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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 1h

Sometimes, the right use of ARIA can improve your UI for end users.

🎥 Watch @hidde.blog's excellent talk on both the good parts and common pitfalls of ARIA, delivered at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuTh...

#throwbackthursday #tbthursday #a11y #accessibility

Hidde de Vries speaking on ARIA, the Good Parts at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 7d

Are we witnessing the death of the browser?

🎥 In their excellent closing talk at Pixel Pioneers Bristol this summer, @nearestnabors.com explored how AI agents can transform our relationship with the internet. Watch the keynote here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IT5...

#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday

Rachel-Lee Nabors speaking about the death of the browser at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025.

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 23d

2D to 3D and back again! 🎥 Watch @chrisgannon.bsky.social's excellent talk from Pixel Pioneers in Bristol this summer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLK...

Chris live-codes to make an interactive web animation in 2D with @gsap-greensock.bsky.social, then recreates it in 3D with @splinetool.bsky.social.

Chris Gannon sitting on the sofa on stage at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, live-coding during his talk "2D to 3D and Back Again".

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 28d

What does refactoring CSS have in common with redecorating a new home? 🎥 Watch @ohhelloana.blog's fantastic talk on maintaining and modernising legacy CSS to find out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9JU...

Ana Rodrigues speaking at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, on maintaining and modernising legacy CSS

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · 29d

Great design isn’t just about pixels. It's about collaboration, speed, and setting up the right foundations so designers and developers can build better products, faster.

🎥 Watch Rachel Ilan Simpson's talk on building and transforming design at startups & scaleups: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbl6...

Rachel Ilan Simpson speaking at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025, alongside the title of her talk: From 0 to Scale - Building and Transforming Design at Startups and Scaleups.

Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Sep 4

"It's just nice when a site feels nice." 🎥 Watch @jackf.io's excellent talk on debugging web performance with Chrome DevTools: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC5I...

#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #webperf #perfmatters #devtools @developer.chrome.com

Jack Franklin speaking at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 on debugging web performance

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Aug 7

🎥 Here's the first video from Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025!

@tink.uk's opening keynote covers the risks and limitations of generative AI but also its extraordinary potential to make the world more accessible. It's a must-watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZP...

#ThrowbackThursday #tbthursday #a11y

There Is No Spoon – Léonie Watson | Pixel Pioneers 2025

YouTube video by Pixel Pioneers

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · Jul 14

If you haven't seen them yet, the photos from @pixelpioneers.co Bristol 2025 are on the PP site at pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...!

I've written a big thank you post over at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/oliver...

The videos of all the talks will follow very soon!

Ana Rodrigues speaking and laughing at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025

Oliver Lindberg addressing the Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 audience in his opening remarks

Rachel Ilan Simpson smiling and speaking at Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025

Chris Gannon sitting on a sofa on the stage of Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 showing one of his animations on the big screen

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jul 2

Thanks for the excellent writeup, Jamie! 🙏

Studio 24 @studio24.net · Jul 1

Jamie attended @pixelpioneers.co conference on front-end development. He felt inspired to write about his favourite talks covering accessibility, AI, legacy code, and ARIA.

Highly recommended - have it on your radar for 2026! Read Jamie's highlights from 2025 here: www.studio24.net/blog/pixel-p...

Pixel Pioneers 2025 - Studio 24

Developer Jamie Curran attended Pixel Pioneers 2025, which included excellent talks on accessibility and legacy code, summarised here.

www.studio24.net

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Browser Choice Alliance @browserchoicealliance.org · Jun 24

Last week, Thomas Beverley, co-founder of Wavebox, spoke at @pixelpioneers.co to spotlight how Microsoft uses misleading user interface patterns, hidden settings, and system updates to make it difficult for users to set and keep a non-Edge browser as their default.

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 26

You should come to Pixel Pioneers next year. We reward this kind of achievement with free books: bsky.app/profile/phil...

Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth.dev · Jun 21

Thanks to all the speakers, attendees, and volunteers at #pixelpioneers. I’m tempted to say that was the best edition yet! Congrats @oliverlindberg.com!

Hosting was a treat. You’re all lovely.
(Even accounting for unread email counts)

Two men stand smiling as they take a selfie. They are on a stage in front of a large bright screen and are holding up an iPhone to show off the notification count on the email app which displays the number 129,446. There is not a trace of remorse on their faces, and they are both beaming.

A closeup of an iPhone to showing the notification count on the email app which displays the number 129,446.

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Phil Hawksworth @philhawksworth.dev · Jun 21

Thanks to all the speakers, attendees, and volunteers at #pixelpioneers. I’m tempted to say that was the best edition yet! Congrats @oliverlindberg.com!

