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Introducing Laura’s Lens
Over the last five years or so, I’ve been sharing links to insightful articles with a critical view of technology. It started as Ind.
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Why much of the internet is closed off to blind people
A few weeks ago, I chatted to James Jeffrey for a BBC article on Why much of the internet is closed off to blind people. In particular, I spoke to how easy it can be to make a website accessible, and why it should be part of our everyday practice as designers and developers.
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Where I’m speaking in Summer/Autumn 2019
This summer/autumn, I’m speaking at conferences in Amsterdam, London and Edinburgh. This year I’ve had mixed experiences with speaking, so I’m being picky about future talks. So I’m looking forward to the following…
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This One Weird Trick Tells Us Everything About You: In Print!
I almost forgot to share photos of the gorgeous printed Smashing Magazine! Getting all this into 2000 words was a challenge, but I’m happy with the result.
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Smashing TV Livestream: Towards Ethics & Privacy By Default
Tomorrow afternoon I’ll be on a panel with the other folks who contributed to the new Smashing print magazine on Ethics and Privacy. You can watch it live on YouTube (be aware that Google is tracking you!) at 1pm GMT / 2pm Irish time / 3pm Barcelona time.
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This One Weird Trick Tells Us Everything About You
I wrote a little essay for Smashing Print #1: Ethics & Privacy titled ‘This One Weird Trick Tells Us Everything About You.’
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Great speakers from Think About conference 2019
Conf organisers! I wanted to shout out some brilliant speakers I saw at Think About! conference last week. These are fabulous people, accomplished speakers, writing valuable, meaningful and educational talks. You need them on your lineup.
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Like It or Not, We're Already Cyborgs interview on PCMag
To privacy activists Aral Balkan and Laura Kalbag, we don’t need brain implants to become cyborgs; we’re already jacked in. And we need a Universal Declaration of Cyborg Rights.
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Everyday Information Architecture
When I found out that Lisa Maria Martin was writing a book about information architecture, I was really excited. Ever since I was lucky enough to have Lisa Maria edit my book, I’ve wanted to learn more from this insightful and kind person. During the writing and editing process, my book was loooong, accidentally repetitive, and the structure mostly just a bunch of text in the order it exited my brain. The other wonderful editors helped me flesh out ideas, communicate them clearly and ensured they were technically correct. Lisa Maria gave the book its final shape and structure. She took text I found unwieldy and hard to understand as a whole, and put it in an order that made sense to a reader. Needless to say, I learned a lot from her, and the opportunity to learn more, and how I could apply her kind of thinking to projects I work on every day (websites!) meant I read Everyday Information Architecture as soon as I could get my hands on it.
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Tech is not neutral and we need to do better
The best bookmarks I saved in Week 12, 2019.
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