Laura Kalbag

@laurakalbag
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Designer @indie, making @betterbyindie. Talks web, ethics, accessibility, privacy & dev. My book Accessibility For Everyone is out now http://a4e.link !

Me: “where is the dog”.

The dog: https://mastodon.social/media/UTF_rXm1mnza0lRK3pA

Mastodon now allows you to write image descriptions, *and* it’s by default (not a hidden accessibility setting like Twitter)!
I need to set up my own instance. But for now, I’ve at least set-up amateur cross-posting from Mastodon to Twitter.
Making more of an effort on the Mastodon-front.
@Gargron I want to feature the Mastodon.social design update in a magazine showcase. (Because let’s promote the good people!) Did you write about it anywhere? And what’s the best way to ask you a few questions about it? (Happy to do so on here if you want to do it in the open!)

Here we go then… my book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now out! 📗

Available in paperback and ebook from A Book Apart:

https://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone https://mastodon.social/media/e0Sf4CmJXhbzEdOTfwg

I can identify with this article. These feelings are why seeing fellow web folk uncritically worshipping tech shiny makes me feel so utterly hopeless.

https://pando.com/2017/04/28/quitting-swamp/

via @aral

‘The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked’

“This is Britain in 2017. A Britain that increasingly looks like a “managed” democracy. Paid for a US billionaire. Using military-style technology. Delivered by Facebook. And enabled by us.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy

Also on our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-how-our-democracy-was-hijacked/1656

‪Well wondering over. (BuzzFeed does record the personal data.) https://twitter.com/aral/status/856898795631771650‬
(Not sorry)