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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 17/09/2026

Forget AI, after 21 major versions of Adobe InDesign, we still can't have a referenced footnote set in a non-threaded frame. Does my head in.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 27/08/2026

I'm not a fan of email in the browser, I much prefer a mail client. Because I'm now old. After an eon using Airmail on MacOS, a 400% price hike and the increasingly buggy perf moved me on to emClient. Wow, so much faster! It took me several hours to customise the UI mind you. www.emclient.com

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eM Client - Email Client and Calendar Software for Windows and Mac

This free email client should be installed on your desktop. eM Client is just great.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 03/08/2026

Despite checking boxes, confirming cancelation and declining offers begging him to stay, my father has to speak to Ionos on the phone before they will cancel his sub-par email service. Funny they don't insist on a phone call to sign up 😒

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 30/07/2026

I have that sinking feeling that I may need to watch this more than once... www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PrD...

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WordPress 7.1 is coming. Are your custom blocks ready?

YouTube video by Ryan Welcher Codes

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Folks, you don't need AI to check color contrasts. You also don't need AI, to get suggestions for colors that pass the contrast ratio. It's pure, good, old math formula. Not everything needs to be "AI". Also, here are many, color contrast tools and more to help you build accessible color palettes:

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Color accessibility: tools and resources to help you design inclusive products by Stéphanie Walter - UX Researcher & Designer.

All the tools, tips and resources your need to build and check the color accessibility and color constrast of digital products!

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Dave Beesley @davidbeesley.co.uk · 24/04/2025

I've had a busy couple of evenings. I've ported my website to @astro.build with a Headless Wordpress back end (Sorry Umbraco Peeps - I will definitely give it a go in the future) Oh, and I finally wrote a thing - davidbeesley.co.uk/posts/my-key...

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My Key Lessons from 5 years of Remote Work - David Beesley

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 19/03/2025

When I first stated working in International Development, this is was one of the first things I remember being impacted by. In those days it was via a Gall–Peters projection map we had on the wall in the office.

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Keith Devon @keithdevon.com · 18/03/2025

Apparently, seagulls “dance” like this to mimic the rain and trick worms to come to the surface.

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Object.Method() Man @iansvoboda.com · 05/03/2025

CSS Tip If you want to hide an element that has no children, it's tempting to reach for :empty. However, :empty doesn't work how you'd expect if there's white space or text nodes inside the element. Instead, use this: .your-element:not(:has(:first-child)) { display: none; }

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 28/02/2025

Awesome presentation @keithdevon.com and @markwilkinson.dev at last nights @wpldn.uk.. I love how you build the section nav and the scroll animations. So simple, yet so powerful!

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 28/02/2025

Great talk by @louisetowler.com on #a11y last night at @wpldn.uk. Louise share Indigo Tree's home-grown contrast checker tool, which has just about the best UI of any of (many) ones I've used previously. Thanks for Sharing 😎

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 27/02/2025

Pretty cool. Shame there's no support for animation-timelime in Safari though.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 24/02/2025

"First Look: Can Loveable.dev build a complex portfolio website?" from @jamiemarsland.bsky.social Interesting to make a cursory comparison of accessibility between the two... The AI version arguably slightly less bad than the original (but it's all React 😬). www.pootlepress.com/2025/02/firs...

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First Look: Can Loveable.dev build a complex portfolio website? – Pootlepress

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Stef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Flexbox Labs is a visual tool that helps you create layouts using CSS Flexbox. I like such sandbox tools where you can play around without writing code. I think it’s important for designers to at least understand what flexbox can do. flexboxlabs.netlify.app/

Screenshot of the tool, showing an area on the right, with numbered boxes (1 to 3), options to add, duplicate, remove them, and some flexbox properties on the left to control those on container and itmes (display flex, flex direction, etc).

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 19/02/2025

This is cool, two of my favourite WordPress plugins have hooked up! Both have had major updates recently, making them a proper power-couple now. Move over Posh & Becks, Barak & Michelle, Elton and Kiki... S+F Pro & Generate Blocks are where it's at 😂

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 18/02/2025

Another new client today totally unaware of the difference between WordPress OSS and wordpress.com. I wouldn't mind one jot if Open Source WordPress took on a new identity.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 14/02/2025

For the record, I do not recommend tipping your flat white over your Apple 'Magic' keyboard. It's glued together and impossible to disassemble to clean 🤬

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 11/02/2025

An improved approach to calculating accessible contrast ratios is being considered for WCAG 3.0: ruitina.com/apca-accessi... As someone with a permanently skewed ICC profile baked into his firmware, I welcome the change!

