog/wcag-em-apps
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So I know a lot is going on right now, but I do want to share this:
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
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I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
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Microsoft Inclusive Design
Microsoft Inclusive Design is a practice that anyone who creates and manages products and services can use to build more inclusive experiences for everyone. Get the principles, guidebooks, workshop to...
inclusive.microsoft.design
February 4, 2026 at 7:34 PM
So I know a lot is going on right now, but I do want to share this:
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
1/
I’m excited to share the launch of the new Microsoft Inclusive Design website 💙
This project is my love letter to the community and practice that’s shaped my work for nearly a decade.
inclusive.microsoft.design
1/
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You might know that I write a weekly newsletter, the Product Picnic, about the nonsense going on in UX design, product, and tech generally.
A lot of the people I quote in the newsletter are on bsky, so I decided to make a starter pack. If you are looking for smart/interesting follows: here you go.
A lot of the people I quote in the newsletter are on bsky, so I decided to make a starter pack. If you are looking for smart/interesting follows: here you go.
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
You might know that I write a weekly newsletter, the Product Picnic, about the nonsense going on in UX design, product, and tech generally.
A lot of the people I quote in the newsletter are on bsky, so I decided to make a starter pack. If you are looking for smart/interesting follows: here you go.
A lot of the people I quote in the newsletter are on bsky, so I decided to make a starter pack. If you are looking for smart/interesting follows: here you go.
I wrote about some nuance involved with annotating focus order, following a conversation with @annaecook.com where we realized we'd both been running across the same well-intentioned behaviors. #a11y ericwbailey.website/published/yo...
You probably shouldn’t be annotating focus order
Sometimes not doing something is the right move.
ericwbailey.website
February 4, 2026 at 3:06 PM
I wrote about some nuance involved with annotating focus order, following a conversation with @annaecook.com where we realized we'd both been running across the same well-intentioned behaviors. #a11y ericwbailey.website/published/yo...
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I spent the past month examining how accessibility in design underpins digital infrastructure and how federal divestment creates brittle, inaccessible platforms.
This backslide isn’t inevitable. We can reject it and do better in our work. I explain how in this piece
annaecook.com/writing/2026...
This backslide isn’t inevitable. We can reject it and do better in our work. I explain how in this piece
annaecook.com/writing/2026...
Accessible design is digital infrastructure — Anna E. Cook
What America by Design reveals about how public platforms fail when maintenance, governance, and accountability are treated as optional and how we can do better no matter our job title.
annaecook.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I spent the past month examining how accessibility in design underpins digital infrastructure and how federal divestment creates brittle, inaccessible platforms.
This backslide isn’t inevitable. We can reject it and do better in our work. I explain how in this piece
annaecook.com/writing/2026...
This backslide isn’t inevitable. We can reject it and do better in our work. I explain how in this piece
annaecook.com/writing/2026...
For the record, I hate being right. mantisandco.com/resources/gu...
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
For the record, I hate being right. mantisandco.com/resources/gu...
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I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more
github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
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Getting the contrasting color from another in CSS has been something I've always wanted, and you may have wanted too.
You can do it today, without waiting for the dedicated function!
You can do it today, without waiting for the dedicated function!
While we wait for contrast-color() to arrive in all browsers, these CSS-only approaches by Donnie D’Amato give us a practical way forward that we can use right now, along with lots of other knowledge on how colour works in CSS.
piccalil.li/blog/some-cs...
piccalil.li/blog/some-cs...
Some CSS only contrast options until contrast-color() is Baseline widely available
While we wait for contrast-color() to arrive in all browsers, these CSS-only approaches by Donnie D’Amato give us a practical way forward that we can use right now, along with lots of other knowledge...
piccalil.li
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Getting the contrasting color from another in CSS has been something I've always wanted, and you may have wanted too.
You can do it today, without waiting for the dedicated function!
You can do it today, without waiting for the dedicated function!
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Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.
Three delivery apps, including UberEats, will pay NYC delivery workers $4.6 million after they violated the city's minimum pay law.
The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/t...
The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/t...
The Mamdani Effect: Three Delivery Apps Must Pay $5M In Minimum Pay Settlement - Streetsblog New York City
A new era: Mayor Mamdani's worker protection department announces new enforcement against UberEats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan for not complying with the minimum pay law.
nyc.streetsblog.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.
"Creating a separate space risks reverting to “accessibility ghettos”—a term for products designed only for people with disabilities that often use inferior components, lack mainstream utility, and cost exponentially more." #a11y accessaces.com/the-mistake-...
