CLT 2021 Talk Slides
Last update: 2021-07-30 19:40:10
Today I spoke about accessibility at the "Chemnitzer Linux Tage." The talk is a German adaptation of the one I held at rC3.
read more..Emoji domains - A cautionary tale
Last update: 2021-03-19 22:03:28
Since I was unemployed earlier this year, I had time to polish up my portfolio and build some smaller new projects to hopefully help me in finding a good job. One such small project was not quite thought through before I started. I decided that since emoji are "allowed" in URLs and emoji 13 added a transgender pride flag, I wanted a website with that emoji in its url. It did not go quite as planned..
read more..Accessibility is not a one-off project
Last update: 2020-10-04 13:59:15
When discussing weather or not to spend time and effort into making products accessible, it's common for management to say that accessibility is not the priority right now and that it's going to be patched in at a later time. However, I believe that even a minimum viable product has to be accessible and that anything that isn't is not viable. -Especially considering that this later time at which accessibility is patched in likely will never come because other things have a higher priority. In this post I want to show my view on how to develop software that can be used by as many people as possible.
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Icon fonts must die.
Last update: 2020-10-03 23:15:11
Other people have written about this as well, but I thought I might show my perspective on why icon fonts shouldn't have been used 5 years ago and certainly should not be used today.
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