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2019
RT @slightlylate: …and that’s assuming your problem is on the backend, which, 9 times in 10, it isn’t. Badly loading fonts or bundling far too much JS can have effects that are orders of magnitude larger than your DB tail latency issues. https://t.co/TDTKb3ibJNoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2019
RT @screenspan: It’s finally online! Harry Roberts‘ Talk from @perfnowconf #perfnow 2019 on the value of web performance optimization is worth its weight in ??? https://t.co/iGraQYy849original ↗
27 Nov 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: We’re very proud to bring you our #GE2019 collaborative manifesto, where we explored policy issues impacting entrepreneurs, startups, scaleups, and tech & digital businesses. My beat is internet regulation, of course. Read, reflect, and share. https://t.co/m2qylXe6H2original ↗
27 Nov 2019
RT @_ericelliott: Technical debt is not created all at once. It’s the accumulation of many small shortcuts over time. A few extra minutes early on could save hours or days of maintenance over time.original ↗
27 Nov 2019
I’ve worked with Chris before, and given the chance wouldn’t hesitate in doing so again. https://t.co/RnbKzswV4loriginal ↗
25 Nov 2019
RT @Chris_Townsend: We’re recruiting here @intercept_ip: If you’re a DevOps Engineer or a .Net Developer interested in a permanent role offering up-to-date tech and the autonomy to do your best work, get in touch with me! DMs are open.original ↗
25 Nov 2019
RT @deconspray: Follow @24accessibility now. The web article series begins Dec. 1. Don’t miss a single article loaded with accessibility and inclusive design goodness. #Accessibility #A11y #24A11yoriginal ↗
25 Nov 2019
RT @davewalker: I know no one has ever registered to vote because they saw a cartoon on Twitter, but… The deadline is Tuesday https://t.co/km3tmVFayL https://t.co/1DmHBJqYgmoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2019
RT @mcmillanstu: This is your max JS size to get time to interactive of 4s-5s on a 3G connection. *This* is why I don’t like JS apps. Most websites (and users) don’t need it. #perfnow https://t.co/ZbQQdH69mForiginal ↗
22 Nov 2019
RT @bamadesigner: If you’re one of these folks who believe we should sacrifice #accessibility in order to make abled people even more comfortable, then you need to seriously question your morals and privilege. #a11y https://t.co/Ue6pBr688Aoriginal ↗
22 Nov 2019
RT @AngstAHD: My newly #blind son (16) is struggling badly with his perceptions of his future. He loves #stem and all things #geek. I’d love to hear from #scienceandtechnology professionals who have overcome #visualimpairment in the UK.original ↗
21 Nov 2019
RT @pascallaliberte: Launch: Modest JS Works https://t.co/xqu4nFTgcI A free web book that will be useful if you find that your team’s a little too quick to use heavy JS approaches. Includes the idea of The JS Gradient. I’ll be tweeting about the chapters in the upcoming weeks.original ↗
19 Nov 2019
17 Nov 2019
RT @Karrenbacs: Some great tips to think about when communicating information https://t.co/lKJKnzWKOdoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2019
RT @CoreyGinnivan: I’ve been chipping away on this project off and on for about a year (while learning React). Introducing: WhoCanUse, a tool that shows who really is affected by your colour combinations https://t.co/C6zXhDVnLzoriginal ↗
15 Nov 2019
RT @chriscoyier: HTML is the very first file that comes across from servers that browsers parse do the rest of the work needed to build the site. That _firstness_ is unique to HTML and a vital part of making websites fast.original ↗
13 Nov 2019
With +32% of the web, just think what a positive influence WordPress could have if it exemplified best practice. There are great people in @automattic , please help raise this. https://t.co/NQJaN9OKFaoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2019
It seems to me that being cautious and expecting the unexpected would be the primary trait of self-driving cars. Apparently not. #TechEthics means asking “how can this go wrong?” https://t.co/62Tn5AeNUaoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2019
RT @davewalker: Cartoon: The election. If you’re not registered to vote please do so here: https://t.co/km3tmVFayL https://t.co/xtDGIuY1tNoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2019
RT @timberners_lee: Today the internet is 50 years old. The internet & the web it enabled have changed billions of lives for the better. But their power for good is under threat. This birthday must mark the moment we take on the fight for the web we want. https://t.co/vV1mkDZO8i #Internet50original ↗
