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Thunder Nerds Podcast
On Saturday evening, I had a lovely chat with Jenell Pizarro, Brian Hinton and Frederick Philip Von Weiss for their Thunder Nerds podcast. You can watch the video or listen to the audio on the Thunder Nerds site.
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One Year Bookiversary
It’s been one whole year since my book, Accessibility For Everyone, came out in paperback and ebook.
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What is Mastodon and why should I use it?
This post is a follow-up to What’s wrong with Twitter?. You can read this post en français on the Framasoft blog. Mastodon started out as a microblogging platform similar to Twitter, but has evolved with more features that show an ethical, progressive and inclusive focus. Instead of tweets, your posts on Mastodon are called toots.
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What’s wrong with Twitter?
You can read this post en français on the Framasoft blog. A couple of weeks ago I posted a quick note mentioning I now have my own Mastodon instance. But first things first: why? My aim is to use Mastodon as an alternative to Twitter. While Mastodon is not equivalent to Twitter, many of its features are similar. And I’m looking for an alternative to Twitter because Twitter is not good for me.
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Custom Emoji on Mastodon
This morning I made an :indieHeart: custom emoji for Mastodon. Here are some things I learned.
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Accessibility for Everyone Audiobook
I am very happy to tell you that the audiobook of Accessibility For Everyone is now available to buy on Audible.
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Interview with Shannon Fisher about Accessibility For Everyone
A while back I had a lovely evening chatting with the fabulous Shannon Fisher about Accessibility For Everyone. Shannon asks really thoughtful questions, and it was fun chatting to someone who already cares so much about inclusivity.
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Cross-posting using meta information
Writing a few blog posts last week, and cross-posting them in various locations, got me thinking about how meta information can be reused.
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Insecure
The state of sharing on the web is broken. After the Snowden revelations, it became clear that my sharing “content” willy-nilly was a potential danger to me.
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Beyond my means
When I wrote about owning and controlling my own content, I talked about trying to keep my “content” in its canonical location on my site, and then syndicating it to social networks and other sites.
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