Chronologically

1. Are your Anchor urls Accessible?

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

2. Twitter a11y score

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

3. Is Progressive Enhancement Dead Yet?

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

4. Indiekit

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

5. 2020 Review: a positive spin on a horrible thing

   2020 has been a swine of a year. Rather than dwell on the negatives I wanted to share some of the positives.

6. Sci-Fi Blindness

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

7. 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.

8. TBM 17/53: Measuring to Learn vs. Measuring to Conform

   @johncutlefish on the intent and boundaries of measurement.

9. In search of a simpler Twitter experience

   Inspired by @craigmod’s tweet about using Twitter’s search to improve the experience I had a bit of a play myself.

10. TBM 50/53: The Curse of Success Metrics

    @johncutlefish shares his observations of why teams find success metrics challenging and how to help them make more impactful progress.

    1. Uncertainty is a good thing, it means there is opportunity to learn and make change.
    2. Be flexible. Follow the spirit of experimentation and try something different.
    3. Create a culture of safe failure and encouraged learning.

    Consider the term "success metric". We've already jinxed the effort. We are already afraid of failing and learning.