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Rob Whiting 📓

@whitingx.bsky.social
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#Research & #Design at @merlan.bsky.social ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ

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Eric Bailey @ericwbailey.website · 7h
The 11th edition of the @webaim.bsky.social Screen Reader User Survey is now live! This is a vital resource into better understanding how people who use screen readers actually operate your website or app. webaim.org/projects/scr... My commentary on it as a thread 🧵 #a11y
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WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #11 Results
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 6h
Dimensional drawings and technical specifications for #Apple products. developer.apple.com/accessories/...
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Download Dimensional Drawings - Accessories - Apple Developer
Download dimensional drawings and technical specifications.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 7h
‘How the Digital Attention Economy Has Taken Over Our Real-World Lives.’ “The common thread is that these behaviors are more about verification than they are about documentation. The experience feels incomplete until it exists in a form that others can observe.” lithub.com/how-the-digi...
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How the Digital Attention Economy Has Taken Over Our Real-World Lives
When I visited the Louvre Museum in Paris, I was struck by how small the Mona Lisa looked in person—a common reaction—and by how most of the people in the room were not looking at the painting itse…
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 9h
Is there such a thing as a Firefox extension that lets you jot notes on tabs and then access/download those notes? The native extension in Firefox Labs is just a note on the tab in local storage and that’s it.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 9h
I may be going to Sheffield for a day soon - any restaurant recommendations?
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 9h
‘Not Dark Yet.’ agoodhardstare.substack.com/p/not-dark-yet ‘Time Out of Mind’ is one of my favourite #BobDylan albums (if not one of my favourite albums in general) so really enjoyed reading this deep dive into ‘Bob Dylan's second¹ act’. 🙂 ¹ I might have said this was his third.
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Not Dark Yet
Bob Dylan's second act
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 9h
🎹 Terpstra #Keyboard terpstrakeyboard.com 🎹 Lumatone Isomorphic Keyboard www.lumatone.io #MIDI
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Terpstra Keyboard | 280 Color Changing Continuous Controllers
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 10h
“Early Transforming #Furniture: Richard Neutra's 🐪 Camel Table.” www.core77.com/posts/145432...
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Early Transforming Furniture: Richard Neutra's Camel Table - Core77
In the 1930s Richard Neutra, the Austrian architect who'd made his home in California, designed an early example of flexible-use furniture. Neutra conceived of a table that could transform from dining...
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 11h
A11Y Experience Guide “An #Accessibility (#a11y) specification for experience designers. Synthesizing complex compliance standards into clear, actionable #Design rules.” emesstyle.com/a11y-design/ #WCAG
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WCAG Accessibility Guidelines Explorer
Learn and understand web accessibility standards with interactive demos showing violations vs. solutions. Covers WCAG 2.2, 10+ categories, and future standards.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 11h
“John Wilson’s ‘The History of #Concrete’ Is Anything But Mundane.” www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/09/john... I really enjoyed ‘How To with John Wilson’ so looking forward to this #Documentary. 🙂
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John Wilson's 'The History of Concrete' Is Anything But Mundane
Wilson's movie debut is primed for absurdity, delving into something that's immanently mundane yet fundamental to the way we live.
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Sam at BLAG @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Reminded me of this collection of archival Hungarian sign painting/painter photos: bl.ag/a-fascinating-collection-of-h… #SignPainting #SignPainters #Signwriting #Hungary
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A Facinating Collection of Hungarian Sign Painting Photos, 1906–1976
Women feature prominently in these archival images of signs and sign painters at work in Hungary.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 11h
The 🎞️ Film Experience. A free course from #MIT that “… concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of #Films, from the early silent period, classic #Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and Japanese art #Cinema.” ocw.mit.edu/courses/21l-...
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The Film Experience | Literature | MIT OpenCourseWare
This course concentrates on close analysis and criticism of a wide range of films, from the early silent period, classic Hollywood genres including musicals, thrillers and westerns, and European and J...
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 11h
“The Interim #Computer #Museum … interactive exhibits using vintage hardware with modern enhancements [that] provide a hands-on experience that bridges the past and the present, allowing visitors to explore the evolution of computing technology.” icm.museum
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The Interim Computer Museum
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 11h
An archive of colour gradients for 🗺️ #Cartography, technical illustration and #Design. phillips.shef.ac.uk/pub/cpt-city/
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Rain in the eastern Caribbean using a scheme by Hayden James
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 11h
Making #Tables #Accessible “Learn how to correctly tag complex #PDF table headers for #ScreenReaders …” creativepro.com/making-table...
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Making Tables Accessible
Learn how to correctly tag complex PDF table headers for screen readers with Dax Castro.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 12h
“Use a #MIDI foot controller as an extra #Keyboard for your #Mac.” github.com/JamesRyanATX...
