🎧 Listening (at 1.5x speed … 😅) to a wonderful conversation of two of my favourite people: @kevinpowell navigating the world of web #accessibility with @SaraSoueidan 👏 #webdev #a11y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndGKjhzmLXc

My daughter found a bug on my website. And now she’s so happy! 😁🥰

This is the way.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-guilty-coup

Heading home after three incredible days full of inspiration and of meeting good friends and making so many new ones at @smashingconf. Thank you so much for the smashing time and have a safe trip back home, everyone! 🤗💚🎈

The closing talk at #smashingconf: The fearless @cassiecodes live-coding a game with canvas and GSAP 🤩👏

Really enjoyed @reichenstein’s thoughtful and entertaining talk at #smashingconf today! Amazing to see how philosophical ideas influenced the design of iA’s apps and what designers can and could learn from philosophy – and vice versa. A lot of food for thought!

And now, @matuzo teaching us old dogs new CSS tricks at #smashingconf 🦮 – including magic!🤩🪄

“Start ‘vibe testing’ your website on budget devices.”

@scottjehl, delivering for performance at #smashingconf 💯💯💯💯

Gemma O‘Brien kicking off day two of #smashingconf Freiburg with an inspiring talk about her beautiful and powerful lettering and art work – and a super interesting interview about flow state. 👏

Thanks for coming to my talk at @smashingconf, everyone! It was a joy and an honour to be invited – and I hope it was valuable! 🤗💚 Here are the slides: https://noti.st/matthiasott/ZXgFeg #smashingconf

You’ll find me at the venue today, in case you have any questions. Enjoy day two! 🎉

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That’s why you always need a bit of “DB wiggle room” 😉

Off to Freiburg for @smashingconf! 🚄🤩🎉 See you soon! 🤗

It’s still a bit buggy and some things aren’t working properly, I suppose. And I also can’t wait to improve it and add more stuff to it now…

But hey: it’s alive!
🥳👀

https://matthiasott.com

Und los geht’s mit dem großen Rasenmäher-Härtetest nach dem Urlaub à la @spielundzeug. Allerdings nicht mit einem Roboter, sondern mit Gardenas kleinstem Akku-Mäher – wie so ein Neandertaler!!😁

There aren’t many albums that actually *the whole family* enjoys and everyone is humming along on a Saturday morning.
The New Abnormal by The Strokes is one of them. 🥁🎸😙🎶

@matuzo By the way: will @zachleat be at @smashingconf next week, too? 🖼️😁

“My talk for SmashingConf is still a bit too long. What should I cut?“

8-y/o: “Not the part with the large machine! That’s cool.“

(She’s talking about the Large Haydon Collider, of course. 😊)

Alright, so … websites! ✨

In other news, we will see Augustin Hadelich live in Berlin next year – playing the Sibelius violin concerto. One of the most amazing pieces of music performed by one of the best violin players ever. In row 4. I can't wait! And my son, who is the actual violinist in the family, is thrilled to bits, of course! 🤩
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4qovV8Okvs

And there are still tickets available, in case you happen to be in Berlin in May 2026: https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concert/calendar/56682/

👋 @webrocker Wo gibt‘s denn hier das beste Eis für die Kids? 😁

Less than 10 days until I’ll speak at @smashingconf 😱&&🤩
I’m so much looking forward to this – and can’t wait to meet so many nice people in Freiburg! 💚🥳

Wow. 😮 Dann wird aus #Woltemade mit dem Wechsel zu #Newcastle ja wohl doch noch Konntemade. Und nach Wirtz die nächste Transfer-Blamage für Eberl.

“We found that the tipping point where the [AMOC] shutdown becomes inevitable is probably in the next 10 to 20 years or so.”

Fuck.

#Climate #ClimateAction
https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf/115107959526900112

And yet another “in case you’re interested in audio plugins”: Universal Audio is giving away their classic LA-2A compressor as part of their Labor Day flash sale (until Sept 1st).

https://www.uaudio.com/products/teletronix-la-2a-tube-compressor

If you’re into #audio #plugins: you can currently get the Purafied Everything Bundle for –99 % = 2 € (🤯) with the (explicit) code FUCKUADANDGUITARCENTER

The bundle includes a Distressor-like, modern VCA comp, an 1176/LA-3A hybrid comp, an SSL-like channel EQ, a room reverb, and many more plugins, with several of them developed by Eddie Lucciola from Kiive Audio:

https://purafied.com/products/the-everything-bundle

Gamescom! 🤩

While Silicon Valley is training their models on everybody’s copyrighted content and seems to get away with it, UMG is obviously using AI to flood YouTubers with automated copyright claims. Including people like Rick Beato who is doing interviews with the musicians who wrote those songs and talk about them. What does UMG think happens after people watch those videos? Exactly. They open Spotify and listen to the artist. It’s free advertising to >5 million subscribers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBq_krhKbW4