Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 13/09/2026The problem with any digital media consumption machine is that it preys on our capacity for enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is a discipline, a habit of attention, curiosity, and investment that must be formed. The simulacrum we settle for has put us almost entirely out of practice at finding the real thing. 010
Reposted by Jesse GardnerBurton Smith @stuffbreaker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026New York has a design system. designsystem.ny.govdesignsystem.ny.govThe New York State Design SystemThe New York State Design System makes it easier to build accessible, mobile-friendly applications and websites for New York State. 291
Reposted by Jesse GardnerMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/07/2026Every confusing city website and dead-end government portal makes New Yorkers trust their leaders less and less. It's time for City government to enter the 21st century. 412326273
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 06/05/2026I'm speaking at the 2026 Code for America Summit on May 7-8! I’ll talk about building out the NYS Design System over the last year. I'm especially excited to talk about how a well-built design system is infrastructure for AI. If you'll be in Chicago, say hi! 👋 #CfASummit #designsystems #civictech 130
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 29/05/2025IRS Direct File accomplished levels of satisfaction higher than Apple or Netflix… without firing tens of thousands of users. #cfasummit 1110
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 27/05/2025Will you be at @codeforamerica.org Summit 2025? Let's meet up! I'll be in D.C. May 28-30 and looking forward to networking with others in #civictech. Excited to talk about the #accessibility and #designsystem work our team is doing at New York State! 010
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 15/05/2025Nearly 1 in 4 New Yorkers live with a disability. Visible or invisible, lifelong or temporary — it’s something that will eventually affect everyone. Excited to be part of building a Central Accessibility Team at New York State. Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! #gaad #accessibility #a11y 030
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 10/05/2025God grant me the serenity To grieve what I cannot ignore, The courage to fight off ICE agents When the come for my neighbors, And the wisdom to know that Silence is complicity. 041
Reposted by Jesse GardnerDoug Bartow @dougbartow.com · 17/04/2025It's getting real! Learn a bit about the NYS Design System project with Director of User Research Jesse Gardner @plas.tc and DS Team Lead Eric Steinborn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBfF...youtube.comIT'S a Tech Podcast, Episode 3: Human-Centered DesignYouTube video by NYS ITS 031
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 06/03/2025Lucky enough to spend time exploring NYC with this girl. Enjoying every moment! 💕 080
Reposted by Jesse GardnerAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 01/03/202518F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F 697187416805
Reposted by Jesse GardnerData Rescue Project #DataRescue @datarescueproject.org · 12/02/2025Our group has been hard at work to release a new tool: The Data Rescue Tracker. The tool aims to provide a consolidated overview of who is downloading which dataset from which government websites. Please share! www.datarescueproject.org/data-rescue-...datarescueproject.orgThe Data Rescue TrackerWe are excited to introduce the Data Rescue Tracker, a collaborative tool built to catalog existing public data rescue efforts so that we can coordinate better across initiatives. At this stage, you c... 10295230
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 11/02/2025The Constitution is not a self-correcting document. It’s a legal framework with checks and balances that only works if enough people collectively demand it to. 030
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 15/01/2025File analysis tool to detect non-inclusive language in your source code.docs.getwoke.techWoke - Detect non-inclusive language in your source codeDetect non-inclusive language in your source code. 040
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 06/01/2025here lies Jesse Gardner who vowed never to shilly-shally but could not resist a good dilly-dally 030
Reposted by Jesse GardnerAnil Dash @anildash.com · 04/01/2025Here's a quick piece I wrote up on how to understand DOGE as a very blatant attempt at procurement capture, a simple way of making government spending corrupt to benefit the tycoons. Please do pass it along & share any feedback! www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/D... (Thx for the nudge to write it!)anildash.comUnderstanding DOGE as Procurement Capture - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 341355519
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 18/12/2024Having just gone through a big token naming effort, I can tell you it can be challenging. I’ve had a small peek into their recommendations, and can tell you it’s chock-full of good practical ideas. 071
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 07/12/2024Spent the day proctoring exams for a Science Olympiad competition. 050
Reposted by Jesse GardnerErem @eremkaragoz.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Imagine if @figma.com had a wrapped 2172
