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1. The role of research in Design Systems

   A decent overview of design systems with a slight hintof how research could play it’s part.

2. New book! Dr. Smartphone: An Ethnography of Mobile Phone Repair Shops.

   An absolutely fascinating look at the the culture of mobile phone repair shops. I want this book!

3. What is Accessibility?

   The first of @HugoGiraudel’s 25 accessibility posts from their 2020 A11y Advent Calendar. This post offers a brief overview of what accessibility is.

4. How to pick the right UX research method

   Elisa Baliani shares her research cheat sheet for selecting the right research method and tips for better planning. Mixed methods FTW!

5. Are your Anchor urls Accessible?

   @ambrwlsn90’s great explanation of her approach to adding accessible anchor urls to her website.

6. Twitter a11y score

   @DavidLibeau’s Twitter app to check the accessibility of your tweets based on alt text added to the image you share.

7. Is Progressive Enhancement Dead Yet?

   @heydonworks’ second instalment of his highly entertaining videos on accessibility and web technologies.

8. Indiekit

   @paulrobertlloyd’s very interesting looking IndieWeb server project. Looking forward to trying this out.

9. Sci-Fi Blindness

   Peter White explores science fiction's enduring interest in blindness.

10. Updating to the latest Plex build on a Raspberry Pi

    I finally found a way to upgrade to the latest Plex build on a Raspberry Pi.

    I run my own media server using Plex on a Raspberry Pi 4. It performs really well and has the added benefit of low energy usage thanks to the Pi.

    I’ve been struggling to upgrade to the latest build using the usual sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade commands. Since some of the features on the Android app won’t work without the latest build I decided to find an answer.

    In the comments of a tutorial blog post someone had found a solution.

    • On the Raspberry Pi, nagigate to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
    • Type sudo nano plexmediaserver.list
    • Remove the # from the line of code #deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb/ public main
    • Press cmd+x to exit the file
    • Type y to accept changes
    • Press enter to save

    Then upgrade as you would normally do.

    • Type sudo apt update
    • Type sudo apt upgrade
    • Type y to confirm the upgrade
    • Once it’s completed type sudo shutdown -r now

    After a few minutes reload your Plex client, you should be on the latest build.