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1. AAA – An accessibly audit

   I was supposed to take the day off today. Instead I put my

   

2. Research Thing Global Accessibility Awareness Day

   A superb couple of insightful and practical lunchtime talks from Gabe Fender from Thoughtworks and Emma Dyer from Alzheimer's Society. I’m a big fan of these midday brain-food sessions.

   

3. Joining the gang at Homebrew Website Club Europe/London

   Spending the evening hanging out with the welcoming and curious folks at IndieWeb Homebrew Website Club Europe/London https://events.indieweb.org/2024/05/homebrew-website-club-europe-london-HJs8USwnq2Ie. Lots of demos of recent website updates and projects. I got some useful clarification on the difference between cross-posting and syndication. We went down the webmention and micropub rabbit hole. I’ve come away even more excited and confident about what I’m doing. Thanks for making me feel so welcome!

4. Anki setup

   Useful settings to make Anki SRS app more forgiving and increase learning efficiency.

   Links to context and related content:

   • Matt vs Japan livestream walkrough

5. Disrupting Japan Podcast: How to sell innovation in cut-throat, low-margin industries

   A fascinating conversation with the Elephantech startup that is changing the manufacturing of printed circuit boards (PCB) from a subtractive to additive by using ink-jet printing process; reducing waste and manufacturing costs and helping to make a much-needed decarbonisation shift in the tech industry.

   Links to context and related content:

   • Techcrunch article from 2022
   • Elephantech presentation

6. Design X Stories: Customise

   Some really unique approaches to customisation in product design to increase creativity, collaboration and create more accessible and inclusive products for a diverse range of customers.

   Links to context and related content:

   • https://vuild.co.jp/en/projects/
   • https://www.whatdesigncando.com/stories/misaki-tanaka-on-making-sustainable-fashion-more-inclusive/

7. Screen printing with Gary Parselle

   I had a really fun afternoon at Gary Parselle’s free screen printing workshop at the ABYSS Taproom in Lewes. Huge thanks to Gary of Brighton-based studio The Private Press https://www.theprivatepress.org/ for being so generous with their time and materials. I love my prints!

   

8. I got webmentions working!

   OMFG!!! I can finally say I’ve got webmentions working on my 11ty website! I’ve tried loads of different tutorials but @chrisburnell@repc.co’s article https://chrisburnell.com/article/webmention-eleventy-setup/ and eleventy-cache-webmentions plugin https://chrisburnell.com/eleventy-cache-webmentions/ finally got me over the line. Thanks Chris! Now to ditch IFTTT and it’s shortened URLs and figure out POSSE auto-posting and write some ABSOLUTE BANGERS!!! // @henry@front-end.social

9. Watching the #11tyConf

   Really stoked to hear more about

   

10. Tooltip: set your external monitor as main display #mac

    Do you use an external monitor as your main display with your Mac? Ever get tired of turning your neck to read notifications or other dialog windows on your laptop screen? Here’s how to fix that.