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xirclebox

@xirclebox

3 years

Join my Accessibility Community #a11y #accessibility

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@xirclebox

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On the left, HTML and Tailwind a dev authored with the idea it would be easier to read. VS. On the right, I rewrote the markup using vanilla CSS classes. #webDev #frontEnd #CSS

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What in the absolute "nope" is this? 😂😂😂 When #FrontEnd and #UX are don't matter.

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3 years

God is good!! I got promoted from Sr. UI Eng to Staff UI Eng!!

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4 years

I'm now the official lead of our Design System and Accessibility team 🎉

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I've been laid off. So if anyone knows of any positions for a front-end dev who just happens to also love CSS and Accessibility, let me know. #devCommunity #frontEnd

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5 years

@MelindaDaly @malz_agner @Nationals True. They sometimes donate their capes to make cool banners like that one.

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5 years

@CarlosCrits Samuel Jackson

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3 years

@rogueambit @ecology_chris The bewildered expression of those who just don't get it. 🤣

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3 years

When a Sr. Dev helps a Jr. Dev with a merge conflict.

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Disaster avoided. Smoothly...

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4 years

So "karen" literally called the police on one of our HOA board members because the pool in our community isn't open. She said "if people can protest and riot, I can go to the pool" & said C-19 is fake. The police came an a report was filed against her instead for misusing 911

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1 year

@ByClaytonDavis @Variety @nicolebyer "Nicole Byer is now the most-nominated Black woman for outstanding host with four nods." Fixed it for you.

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4 years

@VoiceofaLeo While you all discuss that, I'm trying find a bodyguard like this.

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5 years

@traciej_ @ThugDebugger Take this to heart... "Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are." - Benjamin Franklin

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3 years

@terrill The articulation is beautiful. I wonder if it's self-driven or if the motion is being generated by someone in a motion capture rig? Also, by the facial expression on this one, it has seen some things.

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4 years

@RexChapman That wig was all about survival. Her wig deliberately jumped off of her head and clung to the diving board for the fear of drowning. 🤣🤣

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1 year

So many people replying to this missed the whole point. I'm specifically comparing the readability of the markup.

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5 years

@MittenDAmour @michaeldambold So no one wants to know why dude just happened to have a mannequin arm just laying around the crib? Ok.

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9 months

It's ugly sweater day at church so I'm rocking my Sunday best.

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5 years

@iamTannenbaum I held my breath the whole run.

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1 year

Should probably shave but whatever. This is what 51 looks like. #rareSelfie #itsMyBirthday

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3 years

When you thought your bug fix was solid but your branch fails.

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1 year

Rock'n my the new Vision Pro split-screen edition

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3 months

Blessed to be able to celebrate 52 trips around the Sun. #rareSelfie

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@xirclebox

5 years

Say hello to my son, Savoy. Born Dec, 1st @ 2:10am. Mommy and baby are doing great!

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3 years

Just read a slack comment where someone questioned why things have to be accessible and then referred to an accessible UI as "compromised UI". Don't be that 👆🏿 person. #a11y #ui #ux

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1 year

We said goodbye to our beautiful furbaby, Jade this morning. She will be terribly missed.

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3 years

@Supernalwings @Reflog_18 Same energy

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1 year

I was today years old when I noticed there are no holes in the pool tables in Michael Jackson's video "Beat it".

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4 years

@people Breaking news: Fire is hot.

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9 months

Me and my beautiful bride. 12-13-14 was truly a magical day. You have no idea how much of a blessing this woman has been for me and my family. It doesn't feel like 9 years. I'm looking forward to many more years with my love @TamiFromMiami #happyAnniversary #moreThanThat

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@RebeccaH2030 Now we can only hope that whale sharks who learn this won't be targeted.

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1 year

@housecor That is a reasonable use case. Still doesn't address the readability issue for neurodivergent devs though. But, component based is a better approach than the raw code that I've seen.

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3 months

Got hit with the "we don't have disabled people using our app" comment today.

