Casey Watts! (he/him)
@heycaseywattsup.bsky.social
👋 Hi, I’m https://www.CaseyWatts.com !
💻 Staff Engineer @ State of Maryland
😄 Making teams http://HappyAndEffective.com
🧠 Author http://DebuggingYourBrain.com
More on my Mastodon: https://social.coop/@heycaseywattsup
💻 Staff Engineer @ State of Maryland
😄 Making teams http://HappyAndEffective.com
🧠 Author http://DebuggingYourBrain.com
More on my Mastodon: https://social.coop/@heycaseywattsup
Today I realized that I'm older than HTML, CSS, and Javascript - all three 😂
HTML
1993; 32 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
Javascript
4 December 1995; 29 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScr...
CSS
17 December 1996; 28 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS
HTML
1993; 32 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
Javascript
4 December 1995; 29 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScr...
CSS
17 December 1996; 28 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS
May 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today I realized that I'm older than HTML, CSS, and Javascript - all three 😂
HTML
1993; 32 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
Javascript
4 December 1995; 29 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScr...
CSS
17 December 1996; 28 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS
HTML
1993; 32 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
Javascript
4 December 1995; 29 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScr...
CSS
17 December 1996; 28 years ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS
🎶 On the fifth day of house-hunt my agent showed to me
✨Bad neighborhood! ✨
dated kitchen cabinets
asbestos tiles
lead paint is peeling
and we have to waive all contingencies 🎶
✨Bad neighborhood! ✨
dated kitchen cabinets
asbestos tiles
lead paint is peeling
and we have to waive all contingencies 🎶
May 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🎶 On the fifth day of house-hunt my agent showed to me
✨Bad neighborhood! ✨
dated kitchen cabinets
asbestos tiles
lead paint is peeling
and we have to waive all contingencies 🎶
✨Bad neighborhood! ✨
dated kitchen cabinets
asbestos tiles
lead paint is peeling
and we have to waive all contingencies 🎶
You already know the Internet is all bots lately…
But it’s even more pervasive and sophisticated than you might think 😱
www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
But it’s even more pervasive and sophisticated than you might think 😱
www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
Bot farms invade social media to hijack popular sentiment - Fast Company
Governments, financial influencers, and entertainment insiders are using data center-like facilities full of phones to push narratives fabricated through fake social media engagement.
www.fastcompany.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
You already know the Internet is all bots lately…
But it’s even more pervasive and sophisticated than you might think 😱
www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
But it’s even more pervasive and sophisticated than you might think 😱
www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
💯 That's step 1. Can't get to the other steps without first taking that one.
The Hidden Reasons Authoritarianism Is Growing — And How to Reverse It
It takes all kinds. Humanity would have never made it this far without a multitude of people with a wide diversity of personality types and preferences. It is our individual differences wherein lies o...
www.scottsantens.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
💯 That's step 1. Can't get to the other steps without first taking that one.
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
This is the kind of thing I see with universal basic income polling.
Poll: "People would stop working if provided basic income independent of work."
45% agree
55% disagree
Poll: "YOU would stop working if provided basic income independent of work."
4% agree
96% disagree
Poll: "People would stop working if provided basic income independent of work."
45% agree
55% disagree
Poll: "YOU would stop working if provided basic income independent of work."
4% agree
96% disagree
More in No, Other People:
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
April 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is the kind of thing I see with universal basic income polling.
Poll: "People would stop working if provided basic income independent of work."
45% agree
55% disagree
Poll: "YOU would stop working if provided basic income independent of work."
4% agree
96% disagree
Poll: "People would stop working if provided basic income independent of work."
45% agree
55% disagree
Poll: "YOU would stop working if provided basic income independent of work."
4% agree
96% disagree
Looking at under-desk treadmills?
I found this google sheet that compares them! (from a Reddit post)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I got this one first:
REVO Walking Pad
But the max speed was a little slow for me (I walk very fast!)
So I upgraded to this one:
UREVO Strol 1 Pro Treadmill
I found this google sheet that compares them! (from a Reddit post)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I got this one first:
REVO Walking Pad
But the max speed was a little slow for me (I walk very fast!)
So I upgraded to this one:
UREVO Strol 1 Pro Treadmill
Walking Pads - Product List
docs.google.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Looking at under-desk treadmills?
I found this google sheet that compares them! (from a Reddit post)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I got this one first:
REVO Walking Pad
But the max speed was a little slow for me (I walk very fast!)
