This right here is what I find intriguing about the #impeachment process. It’s about communication. [thread] x.com/jljacobson/sta…
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”When it’s successful, there is a huge benefit [...] But the cost of doing research is getting exponentially higher. As a society and an economy, we suffer if there are only a handful of places where you can be on the cutting edge.”
+ few countries...
nytimes.com/2019/09/26/tec…
“We may not be able to anticipate ’unknown unknowns’ but a thorough process with a diverse team can help ensure we are starting with the right questions, have good data, and are doing our best to anticipate the ’known unknowns.’” by @jajordan13 link.medium.com/TzjsiHuRr0
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@cjforms @deevybee Maddening way of wording this! Also, an outdated study from 1987. Vocabulary development happens today in many ways this study could not possibly take into account.
During my accessibility seminar I made the observation that penalizing accessibility issues by fining a public sector organization feels off. Lack of money is often an excuse to not prioritize accessibility. Forcing earmarking of money for accessibility work would feel better.
About to do a 2-hour teaching session on accessibility at a digital agency. I love these gigs, because they contribute to making accessibility top of mind. And because I love them I do these sessions awfully cheap. Win-win! Get in touch if you want one.
Did I just call myself cheap? Why yes, yes I did. Be kind while I'm offline. 😂
My reading list is now two pages long. No joke.
(actually I have no idea, it's insane) twitter.com/neil_neilzone/status/1…
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@MrAlanCooper @johannhari101 Powerful stuff.
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@berkun I use these quotes from Aristotle in one of my presentations to illustrate a similar point.
”Women are unfinished men.”
”A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness.”
Can we just take a moment and appreciate the vast, dark abyss we are about to fall into...
Under the guise of something called Humanyze no less.
#digitalethics x.com/TheEconomist/s…
Accessible websites (from a #WCAG perspective) that look and feel awesome.
What are your go-to examples?
I've found this article but some of those sites have a lot of white text on image backgrounds... internetrix.com.au/blog/five-beau…
There's always the old trusted csszengarden but there are some serious contrast issues there as well...
csszengarden.com
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@RebbeccaTomas 😂 Yup. It's for my company, and I'm guessing there is some law that regulates this.
"Clever consumer behavior tricks to build trust."
People, this is an oxymoron.
Right now extremely pissed off at how I can sign up for a new mobile plan in SECONDS but cancelling the same account involves 25 minutes in a phone queue and 6 minutes with an operator, of which 3 minutes was WAITING for them to send off a physical letter confirmation. 😤
Small things like this put vulnerable people at risk of not managing to cancel within a critical time frame and unnecessarily losing money (that could for example be required for childrens's clothes, medication, etc.).
Which by the way means it's NOT A SMALL THING!
I bet that poor operator could hear my teeth grinding...
"After 25 minutes waiting to talk to you, I would rather just cancel my plan than have a conversation about why I'm canceling my plan. Thank you."
[awkward silence] ok.
*proceeds to type that response into the CRM* 🙄
My point really here is that I'm not surprised and I know many things are like this. I'm obviously going to be okay. But when you start applying thinking tools to assess risks and impact for vulnerable people, shit like this gets nasty really fast.
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@OlaGronlund Bea jobbat :) Det saknas dock proportioner för felparkeringsavgift med mc.
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@AngelosArnis Nice! Been planning to do something like this for a while. Right now I have two unorganized paper bags for all my stuff.
This video helped me understand the #impeachment process in the US. x.com/RBReich/status…
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@round :) Did you read this by @ruchowdh?
wired.com/story/tech-nee…