30 Oct 2019
RT @AndyDavies: Low end devices are a first world problem too That Alcatel 1x @slightylate is showing… happens to be one of Vodafone UK’s popular PAYG phones But if you’re not delivering a tolerable experience it probably won’t show up in your analytics data https://t.co/0Shhb4pA7Goriginal ↗
22 Oct 2019
RT @ZoeBijl: Periodic reminder that it’s best to use initial caps for your hashtags: #AccessibleHashtags. This way assisitive technology will announce the words in the hashtag rather than a long string of characters. It’s also a lot easier to read. #themoreyouknow vs #TheMoreYouKnoworiginal ↗
22 Oct 2019
RT @decadecity: I currently have availability for consultancy work. I help companies get the most out of their marketing websites with SEO, analytics, accessibility and tag management. If you have opportunities in this area I’d love to hear from you. (RT’s appreciated) https://t.co/FUDq1YRa7G https://t.co/CoAilfdJcyoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2019
This is what we’re doing with the amazing possibilities given to us by the modern web? Come on people, we can – and must – do better. #PushBackOnJavaScriptOverload https://t.co/GXhnITzWSgoriginal ↗
19 Oct 2019
RT @bamadesigner: HTML is the foundation of the web. Not JS. Learn frameworks all you want but understand they live to modify HTML. HTML is what communicates to users. Not taking the time to learn HTML is missing the point of dev. Being flippant about its importance is privilege. #accessibilityoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2019
RT @hankchizljaw: If the web-based tech industry really cared about people, progressive enhancement and accessibility would be top priorities—not developer experience.original ↗
16 Oct 2019
RT @hey_stac: “Meeting high standards of accessibility takes time when it’s factored in later in the process, making it an easy scapegoat for delayed deadlines.” @joebell_ https://t.co/Jd8HK89y3Eoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2019
RT @svinkle: “Accessibility is the new responsive.” – @tiffany_tse #a11y https://t.co/3GJEDOU9Xyoriginal ↗
16 Oct 2019
RT @Mandy_Kerr: If you think keyboard shortcuts and controls in your dev tooling is awesome, why not be more awesome and make your websites easy to navigate with a keyboard as well!original ↗
12 Oct 2019
RT @mattmay: Big “NOBODY TOLD US” energy surrounding the Domino’s decision today. ADA became law in 1990. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines came out in 1999, and were updated in 2008 and 2018. If you didn’t know by now: THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. It’s not too late to do better.original ↗
8 Oct 2019
RT @CoralineAda: “The time has come to reclaim authority over what it means to develop software in the open without compromising our ethics or ideals. This is the beginning of the era of Ethical Source Software.” 93 words defining a revolution in open source. https://t.co/SiTiVsc4xooriginal ↗
7 Oct 2019
RT @webaxe: This is huge! “Supreme Court hands victory to blind man who sued Domino’s over site accessibility” https://t.co/SooHuVtBhL #webdev #webdesign #law #adaoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2019
RT @scottjehl: ASPIRE is a nice acronym for a set of web practices to uh, aim for what’s the word I’m looking for here oh yes right. Accessible Secure Performant Inclusive Responsive Ethical https://t.co/NplBAodTJBoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2019
RT @slightlylate: Do you build websites? Run ’em on phones with A53s inside. You’ll be glad (and, initially, sad) you did.original ↗
5 Oct 2019
RT @bamadesigner: What if I forked #WordPress? I created sustainable governance, a CoC, and a Conflict of Interest policy. Decisions were driven by standards and not opinions. We prioritized #accessibility and privacy. We measured success by our impact and not just growth. Would you help me?original ↗
4 Oct 2019
RT @paulcalvano: Comparing JavaScript weight to Time to Interactive in the @HttpArchive. Every 100KB of compressed JS results in a 3-4 second increase in Time to Interactive on a 3G connection… #webperf https://t.co/0Wqoao4G0Roriginal ↗
2 Oct 2019
In a week that’s had many of us asking “how did we get here?”, Heather is highlighting where we’re going. And it’s not good. https://t.co/lqTaiC7aQioriginal ↗
28 Sept 2019