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APCA: the new algorithm for accessible colour contrast

Orange is the new whatever

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 07/02/2025

Push notification from Lidl… I wonder if sales of their ‘USA’ range are a little down? 🤔

Lidl app notification reading: “Fancy a taste of the USA? Discover our McEnnedy range, in store now”

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 05/02/2025

From the perspective of Brit, it's shocking watching the goings-on in the US. Is the strategy just to burn down much of what made America great? It makes no sense. I dearly hope it's the wakeup call we need as Europeans.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 30/01/2025

I've just had to log in to the Meta Business Suite. I feel like I need to undergo some kind cleansing of my soul.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 30/01/2025

Anyone using Brave browser on a mac having issues with your USB webcam running at low frame rate in Google Meet recently? All fine in Safari. Very odd.

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Nick // Humaniti @humaniti.co · 27/01/2025

Wishing all the best to those working for NGOs and local partners affected by the immediate pause of USAID funding by the Trump administration. Inconsequential in the grand scheme, but we just has some work cancelled as a result. The client described the action as feeling like the 'nuclear option'.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 22/01/2025

No sign of the frost today

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Brian Gardner @briangardner.com · 21/01/2025

I’ve been working with WordPress since 2006, and while I have—and will continue to—advocate for the software, it’s the people who matter most. This community is its heartbeat, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to stand with those passionate about shaping its future. 🙏

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 20/01/2025

Never in my years around WordPress have I seen so many folks who build sites for clients openly musing about possible alternatives. The leadership may no longer care for 'the community' or 'the ecosystem', for whatever reason, but it's these two factors that, IMO, give WP its superpowers. It's sad.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 15/01/2025

Robert Miles' 'Children' just popped up on my Spotify. Can't quite believe is was released 30 years ago this month 😱.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 14/01/2025

My manifesto for a better 2025: 1. No billionaire to be allowed access to the internet. 2. All techbros must have decisions signed off by a responsible adult. 3. All weapons capable of killing more than one being to be substituted with a basic Nerf gun, or feather duster (in the case of dictators).

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 10/01/2025

Is there an optimal resolution for sharing images in BSky? Uploading at hi res seems to result in horrific compression being applied (much more so than the bird app).

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 10/01/2025

Took my walk earlier than usual this morning... distinctly frosty!

Geese taking flight over a lake while the sun rises

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 09/01/2025

Design has a function/purpose. Art can exist for its own sake. Don’t use either as a justification for exclusion.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 09/01/2025

Please, plugin developers, include your product name or trading name in your recurring billing notifications. Non-technical book-keepers etc don't know what the heck 'Rocketgenius' is when they come to do reconciliation 🤪

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 07/01/2025

Fresh MacOS install done. Desk (kinda) tidy. Been out for breakfast now both kids are back at school. Suppose I should do some actual work now.

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 06/01/2025

Doctor and physio have instructed me to walk more… so my motivation it to take and share a photo a day. Here’s the first, from about an hour ago.

Sun setting behind a row of tall trees with the sky reflecting on a flooded field

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Sara Joy ☠️ @sjoy.lol · 05/01/2025

On the twelfth day of Devmas, my mutual sent to me: 12 coders coding, 11 pipelines running, 10 loading shimmers, 9 styles cascading, 8 breaking changes, 7 daily stand ups, 6 tests are flakey, 5 we-eb riiings! 4 callbacks passed, 3 code pens, 2 purple <div>s, And a <body> in a DOM tree.

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12 Days of Devmas

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Ross Wintle @rosswintle.uk · 03/01/2025

Oh wow. Someone solved this date problem good and proper. Amazing job. Such a clean API too. getfullyear.com

getfullyear.com

Never Have Outdated Footer Dates Again

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 03/01/2025

Finally deactivated my Twitter account today, having joined back in 2009. Kinda therapeutic. (If you've had a apparently random follow from me just now over there, it is in fact me. I moved my old handle to a new account to keep it from being re-used and followed a few WP folks)

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 03/01/2025

Discovered today that you can now secure any app with FaceID on iOS 18. Helpful with the proliferation of scrotes snatching phones while unlocked. Crucially, works with Mail. Simply long-press an app icon to enable.

iOS 18 ‘require Face ID option’ screenshot

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Ross Wintle @rosswintle.uk · 30/12/2024

I had not come across iotools.cloud before. Loads of online tools, generators, encoders/decoders. Nice!

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 20/12/2024

Noooooooooooo! After 15 years of marriage, 10 as business partners, my wife has send me this for printing. I have failed in every conceivable way 🤣

Photos sent for printing embedded in a Word document.

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Keith Devon @keithdevon.com · 20/12/2024

Join us later today for our last show of 2024. #WordPress

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Nick Wilmot @nickwilmot.com · 19/12/2024

Anyone having problems connecting to Loom today? Status page says it's up but it seems very much not to be for me.

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