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GitHub - JamesRyanATX/fcbnerd: Do things with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI pedalboard in MacOS
Do things with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI pedalboard in MacOS - JamesRyanATX/fcbnerd
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 12h
“Designed by the National Design Studio, America.gov ’s new chatbot wants to reduce #Government complexity to a prompt box.” www.fastcompany.com/91614952/ame...
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America gets a chatbot
Designed by the National Design Studio, America.gov's new chatbot wants to reduce government complexity to a prompt box.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 13h
#Amiga Screens: A Primer. www.datagubbe.se/amscr/ #Commodore
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Amiga Screens: A Primer | datagubbe.se
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 13h
GLYPH Immersive glyph.kateander.com “… a simple space that balances possibility with constraint, encouraging experimentation, play, and reflection about the systems that we inherit …” #Icons #PixelArt #Grids
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GLYPH Immersive
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⚫️🎵 ‘This #Vinyl seller is finding new ways to make #Records collectible.’ www.fastcompany.com/91587914/blo...
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Streaming made music disposable. This vinyl seller is finding new ways to make records collectible
With record sales soaring, Blood Records is putting a trendy spin on an old format to deliver for younger collectors.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘The Top 50 #UK Cities for #Design #Creatives’ - a report from Affinity www.affinity.studio/blog/uk-crea...
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UK Creative Cities Report 2026 | Affinity
Discover the top 50 creative cities in the UK, with the best access to space & opportunities, & how the rising cost of creativity is driving a regional shift.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Flashpoint Archive flashpointarchive.org “… a community effort to preserve games, animations, and interactive experiences from the web.” #Flash
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Flashpoint Archive
Flashpoint Archive is a community effort to preserve games, animations, and interactive experiences from the web.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚷 Walking Men Worldwide™ “… a series of public art installations, a photographic collage of #Pedestrian #Traffic #Icons assembled from around the world, presented in humane scale.” walking-men.com #Wayfinding #Semiotics
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Walking Men Worldwide™ by Maya Barkai – Public Art Installations
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A browser-based program for developing #Commodore #Amiga Workbench #Icons. amigaicon.madzel.de
amigaicon.madzel.de
Amiga Workbench 1.x Icon Maker
Klassische Amiga Workbench 1.x Icons zeichnen, PNG konvertieren und echte .info-Dateien lokal im Browser bearbeiten.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘The same nine #Streaming #Subscriptions cost $702 more a year than in 2021.’ honestlyranked.com/guides/strea... 📀 #PhysicalMedia
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Streaming costs $702 a year more than in 2021 | HonestlyRanked
9 major streaming services cost $95.91/mo in 2021-03 and $154.41/mo today, up 61%, or $702 a year. Every change sourced.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#CSS Curiosities of the Past. vale.rocks/posts/css-re... 👆 via @vale.rocks
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CSS Curiosities of the Past
Summary of the various CSS syntaxes, parsing bugs, hacks, bespoke features, and implementations used across browsers and the web to achieve specific goals in the days before browser vendors became more adherent to a single solid specification. Particularly focusing on the non-compliant, bespoke implementations of functionality seen in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
9 #Principles of #Prototyping. designnotes.blog.gov.uk/2026/09/29/w... By @cifountaine.bsky.social 👆 via @karakane-kk.bsky.social
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What are the principles of prototyping?
An evolving set of prototyping principles to help people use prototypes to learn and improve their products or services. These principles were contributed to by people across government during Service...
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Nexer_Digital @nexerdigital.com · 28/09/2026
🎉 Save the date: #CampDigital is back on 13th May 2027! Join us as we celebrate 15 years of bright ideas, brilliant talks and thousands of conversations sparked. 🔥 Early bird tickets go on sale soon. Stay tuned for more updates!
Save the date graphic for Camp Digital 2027. The image features the Camp Digital logo on a dark purple background with bold geometric shapes in orange, yellow and white. Text reads: “We’re back. Celebrating 15 years. Thousands of conversations. One brilliant community.” Event details shown are: “13th May 2027” and “Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester”.
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Oliver Mantell @olivermantell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah, the classic “Equality / Equity / Espionage” diagram…
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Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The first rule of Yorkshire Club: do talk about Yorkshire Club.
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 28/09/2026
two days left!
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Information on ‘The #Design + #Accessibility Summit 2026’ on online event from @creativepronetwork.bsky.social. creativepro.com/event/design...
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The Design + Accessibility Summit 2026
Learn how to design accessible documents with InDesign, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and more at our four-day online event on October 20–23, 2026
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design MoMA’s (@momanyc.bsky.social) first #Exhibition devoted entirely to information design. press.moma.org/exhibition/f...
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Full Disclosure: The Edge of Information Design
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The TypoCircle 50th Anniversary Celebration. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/typocircle... #Typography
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TypoCircle 50th Anniversary Celebration
TypoCircle is commemorating 50 years with a limited-edition poster series and half-century identity by Studio DRAMA.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good homage to 70 Up from @juderogers.bsky.social (although watch it first). And some good links to other pieces giving a bit more backstory to Nick Hitchon’s participation juderogers.substack.com/p/the-unansw...
