iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

No cheating post your lock screen.

Night sky with a silhouette of Isabelle from Animal Crossing and a tent, with a wishing star in the background.

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

And tonight at the A11y Together event, great to see the increase in turnout.

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Was at the Frieren orchestra concert! It was amazing listening to the songs live with a choir, and having Evan Call talk about the music like how they wanted to convey time and memories in a nostalgic hug with certain notes and instruments.

A large audience with instruments on the stage and a picture of small Fern, Frieren, and Stark

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Nice quiet day at Clockwise.

Photo of an open coworking space with a sofa and smaller metal desks and tables, with a kitchen at the far end.

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Went urban sketching over at Little Venice yesterday, it was great that it didn't rain after all and seeing other people's sketches is always inspiring.

Blue notebook with a sketch of a brown long boat with plants and colourful downing

Another notebook sketch of a red boat with a black base with the canal and trees

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Hugely agree with this, even my Visual Studio font size is 40% larger than default. #GAConf

"As someone who has crappy eyesight any game that lets me increase the font size is such a relief for me. Certain games would be unplayable for me without it." quote by Obsidian Man.

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Honestly thought I'd score lower but this was pretty decent.

Final score: 34/80, 16/20 correct. Reached: forbidden. Half the spec is a mystery to you. The other half is also a mystery, but you guessed right on those.

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Volunteered at the Women Community Club x Nando's Engineering Team event tonight!

Office space with a garden wall and colourful fabric light coverings, with bright orange chairs with black and white cushions and green tables. There is a laptop and presentation screen that says "Welcome to Nando's"

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Excited for the talks tonight at A11y Together!

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Had morning coffee at Curio and now time for #ffconf!

Cinema screen with plush red chairs and people sitting down with some standing up. On the screen is "Welcome. Grab a seat." And a live feed of Bluesky posts.

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

A friend recently gave birth so we bought them a lot of books, including "My First Signs" by Annie Kubler.

My First Signs book, front cover has four babies demonstrating signs for milk by holding a thumbs up and turning their hand, sleep by cupping their hands together and lying their head on it, cat by drawing whiskers, and car with a motion to turn the steering wheel.

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I think photos can speak more than words here, but it was nice to be able to touch and flick through the physical zines as well as being able to go through them digitally.

Zine called Your Life is Not Over: A Book Of Apocalypses And How To Survive Them (A guide for newly sick and disabled people) by Fiona Robertson, with a dark starry sky background with four icons of a meteor, tsunami, fire, and iceberg. Underneath is the description of the zine with the title and author, also year of publication: 2022 in Scotland. A5 colour zine. To the left of this sign is a blue sign with a black circle with the words Crip Doulas.

Blue sign with a black circle and the words Crip Doulas. Disability Justice activist Stacey Park Milbern coined the term 'crip doulaing' to describe the ways that disabled people offer support to others through the experience of becoming or being disabled. This draws on ideas of a 'doula' as a non-medical guide offering practical and emotional support through major life changes such as pregnancy, childbirth or end of life care.

The term 'crip' is used by some disabled people to describe themselves. Reclaimed from a historic and derogatory term used to describe disabled people, 'crip' can be used to identify disability as a political position and a site of community - expressing pride and resistance against ableism and intersecting systems of oppression.

Some of the practices of crip doulaing are visible in these zines: in the direct advice and resources Fiona Robertson offers, or how the contributions to Disgender evoke the entwined feelings of being trans and disabled.

Open zine spread, on the left page is a home draw like a bed quilt with flowers, mermaids and a starry sky. On the right is a poem.
I can always rely on my bed

It comforts me

It holds me tight

It hugs me

Cradles me It travels with me to new lands

It keeps me warm When I've had a bad day When the rain won't go away I can always rely on my bed.

By S. Olivia

Pink sign with the title: The work of being disabled: access and care.
Beneath is more text.
Being disabled is hard work. These zines reveal the physical, psychological and emotional effort involved in daily life, often alongside health conditions that may change or worsen over time. These challenges are deeply entwined with systemic and social barriers to accessing support and services, as well as hostile depictions of disabled people in the media.

The zine makers featured here invite us to broaden our understanding of work to include the giving and receiving of care between disabled people and their communities, grounded in the right to support. Zines can be central to building networks, used to share practical information, or act as catalysts for resistance, political activism and mutual aid.

Makers also explore how zines can provide 'access' as 'a collective joy and offering we can give to each other', in the words of Disability Justice activist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.

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Cathy @cathy-codes.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Was in the area and stopped by the Wellcome Collection for the exhibitions: Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice, and 1880 THAT by Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader.