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18 April 2019 09:31 IST

Insightful and horrifying:

‘Women suffer needless pain because almost everything is designed for men’

01 April 2019 16:52 IST

Blimey, imore.com has a cool (not cool) 100 trackers on its homepage.

29 March 2019 16:53 UTC

Got our EORI number, so by the UK government’s standards, I’m as prepared for no deal as I need to be… 😑

28 March 2019 10:45 UTC

Given that Apple have just removed Do Not Track from Safari because it was being used for tracking via “fingerprinting”, the decision to add trackability for assistive tech is baffling.

Léonie Watson wrote very clearly on this specific issue years ago: Thoughts on screen reader detection.

I’m so angry and want to write more about this, but I also want to get a Better update out today (going to try to smash those trackers before they get to you.) In short:

TRACKING IS BAD and invasive. Consent dialogs are not good enough for consent, let alone opt-out options. Discrimination based on tracking impacts marginalised and vulnerable people first and most. Yet 99% of the web is complicit in it. Go check yourselves. I regularly post links about the impact of tracking on the Ind.ie Radar if you want more background.

27 March 2019 15:39 UTC

Looking forward to Think About! conference. It’s designed to be properly inclusive, has some great-sounding talks in the lineup, and me and Aral are doing our first ever keynote together. Only a couple of weeks left on “regular bird” tickets: Think About! conference

20 March 2019 09:27 UTC

Can’t wait to read Everyday Information Architecture and learn more from Lisa Maria Martin. If you work in anything that touches the web, this book will be indispensable. Pre-order it now!

Everyday Information Architecture by Lisa Maria Martin from A Book Apart

19 March 2019 16:23 UTC

“We, by way of our platforms, give agency and credence to these acts of violence, then pilfer profits from them. Tech is a money-making accomplice to these hate crimes.”

Tatiana Mac writes so clearly and powerfully, also giving us real guidance for action. Stop what you’re doing and read this:

Canary in a Coal Mine: How Tech Provides Platforms for Hate