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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Affinity scripting is gradually being exposed to humans as well as AI assistants. www.affinity.studio/help/scripti...

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Gave out some shiny stickers in a user meeting and they started going on their laptops straight away!

Shiny GreenLight sticker on outside of an Apple laptop

Shiny “I’ve got the GreenLight” metallic sticker on laptop mast to trackpad.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Top of the range Oasis book comes in its own flight case weighing in at 70kg and £12k store.thisisopus.com/product/oasi...

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Oasis Live ’25 Opus – Opus Store

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I should really do an end of the year post about how successful and impressive I am but I just don’t feel like it.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

I’ll help if I can @obscurahead.bsky.social I’m a long time AppleScripter :)

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Hi @laurab7.bsky.social Have you tried Affinity (by Canva)? www.linkedin.com/posts/kenjon...

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

“Consumers have the lowest tolerance for AI content in books” and “Readers still seek authenticity—and that’s something the book trade can own”. More wisdom from the @georgewalkley.com www.georgewalkley.com/newsletter/

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AI Newsletter

Independent Consultant, NED, AI/Publishing Expert

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

- Fixed-Layout EPUBs with major accessibility improvements - Streamlined and more flexible CSS - Cascading style sheets that actually cascade Members of *The Loop* mailing list are invited to a one hour webinar on Affinity EPUBs, in two weeks time. www.circularsoftware.com/theloop

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

- Heading hierarchy and semantic tags - Modern, clean, logical and predictable code - Improved export options - Improved image size controls - Tables improvements - EPUB preflighting and…

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Hey #eprdctn here are some of the EPUB features that Affinity makes freely available, for everyone, forever… - Better methods for adding image descriptions, including support for extend descriptions - Auto applied and easily editable reading order - Extra metadata including A11y metadata and…

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

A sentiment from the streets of Frankfurt.

Scrawled graffiti on a bin on the street says ‘unfuck the world’

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Didn’t want to win anyway. I don’t value any awards that aren’t voted for by our fans. 🤪

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Pocket Potters – Little Guides to the Harry Potter Stories are now available as Accessible Fixed-Layout EPUBs made with Circular Software. This has been a great project to work on and we are shortlisted for a Digital Publishing Award! #eprdctn #a11y www.linkedin.com/pulse/ground...

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Groundbreaking No-Code Accessibility for Fixed-Layout EPUB

When Pottermore Publishing, the global digital audiobook and eBook publisher of J.K.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I'm not one to boast… but in the last 24hrs for Circular Software: - Major update to publisher BookSite went live - CircularFLO is shortlisted for Digital Publishing Award - Signed another Big 5 publisher for GreenLight - Completed a VIP A11y project - Finalised designs for our Frankfurt stand

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Circular Software @circularsoftware.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Circular Software is proud to be a finalist in the Digital Publishing Awards 2025. Our No-Code Accessibility for Fixed-Layout EPUB is shortlisted in the Process / Technology category. Circular Software. Books made better. www.circularsoftware.com www.digital-publishing-award.com

The logos for Digital Publishing Award and Circular Software along with line No-Code Accessibility for Fixed-Layout EPUB and the website www.digital-publishing-award.com

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Quotes from Paul Ford’s interesting article us14.campaign-archive.com and the tremendous ‘Context Window: AI in Media and Publishing’ weekly newsletter by @georgewalkley.com

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Aboard Newsletter: Paywalls Victorious

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

“Does a world of defensive paywalls suck? A lot! I hope better models emerge, but ultimately I want to read and look at very good stuff with my one wild and precious online life, and maybe the best way to create a marketplace of ideas is to actually, you know, pay for the goods.”

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

“In a world of aggressive scraping and vanishing referral traffic, subscription models—not scale—are becoming the most reliable path to sustainability, leverage, and autonomy.”

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Reading order is as important as image description for #a11y. For InDesign #eprdctn users, Circular Software has you covered.

Reading Order Tools panel showing buttons in two categories.
Reading Order category has Auto define reading order, Manually define reading order, Amend or clear reading order, Set markers visibility.
Region Navigation category has List reading order objects, Make panel from selected rows, Create page panel mask, Preview panels, Delete panels and panel masks.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Big fan of Webflow. I use it for clients, for the Circular Software site and for project microsites. Join the event free online webflow.swoogo.com/wfc2025-online

Ken Jones badge showing I'm attending WebflowConf2025 Sept 17 & 18 today and tomorrow.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I really just don’t understand Adobe lately.

A screenshot showing my Adobe text messages have recently being just a string of about 50 unintelligible and seemingly random characters.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Just what I needed, thanks 👍

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Thinking about this line from 'HItchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' today for some reason 😀

Quote from Douglas Adam - Extract from HItchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now. … What do you mean you’ve never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heaven’s sake, mankind, it’s only four light years away, you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that’s your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.”

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Visual Studio Code. It’s free. Find and change across multiple files. Multi selections. Regex. Split windows. Code completion. Work in folders. Live previews. Tons of extensions. AI code completion (only if you are into that). MDN links. Themes. Customisable. Source controls. code.visualstudio.com

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Visual Studio Code - Code Editing. Redefined

Visual Studio Code redefines AI-powered coding with GitHub Copilot for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. Visual Studio Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Li...

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Learn the modern methods, tools and workflow for the design, edit, build and export of compelling and inclusive print and ebooks ready for EAA. Only two places remain for our 3-day hands-on training in Dublin 18-20 June. Plus added a one-day Editorial training session on 18th. freshpagetraining.com

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🗓️ One month to go until Fresh Page Training takes our unique ‘Publishing Accessibility – Real World Hands-On Training’ course to Dublin!! 🤓 Experienced InDesign users are welcome! You will explore a fresh use of the tool you already know. www.freshpagetraining.com #eprdctn #a11y #indesignbetter

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Fresh Page Training

Our three experienced trainers share the latest methods for preparing professional print ready artwork whilst also preparing the content and design ready for accessible digital use. Learn a fresh work...

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

I'm looking forward to attending and speaking at the EDRLab Digital Publishing Summit in Dublin next month. My talk is on 'New accessibility tools and methods for digital publishing' and covers applying a design system, reading order and image descriptions at scale. www.edrlab.org/events/digit...

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Digital Publishing Summit 2025 – EDRLab

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I refer the honourable person to the answer I gave a few moments ago.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

bsky.app/profile/circ... Nature Magazine and the Context Window newsletter.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Hmm. I followed and shared a link from a well respected source’s newsletter to a legitimate site and article and followed up with another supporting article from a well known scientific journal. But should I believe a random swearing stranger presenting no evidence instead?

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it www.nature.com/articles/d41... I recommend the www.georgewalkley.com/newsletter/ Context Window newsletter for keeping up with AI in Media and Publishing.

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Science sleuths flag hundreds of papers that use AI without disclosing it

Telltale signs of chatbot use are scattered through the scholarly literature — and, in some cases, have disappeared without a trace.

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This is pretty damning! As publishers we need to do better that this…

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Medical textbook is pulled from shelves after an extract found stating the line – "It is important to note that as an AI language model, I can provide a general perspective, but you should consult with medical professionals for personalized advice." pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/12/1...

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$119 Springer cancer treatments book: ‘As an AI language model …’

Peter Purgathofer looked over “Advanced Nanovaccines for Cancer Immunotherapy” by Nanasaheb Thorat, published in March by Springer Nature. On page 25, he found why we pay Springer the big bucks: [h…

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Do we know what they used to do this (so badly) ? Also I wonder why it picked Portuguese?

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CircularKen @circularken.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Shed some light on the mysteries of adding some simple GSAP animations please?

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