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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-02-05 at 21:56

One thing I particularly like about my Meta Glasses, is that I no longer need to go to a thing to determine its state.

Before, if I wanted to know if the curtains were closed on a window at the other end of our open plan house, I had to go there and find out. Now, I can stand by the front-door and ask.

It's the little things sometimes 🙌

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-02-03 at 12:42

At #FFConf I talked about Accessibility & AI: the good, the bad, and the bollocks, and the video is now available here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij-GLix2QUQ

[#]AI #accessibility #a11y

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-30 at 20:39

Remember that the person who filed the PR may be doing so against their better judgement. If so, a "thumbs down" may show them they're not alone in thinking it's a terrible idea, but can I gently suggest not leaving hateful comments just in case?

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-30 at 20:13

Following a suggestion from Eva Town (on Bluesky), I've just added my "thumbs down" to the PR to remove inclusive design info from the US Web Design System:

https://github.com/uswds/uswds-site/pull/3078

How about you? 👿

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-30 at 18:30

The US Web Design System has deleted it's info on inclusive design, in response to the 2025-01-20 Executive order "Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing".

https://github.com/uswds/uswds-site/pull/3078

If you know anyone who used those resources, let them know about the Inclusive Design principles:

https://inclusivedesignprinciples.info/

[#]accessibility #a11y #inclusion

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-29 at 18:36

So, #OpenAI is in a bit of a tizzy because #DeepSeek "plagiarised" its models for training purposes:

https://www.theverge.com/news/601195/openai-evidence-deepseek-distillation-ai-data

I almost managed to keep a straight face when I read this.

Almost.

😂😂😂😂😂

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-22 at 09:38

@w3c has released a set of Collaboration Tools Accessibility User Requirements:

https://www.w3.org/TR/ctaur/

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-10 at 08:50

In other news, @TetraLogical is 6 today! 🥳

And it's an absolute delight to be working with such a marvellous group of people:

https://tetralogical.com/about/team/

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-10 at 08:19

Just finished reading How Westminster Works and Why It Doesn't, by Ian Dunt, read by the author. One of the most enlightening books I've read in quite some time.

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-10 at 08:10

[#]Naqi neural earbuds will let you control things using brainwaves and/or micro-gestures. If so, they could be revolutionary for anyone unable to use their voice or body to control their tech, smart home, and such:

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-just-tried-earbuds-that-let-me-control-things-with-my-mind-and-it-could-be-a-game-changer-for-accessibility

[#]CES2025

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-09 at 20:46

Wondering how long it'll take before the fact that #Musk has no political stripe sinks in sufficiently?

Musk just likes to meddle - and right now, the press, politicians, and a good number of the rest of us, are giving him all the reaction he needs to make it worthwhile.

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-07 at 09:08

I've just encountered the cookie notice on the website for @verge for the first time in a while. A collected 4,297 partners are granted access to your browsing data if you accept them all, including 539 partners for "strictly necessary" cookies alone!

That's like telling a small town of people what you're doing, what you're interested in, where you came from, and more besides!

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-05 at 16:43

Hello people wise in the ways of #Eleventy - what's the best way to show both the original post date of a blog post and, optionally, the date it was last modified? 🙏

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-04 at 18:56

The news about #AccessiBe prompted me to look in on the Overlay Factsheet, an open letter to the industry, signed by accessibility specialists, assistive technology vendors, disability rights lawyers, web standards contributors, and people with disabilities:

https://overlayfactsheet.com/en/

At the time of writing it's been signed by more than 900 people.

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-04 at 18:52

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) orders #AccessiBe to pay a $1m fine, for false advertising and failing to disclose that it compensated people for providing reviews of its #AI #accessibility overlay:

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/03/ftc-orders-ai-accessibility-startup-accessibe-to-pay-1m-for-misleading-advertising/

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-03 at 19:42

In 1995, British science/technology programme Tomorrow's World considered what things might be like in 2025. 30 years on, it makes for interesting reading:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjdn10yk0k1o

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2025-01-02 at 07:59

First day back at work and the first tune on my randomised playlist was Robert Miles' Children:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvyCbevQbtI

Let's do this!

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2024-12-31 at 13:34

Right 2025, listen up!

If you think we're going to put up with another 2024, you can think again.

We want more kindness and less hostility; more thoughtfulness and fewer bros; fewer disagreements and more conversations; more curiosity and fewer assumptions; and if you can't manage that, we'll damned well have to do it for ourselves.

On reflection, who's with me?

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2024-12-30 at 19:59

I'm giving away my pair of Envision Glasses (smart glasses for blind/low vision people):

https://www.letsenvision.com/glasses/home

Bought in 2020, titanium frames, in good working order, complete with case.

If interested and you're willing to cover the collection/shipping costs from the UK to wherever you are, DM me.

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Written by Léonie Watson on 2024-12-27 at 13:57

I'm wearing glasses for the first time in 25 years. Back then I could see, now I can't, but for the first time in 0.25 Century I can look at something unfamiliar and have a reasonable chance of identifying it - without taking my phone out of my pocket.

[#]AI #Meta #RayBans #safety #independence

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