Pixel Pioneers
@pixelpioneers.co
Conferences, workshops, and advice for a better web. Organised by @oliverlindberg.com. We'll return to Bristol in June 2025!
https://pixelpioneers.co/
https://pixelpioneers.co/
Are you aware of the secret battle behind your browser?
Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey
Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!
Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey
Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!
October 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Are you aware of the secret battle behind your browser?
Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey
Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!
Watch this lightning talk from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, in which Thomas Beverley, co-founder of the indie browser Wavebox.io, discusses browser choice: bit.ly/4olb5ey
Huge thanks again to @browserchoicealliance.org for the support!
Sometimes, the right use of ARIA can improve your UI for end users.
🎥 Watch @hidde.blog's excellent talk on both the good parts and common pitfalls of ARIA, delivered at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTh...
#throwbackthursday #tbthursday #a11y #accessibility
🎥 Watch @hidde.blog's excellent talk on both the good parts and common pitfalls of ARIA, delivered at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTh...
#throwbackthursday #tbthursday #a11y #accessibility
October 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Sometimes, the right use of ARIA can improve your UI for end users.
🎥 Watch @hidde.blog's excellent talk on both the good parts and common pitfalls of ARIA, delivered at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTh...
#throwbackthursday #tbthursday #a11y #accessibility
🎥 Watch @hidde.blog's excellent talk on both the good parts and common pitfalls of ARIA, delivered at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTh...
#throwbackthursday #tbthursday #a11y #accessibility
Are we witnessing the death of the browser?
🎥 In their excellent closing talk at Pixel Pioneers Bristol this summer, @nearestnabors.com explored how AI agents can transform our relationship with the internet. Watch the keynote here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IT5...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday
🎥 In their excellent closing talk at Pixel Pioneers Bristol this summer, @nearestnabors.com explored how AI agents can transform our relationship with the internet. Watch the keynote here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IT5...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday
October 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Are we witnessing the death of the browser?
🎥 In their excellent closing talk at Pixel Pioneers Bristol this summer, @nearestnabors.com explored how AI agents can transform our relationship with the internet. Watch the keynote here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IT5...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday
🎥 In their excellent closing talk at Pixel Pioneers Bristol this summer, @nearestnabors.com explored how AI agents can transform our relationship with the internet. Watch the keynote here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IT5...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday
2D to 3D and back again! 🎥 Watch @chrisgannon.bsky.social's excellent talk from Pixel Pioneers in Bristol this summer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLK...
Chris live-codes to make an interactive web animation in 2D with @gsap-greensock.bsky.social, then recreates it in 3D with @splinetool.bsky.social.
Chris live-codes to make an interactive web animation in 2D with @gsap-greensock.bsky.social, then recreates it in 3D with @splinetool.bsky.social.
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
2D to 3D and back again! 🎥 Watch @chrisgannon.bsky.social's excellent talk from Pixel Pioneers in Bristol this summer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLK...
Chris live-codes to make an interactive web animation in 2D with @gsap-greensock.bsky.social, then recreates it in 3D with @splinetool.bsky.social.
Chris live-codes to make an interactive web animation in 2D with @gsap-greensock.bsky.social, then recreates it in 3D with @splinetool.bsky.social.
What does refactoring CSS have in common with redecorating a new home? 🎥 Watch @ohhelloana.blog's fantastic talk on maintaining and modernising legacy CSS to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JU...
September 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
What does refactoring CSS have in common with redecorating a new home? 🎥 Watch @ohhelloana.blog's fantastic talk on maintaining and modernising legacy CSS to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JU...
Great design isn’t just about pixels. It's about collaboration, speed, and setting up the right foundations so designers and developers can build better products, faster.
🎥 Watch Rachel Ilan Simpson's talk on building and transforming design at startups & scaleups: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl6...
🎥 Watch Rachel Ilan Simpson's talk on building and transforming design at startups & scaleups: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl6...
September 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Great design isn’t just about pixels. It's about collaboration, speed, and setting up the right foundations so designers and developers can build better products, faster.
🎥 Watch Rachel Ilan Simpson's talk on building and transforming design at startups & scaleups: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl6...
🎥 Watch Rachel Ilan Simpson's talk on building and transforming design at startups & scaleups: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl6...