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1 year

I'm very appreciative and humbled by all the positive feedback I've received in relation to my talk this evening. Accessibility is an important topic and I want to thank you all for attending and leaning in. #RenderATL #a11y 📸 @dandenney

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4 years

For anyone teaching #webdev or #UXD Stop reinforcing this coding practice in your tutorials. Removing the outline from elements that receive focus without providing a suitable equivalent is bad for #accessibility .

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3 years

@Imani_Barbarin I was explaining the curb cut effect to a guy who literally said "people with motor disabilities shouldn't be on the sidewalk". if looks could kill...

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3 years

Snoop narrating people being stupid on #SharkWeek has me cracking up.

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5 months

Divs and spans are not buttons #a11y

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what opinion will you defend like this?

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3 years

Not cosplay. Real life.

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@NPR This judge is clearly biased not to mention has zero clue as to what the word "Victim" means. vic·tim /ˈviktəm/ noun a person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.

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5 years

@donnacamos88 You forgot working with GraphQL while riding a unicycle through fire.

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@xirclebox

1 year

Drop a pic out of your favorites folder. My little dude when he was 3 months old rocking his Totoro onesie and cap

Henri Helvetica 🇭🇹 👨🏾‍🚀 🚀

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1 year

Drop a pic out of your favorites folder.(we both did a Nike campaign 🙃)

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5 months

On the way home, my little dude says "Daddy when I was 3, I remember falling asleep on your chest while you made music. I'm 4 now and I miss that. I want to fall asleep on your chest listening to your music daddy" 😭😭😭

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3 months

Today, we lost our Matriarch. My aunt Bobbie passed away this morning peacefully in her sleep at the age of 101.

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1 year

Shout out to @kc_dc and @CommonRoomHQ for the character cards they had made for the speakers. #KCDC2023

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1 year

@FredKSchott I like to name things what they are and BEM helps to provide structure. Naming classes according to the node they're associated with helps to remove the whole "naming is hard" part.

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7 months

I didn't have "accessibility sounds like the woke agenda" on my bingo card for today, but here we are.

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9 months

I have conversations like this often.

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5 years

@Captgorowara @wise_diva This is in Nara, Japan. The deer there are all around. Pretty cool to see.

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4 years

@RexChapman If unarmed mental health workers in facilities can disarm someone who may be having an episode that endangers themselves or other residents, the police should be able to do so as well.

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2 years

@kult_boy @ayosworIdd

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1 year

Great hanging out with design system royalty. #RenderATL23 #RenderATL

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3 years

I'm a Grandpa now!!! Kenzo was born this morning. 🙌🏽

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4 years

@BlueHairdDodo Reminds me of the time the head of HR for a place I worked said I shouldn't be offended by some calling me a racial slur because she, "being a white woman, has had to deal with far more oppression and discrimination." I resigned.

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3 years

If you're going to put SSNs in HTML, make sure the element has the class .hideSSN {display: none}; And if you really want to keep it from being decoded, and !important. 🤦🏽‍♂️

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Devs who put an onClick on a div. #a11y

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1 year

@fredoiq by this logic, your entire app is one file. besides, file structures are nothing new.

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11 months

You don't need JavaScript to solve accessibility issues. #a11y #proTip

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#Accessibility is not a feature.

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1 year

My baby boy said he missed me and fell asleep holding my hand. Where are the onions hiding in his room?

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3 years

Baby boy poops in his diaper. Wife: you need to let us know when you poop, k? Me: he sent a push notification Wife: 😑 #dadJokes

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The VP of the company just walked up to me and said, "You're Homer, the accessibility guru!" and shook my hand.

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3 months

I was voted Teammate of the month.

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4 years

@KimeeBe @faithnikole7 @SheFell4Russia @Neyogems I'm weak! This made me wheeze 🤣🤣

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3 years

@sleeplessyogi if you think it's funny, you still have much to learn.

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5 months

Had a guy walk up to me on the beltline today and say "you're the accessibility guy, aren't you?" Cool dude. We spoke for a bit. He heard me speak at @RenderATL last year. Nice to know my work is having a positive impact on how people approach product development. #a11y

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My baby girl just graduated 🎉 Next stop, SCAD!!

