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Hidde

@hidde.blog

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Into front-end, web accessibility and tech ethics. Currently working on web standards at Dutch gov. I'm also on the W3C Advisory Board. Blogger at hidde.blog, reader/concert goer at log.hidde.blog, speaker at talks.hiddedevries.nl.

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Hidde @hidde.blog · Nov 25

My beyond tellerrand video is out! I talked about art and creativity, and the role of computers in their making. You can find it on www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqNg...

If you'd rather read I have a full transcript here too talks.hiddedevries.nl/dFZf3b/slides

screenshot from Oasis' Wonderwall video with subtitles 'I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now'

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 1h

oh yea they are the best!

Hidde @hidde.blog · 9h

WCAG-EM 2.0, a process to evaluate accessibility, is coming! We (me, @stevefaulkner.bsky.social and Jeroen) are updating it to:

- make the scope broader (from “websites” to any digital product)
- make it more readable
- bring it up to date (mentions design systems now)

w3c.github.io/wai-wcag-em/

W3C Accessibility Guidelines Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) 2.0

This document describes a procedure to evaluate how well digital products conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.

w3c.github.io

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 5d

VENOM!

Hidde @hidde.blog · 5d

Little Simz in Amsterdam was superb last night. The lyrics, the energy, the band, a Drop 7 DJ set mid way… all really good.

I still can't name one time she didn't delivaaa! (see Gorilla www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc7i... )

Little Simz - Gorilla (Glastonbury 2024)

YouTube video by BBC Music

www.youtube.com

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

Went through this just a few months ago and second all you said!

Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

one system we've used in the fairly new DAF accessiblecommunity.org/daf/framework/

Digital Accessibility Framework - Framework

The high-level breakdown of the Digital Accessibility Framework

accessiblecommunity.org

Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

who are you and what did you to do Martin???

Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

understood, thanks for the questions. Yes, some I believe, but more of the UR done is around the needs of people with disabilties using ICT.

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

(abstractness helps future proofness, make it tech agnostic and helps reducing requirements, we'd need thousands if we would make each very concrete, so there's a balance to try and have)

Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

yes! a content designer was with us in the room, and among the editors and authors we have a few people who are great at making things simplet.

at the same time, there are a few givens including avoiding loopholes, suitability for regulators and a level of abstractness required.

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

It helpeds loads to be in person and have everyone's collective memory right there, as well as the chair's meticulous preparation over the past few months.

Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

We worked in pairs and can say my pair removed lots of words, inconsistencies and vagueness, made it more realistic and more testable, and it looks like other pairs did the same. Improvements in a draft near you are coming.

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 6d

This week I worked through dozens of WCAG 3 guidelines, requirements and assertions and it is leaving me optimistic that we can deliver on making it much easier to use and understand.

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 10d

this is how the Dutch covid QR codes worked for a while, to get around the '1 million people don't have smartphones' headlines newspapers had following app release.

Hidde @hidde.blog · 10d

what Ana says

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Paweł Grzybek @pawelgrzybek.com · 10d

A great write-up by @hidde.blog about the creativity in the generation of AI. Great extension of his brilliant talk "Creativity Cannot Be Computed."

“The writer, the text and the audience”:
hidde.blog/connection-c...

“Creativity Cannot Be Computed” on YouTube:
youtu.be/WqNgGmmwj7U

The writer, the text and the audience

Meaning in art comes from more than the artifact.

hidde.blog

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 10d

🚂 off to Bristol for the WCAG editor's work week

I'll refrain from commenting on people's phone calls today

Hidde @hidde.blog · 13d

@sjoy.lol (knows thing or two re dark modes)
@keithamus.social (awesome human that works in CSS, ARIA _and_ Open UI groups and on actual browser engine code)
@kilianvalkhof.com (the browser maker we never saw)
@codingchaos.bsky.social (her closing talk on notifications at a11yTO was life changing)

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 13d

✏️ Another AI reading list: these books are worth your time hidde.blog/another-ai-r...

nobody:
me: wrote down 5 (actually 6) books about AI that I read this year and recommend

Another AI reading list: these books are worth your time

Lots of great books about AI came out recently, here are some I found useful.

hidde.blog

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 15d

Made friends in the parents' WhatsApp group (😔) by sharing how to get the school's calendar as Webcal.

People may not want fancy tech, they just want to see home/school/work calendars in one app through simple web tech.

Hidde @hidde.blog · 15d

Dutch train station info screens are going to switch to dark mode to “save energy” and “improve readability” tweakers.net/geek/239444/...

NS gaat 3600 informatieborden in dark mode zetten

Dark mode is the way to go, weten we bij Tweakers maar al te goed. Voor ons mocht het even duren voordat we een donkere modus hadden, voor de NS nog langer. De Nederlandse Spoorwegen zetten namelijk a...

tweakers.net

Hidde @hidde.blog · 15d

Loved how most of the speakers had their own personal websites, added links to all (obvs)

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 16d

- "How I used 11ty to power a world-class museum's digital infrastructure" - 11ty Meetup at 12:00PM UTC, Oct 15
(11tymeetup.dev)

Also this is the best opengraph image I've ever seen, no notes

THE Eleventy Meetup

Join the Possum Posse to learn more about Eleventy! We're a new virtual meetup all about Eleventy and the tools and skills that support developing on Eleventy.Sign up for email updates

11tymeetup.dev

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Nic Chan @nicmakesstuff.bsky.social · 16d

I am re-entering the world of speaking after a 3(!) year long break! If you're interested You can catch me at:

- "Audiom: Building inclusive maps as the token sighted developer" - Inclusive Design 24 at 4:00am UTC, 25 Sep(inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/)
apologies to the euro buddies!
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Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)

A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

inclusivedesign24.org

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Hidde @hidde.blog · 16d

ahh! that explains my blog is on that now. Boohoo