iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Steph, Destroyer of Words @avwoman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

They really need to make an alert that you can still read once you've made it stop screaming.

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JenOnTheMove 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jenonthemove.com · 26/07/2026

We’ve got SO MUCH accessibility stuff to get angry about But it wears you down so much constantly facing barriers, we feel broken. Even the tiny barriers build up Like I haven’t even shared the shitshow of our trip to Wembley a few weeks ago

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 30/06/2026

New day, fresh cup of coffee, and… I’m not sure why I didn’t just `position-area: end span-start;`, but never mind. At least I got to learn about safe/unsafe positioning along the way—thanks Bramus!

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 30/06/2026

Aha, thanks! Very much appreciated!

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 29/06/2026

(tl;dr: when using `justify-self` on a popover, Firefox seems to treat any values as ‘start’. I am perfectly willing to accept that I’m misunderstanding the spec somewhere…)

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 29/06/2026

CSS friends! I’ve been messing around with anchor positioning and either I’m being a doofus or I’ve found a bug, and I need someone who actually knows what they’re doing to confirm which it is! Reduced test case: codepen.io/editor/jonpear… #help

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Popover weirdness

A code demo by Jon created on CodePen

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 13/06/2026

Plus, of course, the joy of hanging out with other humans, discussing how we can make the web better for other humans. AI could never 💜 Thanks to all involved! See you next year? [2/2]

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 13/06/2026

At Schiphol, headed home from two excellent days at #cssday. I’m tired, my feet ache, and my throat is a little more scratchy than I’d like; but I’m leaving with a full heart and head full of odd ideas for things i want to try out. [1/2]

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 12/06/2026

OK, so masonry-type designs may be a little bit old-fashioned these days, but CSS grid lanes looks like it could be an awesome tool for making digital art #cssday

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 12/06/2026

From the news this morning, it seems an apt time to note—once again—that a million seconds is 11½ days, a billion seconds is 31.7 years, and a trillion seconds is 31.7 _millennia_. Just in case certain news stories need putting into perspective right now…

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 11/06/2026

Back at #cssday again. Excited to learn some cool new stuff in a totally safe space without any danger of flamethrowers at all. Apparently… (standard disclaimer applies: not unfriendly, just shy)

A photo of the CSSDay venue: in a converted church building, rows of chairs face a large projection screen framed with columns

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 10/06/2026

I am only slightly concerned that it seems to have gone from “absolutely none” to “relatively few", and am starting to think I should have packed marshmallows… #cssday

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 01/06/2026

“…be […] the person in the room who isn’t tired yet. Because the one thing the business model of apathy cannot survive is a roomful of people who refuse to be tired on cue.” (not sure why I didn’t share this when it was released, but now is also good #prideMonth )

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 08/05/2026

(I’m curious to see the turnout figures once the count is done; but I suspect that were apathy a candidate, they’d be significantly ahead of anyone else)

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 08/05/2026

So apparently England has looked at what’s going on in the US and decided “yes, we want our country to be more like that”, and I can’t help suspecting Wales won’t be too far behind. Wonderful.

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 07/05/2026

#voted (I’ll admit that I’m worried about the outcomes + effects of this election cycle, but… gotta do my bit, and so should you. However intolerable you may find the various parties, I guarantee apathy will be even worse. Go vote!)

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JenOnTheMove 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jenonthemove.com · 07/05/2026

If you’re going out to vote today… Make your choice based on what would benefit the most vulnerable person you know. You might be fine, but not everyone is

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 05/05/2026

… and because I forgot to mention: I have partial availability from May 19th–June 12th. and will be fully available from June 29th onward. Let’s build something ✨awesome✨!

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 05/05/2026

Remote is massively preferred, but could probably make occasional on-site in S Wales/SW England/London work as well (please no AI or crypto. Also, if you’re the kind of person/company who uses ‘woke’ as a pejorative, or who might be offended by my listing my pronouns, you can—respectfully—jog on 💜)

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 05/05/2026

For folk who’re interested in the inevitable list of tech: I have 20y+ experience with HTML, CSS, and Javascript, and have been writing Ruby for 15y. I’m pretty handy with SVGs, can wrangle databases, and while I’d never claim to be an expert at either UX or a11y, I try my best… […]

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 05/05/2026

Hello world 👋 I’m looking for the Next Thing: scale doesn’t matter, as long as it’s trying to make the world a better place, cuz goodness knows we need it right now! If you or anyone you know are looking for a UK-based front-end web/Elm/full-stack Ruby developer, let me know! […]

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 21/03/2026

… and after I took great pains to translate it into Romanian for you 😂 (I will also point out that the bridge section invites the listener to—and I quote—”listen with [their] eyes", which probably explains a lot…)

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CSS Day @cssday.nl · 08/01/2026

CSS Day, 11th and 12th of June, just announced @brucel.bsky.social and @ohhelloana.blog as their 2026 MCs. cssday.nl Ticket sales will open later this month. We'll announce the early-bird tickets on our mailing list first. Subscribe to be notified ASAP! cssday.nl/subscribe

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CSS Day 2026, 11th & 12th of June, Amsterdam

CSS Day is the conference for CSS designers, developers, spec writers, and browser vendors.

