Simon Jones

@simonrjones
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Founder of digital agency Studio 24, UX design and technology. Believes in creating an accessible web for everyone. Web tech, PHP, content and accessibility. Trustee Cambridge Film Festival.
Personal sitehttps://www.simonrjones.net/links/
Studio 24https://www.studio24.net/
Cambridge Film Festivalhttps://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/
Simon Jones1d ago
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)1d ago

Calling all #accessibility and #inclusiveDesign folks...

Have a great idea for a talk? Our call for presentations is now open! (closes 31 May 2026) #id24

https://inclusivedesign24.org/2026/

Note: as we're a global event, we're happy to accept submissions for talks in languages other than English.

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)
Simon Jones5d ago
Old Man Vandehey5d ago
I always learn something when @grigs writes a post, but my jaw hit the ground when he said that you shouldn't use incognito mode for cookie testing, because it blocks third-party cookies! #TIL https://cloudfour.com/thinks/cookie-consent-management-in-2026-part-2-technical-tips/
Cookie Consent Management in 2026, Part 2: Technical Tips

Testing cookies consent compliance proved more difficult than I expected. Here are some tips and tricks I learned while conducting a cookie compliance audit.

Cloud Four
Simon JonesMar 17

Had a great time at the CamCreatives Neville Brody talk this evening, hosted by the incomparable @billt

Lots of talk about design, the importance of young people creating things and breaking the rules, and how technology changes design (not always for the better).

A stimulating evening among friends. #design #cambridge #creativity

Simon JonesMar 16
World Wide Web ConsortiumMar 16

📆 25 and 26 March 2026 Breakouts Day!

The goal of Breakouts day is to foster discussion among the full W3C community about new or existing topics.Anyone with a W3C account (including non-Members) can participate in any session. No fee or registration is required. Members may invite guests to participate.
See the list of proposed sessions and read more at:
https://github.com/w3c/breakouts-day-2026/
#WebStandards

GitHub - w3c/breakouts-day-2026

Contribute to w3c/breakouts-day-2026 development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Simon JonesMar 16
Coen JacobsMar 16
I've been contemplating to write this post for months. The reason I haven't is the exact thing I want to write about. And that's just silly. So here goes: Fear of voicing the unpopular opinion within the WordPress ecosystem https://coenjacobs.com/blog/fear-voicing-unpopular-opinion-within-wordpress-ecosystem/
Fear of voicing the unpopular opinion within the WordPress ecosystem – Coen Jacobs

Simon JonesMar 16
Frontend DogmaMar 15

“display: green;”—Applying the Web Sustainability Guidelines, by @hdv (@perfnow.nl):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u76IcrzZPwc

#videos #sustainability

display: green; applying the web sustainability guidelines - Hidde de Vries - CSS Day 2025

YouTube
Simon JonesMar 14
Terence EdenMar 14

🆕 blog! “How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?”

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced.

The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything…

đź‘€ Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/how-can-governments-pay-open-source-maintainers/
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#government #money #OpenSource

How Can Governments Pay Open Source Maintainers?

When I worked for the UK Government I was once asked if we could find a way to pay for all the Open Source Software we were using. It is a surprisingly hard problem and I want to talk about some of the issues we faced. The UK Government publishes a lot of Open Source code - nearly everything developed in-house by the state is available under an OSI Approved licence. The UK is generally pretty…

Terence Eden’s Blog
Simon JonesMar 12
“Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world.” https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back

Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

404 Media
Simon JonesMar 12

Great to see @craftcms publish this page talking about the upcoming Craft 6 Laravel release! https://craftcms.com/laravel - there's also a good blog post with more details on Alpha & Beta releases. https://craftcms.com/knowledge-base/laravel-transition-planning

Looking forward to a bright future for Craft & Laravel! #laravel #craftcms #cms #php

Craft 6, built on Laravel.

Craft 6 will be released in 2026 as a Laravel package, and can be the content management system for any existing Laravel application.

Craft CMS
Simon JonesMar 9
Dries BuytaertMar 9
Open source software is free to download. But the infrastructure behind it is not. Most Open Source projects are funded through a fragile mix of donations and goodwill. Open Source infrastructure deserves a business model! https://dri.es/open-source-infrastructure-deserves-a-business-model
Open Source infrastructure deserves a business model

Open Source infrastructure is essential, invisible, and chronically underfunded. A more sustainable approach may be to connect the cost of running that infrastructure to the organizations that rely on it most.