Chris Ashton

month11y issue 37

11 May 2023

It’s been a little while since my last month11y, partly because Mailchimp have recently upped their prices, meaning I’m no longer within the free tier. I’ve been procrastinating moving to a different provider, but will give that some more thought. I’ll also be on annual leave for a while now, so you won’t hear much… [Read More]

dai11y 11/05/2023 – Redefining Accessibility Advocacy: Progress Over Perfection

11 May 2023

Progress Over Perfection: The Better Way for Communication and Accessibility Advocacy This article by Meryl Evans really resonates with me. Accessibility is big and daunting. It needs to be considered in every facet of an organisation: “HR needs to ensure the hiring and employee benefits processes are accessible. Procurement needs to ensure the company buys… [Read More]

fortnight11y issue 74

11 May 2023

It’s been a little while since my last fortnight11y, partly because Mailchimp have recently upped their prices, meaning I’m no longer within the free tier. I’ve been procrastinating moving to a different provider, but will give that some more thought. I’ll also be on annual leave for a while now, so you won’t hear much… [Read More]

week11y issue 148

11 May 2023

It’s been a little while since my last week11y, partly because Mailchimp have recently upped their prices, meaning I’m no longer within the free tier. I’ve been procrastinating moving to a different provider, but will give that some more thought. I’ll also be on annual leave for a while now, so you won’t hear much… [Read More]

dai11y 09/05/2023 – Washington Post Design System

09 May 2023

It’s been a little while since my last dai11y, partly because Mailchimp have recently upped their prices, meaning I’m no longer within the free tier. I’ve been procrastinating moving to a different provider, but will give that some more thought. I’ll also be on annual leave for a while now, so you won’t hear much… [Read More]

week11y issue 147

21 April 2023

What makes writing more readable? A fantastic deep dive into how to write in ‘plain language’. The entire article is written in normal literary style, but every paragraph has a plain language equivalent adjacent to it, which you can toggle to switch to. The interactivity of this article is a joy to play with and… [Read More]

dai11y 20/04/2023 – AI-Generated Images from AI-Generated Alt Text

20 April 2023

AI-Generated Images from AI-Generated Alt Text Adrian Roselli explores the topic of AI and accessibility, as claims are being made that AI could make up for things like a lack of human-provided alt text. He feeds several different images into the following browsers/software and has them generate alt text descriptions for the images: He then… [Read More]

dai11y 19/04/2023 – How to use the accessibility tree for a11y testing

19 April 2023

How to use the accessibility tree for a11y testing Giovani Camara uses a simile to describe the accessibility tree’s relationship to the DOM as being like a ‘filter’ for your emails: the DOM contains a lot of information, but the accessibility tree shows only the data related to accessibility. This article is very short –… [Read More]

dai11y 18/04/2023 – What makes writing more readable?

18 April 2023

What makes writing more readable? A fantastic deep dive into how to write in ‘plain language’. The entire article is written in normal literary style, but every paragraph has a plain language equivalent adjacent to it, which you can toggle to switch to. The interactivity of this article is a joy to play with and… [Read More]

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