Sometimes the medium is the message and the backstory is the story. Here is one.
Heather Burns, an internet law expert who helps firms work towards compliance, said that GDPR has drawn a stark line in the sand between certain kinds of businesses. “It’s made …
You might think that privacy and accessibility are universally respected concepts and values. They are not.
Yesterday I had the absolute privilege of joining Dries Buytaert (Drupal), DB Hurley (Joomla! and Mautic), Barb Palser (Google), and Tim Lehnen (Drupal Association) for a panel discussion on the future of the open web and open source at Drupal Europe in Darmstadt, Germany.
Read moreTalking about the future of the open web and open source
A couple of months ago my life fell apart in a morning. Being self-employed, I had two figures in the bank, which wasn’t enough to be able to afford a …
Read moreOn speaker travel expenses, or, why enough is enough
I’ve worked to amend the WordPress.org plugin guidelines so that plugins can no longer claim to make a site legally compliant in any regulatory requirement.
It’s absolutely killing me to have to air my dirty laundry in public but I’m starting to think that if I had aired it sooner, I wouldn’t be in this …
All weekends, holidays, and shore leave are cancelled until the summer due to GDPR. And I’m loving that. Supporting agencies and software developers to adopt the principles of privacy by …
Read moreBehold the pinnacle of slactivism, digital solutionism, and GDPRubbish
To me, we have already achieved something I would not have imagined a year ago today: it is possible for developers and coders across a range of ages, levels of experience, employment scenarios, and political stances to realise that we have more in common than that which divides us.
I returned to the Swedish UX Mafia to talk about GDPR as a creative opportunity for interface design. Love talking to these guys.
I spoke with the All Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology about the European Accessibility Act, its progress through the EU legislative process as well as our own domestic scrutiny …
This is a joint post written by myself and Marissa Goldsmith of Goldsmith Interactive in Washington D.C. By day Marissa is an advanced Google Analytics trainer and consultant. By morning, …
On one of my regular wanders down the rabbit hole of legislation, reports, and committee hearings, I found treasure.
Read moreThe root of all of our problems; or, how to climb out of the rabbit hole
Today Open Rights Group has released a thorough response to the government’s consultation on the Investigatory Powers Act Codes of Practice. They draw particular attention to the process itself, which …
Read moreParliamentary sovereignty is being bypassed, and digital is in the middle.
Today Theresa May has pulled the trigger to begin the process of withdrawing the UK from the European Union. (This is likely to lead to Scottish independence and the reunification …
Read moreBrexit for geeks: a briefing for digital professionals