You’ve probably seen this @mor10 , AI generated faces … with an API coming soon https://t.co/pN7IcMWrntoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: Very proud to have written this guide with @Dom_Hallas on the steps you should take to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. While it’s aimed at startups and scaleups, the issues we focus on impact all UK tech businesses. Please share with your networks. https://t.co/sQRrbnKkZEoriginal ↗
27 Sept 2019
RT @scottjehl: Poor site performance is not just an annoyance. For the average user, it’s often a fundamental accessibility issue… a barrier to using and accessing the web.original ↗
26 Sept 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: I’d like to thank the Prime Minister for inspiring me to make a donation to the Jo Cox Foundation. If you feel the same, you can do so here. https://t.co/DRIdmEizTy #moreincommon https://t.co/EoprtMTrwIoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2019
RT @mor10: These discussions on open source, morality, and things like the new Hippocratic License, completely miss the point of the conversation, make a discussion of ethics into a discussion of law. Which is not the same thing. https://t.co/CJj3eOLEh5original ↗
25 Sept 2019
RT @mor10: These discussions on open source, morality, and things like the new Hippocratic License, completely miss the point of the conversation, make a discussion of ethics into a discussion of law. Which is not the same thing. https://t.co/CJj3eOLEh5original ↗
25 Sept 2019
I joined the #ClimateAction protest in Leeds, because how could I not? Great atmosphere, fun times, but a serious message. #ActOnClimate #ActNoworiginal ↗
20 Sept 2019
RT @andybelldesign: Imagine getting paid a really solid salary, in a comfortable industry, and caring more about your developer experience than the people that your work affects instead—even when the main focus of your work is building things for other people to use. Wild.original ↗
15 Sept 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: Now that I’ve shared the news on stage @smashingconf, I am absolutely delighted to announce that @smashingmag has commissioned me to write the book – literally – on privacy for web professionals. All going well, it will be published late spring/early summer 2020. #smashingconf https://t.co/nSFaryytFhoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2019
RT @depressionnote: Suicide hotline numbers ? United Kingdom ?? 116 123 United States ?? 1-800-273-8255 Canada ?? 1 800 456 4566 Ireland ?? 116 123 Australia ?? 131 114 Someone dies from suicide every 40 seconds. Will you take 0.1 second to Retweet and maybe save a life? #SuicidePreventionDayoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2019
RT @zachleat: Which has a better First Meaningful Paint time? ? a raw 8.5MB HTML file with the full text of every single one of my 27,506 tweets ? a client rendered React site with exactly one tweet on it (Spoiler: @____lighthouse reports 8.5MB of HTML wins by about 200ms)original ↗
6 Sept 2019
I expect this will cause NO END of problems for my kid. Mostly due to him laughing so much. https://t.co/UCf4AE0UEWoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2019
RT @aurynn: If you think your job is writing code and not understanding politics and the political implications of technology Not only are you bad at your job, you are dangerously bad at your job and a threat to othersoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2019
RT @peterbowyer: @DavidHenigUK @WebDevLaw is doing sterling unpaid work at https://t.co/TW1PHItFoF. As an IT consultant, not knowing in the event of no deal which countries we can host data/the process to sell services abroad is ? The govt department & govt-backed tech orgs have been?with adviceoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2019
RT @SimonCropp: A hypothetical So you walk to work each day. One day you come upon someone having trouble changing a tire. You think “I know how to change a tire, and it will only make me a little late for work” so you stop to help. The person is grateful.original ↗
27 Aug 2019
RT @ambrwlsn90: I find it fascinating, and beautiful even, that no matter what tech stack/libraries we use, everyone’s goal is creating markup – the thing that allows us to use the web. I’m always surprised how some don’t care very much how markup is structured. #html #a11y #accessibilitymattersoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2019
RT @mor10: The central promise of the World Wide Web is to make content accessible to anyone with an internet connection and a browser able to render HTML, and letting individual people choose how they want that content rendered. That’s what makes the web powerful: #accessibility #a11yoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: Manchester digital agencies! @mwug needs a sponsor. @mikelittlezed1 is currently paying £120 per month out of his own pocket for room rental for the monthly meetups. And that’s so incredibly wrong , for so many reasons.original ↗
