Same pattern, every team.
Designer annotates everything.
Design system specifies focus states, heading structure, the lot.
Engineering ships something broken anyway.
Not an awareness problem. A skills gap the industry built deliberately.
Rant here - gbbns.co/journal/acce...
#Accessibility
Agencies/consultancies that don’t have the skills, or awareness.
Enterprises buried in process.
And then there’s “phase 2”: the politest way to deprioritise accessibility indefinitely.
Part 3 of the series is up.
gbbns.co/journal/orga...
#Accessibility #Rant
The brief never mentioned disabled people.
The crit never raised it.
The award didn’t ask.
And the designer never found out who couldn’t use what they designed.
Rant, part 2 - gbbns.co/journal/desi...
#Accessibility #Rant
HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
Four pieces on why accessibility keeps failing.
Engineering. Design. Organisations.
And what it actually looks like when it works, sort of.
gbbns.co/journal/what...
#Accessibility #Rant
Now we're talking!
"...the industry pretends the problem is about awareness.
It isn’t about awareness. It’s about who’s writing the front-end code, and whether they’re qualified to write it."
I couldn't agree more, @gbbns.co!
gbbns.co/journal/acce...
Accessibility failures aren't design oversights — they're engineering failures. The full-stack hiring trend, AI-generated code with no context, and a compliance-first mentality have combined to create...
Vehicle motion cues in iOS 18 are a life saver, especially when using the Avanti West coast line… 🥴🤢
And here’s a link to see what motion cues are - support.apple.com/en-mt/guide/...
Enjoying embracing the dry January challenge, it’s only been 4 days, which I know is nothing, but, head already feels clearer and sleep is better - despite horrible flu/chest infection.
🥁 Drumroll please! Our #CampDigital 2025 schedule is now live!
🚀 Check out our full agenda of talks and workshops, including our keynotes @herahussain.bsky.social, @richardpope.org and @axbom.com, and book your tickets for 3rd July at:
www.nexerdigital.com/campdigital/...
#Design #Digital #UX
