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Karl Goldstraw

@karlgoldstraw.bsky.social
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Freelance Accessibility Consultant

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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hello BlueSky. It’s me, again.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Woke up at 6am today. The morning was so beautiful.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
What does WCAG stand for? Wrong answers only: We Care About Grannies #Accessibility #AccessibilityMatters
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Just found my 1 year old making rude words on the fridge 😂😂😂
The back of a baby’s head reaching out to a fridge with coloured magnetic letters on it. There’s a jumble of letters but the ride word C u N T is spelt out. She is just placing the T at the end.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Money shot of the Elizabeth Tower tonight in London.
The Elizabeth Tower lit up at night
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I guess BlueSky is the one for the food shots. Treated to a 9 course meal at Restaurant Story this evening with some incredible accessibility company this evening. I’m humbled and stuffed.
A table of white plates and red wine, on the plates is a venison dish. There’s a waitress explaining the wine at the end of the table.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
What, this? Oh just it’s just a casual Hargreaves Lansdown visit to the House of Lords
A selfie of Zoe Portlock and Karl Goldstraw outside parliament in London. The river Thames is in the background
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Wow all these followers and all I do is post picture of bolognese sandwiches
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 26/10/2024
I’m on ADPlist as an accessibility mentor. It’s been really enjoyable so far. adplist.org/mentors/karl...
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Get mentored by Karl Goldstraw on ADPList
As a senior accessibility designer, I have over 18 years of experience in UX design, including creating and implementing accessible, user centred design systems. I'm an accessibility engineer and de...
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
Fridays are Bolognese sandwich day.
An open sandwich on a chopping board with Bolognese spread on one side.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 21/03/2024
BlueSky feels a bit like just shouting at a cloud at the moment. No one is reading this, and no one cares, right? Yeah Karl.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 17/03/2024
#Accessibility #AccessibilityMatters
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
Are #hashtags working now?
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 16/03/2024
Does any of my accessibility pals use both BlueSky and Mastodon? Which is better?
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
We can’t change the wind, but we can change the sails.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
Religion is the greatest weapon humans have ever created.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
Cutting corners for coving is the hardest thing my brain has ever come up against.
A saw, a mitre box and about 12 off cuts of coving on a floor.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 08/02/2024
Ugh. Tired of the rain now. Can it just be summer again please?
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 04/02/2024
Auditing a design system is both fun and so much work at the same time.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 03/02/2024
There’s three months of Apple Music free by going to the Shazam website and connecting the two. Saves you £30!
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 03/02/2024
This is the firstiest of first world problems. But I want a knife that I can clean in the dishwasher but also sticks to butter when making toast. Inventors assemble please.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 27/01/2024
Facing my fear of heights today. Last time I tried to go up a ladder I ended up in hospital with heart palpitations. I can do this!
A large silver ladder leaned against a typical 1950’s semi detached 2 storey house.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 21/01/2024
Living next to an airport in 70mph winds can be a bit frightening. I’ve seen 5 planes abort landing in the past 15 minutes. (Gatwick btw)
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Jukesie @jukes.ie · 13/01/2024
This weeks #jobs newsletter is out - newsletter.digitalbydefault.jobs/internet-of-...
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 12/01/2024
My god. I’ve just upgraded my Apple Music to stream in lossless audio. Listening to Radiohead the bends and hearing it like I’ve never heard it before. It’s like my ears just put on glasses for the first time.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Treated myself to two new friends for the office. Cheers Beards and Daisies. And I’ve got a 15% off code if anyone wants it!
Two green plants in pots on a kitchen worktop. The left plant is a money tree and the right one is an Areca palm
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Honestly, between LinkedIn and BlueSky I’m really not missing the DeadBird club.
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David A. Kennedy @davidakennedy.com · 24/11/2023
New post: Accessibility is leadership - davidakennedy.com/blog/accessi... Where I talk about one of the reasons why accessibility work is so hard.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
I’m one of those people that just needs a replacement £80 battery in my iPhone but can only think about getting a *new* iPhone instead to solve it.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
At TechShare Pro this year I stood in the entrance lift with a guy and asked if he’d been to an accessibility conference before. I hadn’t had a coffee yet, and the guy was Hector Minto. Facepalm!
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
I’ll try to drop a few less C-bombs about the Tories on BlueSky than I did on DeadBird. Honestly.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
I’m wondering if anyone can recommend a site/app or a book etc that makes cooking vegan food? Thinking of being vegan for at least 50% of the week this year to try it out.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Not well today. Day time TV in 2024 is a blast.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
I’ve got an idea for a Figma plugin. Does anyone know a dev who might be able to help me out?
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 07/01/2024
Wouldn’t it be funny if someone did accessibility audits on the overlay company’s websites and then published it.
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Shaun @sconner.net · 05/01/2024
Stepping away from Twitter completely. The algorithm is showing me some really disturbing stuff. So anyway, I'm looking to follow more accessibility folk on here. Can you tag some people for me, please?
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 24/12/2023
Merry Christmas 🎄
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David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
The dead bird app is down. Probably a good thing.
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Jukesie @jukes.ie · 28/10/2023
This weeks jobs newsletter --> tinyletter.com/jukesie/lett...
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
#DoHashTagsWorkYet
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Voiceover announces this app as “Blue skee” adding a capital S means it’s announced as Blue Sky. I wish this could be changed.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 07/09/2023
#DoHashtagsWorkYet
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 04/08/2023
www.youtube.com/live/K3tYksV9Qyc?fe…
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Building Intuit's Accessibility Champions Network
Building Intuit's Accessibility Champions Network
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 02/08/2023
It’s annoying me the BlueSky doesn’t have hashtags.
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 01/08/2023
Does BlueSky use #hashtags ?
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Karl Goldstraw @karlgoldstraw.bsky.social · 20/07/2023
This is for everyone.
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