So I upgraded to this one:
UREVO Strol 1 Pro Treadmill
I found this google sheet that compares them! (from a Reddit post)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
I got this one first:
REVO Walking Pad
But the max speed was a little slow for me (I walk very fast!)
So I upgraded to this one:
UREVO Strol 1 Pro Treadmill
I’m evaluating manual browser testing tools like Browserstack and Sauce Labs.
Most tools I’m comparing these two to are much less full featured. These two are the frontrunners!
The biggest difference is pricing:
Browserstack is per-user
SauceLabs is “parallel test” number (simultaneous users)
Most tools I’m comparing these two to are much less full featured. These two are the frontrunners!
The biggest difference is pricing:
Browserstack is per-user
SauceLabs is “parallel test” number (simultaneous users)
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I’m evaluating manual browser testing tools like Browserstack and Sauce Labs.
Most tools I’m comparing these two to are much less full featured. These two are the frontrunners!
The biggest difference is pricing:
Browserstack is per-user
SauceLabs is “parallel test” number (simultaneous users)
Most tools I’m comparing these two to are much less full featured. These two are the frontrunners!
The biggest difference is pricing:
Browserstack is per-user
SauceLabs is “parallel test” number (simultaneous users)
How the lang=“en” attribute is important even if your site is only in English…
The time when Pew Research surveys had “yes” replaced with “forks” 😂
https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025/03/21/how-a-glitch-in-an-online-survey-replaced-the-word-yes-with-forks/
The time when Pew Research surveys had “yes” replaced with “forks” 😂
https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025/03/21/how-a-glitch-in-an-online-survey-replaced-the-word-yes-with-forks/
How a survey glitch replaced ‘yes’ with ‘forks’ | Pew Research Center
Dating back to at least early 2023, a bizarre and alarming technical glitch started popping up in some organizations’ online surveys and forms.
www.pewresearch.org
March 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How the lang=“en” attribute is important even if your site is only in English…
The time when Pew Research surveys had “yes” replaced with “forks” 😂
https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025/03/21/how-a-glitch-in-an-online-survey-replaced-the-word-yes-with-forks/
The time when Pew Research surveys had “yes” replaced with “forks” 😂
https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2025/03/21/how-a-glitch-in-an-online-survey-replaced-the-word-yes-with-forks/
CAPTCHA means “Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart”??
March 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
CAPTCHA means “Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart”??
It’s the year of mass boycotts!
avoiding Target, shifting more to Costco
avoiding Target, shifting more to Costco
March 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It’s the year of mass boycotts!
avoiding Target, shifting more to Costco
avoiding Target, shifting more to Costco
Should our websites support Dynamic Type for iOS devices?
A lot of folks with low vision increase their font size on their phones system-wide using the Font Size settings under Accessibility (me too!)
This setting affects the system UI (Settings, etc) and many/most native iOS applications…
A lot of folks with low vision increase their font size on their phones system-wide using the Font Size settings under Accessibility (me too!)
This setting affects the system UI (Settings, etc) and many/most native iOS applications…
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Should our websites support Dynamic Type for iOS devices?
A lot of folks with low vision increase their font size on their phones system-wide using the Font Size settings under Accessibility (me too!)
This setting affects the system UI (Settings, etc) and many/most native iOS applications…
A lot of folks with low vision increase their font size on their phones system-wide using the Font Size settings under Accessibility (me too!)
This setting affects the system UI (Settings, etc) and many/most native iOS applications…
Have you ever actually installed an anti-tip kit for furniture? 👀
Are you a parent? 👀
Are you a parent? 👀
February 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Have you ever actually installed an anti-tip kit for furniture? 👀
Are you a parent? 👀
Are you a parent? 👀
https://conference-handbook.readthedocs.io/
I read this 10 years ago and it helped shape the way I run community events.
But I keep losing the link! So glad I found it again
It’s written for big tech conferences (python/django) but a lot of the ideas apply well to smaller events too.
I read this 10 years ago and it helped shape the way I run community events.
But I keep losing the link! So glad I found it again
It’s written for big tech conferences (python/django) but a lot of the ideas apply well to smaller events too.
February 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
https://conference-handbook.readthedocs.io/
I read this 10 years ago and it helped shape the way I run community events.
But I keep losing the link! So glad I found it again
It’s written for big tech conferences (python/django) but a lot of the ideas apply well to smaller events too.
