The latest in the Foundations series on the @TetraLogical blog - Link text, by Niamh Madden:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/11/05/foundations-link-text/
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Human trials of an implanted Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) are underway:
https://www.diabetech.info/p/human-trials-begin-for-transmitter-free-implantable-cgm-from-sensonics
This. Blind and visually impaired people fear smart glasses backlash:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmx2qlz7ney2o
PerlBod and I have embarked on a mission to get rid of our Echo devices and use Home Assistant instead:
https://www.home-assistant.io/
The basic platform is up and running on a Raspberry Pi 5. Now just waiting for some sensors and voice i/o hardware to turn-up before I can tackle the voice assistant bit.
Can anyone recommend an Air-to-Air pump fitter that covers the Bristol (UK) area? Note that these are not the same as the Air-to-Water heat pumps that just handle heating - which is, it seems, why they're few and far between. TIA.
I've been re-elected to the @w3c Board of Directors for another term:
https://www.w3.org/news/2026/consortium-members-elect-board-of-directors/
Thank you to everyone who voted - the open web only stays open because people show-up!
Now, I'm looking forward to contributing towards W3C's corporate governance for another two years.
Just got my annual COVID booster 💉 💪
Proud (and grateful) that at @TetraLogical our COVID and Flu Vaccine policies mean anyone not eligible to get them on the NHS can claim 100% on expenses.
If you caught the Inclusive Design 24 @inclusivedesign24 #id24 talk with Lainey Feingold, Léonie Watson, Shilpi Kapoor, Meena Das, Jutta Treviranus, and Sheri Byrne-Haber, you can find out more about the book Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion In All Things Tech, here:
https://www.lflegal.com/book/digital-accessibility-ethics/
Two great points from Sheri Byrne-Haber
at Inclusive Design 24 #id24
"Procurement is the secret sauce for every organization because it lets them vote with their pocket books"
"You are liable for the organizations you choose to do business with"
"AI represents the most confounding ethical dilemma when it comes to disability" ~ Jutta Treviranus at Inclusive Design 24 #id24
This. So much.
#AI #inclusion#ethics
Boom! Inclusive Design 24 @inclusivedesign24 #id24 2026 is live!
Schedule with automatic time conversion, here:
https://inclusivedesign24.org/2026/schedule
Inclusive Design 24 #id24 @inclusivedesign24 kicks-off at 12:30 UTC with the pre-show look at everything to come over the next 24 hours.
Spoiler alert: it's 24 free talks about everything #accessibility and #inclusive #design
No idea when UTC is? The schedule has you covered, with automatic time conversion:
https://inclusivedesign24.org/
Are you ready? Inclusive Design 24 (@inclusivedesign24) #id24 is on 24 September.
It's a #free 24-hour online event for the global community, with no registration required, but with built-in time conversion so you know when to show up, no matter where you are:
We've rounded up all the resources the @TetraLogical team has put together and put them all in one place (with more to come):
https://tetralogical.com/resources/
RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved more than 147,000 lives since 1824.
Now they're being targeted by Fascists in black shirts and balaclavas for rescuing migrants.
I've just donated to the RNLI to support their work and let them know they're not alone.
https://rnli.org/support-us/give-money/donate
If you're in any way responsible for, or involved in the production of, digital products and services, and if you only read one thing this week, make it "Sustainable accessibility: compliance, culture, and capability", by Craig Abbot on the @TetraLogical blog:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/09/14/sustainable-accessibility-compliance-capability-culture/
-Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities is a new addition to the Foundations series on the @TetraLogical blog, courtesy of Mayi Wilson:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/09/08/roles-and-responsibilities/
"In the velvet darkness of the blackest night
Burning bright, there's a guiding star
No matter what or who you are."
#RIP Tim Curry
Should native app screen titles be headings? Graeme Coleman takes a proper look:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/07/22/should-the-screen-title-be-a-heading/
Is your board getting accessibility governance right?
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/08/10/board-getting-accessibility-governance-right/
Just made a pot of Yorkshire Gold tea. Only recently discovered it comes in loose leaf form, as well as teabags.
Does anyone know what happened to https://commento.io? Looks like the source code is available on GitHub but the paid/cloud hosted service is AWOL.
Today's adventure... making bath salts using sprigs of Rosemary and Lavender, both from the garden, plus a few drops of Rosegeranium essential oil. Not entirely sure I got it right, but time - and the first bath will tell 😊
Article 50 of the EU AI Act, and what it means for you, by Craig Abbott
https://www.craigabbott.co.uk/blog/2026/article-50-of-the-eu-ai-act-and-what-it-means-for-you/
RE: https://front-end.social/@rem/116964217800671791
Can't recommend this enough... #ffconf is one of the most excellent, friendly, informative, and well-curated frontend confs out there and there's a good reason people keep going year on year.
Playing with Green PT - an AI with sustainability and privacy, plus European data sovereignty and a remarkably screen reader accessible website too:
https://greenpt.com/
The 11th @webaim Screen Reader Users Survey is open until 31 August:
https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey11/
If you use a screen reader, it'll take about 10 minutes to contribute to the body of knowledge around the screen readers in use, how they're used, and more.
Well, it finally happened... I refused a cup of tea this afternoon.
I know, right?
It's 35C outside and almost 32C in my office.
I am not designed to cope with this reality.