Archive for 2019
The year Katherine Bouman and her team take the first ever image of a black hole.
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In which I look back at the year and reflect on how I’ve learned to be a little kinder to myself.
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In which we look at how to describe images but also what happens when we describe the right image, in the wrong context.
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In which we design for people who use keyboards, and other non-pointing devices to navigate websites.
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In which we learn why it’s essential to design for people who are D/deaf or hard of hearing by including accurate captions in our videos.
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In which we look at how changing your colour contrast might just be that one trick that makes your website better than (almost) everyone else’s.
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In which I give you my top tips for making the road to minimalist living more bearable.
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In which we design for people with dyslexia by making our text as readable as possible.
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In which we take a look at what exclusion feels like and who the system is designed to exclude.
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In which we explore why and how to design for peoples’, sometimes, fragile state of mind.
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In which we learn about the three different conformance levels (A, AA and AAA) in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
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In which I lay the foundation for the upcoming reboot of this website and its blog.
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In which I’m selected to become one of BIMA’s Champions for Change and get to suit up to go to the OXO Tower in London.
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In which I take you step-by-step of the making of my new online class where I teach inclusive user experience (UX) design.
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In which I finally complete my first marathon whilst hobbling across the finish line wrapped in a space blanket.
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In which I swear at Google Home and its inability to recognise simple commands.
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In which I do my own version of Reddit’s Ask Me Anything (AMA) question-and-answer interactive interview.
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In which we travel back in time to 1990 to watch as I fall in love for the first time and how the consequent rejection came to shape my future relationships.
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In which I embark on a year-long journey of continued self-discovery by learning about and measuring my well-being through quantitative and qualitative data.
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In which I become pro-active with my health, take matters into my own hands and draw blood samples in my kitchen.
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In which I spend a year tracking my moods and start learning mature coping mechanisms to deal with life’s ups and downs.
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In which I look back at all the things I had no plans of doing last year but did anyway.