Category: ethics
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Cold Storage
Good UX is what companies do when they have to. A company that has your stuff locked away doesn’t have to.
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Accessibility is a human right, cruelty a human wrong.
Once more for the folks in the back. Calibri is easier than Times New Roman for folks with certain visual disabilities to read. That’s why the Biden Administration chose Calibri for their digital communications: to include…
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Ah yes, the famous “intern did it” syndrome
Poachers, when caught stealing content from our website, always blamed the theft on an “intern” or “freelancer.” We always pretended to believe them.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Profit
A business world with deeply misguided priorities—exemplified by horror stories from the worlds of tech, gaming, and entertainment—accounts for much worker unhappiness and customer frustration.
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AI Roundup: The Bad, the Ugly, and the Pretty Cool
Pieces of the web that make differing and complementary sense of the threat and promise of AI.
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CAPTCHA excludes disabled web users
The W3C explains how CAPTCHA excludes disabled users, and suggests alternatives that may be kinder and more reliable.
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In search of a digital town square
Ever since an infantile fascist billionaire (hereafter, the IFB) decided to turn Twitter over to the racially hostile anti-science set, folks who previously used that network daily to discuss and amplify topics they cared about…
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Resist revenge tweeting.
The people have removed a tyrant. I feel the joy and wonder of a newborn thing. But I’m resisting my urge to be publicly clever about Trump’s defeat.
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Streaming suicide and other design decisions
We who create websites and applications must remain mindful, honest, and vigilant. We must strive to work in diverse teams that are better than homogenous groups at glimpsing and preparing for the unforeseen. More than…
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Private Parts: unlikely advocate fights for online privacy, anonymity
MESMERIZED as we have been by the spectacle of the flaming garbage scow of U.S. election news, it would have been easy to miss this other narrative. But in the past few days, just as…
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Instagram to third-party developers: drop dead
I’M pretty much done with Instagram. I never loved it, but it’s where most of my friends looked for my photos, so I made peace with it as a platform—and continued to use poor, old,…
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Love. Listen. Learn.
We have to stop demonizing those with whom we disagree. Attacking the intelligence, moral fiber, and grip on sanity of those who hold opinions contrary to ours is as old as newsgroups. But we won’t…
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A Beautiful Life
LIZZIE VELASQUEZ, age 25, weighs 64 pounds. Born with a rare syndrome that prevents her from gaining weight, she was not expected to survive. Her parents took her home, raised her normally, and, when she…
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Online Training to Make Sites and Apps Accessible
ACCESSIBILITY IS LIKE the weather: everyone talks about it, but not enough of us do anything about it. Austin-based Knowbility is one of the few groups in the world with the commitment and expertise to…
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Big Web Show ? 109: Bring Me The Head of Tim Berners-Lee
IN BIG WEB SHOW ? 109, Robin Berjon and I enjoy a calm, rational conversation about EME, DRM, the MPAA, and the W3C. Enjoy. The episode was sponsored by Squarespace. Links mentioned: “Please Bring Me…