mgifford @mgifford@mastodon.social
Drupal, Open Source Accessibility, Civic Tech, Ottawa, Canada
@vgr you have to get your Mastodon account linked up here http://venkateshrao.com/
Do European Governments Publish #OpenSource Software? Yes, some do! Read the Quick Scan for more info. http://think-innovation.com/blog/do-european-governments-publish-open-source-software/
Hey, the #a11yTO conference is so good that I am sponsoring it again. Maybe you want to speak there?
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The #a11yTOConf Call for Presentations is officially open! Got an idea for a talk? Share it with us! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJB33cIvgQN-Lwq587hkSEi1dhiDL5gcV-tGIFYGNZ59bOIQ/viewform
https://twitter.com/a11yTO/status/999721002505392130
Happy GDPR Panic Day!
Love this challenge to our economy from KateRaworth@twitter.com https://www.ted.com/talks/kate_raworth_a_healthy_economy_should_be_designed_to_thrive_not_grow we do need to limit growth.
Update re: #GDPR and #Mastodon. We have received additional resources, via @mala, thank you, directed at open source projects.
@nightpool is our lead on following up with these resources, and figuring out some more, and if we still have questions after that we will be getting additional help from @mala to reach out to some other people.
Hopefully this will yield results soon.
The Senate voted to save #NetNeutrality protections! Contact your representative to make sure the House follows suit. https://CheckYourReps.org
Put some time into connecting #GDPR issues in #drupal https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/drupal_gdpr_team?categories=All
This is really a deep challenge for many organizations. There is no quick tech fix and lots of changes that go well beyond any tech stack. #Privacy by default takes some getting used to.
The latest stable snapshot of @W3C HTML5.3 released today https://w3.org/tr/html53/ Meanwhile, ongoing work continues https://w3c.github.io/html/
"Why (or why not) Open?
* Working open is NOT a way to get free labor on a project
* Working open is NOT a way to avoid process or structure
* Working open IS a way to bring user-centric thinking to a project
* Working open IS a way to sharpen thinking and spot errors
* Working open IS a way for a project to achieve maximum impact"
I like this list from Mozilla's Open Leadership 101 course (https://mozilla.teachable.com/p/open-leadership-101) #OpenSource
What platform would Richard Stallman approve of for sharing videos about himself? What video delivery services can you use with #FreeSoftware?
Richard Stallman #RMS explaining the 4 Freedoms #FreeSoftware
Ever thought about #ReinventingBusiness?
Join the #BCorp community and start using business as a force for good: http://www.bimpactassessment.net/bcorporation
Some efforts in the #Drupal community to prepare for the #GDPR https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/2848974 had some really great conversations at #DrupalCon this past week.
RT @eaton@twitter.com
“Who here believes Facebook is unethical?” [hands rise]
“Okay, who here has added a tracking pixel to a site at a client’s request?” [hands sheepishly rise]
“Okay, now we return to the trolley problem…”
A++++ #drupalcon session by @drnikki
RT rootwork: When companies say "but what should we doooooo about diversity" [throw up hands], @andmiddleton points out that @drupaldiversity has some resources for you!
Also @Michael_A I use http://tootdon.club/ on my phone to use this network.
@Michael_A thought you might like http://radioopensource.org/facebook-the-reign-of-surveillance-capitalism/ Just listened to it this morning.
@dennisl I like the Mastadon #a11y issue queue https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aaccessibility Noticed mostly missing alt text. That and an input form. Lots of use of ARIA in the webform.
