2020 (1/2)
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ComicA11y - An all inclusive online comic experiment. comica11y.humaan.com
The demo at comica11y.humaan.com by Paul Spencer is a showcase of various techniques to make a digital comic accessible for all. -
I’m always happy to randomly stumble upon accessibility updates on websites — today I noticed that caniuse.com (the most comprehensive resource for web developers to assess feature availability in different browsers) updated their colored tables with new cell backgrounds: […]
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Looking into conflicting suggestions on ARIA role attributes when using the HTML figure tag.
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As I am currently working on an inclusive project with a focus on reaching disadvantaged populations, last week’s Creative Mornings Berlin meetup featuring a talk by Lena Alfter on typography for dyslexic people could not have come at a better time. Lena Alfter, a young designer from Germany […]
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Study: Online trackers follow health site visitors news.cornell.edu
Websites with less trackers, a study from Cornell University highlights, may actually be more harmful in their privacy violation than sites with dozens of them. -
While the algorithmic bias of YouTube’s recommendation engine has been presented in various ways over past years, the project TheirTube by Tomo Kihara goes one step further.
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Who Can Use whocanuse.com
"Who Can Use" differs from other colour contrast tools in that it not only highlights the contrast of a chosen colour combination, but also presents instant statistics what share of users might be negatively impacted by it and simulates how they would see it. -
Manuel Matuzović shares a thought-provoking experiment: a web page optimized for screenreader software only, making it a hellish experience for users using the visual interface with a mouse. -
Olu Niyiawosusi looks at digital access(ibility) from a broader inclusion perspective; through questions of non-use and the digital divide.
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A year ago, I launched an exploratory attempt to integrate comments and webmentions with Kirby CMS. Far from being a stable product, it was about time for a major update based on the collected insight and feedback. -
When I set out to create a Micropub endpoint as flexible as the Kirby CMS itself, this turned out to be a rather complex task. The result, however, opens up opportunities that frankly surprised myself. Once the initial setup is done, publishing content is more flexible than ever. -
Brief notes and a step-by-step guide for setting up Valet-linux as a local development environment on Linux.
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“Commit — Update system” was the motto for round six of the Prototype Fund, Germany’s funding scheme for open source technology. The February 2020 demo day showcased the projects, framed in an inspirational narrative around changing society through responsible and open […]
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Stop Using Encrypted Email latacora.singles
An interesting perspective on “encrypted email” in this article. It is not so much concerned with the strength of encryption, but with the systemic insecurity inherent to the system of email as a by-default open and interoperable system:
You can reasonably want email to be […]
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Museum of Obsolete Media obsoletemedia.org
Another one for my collection of “museums” of historical forms of (digital) communication:
The home for over 600 current and obsolete physical media formats, covering audio, video, film and data storage. The Museum preserves the memory of those objects that held our memories, and every format listed in the Museum is represented by at least one example in the collection.
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Link Targets and 3.2.5 adrianroselli.com
I can’t even remember how many times I have engaged in the discussion why links on websites should not open in new tabs. Sadly, the number of times I had to surrender and spoil otherwise user-friendly and accessible designs with the client request to “open external links in a new […]
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Wearable Microphone Jamming sandlab.cs.uchicago.edu
A critical art project using a hack to jam microphones in the vincinity for increased privacy:
We engineered a wearable microphone jammer that is capable of disabling microphones in its user’s surroundings, including hidden microphones. Our device is based on a recent exploit that […]
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I am humbled and beyond excited to be invited to speak at Think-About! 2020, the second edition of my favourite "tech" conference. I wrote about my impressions last year. -
A Data-Driven Guide to Effective Personal Climate Action erikareinhardt.com
“46 minute read” is a commitment, but this thoroughly researched post by Erika Reinhardt has an incredible amount of food for thought, background data and tools:
This post details the most effective individual changes you can make to fight climate change in your personal […]
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There has been quite some discussion (e.g. here) around the plan by browser vendors, led by the Google Chrome team, to essentially abandon the User-agent header they send with every request to identify version and make of the browser it is coming from. Not all that surprising, considering their […]
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Google Maps Hacks by Berlin artist Simon Weckert is performance art at its best: not only for the artifact it creates (in the most ephemeral way, in form of a live data stream on Google Maps), but for the awareness it creates.
99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to […]
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A team of researchers measured the amount of third parties called as websites include third-party scripts.
Using this concept, we show that including a single third party can lead to subsequent requests from up to eight additional services. Furthermore, our findings indicate that the […]
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Category Error: Tracking Ads Are Not a Funding Mechanism thewavingcat.com
Peter Bihr builds a solid argument why “online ads on content fund its creation” is a so-called category error, where things that belong to one category are presented as belonging to another (where they don’t belong). The original social contract with ads on websites, he presents […]
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January 28 is Data Protection Day, and here are three voices I strongly would like to see heard. -
10 Reasons Why Online Advertising is Broken en.panoptykon.org
In “10 Reasons Why Online Advertising is Broken”, Karolina Iwańska summarizes the toxicity of behavioural advertising not in one, but ten, points (and stresses that this list is not exhaustive). Starting out with the illusion of consent and intrusive profiling, she frames the […]
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