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4 years

@iamejike Sooo. They put wheels on the Magic Mouse. Cool

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Ran a session today where I had the teams try and complete basic tasks using their keyboard only. The level of frustration that was felt was eye opening for many in the room and successful at showing why accessibility is important. #a11y

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5 years

@Captgorowara @wise_diva

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2 years

We're at the #modernfrontends speakers dinner! Thanks @ModernFrontends @_jessicasachs @saltnburnem @toddlibby @jdhillen @mhartington @danielcroe @IAmJerdog @spences10 @facundozurdo

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6 months

If you're new to accessibility and looking to level-up, I strongly advise starting your journey with Practical Accessibility by @SaraSoueidan . #a11y

Practical Accessibility — A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who...

A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today

practical-accessibility.today

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8 months

85% of Netflix users turn captions on while watching shows. #a11y

Netflix and Captions

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1 year

Next week!! Come hang out with me and a bunch of other talented folks at @RenderATL !! #atl #Frontend #design #a11y

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3 years

@CarlaNotarobot I worked with a director who used this logic. His time line was every 5 years. He literally told us not to prioritize a bug since it would only be an issue by the time he's gone. We ignored him and fixed it anyway.

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Your product after I conduct an accessibility audit. #a11y

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3 months

Wifey threw a surprise birthday party for me tonight. Great food. Great company. Great night.

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1 year

It's that time again to let people know that using overlays / widgets instead of actually fixing accessibility issues is a bad idea. #a11y #WCEU #WCEU2023

Overlays are Bad

UX + Accessibility

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xirclebox

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2 years

Often, #Accessibility is passed to the dev team as an afterthought when in reality, accessibility is everyone's concern. Every step in the product lifecycle should involve accessibility. #a11y #productdesign #projectmanagement

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@nytimes So many missed opportunities but I'm at least glad that many are being brought to light. For example, "How the Word Is Passed" by Clint Smith.

How America Remembers— and Distorts — Its Slavery Past (Published 2021)

In “How the Word Is Passed,” the poet and journalist Clint Smith visits nine places to assess how we are reckoning with our racial history and its legacy.

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Had a disagreement with an engineer today who tried to argue that sidewalks without curb cuts are ADA compliant. He literally said, if you need a wheelchair or other assistance, you shouldn't be on the sidewalk. I was this close to saying "MF! What?!" And I rarely curse.

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My little dude crushed his Taekwondo belt test this morning. #proudPapa

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1 year

A user should not have to enable accessibility at all on any website. #a11y #ux #ui

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2 years

Watched "The Accessibility to Burnout Pipeline" by @ShellELittle . This slide really resonated with me because I often found myself in this exact position. I can extend this conferences as well. We always have to prove why it's important when we shouldn't have to. #a11y

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@LoveAndShalom Spot on. I'm Gen-X and have always looked for positions that offer that life balance. I've had jobs where management felt that if we worked from home, we weren't working. Yet, the fact my team never missed a deadline proved otherwise.

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4 years

@acheatingvegan WAP : wet as$ pastry

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7 months

"Stop using divs to make buttons. They're not accessible!" #a11y

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4 years

On a hike with the family this morning.

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1 year

it really doesn't matter what JS framework you choose to build your product, accessibility still applies. #a11y

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5 months

Yes!! I'm speaking at @a11yTO

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5 years

@thekitze Accessibility is not debatable.

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4 years

@IanColdwater I have the perfect t-shirt for this joke.

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3 years

@rpwestcott Same energy

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1 year

I'm often asked, who should be responsible for accessibility? Whether your product is dev-driven, design-driven, or leadership-driven, accessibility is (should be) everyone's concern. #a11y #ui #ux

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3 years

@johndsaunders @ParissAthena The Disability Pack was exactly what I needed for an accessibility talk I gave. Thank you!

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Conducting an accessibility audit, and my screen reader is literally stuck on the carousel. The ride that never ends! #a11y

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My great great uncle 🎉

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The first black American architect to graduate from MIT and the country’s first academically trained black architect, Robert R. Taylor was truly groundbreaking. Born in North Carolina in 1868, he learned carpentry and construction from his father, a former slave, and worked as a

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@don_csay I am an experienced developer.

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