I hit my target for the amount of newsletters I planned to send this year early so thought I'd do a bit of a review - especially as I'm not sending any in December. In 2024 I sent 45 newsletters Net subscribers went from 2082 → 2234 (my target was 200) Average open rate 67% Average click rate 15% [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Hi Pavel, could I be added? Also @wholistics.bsky.social @claragt.bsky.social @timpaul.co.uk @karakane-kk.bsky.social @nikolagoger.bsky.social @amyhupe.bsky.social @iknowdavehouse.bsky.social @kubabartwicki.bsky.social @joelanman.bsky.social @frankieroberto.com @cjforms.bsky.social

I've updated my list of inclusive design links. https://www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/inclusive-design-resources/

I’m confused by how to best read #threads on @bsky.app. I wanted to read this one by @safety.bsky.app but when tapping on the first post (or on ‘View full thread’), I simply couldn’t find the rest. I had to tap on a subsequent post and then scroll up to the top to read it. Is there a better way? 🤔

Bad design can actually harm users. I'm not sure enough people understand this, especially for services that involve money. Working for a bank taught me the harsh reality, but I'm sure the same outcomes can happen for people who cannot access their benefits, for example. Design is so important.

This, but Wales would be nice. The Silicon Valleys starter pack, if you will 🤔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Affiliations (they are definitely not responsible for any of my nonsense here)

problem with being an ingredients household is that circa five times a year I actually really don't want to cook and end up having a truly unhinged lunch of, to take today as an example, "muesli, kimchi, a tin of tuna and some raspberries"

I’ve created a type foundry starter list if you’re looking for more people to follow. go.bsky.app/CvnALNW [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Hi new followers 👋🏻 (Guessing I've been added to a starter pack?) My name is Benjy, I'm an interaction designer based in Swansea 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I post about user centred design, public service digital, accessibility, inclusive design, gigs, music, coffee, beer and weeknotes. www.benjystanton.co.uk #intro https://www.benjystanton.co.uk/

I'm so hopeful about this treatment. My wife suffers from lupus; it's a horrible condition. https://www.science.org/content/article/breakthrough-cancer-immunotherapy-now-taking-aim-autoimmune-disease

it took me a solid five years in my early twenties to realize that when someone asks me to grab coffee with them, I should not answer "no thanks, I don't like coffee" 🫠 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

There are a few yeah, happy to help make one

Wrote my first custom eslint rule today. Surprised how easy it was! Literally 20 minutes and I had it doing what I wanted. 10 more and I'd written tests as well

I have a few listed here https://www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/list-of-inclusive-design-books/

AST Explorer is absolutely invaluable for this kind of thing astexplorer.net https://astexplorer.net/

https://bsky.app/profile/patak.dev/post/3laqz5xdxec2d [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Super helpful, especially hovering code/ast and it highlighting the corresponding section on the other side. I found a number of tests where there wasn't chained an assertion onto a mock. So they'd never fail no matter what. The eslint rule shouts at you if you forget the assertions :)

You can now pre-order the I Thought About That A Lot book! ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/shop It includes 23 essays that we’ve published on ithoughtaboutthatalot.com between 2020 and 2023. As well as 3 that will be part of this year's advent calendar. https://www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/shop

Yeah! My first port of call was to email everyone, give them a heads up about that pitfall. But then I thought why not automate it so people don't have to remember. Writing the rule was a fun end to the week :)

I’ve got the stream deck and same. I only have it programmed for rearranging windows right now.

On dirait une piste Ableton

Thanks to everyone at @perfnow.bsky.social for making us feel welcome and putting on a good conference. Really enjoyed meeting you all! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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I genuinely like my LinkedIn feed, using it as a milquetoast palate cleanser. I go there ~once a month when I need a tiny bit of safe novelty. Mind you, it baffles me how it holds anyone's attention for long when it is so devoid of shitposts

don’t fall off

I know 🥹 💜

Ok this is pretty cool actually https://newatlas.com/robotics/learning-robotic-third-thumb/

I think one of the things that made RSS beautiful is that the format was simple enough that a curious undergrad CS student could easily build their own tooling for it: there’s a good reason that “blog with an RSS feed” was the default tutorial project for many years!

Earlier this week, I explained to one of my mentees how in the earlier days of the web, all the blogs had RSS feeds and configuring a feed reader was super easy. She seemed shocked at the idea of a continual cadence of good engineering articles, and it struck me how much we’ve lost. 😢