"It's just nice when a site feels nice." 🎥 Watch @jackf.io's excellent talk on debugging web performance with Chrome DevTools: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5I...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #webperf #perfmatters #devtools @developer.chrome.com
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #webperf #perfmatters #devtools @developer.chrome.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"It's just nice when a site feels nice." 🎥 Watch @jackf.io's excellent talk on debugging web performance with Chrome DevTools: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5I...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #webperf #perfmatters #devtools @developer.chrome.com
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #webperf #perfmatters #devtools @developer.chrome.com
🎥 Here's the first video from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025!
@tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y
@tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y
There Is No Spoon – Léonie Watson | Pixel Pioneers 2025
YouTube video by Pixel Pioneers
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August 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🎥 Here's the first video from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025!
@tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y
@tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP...
#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y
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If you haven't seen them yet, the photos from @pixelpioneers.co Bristol 2025 are on the PP site at pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...!
I've written a big thank you post over at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver...
The videos of all the talks will follow very soon!
I've written a big thank you post over at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver...
The videos of all the talks will follow very soon!
July 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you haven't seen them yet, the photos from @pixelpioneers.co Bristol 2025 are on the PP site at pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...!
I've written a big thank you post over at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver...
The videos of all the talks will follow very soon!
I've written a big thank you post over at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver...
The videos of all the talks will follow very soon!
Thanks for the excellent writeup, Jamie! 🙏
Jamie attended @pixelpioneers.co conference on front-end development. He felt inspired to write about his favourite talks covering accessibility, AI, legacy code, and ARIA.
Highly recommended - have it on your radar for 2026! Read Jamie's highlights from 2025 here: www.studio24.net/blog/pixel-p...
Highly recommended - have it on your radar for 2026! Read Jamie's highlights from 2025 here: www.studio24.net/blog/pixel-p...
Pixel Pioneers 2025 - Studio 24
Developer Jamie Curran attended Pixel Pioneers 2025, which included excellent talks on accessibility and legacy code, summarised here.
www.studio24.net
July 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Thanks for the excellent writeup, Jamie! 🙏
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Last week, Thomas Beverley, co-founder of Wavebox, spoke at @pixelpioneers.co to spotlight how Microsoft uses misleading user interface patterns, hidden settings, and system updates to make it difficult for users to set and keep a non-Edge browser as their default.
June 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Last week, Thomas Beverley, co-founder of Wavebox, spoke at @pixelpioneers.co to spotlight how Microsoft uses misleading user interface patterns, hidden settings, and system updates to make it difficult for users to set and keep a non-Edge browser as their default.
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Thanks to all the speakers, attendees, and volunteers at #pixelpioneers. I’m tempted to say that was the best edition yet! Congrats @oliverlindberg.com!
Hosting was a treat. You’re all lovely.
(Even accounting for unread email counts)
Hosting was a treat. You’re all lovely.
(Even accounting for unread email counts)
June 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Thanks to all the speakers, attendees, and volunteers at #pixelpioneers. I’m tempted to say that was the best edition yet! Congrats @oliverlindberg.com!
Hosting was a treat. You’re all lovely.
(Even accounting for unread email counts)
Hosting was a treat. You’re all lovely.
(Even accounting for unread email counts)
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Many, many thanks to everyone who played a part in making last Friday's @pixelpioneers.co Bristol such a wonderful day: all the speakers, sponsors and supporters, attendees, volunteers, and MC @philhawksworth.dev of course!
Stay tuned for the full photo gallery and the videos of the talks!
Stay tuned for the full photo gallery and the videos of the talks!
June 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Many, many thanks to everyone who played a part in making last Friday's @pixelpioneers.co Bristol such a wonderful day: all the speakers, sponsors and supporters, attendees, volunteers, and MC @philhawksworth.dev of course!
Stay tuned for the full photo gallery and the videos of the talks!
Stay tuned for the full photo gallery and the videos of the talks!
It's time to choose a winner for our @frontendnorth.bsky.social competition! 😃
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@haidarnasralla.bsky.social, please drop us a quick line at [email protected] and we'll get your free ticket 🎟️ sorted! Congratulations!
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@haidarnasralla.bsky.social, please drop us a quick line at [email protected] and we'll get your free ticket 🎟️ sorted! Congratulations!
I absolutely, positively, desperately need to hear @whitep4nth3r.com go off. Also, I want a school trip.
Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)!
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's time to choose a winner for our @frontendnorth.bsky.social competition! 😃
🥁 Drumroll...
@haidarnasralla.bsky.social, please drop us a quick line at [email protected] and we'll get your free ticket 🎟️ sorted! Congratulations!