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 22/12/2025

Well, this is just adorable: I wonder if my client will let me sneak it into the current project… www.pigenpalace.com/dogspinner/

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DOGSPINNER

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 06/12/2025

I have made it to Dec 6th before being Wham-ed. How’s everyone else doing?

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 02/12/2025

Aha, that’ll do it! Best of luck with the maintenance!

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 02/12/2025

Anyone in the UK getting extremely slow resolution from @quad9dns.bsky.social at the moment? Currently seeing queries taking up to 3.5s, with more than a few timeouts for good measure :/

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 02/10/2025

Suffice to say, though, despite the ups and downs of self-employment, I am significantly happier doing it than I ever was as a permie; so here’s to another 15 years #selfEmployment #devLife [2/2]

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 02/10/2025

I’ve just realised that my 15 year self-employment anniversary managed to sneak by uncommented yesterday. I keep thinking that I should write about the whole thing at some point, but there’re so many folk who’ve written about it, I’m not sure what more I can add. [1/2]

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 26/07/2025

(this is on top of all the other minor niggles about the ‘Music’ app that have been getting steadily worse over time because Apple doesn’t give a damn about software quality, but the prev/next thing is by far the most irritating because it happens ALL THE TIME)

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 26/07/2025

Been using Apple Music a lot more after watching @jjbbllkk.bsky.social’s recent video about Spotify. Anyone know who I can harass at Apple so they actually fix the prev/next track functionality when using shuffle. Such a basic bit of UX that has been unusably broken for too long…

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 29/06/2025

Creative folk who’ve ditched the Adobe stack: what’re your favourite Photoshop replacements? I’ve been trying to love the Affinity suite for about a year; Designer and Publisher are fine, but while Photo has some nice touches, I just… don’t love it. I’m curious as to what other folk are using.

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 26/06/2025

Heading back home after three days cosplaying an extrovert at a trade show with/for a client. It’s been incredibly tiring but a lot of fun. Got a laundry list of things I/we want to do as a result, but first I need to lay down and not move for at least 12 hours.

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 24/06/2025

… and, of course, it wouldn’t be a journey in a Voyager if I didn’t end up sitting in a luggage rack because TOCs in this country seem to be constantly surprised that folk actually use their services 🙄 (I’d mind less had I not paid £82 for the privilege)

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 24/06/2025

Well, this one is in a better condition than the last one I was on; but it’s still badly in need of refurbishment… or better yet, scrapping and replacing with something that’s not horrendously cramped and, somehow, still stinks of toilets.

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 24/06/2025

Oh great: my train has been ‘upgraded’ to a Voyager. I wonder how well this one has been maintained…

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Jhey ʕ·ᴥ·　ʔ @jhey.dev · 23/06/2025

had to try CSS filter + SVG glass displacement on webcam input – crank saturation for cheap gold ✨

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 19/06/2025

I’ve been really enjoying Calum’s channel recently ( youtube.com/@calumraasay ); great for deep-dives into very niche subjects. Also, Curries with Bumbi ( youtube.com/@currieswith... ) is just *lovely*.

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Jhey ʕ·ᴥ·　ʔ @jhey.dev · 12/06/2025

havin' a play with: backdrop-filter: url(#glass); Gecko/Webkit 🙏

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 08/06/2025

… I’m going to have to add this to my next project as an Easter egg, aren’t I?

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ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · 03/06/2025

Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

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20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds

A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 07/06/2025

Any #cssday folk still in Amsterdam up for food/drinks/discussing the shape of the web this evening?

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 07/06/2025

Thanks for writing it! And you’ll need to come join us at some point—it’s such a good conference (& the people are the best)

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 07/06/2025

… dear gods of bsky: can we have post editing, please? I might possibly have gotten a little too used to it on masto, and it would save the amount of post-delete-repost cycles I go through 😆

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Jon Pearse @jonpearse.net · 07/06/2025

Also, there were a few conversations at #cssday (not to mention Bruce’s closing keynote) that made me think of something my friend @robbowen.digital wrote recently. I assume a lot of folk have already seen it, but for those that haven’t: robbowen.digital/wrote-about/...

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Looking elsewhere - Robb Owen

Against the backdrop of mass layoffs, LLMs, site-builders and vibe coding what does it mean to conscientiously build for the web, and where do we go from here?

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