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 03/12/2024It amazes me how much of a drug mindless entertainment can be. I don’t need to face difficult things, I can just lose myself to the endless stream of sensible chuckles until sleep takes me. 020
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 30/11/2024Trying to remind myself of Epicurus’ words: “The wise person’s misfortune is better than the fool’s prosperity.” 040
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 25/11/2024Our team is building out a design system for NYS, and one of the hardest tasks has been developing a library of design tokens that are semantically rich, understandable, themeable, and useful across platforms. Naming really is one of the two hardest things in computer science. 350
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 25/11/2024I know people who voted for Trump who told me that can’t imagine him shutting down the DoE. “He doesn’t have the power to do that, does he?” This bill was introduced last Thursday: www.rounds.senate.gov/imo/media/do...rounds.senate.gov 220
Reposted by Jesse GardnerAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election. Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control 15796107610100
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 21/11/2024If I were a talented musician, I’d write a song about the brevity of life, and record a verse in each phase of my my life, and have it played at my funeral. 000
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 21/11/2024“The company is a future adversary” is a fantastic insight for anyone building a platform. How will you protect users from bad incentives that will crop up over time? 020
Reposted by Jesse GardnerAshlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 20/11/2024Never forget alt text again: 1. Settings 2. Accessibility 3. Require alt text before posting 16342147
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 20/11/2024“What if I’m wrong?” It’s one of the hardest questions to ask yourself, especially since the answer takes the hard work of expanding your perspective. But every meaningful change in my life started with me asking that and being open to the answer. Growth can’t happen without discomfort. 080
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 19/11/2024What gif pops up when you type in your name?media.tenor.coma man wearing a beanie says " yeah science "Alt: Jesse Pinkman wearing a beanie says " yeah science " 020
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 18/11/2024My good word for the week comes from Jennifer Hecht: “We do not have much time to observe the universe before we die.” 010
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 17/11/2024TIL that low-frequency tinnitus is a thing. And here I thought it was a far away trains passing by. 000
Reposted by Jesse Gardnerzeldman @zeldman.bsky.social · 15/11/2024They had me at #rebeccapurple. 88814
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 14/11/2024A coin flip at the start of your life: Heads: You are a supremely honest and fair person your entire life, yet everyone around you considers you a scoundrel. Tails: You cheat and lie when it suits your needs, yet everyone around you thinks you’re a paragon of virtue. Which would you choose? 210
Reposted by Jesse GardnerHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024The thing that really differentiates Bluesky is that it doesn’t feel like it was designed by a bunch of people who will lose their jobs if I spend a little less time on Bluesky. 200297811666
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 13/11/2024🎵 "It's not a heavy load to open up your code and write the WCAG." 👇🏻 This a11y song is a banger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IWB...youtube.comWeb Accessibility WCAG Theme SongYouTube video by David MacDonald 000
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 13/11/2024We’re building out the component library for NYS’s new design system using Lit and web components. AMA 10242
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 11/11/2024Hi BlueSky! I’m building a design system and accessibility team for New York State. Give me a follow if you want to talk more about creating usable interfaces at scale in the government space. 👋🏻 3325
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 10/11/2024“Based on what you know about me, draw a picture of what my current life looks like.” Not bad… though I’d never be able to grow a beard like that. 100
Reposted by Jesse GardnerDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 09/11/2024Today would have been Carl Sagan's 90th birthday. He wrote this in 1995. Carl was absolutely right. #CarlSaganDay 247123533140
Reposted by Jesse GardnerKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 10/11/2024“It’s not the right wing media it’s the economy” “It’s not the economy it’s the right wing media” Hey guess what it’s both of those things and also a massive constellation of other things including individual circumstances for each person 834844
Jesse Gardner @plas.tc · 12/05/2023the ticking time bomb of whoops i took nyquil but forgot I have an important email I need to write tonight 010
Reposted by Jesse GardnerA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 10/05/2023Bigots see debate as an instrument. They aren't debating, as such. They are *utilizing* debate. This is why their points can be contradictory, even nonsensical. They don't need to "win" a debate—an unwinnable thing anyway. They're playing a different game, one they won the second it started. 27819