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Grid Lock

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An attempted experiment to replicate the blog layout of ilovetypography.com, which uses floats to great effect, with more modern CSS Grid and Flex techniques. Turned out to not be quite so simple, but taught me a lot about the benefits and limitations of CSS Grid.

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Sparkbox Notes

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Notes from my second fully remote conference, this time Sparkbox's UnConference. Being able to freely access talks from the US is a rare bonus of everything going on right now, and this did not disappoint. Musical cameos, great talks on UX, accessibility, design systems, and amazing speakers. Great event (despite the time difference).

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Books vs the Web

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I love books. I have a huge collection of them and I routinely add to it. But when it comes to the topic of spreading knowledge and information, I think the web wins. It may not be as nice to use, but it is more accessible, and that means it's more valuable.

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Making writing readable

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How do you make your writing as accessible as possible? Plain text – a system of simplifying the words and phrases used to reduce overall complexity – is an "easy" solution, and I've never seen …

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Let an rss feed be a reminder

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Ashur has voiced something I've been doing for years: feed readers may be efficient, but that efficiency robs websites of their individuality. I've long had sites that I subscribe to but …

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Disable Auto Summarisation in Readwise Reader

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I think automatically pumping every article saved to Readwise through an LLM is a bad idea. Luckily, you can turn that feature off!

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How the language attribute is damaging accessibility

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A first-hand account of how marking individual words or short, inline phrases as a different language (even when accurate) can be a jarring and inaccessible experience for many screen reader …