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Jack Garfinkel

@curiousscutter.bsky.social

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Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · Aug 21

What makes content accessible? A personal blog post from me on:
- structures
- senses
- complexity, ‘noise’ and maintaining a sense of place
- fast, shallow tests in production
- testing with disabled people
- hiring disabled people onto design teams

medium.com/@jack.garfin...

What makes content accessible?

Someone recently asked me how I make content accessible. That’s a short, important question with a big answer. And, it gets harder to…

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 17h

I will hate them for you x

Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 21h

My career. Also, friends 🤗

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 22h

Also, I am sure the Princess of Wales means very well, but I suspect her employment obligations are at best part-time and that she has a fleet of staff to support with childcare. The balancing act of modern life is a huge PITA and parenting is tough - solve the problem through supporting parents

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 1d

campaigning to have claudia winkleman's hair grade 2 listed, but as a service

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man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 1d

A very aspirational display in the window of a local charity shop

A rather handsome dummy with brown beard and long hair sitting in bed with a mug of tea, a book, and a computer monotor

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 1d

Reminding people that the pandemic was and still is a mass disabling event, but as a service.

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 2d

yeah it's a lot - production value on the jingle is 👌

Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 2d

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 2d

happy to have helped* 👍😉

* I know I have not helped

Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 2d

saying you look like you've just stepped out of a salon, but as a service

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Nia Campbell @niacampbell.bsky.social · 3d

Our report on transforming public services for a modern Wales launches this Friday! 🙌

But we need help to get it to decision-makers, campaigners, community leaders, and journalists.

Can you support and share our Crowdfunder to make this happen? 🙏

Diolch, thank you!

Transform Wales @transform.wales · 3d

Digital isn’t just about tech. It’s how we fix broken systems and services.

Our new report (published this Friday) shows how – but we need your help to get it in front of decision-makers before the 2026 election.

Support our Crowdfunder: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/transform-...

Fund the Transform Wales Publication

We’re crowdfunding to get our report into the hands of Wales’ 2026 decision-makers and spark debate on transforming public services.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 4d

But that may have just been a UK thing 😅

Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 4d

they know nothing of the flared combat trouser and speed garage wars of '99

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 4d

Big tech is laying off user researchers in droves, because it believes that coercing its customers is more profitable than silly things like "making good products people want to buy."

But now the FAFO pendulum is coming around, with Amazon's $2.5B dark pattern settlement and #a11y lawsuits galore.

UX so bad that it's illegal

Big tech is divesting from user-centered design, and getting into hot water with the law.

productpicnic.beehiiv.com

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 5d

ye old pube 😔

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Jenny McKinnon @jennymckinnon.bsky.social · 5d

I remember Tilly Norwood when she was an AI trainee barista

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 6d

And there seems to be very few barriers to entry. The ones for therapy accreditation and supervision are not perfect. But, like, they exist 🤷

Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 6d

F me - hope we are reaching 'peak UX coach' soon. It's a lot to ask of a person to have helpful point of view on you as therapist or workplace entity, never mind both.

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 6d

my 3 year old likes pickled eggs - what does this mean?

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 6d

But I really do

Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 6d

Pic please

Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 6d

I think so! There was a lot of searching and soul-searching as I found they were hard to find or soul-crushingly expensive. Then a couple popped up for cheap! Not sure how long the backlight will last - this model was top of the range in 2010, but I'll enjoy the ride 😆

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 6d

typing on a portrait monitor - 1200 by 1600 and I am loving it as much as I thought I would

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 7d

“I wish I had a garden,” said Toad.

“Here are some flower seeds. Plant them in the ground,” said Frog, “and soon you will have a garden.”

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Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to seeing this - have been enjoying what I've seen so far, particularly testing with people with diverse access needs 🌟