21 Aug 2019
RT @HTTPArchive: Images do tend to make up most of the page weight, but byte-for-byte _JavaScript_ is responsible for a disproportionately large amount of a site’s slow performance. Between download, parse, and execute, the effects of unoptimized JS are far-reaching. https://t.co/PPUBEEVWutoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2019
RT @mrchrisadams: Heather has a good point here. I wish more devs would take more responsibility about who they choose to be paid extremely well to work for and enable, and we had norms to expect this of each other professionally. https://t.co/4Vl11e7qzQoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: In response to a few comments – if any grant-making organisations or foundations which work on keeping the open web open want to repurpose the application for potential funding, please get in touch, because this stuff is really, really bloody important.original ↗
17 Aug 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: A staggering stat from @DCMSInsight as we careen towards a no-deal Brexit: the UK’s digital sector exported £19.4 billion in digital services to the EU in 2017. https://t.co/yZdtp0Da6Soriginal ↗
15 Aug 2019
RT @lukew: device lab overload: to cover 95% of smartphones used in North America, you’d need to test your Website on 324 different devices. https://t.co/o6ZyfzTH5coriginal ↗
14 Aug 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: Brexit-era tech ethics question: is it okay to widely share content from behind a newspaper paywall if that content is a government policy announcement which has not been made available anywhere else?original ↗
14 Aug 2019
RT @fraying: One completely consistent divide I’ve observed over the years: anyone who has actually managed a community knows not to feed trolls. The people who think that drawing attention to trolls is helping have never managed a community.original ↗
13 Aug 2019
RT @marick: Educationally, one of the greatest problems in software is: (1) people learn programming as a solo activity. (2) the difference between N=1 programmers and even N=2 is profound. That is, *any* coordination between individuals substantially reduces each individual’s productivity.original ↗
9 Aug 2019
RT @thekguy: “The Pragmatic Programmers” on the @changelog featuring @pragdave and @PragmaticAndy with host @adamstac Summary ? https://t.co/bHeX1g7P6V Full episode ? https://t.co/iAZnkHWInR #jazz #fundamentals https://t.co/goo15vTFKDoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2019
RT @sil: Some will think, that’s a wild cost. Having worked on big enterprises sites, that’s cheap. The key points are: 1. Can they afford it: yes 2. Will their lawyers cost more than that: yes, in the first week of the trial 3. Is it the right thing: yes, which is the only reason needed https://t.co/8PH0EaW6xJoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2019
RT @natashanyt: 1/ Hamburg’s Data Protection Authority just banned Google for three months from listening in on and evaluating the Google Home voice recordings of people across the E.U. https://t.co/8vskMQ0gNLoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2019
RT @SaraSoueidan: “A progressive Web app is really just a progressive Web site“ #aeadc @AaronGustafsonoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2019
An elderly French lady on the train asked me to explain Brexit to her. My French isn’t great, but I did convey just how jaw-droppingly stupid – and damaging – it is. This is just one part of why. https://t.co/7vZwJCnQAuoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2019
RT @EricHolthaus: This week, 40 billion tons of ice will melt in Greenland as the European heat wave moves north — enough to measurably raise global sea levels. This single heat wave will create a permanent change in our oceans that will linger for millennia. We are in a climate emergency. https://t.co/ypkH6093aUoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: We’ve been talking privacy & ethics a lot, including the live debate we did last week here. ? Watching people today in my OSS community boast they’d rather keep FB pixels than have a foreign government tell them what to do shows how far we have to go. https://t.co/8V0JTSDwbForiginal ↗
31 Jul 2019
RT @shoobe01: There’s a suit wending it’s way through the courts that is interesting to read up on: https://t.co/QbS3s7VLpN 1/original ↗