Hosting was a treat. You’re all lovely.
(Even accounting for unread email counts)

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · Jun 25

Many, many thanks to everyone who played a part in making last Friday's @pixelpioneers.co Bristol such a wonderful day: all the speakers, sponsors and supporters, attendees, volunteers, and MC @philhawksworth.dev of course!

Stay tuned for the full photo gallery and the videos of the talks!

Group shot of the Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 audience in the raked-seating theatre of the Arnolfini. Everyone is smiling and putting their hands in the air.

A laughing Ana Rodrigues behind the Pixel Pioneers lectern.

Smiling attendees at Pixel Pioneers Bristol, featuring Geri Reid.

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 24

It's time to choose a winner for our @frontendnorth.bsky.social competition! 😃

🥁 Drumroll...

@haidarnasralla.bsky.social, please drop us a quick line at [email protected] and we'll get your free ticket 🎟️ sorted! Congratulations!

haidar حيدر @haidarnasralla.bsky.social · Jun 10

I absolutely, positively, desperately need to hear @whitep4nth3r.com go off. Also, I want a school trip.

Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 10

Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)!

Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.

And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com

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Leanne Renard @leannerenard.co.uk · Jun 23

My key takeaway from @pixelpioneers.co last Friday — it’s actually not so bad having only 1,127 unread emails in my personal inbox.

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Hidde @hidde.blog · Jun 21

Thanks @pixelpioneers.co for having me! My slides and all the links are on talks.hiddedevries.nl/UlE4OU/aria-...

ARIA, the good parts by Hidde de Vries

full transcript of a previous iteration of this talk (the captions in this deck are empty)

talks.hiddedevries.nl

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 19

Both accounts are free! 👇👇👇

Chris Gannon @chrisgannon.bsky.social · Jun 19

I’ll be doing doing a live code demo in @codepen.io and @splinetool.bsky.social at @pixelpioneers.co in Bristol tomorrow. Make sure you have an account if you want to follow along 🤓🙂

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 10

Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)!

Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.

And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com

Front End North Conference | 10th July 2025

A welcoming one-track, one-day conference in Sheffield, UK for developers and designers who work on the web.

frontendnorth.com

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 18

Read all the Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 speaker spotlights on our blog: pixelpioneers.co/blog

Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · Jun 17

I interviewed all the @pixelpioneers.co speakers, here's the full list:

@hidde.blog
@tink.uk
@chrisgannon.bsky.social
@ohhelloana.blog
@jackf.io
@nearestnabors.com
Rachel Ilan Simpson
Rabeb Othmani
Thomas Beverley

👉 Find the links to the Q&As in the schedule: pixelpioneers.co/events/brist...

Headshots of all the Pixel Pioneers Bristol 2025 speakers

Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 17

We'll be in a new venue on Friday! Can't wait to run the conference at @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social! 🤩

The front of the Arnolfini at the harbourside in Bristol

The auditorium inside the Arnolfini, showing the raked seating

Bristol harbour with the cranes at the M Shed and the Arnolfini in the distance

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Oliver Lindberg @oliverlindberg.com · Jun 16

It's @pixelpioneers.co week! And it's going to be very warm on Friday – Bristol harbour will look glorious!

The weather forecast for Thursday and Friday showing sun and 28 and 27 degrees respectively.

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 13

"We want users to have a fair choice about what browser they use, so independent vendors like us are free to build experiences that users want and love."

The final speaker spotlight featuring Thomas Beverley of wavebox.io and @browserchoicealliance.org is now live: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 11

"I want people to [be] excited about the vision of an internet where access to fair, secure, & inclusive financial services isn’t limited by geography, infrastructure, or income."

@Interledger.interledger.social.ap.brid.gy's Rabeb Othmani in our latest speaker Q&A: pixelpioneers.co/blog/speaker...

A portrait shot of Rabeb Othmani alongside the title of the lightning talk she will deliver at Pixel Pioneers Bristol on 20 June 2025: Pay the Web Forward.

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Pixel Pioneers @pixelpioneers.co · Jun 10

Win a ticket to @frontendnorth.bsky.social (10 July in Sheffield)!

Simply share this post and tell us why you need to attend. We'll draw the winner on 23 June.

And if you don't want to wait, tickets are just £75 including the after party at The National Video Game Museum! frontendnorth.com

Front End North Conference | 10th July 2025

A welcoming one-track, one-day conference in Sheffield, UK for developers and designers who work on the web.

frontendnorth.com

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Ashley Baxter @ashley-baxter.bsky.social · May 13

I looked through 78 payment-related claims and wrote down the 3 mistakes freelancers make when chasing late payments.

withjack.bsky.social @withjack.bsky.social · May 13

Freelancers, want to improve your chance of getting paid from an elusive client? Then avoid these 3 things when chasing late payments. withjack.co.uk/avoid-these-...

Avoid these 3 things when chasing late payments

withjack.co.uk

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