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The unanswered questions of 70 Up
The death of Nick, goodbye to Neil, and the power of watching fourteen real lives in time-lapse – the return of my Mid-Week Culture Culture Blast
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This sums up almost everything I felt about 70 UP - especially Jackie. I could watch her having a go at Michael Apted (and then speaking warmly of him years later, because people are not one thing) all day
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The unanswered questions of 70 Up
The death of Nick, goodbye to Neil, and the power of watching fourteen real lives in time-lapse – the return of my Mid-Week Culture Culture Blast
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Ben #ActNow 🔥🌳🌊 @benaldo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New job role at GDS: Deputy Director for Digital Standards and Inclusive Design. Deadline end of 8th October. Public sector only... Come be my boss! If you're nice, and good. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
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Quick Check Needed
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Joe Lanman @joelanman.com · 25/09/2026
Python devs! Come work on the National Data Library - £64k to £81k - Bristol, London or Manchester - let me know if you have any questions www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A look at the #Advertising approach for ‘Spartan’ - an #Apple ][+ emulator for the #Commodore64. buttondown.com/suchbadtecha...
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A bizarre Commodore 64 peripheral, a mime, and some pretty bad ads
Two years of nightmarish smiles and makeup before anyone laid hands on Mimic Systems' actual product.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Government Digital Service's Tony Richards, Zoe Williams, Elliot Butler & Mark Tilbrook on making it “easier for millions of users to sign into #Government #Services”. gds.blog.gov.uk/2026/09/16/h... #OneLogin #IDV
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How we made it easier for millions of users to sign into government services
Users can now sign in to GOV.UK One Login with a passkey using their face, fingerprint or passcode, without remembering passwords or entering security codes.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎞️ The Moving Image Archive “… a searchable library of archival #Films. The material is drawn from #PublicDomain collections and is free to reuse.” www.movingimagearchive.com
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Moving Image Archive
Search, watch, and download public-domain archival footage by the shot.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
💳️ ‘What do #Visa and #Mastercard do? An intro to card networks.’ tautology.town/2026/06/01/c...
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What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks @ tautology.town
tautology.town is a blog that contains tautologies.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wired Elements “A set of common #UI elements with a hand-drawn, sketchy look [that] can be used for #Wireframes, #Mockups …” wiredjs.com
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Wired Elements
Common UI Elements with a sketchy hand-drawn look.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
atmoBB Forums. A #Forum platform built on #atproto with threads, #Moderation, theming and more. atmobb.app/t/atmobb-dis...
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Welcome to atmoBB!!
This is the home forum 🏡 the sample forum for what an atmoBB forum looks like, the testbed (it'll sometimes run ahead of main), and a place to talk about the internet. If something breaks here…
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Super Seconds Festival “… an online sale held twice a year, bringing together over 250 independent #Makers from across the UK (and beyond!) to sell samples, misprints and end of line stock at hugely-reduced prices.” www.supersecondsfestival.co.uk
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Super Seconds Festival | Big Discounts on Independent Makers
Shop the Super Seconds Festival, a twice-yearly online sale featuring 250+ independent UK makers. Find samples, misprints & end-of-line stock.
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Behind Digital Walls A great piece of policy research from @citizensadvice.bsky.social on “… how people are being locked out of essential services”. www.citizensadvice.org.uk/policy/publi...
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Behind digital walls: how people are being locked out of essential services
Digital services can be quicker, easier and more convenient. But our research shows that digitalisation is also causing harm. As essential services move to digital-first or online-only access, people ...
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) @inclusivedesign24.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The 2026 edition of Inclusive Design 24 kicks off in 10 minutes! Join us for the welcome pre-show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS6B... #id24 #a11y #accessibility #InclusiveDesign
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The pre-show / welcome #id24 2026
Meet your hosts for the next 24 hours. We'll be having a general chat about accessibility, inclusive design, and talking about the sessions we are most looking forward to in the upcoming 24…
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“[A] list of keywords has been compiled from various sources and will help you #DataMine your #Customer #Feedback to find the voice of your #Disabled customers.” www.last-child.com/accessibilit... #Accessibility
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Accessibility Keywords for Data Mining – ::Last-Child – Ted Drake
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Process is the Point. Thoughts on the intersection of #Creativity and Artificial Intelligence hoosiertypeco.substack.com/p/the-proces... 👆 via @hoosiertypeco.bsky.social
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The Process is the Point
Thoughts on the intersection of Creativity and Artificial Intelligence
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Rob Whiting 📓 @whitingx.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🖼️ ⇤ 👕 ‘Conservation #Framing a Signed #DiegoMaradona #Football Shirt.’ www.ironbridgeframing.co.uk/blog/signed-...
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Conservation Framing a Signed Diego Maradona Football Shirt
Signed Diego Maradona football shirt conservation framed with museum mountboard, reversible magnetic mounting and UV-protective Artglass
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