Matthew Hallonbacka

@mallonbacka
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Software engineer with a focus on web accessibility. Based in Helsinki, Finland. Occasionally available for freelance work.

Previous work has included full-stack engineering, AI and education.

Outside of work time I'm usually outdoors.

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I spotted this in a public place. I think it is a Wi-Fi access point. If so, it looks as though some Mr. Robot-style antics may have gone on.

#InfoSec

I was just reading the news about the plans for King Charles #coronation next week.
I'm looking forward to watching the Coronation Chicken leading the King to his position.
[Picture by DALL-E 2, after some cajoling]
I spotted this at Paddington Station in London. Someone (Network rail? One of the train operating companies?) is planning train departure announcements in British Sign Language.
It sounds like a great #accessibility idea, but I wonder how it will work and how they’ve solved some of the problems.
Will it include delays and platform changes, or only pre-recorded routine announcements? Will it be a big video beside the departure board or only on these small screens?
Started the long weekend with some puzzle-y computer games. Mini Motorways was exciting.
Finland joins NATO today, and members list on the website seems to be mid-update…
I have a script I use to track my work time planning, but I think (or maybe hope) it has a bug.
I made the classic, late March mistake of imagining that the winter weather was behind us…
I've seen this logo semi-regularly for the last couple of years while working at a different university not too far away.
It wasn't until I watched a video they produced with the audio description turned on that I realized that it's meant to resemble a human face.
Small #accessibility and #usability failure of the morning.
We have a bus driver strike happening now so most busses aren’t running.
In the app, green times mean the bus is being tracked (therefore running) while black are from the timetable (probably not running).
On a tiny screen with less than perfect colour vision, or in bright sunlight, it’s almost impossible to tell them apart.
#a11y #ux
I’m at the airport for the first time in a few months. I assume this big tube-y thing is a heater to deal with the ice.