Laura Kalbag @laurakalbag@mastodon.social
Designer @indie, making @betterbyindie. Talks web, ethics, accessibility, privacy & dev. My book Accessibility For Everyone is out now http://a4e.link !
Joined Nov 2016
Me: “where is the dog”.
Mastodon now allows you to write image descriptions, *and* it’s by default (not a hidden accessibility setting like Twitter)!
I need to set up my own instance. But for now, I’ve at least set-up amateur cross-posting from Mastodon to Twitter.
Making more of an effort on the Mastodon-front.
@Gargron I want to feature the Mastodon.social design update in a magazine showcase. (Because let’s promote the good people!) Did you write about it anywhere? And what’s the best way to ask you a few questions about it? (Happy to do so on here if you want to do it in the open!)
Here we go then… my book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now out! 📗
Available in paperback and ebook from A Book Apart:
https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone https://mastodon.social/media/e0Sf4CmJXhbzEdOTfwg
I can identify with this article. These feelings are why seeing fellow web folk uncritically worshipping tech shiny makes me feel so utterly hopeless.
https://pando.com/2017/04/28/quitting-swamp/
via @aral
Laura Kalbag
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‘The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked’
“This is Britain in 2017. A Britain that increasingly looks like a “managed” democracy. Paid for a US billionaire. Using military-style technology. Delivered by Facebook. And enabled by us.”
Also on our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-how-our-democracy-was-hijacked/1656
Well wondering over. (BuzzFeed does record the personal data.) https://twitter.com/aral/status/856898795631771650
I realise it’s been a vagina-heavy day in my feed.
Note: I worry about BuzzFeed generally. I seriously wonder where the data from quizzes like this go: https://www.buzzfeed.com/natalyalobanova/how-typical-are-your-vagina-habits
Folks at #appbuilders17 (and others!) who asked how to help family and friends learn about privacy. I just saw this: https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/your-problematic-free-faves
(For my own site I use WordPress, comments being a good reason to keep using it. For @indie, we use Discourse integration for comments.)
Just got some fabulous Clue (period tracking) swag. Heartening hearing about how they’re working hard to protect my data, even though it would be “easier” to just sell it.
https://mastodon.social/media/FszcP2Zlmaor5LqPUSQ
‘Replacing Disqus with Github Comments’—a good insight into the trackers that come along with Disqus, and how to respect your blog reader’s privacy http://donw.io/post/github-comments/
That last boost: I love that on Mastodon I can toot my own horn… 😉
Laura Kalbag
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😄 Thanks la--lah! 😄
“Love it - I switched over to Better as my previous ad blocker had gradually become less effective. I should have done it sooner. Thanks for a great product! :-)” https://mastodon.social/media/k_C-Pr7H2Bzv4sjQfGo
Laura Kalbag
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Designer @indie, making @betterbyindie. Talks web, ethics, accessibility, privacy & dev. My book Accessibility For Everyone is out now http://a4e.link !
Joined Nov 2016
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