I read this 10 years ago and it helped shape the way I run community events.
But I keep losing the link! So glad I found it again
It’s written for big tech conferences (python/django) but a lot of the ideas apply well to smaller events too.
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
February 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️
Another accessibility story 📖
Last night I was helping my mother in law navigate medicare.
She has low vision, and she has trouble navigating websites (~cognitive load).
I projected my laptop screen onto the TV at 400% zoom so she could see what I was doing.
Last night I was helping my mother in law navigate medicare.
She has low vision, and she has trouble navigating websites (~cognitive load).
I projected my laptop screen onto the TV at 400% zoom so she could see what I was doing.
February 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Another accessibility story 📖
Last night I was helping my mother in law navigate medicare.
She has low vision, and she has trouble navigating websites (~cognitive load).
I projected my laptop screen onto the TV at 400% zoom so she could see what I was doing.
Last night I was helping my mother in law navigate medicare.
She has low vision, and she has trouble navigating websites (~cognitive load).
I projected my laptop screen onto the TV at 400% zoom so she could see what I was doing.
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
February 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This is a post to both Mastodon AND Bluesky, using the app Open Vibe.
Let’s see how it works 👀
Let’s see how it works 👀
February 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is a post to both Mastodon AND Bluesky, using the app Open Vibe.
Let’s see how it works 👀
Let’s see how it works 👀
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
Looking to build a broader understanding of accessibility in gaming, but don't know where to start (or need a bit of guidance)?
No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources.
One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!
No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources.
One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!
Gaming accessibility fundamentals - Training
At Team Xbox, we believe that when everyone plays, we all win. We're committed to ensuring as many developers as possible have the tools needed to create accessible experiences. This learning path…
learn.microsoft.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking to build a broader understanding of accessibility in gaming, but don't know where to start (or need a bit of guidance)?
No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources.
One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!
No need to sign up for expensive certification programs thanks to many free online resources.
One we recommend is Microsoft's Gaming accessibility fundamentals training!
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
I'm pretty proud of this tree view component I helped to make. I wrote about the nuance of what went into it in the hopes that it can serve as a reference for others. #a11y github.blog/engineering/...
Considerations for making a tree view component accessible
A deep dive on the work that went into making the component that powers repository and pull request file trees.
github.blog
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm pretty proud of this tree view component I helped to make. I wrote about the nuance of what went into it in the hopes that it can serve as a reference for others. #a11y github.blog/engineering/...
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
Artists! And people who post images, please post alt text, it helps those who can’t see well to describe what you’ve posted. You can set it in settings>accessibility to remind you to fill in alt text before posting 🥰
#alttext #accessibility
#alttext #accessibility
January 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Artists! And people who post images, please post alt text, it helps those who can’t see well to describe what you’ve posted. You can set it in settings>accessibility to remind you to fill in alt text before posting 🥰
#alttext #accessibility
#alttext #accessibility
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
Did you know many #accessibility features designed for other issues can also help reduce cognitive load in games?
High contrast modes can make it easier to see useful items in visually overwhelming scenes, and volume sliders for different types of sound help players focus on important sounds.
High contrast modes can make it easier to see useful items in visually overwhelming scenes, and volume sliders for different types of sound help players focus on important sounds.
January 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Did you know many #accessibility features designed for other issues can also help reduce cognitive load in games?
High contrast modes can make it easier to see useful items in visually overwhelming scenes, and volume sliders for different types of sound help players focus on important sounds.
High contrast modes can make it easier to see useful items in visually overwhelming scenes, and volume sliders for different types of sound help players focus on important sounds.
Reposted by Casey Watts! (he/him)
DEI public favorability continues to be +19.
Pundits are wrong that:
1) DEI is unpopular. It's popular.
2) This recent support is thermostatic. This is NOT thermostatic. DEI favorability has been high throughout its existence (second pic).
Pundits are wrong that:
1) DEI is unpopular. It's popular.
2) This recent support is thermostatic. This is NOT thermostatic. DEI favorability has been high throughout its existence (second pic).
January 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
DEI public favorability continues to be +19.
Pundits are wrong that:
1) DEI is unpopular. It's popular.
2) This recent support is thermostatic. This is NOT thermostatic. DEI favorability has been high throughout its existence (second pic).
Pundits are wrong that:
1) DEI is unpopular. It's popular.
2) This recent support is thermostatic. This is NOT thermostatic. DEI favorability has been high throughout its existence (second pic).