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@haidarnasralla.bsky.social, please drop us a quick line at [email protected] and we'll get your free ticket 🎟️ sorted! Congratulations!
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My key takeaway from @pixelpioneers.co last Friday — it’s actually not so bad having only 1,127 unread emails in my personal inbox.
June 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My key takeaway from @pixelpioneers.co last Friday — it’s actually not so bad having only 1,127 unread emails in my personal inbox.
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Thanks @pixelpioneers.co for having me! My slides and all the links are on talks.hiddedevries.nl/UlE4OU/aria-...
ARIA, the good parts by Hidde de Vries
full transcript of a previous iteration of this talk (the captions in this deck are empty)
talks.hiddedevries.nl
June 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Thanks @pixelpioneers.co for having me! My slides and all the links are on talks.hiddedevries.nl/UlE4OU/aria-...
Both accounts are free! 👇👇👇
I’ll be doing doing a live code demo in @codepen.io and @splinetool.bsky.social at @pixelpioneers.co in Bristol tomorrow. Make sure you have an account if you want to follow along 🤓🙂
June 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Both accounts are free! 👇👇👇
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Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)!
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
Front End North Conference | 10th July 2025
A welcoming one-track, one-day conference in Sheffield, UK for developers and designers who work on the web.
frontendnorth.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)!
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
Read all the Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 speaker spotlights on our blog: pixelpioneers.co/blog
I interviewed all the @pixelpioneers.co speakers, here's the full list:
@hidde.blog
@tink.uk
@chrisgannon.bsky.social
@ohhelloana.blog
@jackf.io
@nearestnabors.com
Rachel Ilan Simpson
Rabeb Othmani
Thomas Beverley
👉 Find the links to the Q&As in the schedule: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
@hidde.blog
@tink.uk
@chrisgannon.bsky.social
@ohhelloana.blog
@jackf.io
@nearestnabors.com
Rachel Ilan Simpson
Rabeb Othmani
Thomas Beverley
👉 Find the links to the Q&As in the schedule: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...
June 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Read all the Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 speaker spotlights on our blog: pixelpioneers.co/blog
We'll be in a new venue on Friday! Can't wait to run the conference at @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social! 🤩
June 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We'll be in a new venue on Friday! Can't wait to run the conference at @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social! 🤩
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It's @pixelpioneers.co week! And it's going to be very warm on Friday – Bristol harbour will look glorious!
June 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's @pixelpioneers.co week! And it's going to be very warm on Friday – Bristol harbour will look glorious!
"We want users to have a fair choice about what browser they use, so independent vendors like us are free to build experiences that users want and love."
The final speaker spotlight featuring Thomas Beverley of wavebox.io and @browserchoicealliance.org is now live: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...
The final speaker spotlight featuring Thomas Beverley of wavebox.io and @browserchoicealliance.org is now live: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"We want users to have a fair choice about what browser they use, so independent vendors like us are free to build experiences that users want and love."
The final speaker spotlight featuring Thomas Beverley of wavebox.io and @browserchoicealliance.org is now live: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...
The final speaker spotlight featuring Thomas Beverley of wavebox.io and @browserchoicealliance.org is now live: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...
"I want people to [be] excited about the vision of an internet where access to fair, secure, & inclusive financial services isn’t limited by geography, infrastructure, or income."
@Interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy's Rabeb Othmani in our latest speaker Q&A: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...
@Interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy's Rabeb Othmani in our latest speaker Q&A: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...
June 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"I want people to [be] excited about the vision of an internet where access to fair, secure, & inclusive financial services isn’t limited by geography, infrastructure, or income."
@Interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy's Rabeb Othmani in our latest speaker Q&A: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...
@Interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy's Rabeb Othmani in our latest speaker Q&A: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...
Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)!
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
Front End North Conference | 10th July 2025
A welcoming one-track, one-day conference in Sheffield, UK for developers and designers who work on the web.
frontendnorth.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)!
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.
And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com
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I looked through 78 payment-related claims and wrote down the 3 mistakes freelancers make when chasing late payments.
Freelancers, want to improve your chance of getting paid from an elusive client? Then avoid these 3 things when chasing late payments. withjack.co.uk/avoid-these-...
Avoid these 3 things when chasing late payments
withjack.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I looked through 78 payment-related claims and wrote down the 3 mistakes freelancers make when chasing late payments.