The Mistake Of CES’s Accessibility Stage
For years, I have tracked the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). This year, the experience felt different, a change I attribute to the creation by CES of an accessibility stage. Previously, accessib…
accessaces.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
"Creating a separate space risks reverting to “accessibility ghettos”—a term for products designed only for people with disabilities that often use inferior components, lack mainstream utility, and cost exponentially more." #a11y accessaces.com/the-mistake-...
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In case you missed it, I have a free, full, open course on accessibility and visualization that is part of the launch of the new Open Visualization Academy.
The course is packed!
And the OVA has over 300+ sign-ups already (which isn't even necessary!) as well as over 4000+ newsletter subs.
The course is packed!
And the OVA has over 300+ sign-ups already (which isn't even necessary!) as well as over 4000+ newsletter subs.
You can catch my full, open course on accessibility in visualization here:
openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/acce...
openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/acce...
1.1 Introduction - Accessibility in Data Visualization
- Open Visualization Academy
openvisualizationacademy.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM
In case you missed it, I have a free, full, open course on accessibility and visualization that is part of the launch of the new Open Visualization Academy.
The course is packed!
And the OVA has over 300+ sign-ups already (which isn't even necessary!) as well as over 4000+ newsletter subs.
The course is packed!
And the OVA has over 300+ sign-ups already (which isn't even necessary!) as well as over 4000+ newsletter subs.
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Time to pencil it into your busy social calendars ... #id24 will take place on the 24 September 2026. Call for presentations will open in April ... but if you have an idea, or you'd like to help out as a guest host, get in touch!
inclusivedesign24.org/2026/
#a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign
inclusivedesign24.org/2026/
#a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
inclusivedesign24.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Time to pencil it into your busy social calendars ... #id24 will take place on the 24 September 2026. Call for presentations will open in April ... but if you have an idea, or you'd like to help out as a guest host, get in touch!
inclusivedesign24.org/2026/
#a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign
inclusivedesign24.org/2026/
#a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign
Happy International box-sizing Awareness Day, to all who celebrate. css-tricks.com/internationa...
International box-sizing Awareness Day | CSS-Tricks
It's February 1st today, which I've decided to declare International box-sizing Awareness Day. In honor of, you guessed it, the most humble and undersung, yet
css-tricks.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Happy International box-sizing Awareness Day, to all who celebrate. css-tricks.com/internationa...
animal control is ignoring my reports of a street-walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm 😠😠😠
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
animal control is ignoring my reports of a street-walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm 😠😠😠
currently fighting the urge to make a website whose entire layout uses Anchor Positioning, save for the logo which everything else hangs off of
January 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
currently fighting the urge to make a website whose entire layout uses Anchor Positioning, save for the logo which everything else hangs off of
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Blink: Intent to Experiment: Focusgroup
Blink: Intent to Experiment: Focusgroup
Blink: Intent to Experiment: Focusgroup
groups.google.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Blink: Intent to Experiment: Focusgroup
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Something I've been thinking about since the AI hype started is that the inevitable end game here is that human interaction will only be for people who can afford to pay for it. This isn't accessibility, it's automated inequity
We want to make sure tutoring isn't the preserve of a lucky few, but accessible to every child who needs it.
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
AI can help us do that.
Safe, personalised, one-to-one learning support to help every child achieve and thrive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Poorest pupils to be given AI tutors
Bridget Phillipson says tuition would no longer be the preserve of ‘the lucky few’
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Something I've been thinking about since the AI hype started is that the inevitable end game here is that human interaction will only be for people who can afford to pay for it. This isn't accessibility, it's automated inequity
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It is a lot more complicated to add keyboard shortcuts to your web app than you might initially think, featuring a big honkin' table. #a11ty ericwbailey.website/published/ho...
How an accessibility designer adds keyboard shortcuts to a web app
Keyboard shortcuts occupy a strange area for web design.
ericwbailey.website
January 28, 2026 at 3:19 PM
It is a lot more complicated to add keyboard shortcuts to your web app than you might initially think, featuring a big honkin' table. #a11ty ericwbailey.website/published/ho...
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Looking forward to this!
Don’t miss this online presentation by @devonpersing.bsky.social & @segdeha.com on practical tips for making Continuous Accessibility the default at your organization. 💜
www.meetup.com/portland-acc...
www.meetup.com/portland-acc...
Making Accessibility the Default: Continuous Accessibility Practices [virtual], Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 5:45 PM | Meetup
**Virtual Event:** Making Accessibility the Default: Continuous Accessibility Practices
**Presenters:** Devon Persing and Andrew Hedges
Often relegated to episodic efforts
www.meetup.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Looking forward to this!