30 Jul 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: To tl;dr this breaking CJEU judgement for the non-wonks: a) your site’s FB Like buttons render you joint data controllers with FB, as you are transferring site visitors’ personal data to them; therefore B) FB pixels need prior active opt-in consent. https://t.co/vKxXj5Vkxdoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: Thanks @smashingmag for featuring my non-Smashing post on your homepage. It’s been a truly Smashing week for me. https://t.co/CLewZFnBa4 https://t.co/kmkxi06JRroriginal ↗
27 Jul 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: Reshuffle pondering. Farming and fisheries are 0.59% and 0.12% of UK GDP. There is a Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. DCMS figures have the digital sector at 7% of GVA, yet the Minister for Digital is also tasked with the culture, media, and sport sectors. Wrong reshuffle?original ↗
27 Jul 2019
Don’t look! If you dig far enough you’ll unearth me telling poor jokes. (But seriously, there’s pure gold in here) https://t.co/fdjx4bCwuOoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2019
RT @Dries: Blog post: The internet has become a dark place. I want the old one back https://t.co/ueMtxxkEpY /cc @cnn @drupal #openweb https://t.co/pGfEt3GGVcoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2019
RT @mor10: Writing about how to use #techethics and #designethics as constructive part of the design and development process gives me hope for the future. #Ethics is not a wet blanket on creativity, it’s the hearth directing our creative flames while keeping them from burning down the houseoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2019
RT @TatianaTMac: I’ve started telling JS devs that semantic html elements are preloaded microframeworks that ship you accessibility and performance plugins.original ↗
19 Jul 2019
Just been down to see the @xrleeds demonstration. They’re starting to pack up, voluntarily cleaning up the messages painted on the bridge – what a nice bunch. This message needs to get out there, so I don’t mind some inconvenience.original ↗
18 Jul 2019
11 Jul 2019
I just demanded that a bunch of people in the middle of town repeatedly sing the chorus to a song. They didn’t really want to, but they had to comply with my Public Refraining Order. @bruceloriginal ↗
7 Jul 2019
RT @OpenTranscripts: ?The Web is Agreement ?Web standards are a collection of intangibles that we collectively agree to be true. They’re our stories. They’re our collective, consensus reality. —@adactio https://t.co/OpTqHQQ2dh https://t.co/hwfC5Vgscsoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2019
Did my first @parkrunUK this morning. What a fantastic, welcoming, supportive, encouraging atmosphere! Well done to all the volunteers.original ↗
6 Jul 2019
RT @Evans_Steve: We also published updated guidance on building a resilient frontend using progressive enhancement. Thanks to @TheRealNooshu, @NickColley, @hanna_mariae @edwardhorsford and loads more for their help https://t.co/JtV5mvRzg2original ↗
5 Jul 2019
RT @billt: Uk games industry around £5bn. https://t.co/8jihN95XmI UK fishing industry around £1bn. https://t.co/FivMCziFzz Very few games developers make it onto the Today programme to talk about the impact of leaving the EU on their livelihoods.original ↗
5 Jul 2019
RT @emilylewis: A month into my new job focused on #accessibility and my main takeaway is that we #webdevs can do better. How? 1. Semantic HTML 2. Where you can, make it lean and valid 3. Exhaust all options with HTML elements & attributes before using ARIA or JS to “fix” an #a11y issueoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: Je pleure. The French data protection regulator has started a community to support designers and developers with creating good privacy UX and compliance. No scaremongering, no throwing legal codes at devs and telling them to sort it themselves. https://t.co/vqyjGMyjTLoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2019
RT @scottjehl: With networks improving worldwide, web performance should be better for everyone, equally. But it isn’t. Better bandwidth & latency enables us to send more JavaScript, fast, and processing times are worse than latency ever was. We shifted the burden from the network to the deviceoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2019
RT @WebDevLaw: It means that if you become a senior manager in a UK tech company, you will have personal, possibly criminal, legal liability for UGC on your platform which breaches subjective views of “online harms” based in codes of practice outside the rule of law. Still want the job?original ↗
29 Jun 2019