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19 December 2018 07:55 UTC

I don’t necessarily agree with the conclusion of this article, ‘“Owning your data” will not save you from data capitalism’ but I think it makes a few particularly useful points:

• “Owning” your own data can imply the ability/desire to sell it. It shouldn’t.
• It’s not just information about us as individuals that is valuable, the connective and meta data conveying our relationships to others is arguably more valuable.
• Plenty of data about us can be inferred without data specifically about us (see above.)
• Consent is impossible when you do not know how your data can be used against you.

Perhaps saying “owning and controlling your own data” (a phrase we use a lot at Ind.ie) is misleading. We use it because, right now, corporations do own and control data about us, and so it makes sense that the inverse is that we (individuals) own and control that data. Maybe the emphasis should be on control. Maybe there are better words.

https://boingboing.net/2018/12/17/sui-generis-regimes.html

18 December 2018 11:29 UTC

Endless practical advice coming from 24accessibility this year. Just read ‘I Threw Away my Mouse’ (inspired by Laura Carvajal) by Manuel Matuzović and it has so many examples of common issues and best-practice corrections for keyboard navigation.

https://www.24a11y.com/2018/i-threw-away-my-mouse/

This time of year is great for my RSS reader. 24accessibility 24ways and Notist are especially fab.

18 December 2018 10:56 UTC

This time of year is great for my RSS reader. 24accessibility 24ways and Notist are especially fab.

17 December 2018 08:48 UTC

Because I’ve been living under a social media rock, I didn’t realise there was an update to Heydon Pickering’s Inclusive Components book. Inclusive modal dialogs! (Useful after all the whinging I’ve done about modals lately…)

Only €18, you should treat yourself:

http://book.inclusive-components.design

21 September 2018 13:20 IST

Turns out that VoiceOver pronounces my surname correctly, so I’m going to use that next time a human being keeps mispronouncing my name even though I told them how.

19 September 2018 08:04 IST

Veeeery windy on the Cork coast today. Hoping we don’t all blow away.

12 September 2018 13:33 IST

No wonder David Meyer sounds exasperated in this week’s Connected Rights newsletter. Lots of sensible suggestions, and a vital read if you’re in the EU/EU-adjacent.

How to fix the Copyright Directive lobbying disaster

12 September 2018 13:23 IST

Want to know about accessibility testing? Eric Bailey has got you covered. This is going to be my new go-to and share-about.

The Importance Of Manual Accessibility Testing