Laura Kalbag @laura@mastodon.laurakalbag.com

35 and not doing too badly.

It’s that wonderful time of year where you get free online talks about inclusive design for a whole 24 hours courtesy of Inclusive Design 24.

In two days: 23rd September, don’t miss out!

https://inclusivedesign24.org/2021/schedule/

My book, Accessibility for Everyone, is back in stock in paperback! Hooray! 💚📗 (And big thank you, A Book Apart.)

Preorder yours now and it’ll be with you in 6-8 weeks.

This is a long shot, but has anyone worked out how to get an Elgato Key Light Air to consistently connect to a Mac? Mine seems to be really temperamental.

Two jabs and a shiny new badge!

Finally got my first jab! 🎉

A long read where everyone comes out looking bad. (And those portrayed as the ”defenders of privacy” aren’t necessarily doing so out of the goodness of their hearts either!)

https://www.protocol.com/policy/w3c-privacy-war

RE https://mastodon.laurakalbag.com/web/statuses/106573927779044590

Folks who signed up for the mailing list, I’m really sorry I can’t email you about the skipped livestream tonight. I’ve managed to lock myself out of my Buttondown account 😞

Promise that I’ll get it fixed and get emails out to you in time for next month’s stream!

We’re skipping July’s Small is Beautiful this month as @aral is getting his second COVID vaccination the day before. We’ll be back in August!

https://small-tech.org/events/small-is-beautiful/

You can get a reminder for next month’s stream via email or RSS on https://small-tech.org/events/small-is-beautiful/#get-live-stream-reminders

#SmallIsBeautiful

New on my blog: 📌 Working with Stately

https://laurakalbag.com/working-with-stately/

“[Hamid Khan] says tools like Citizen, with their patina of officialdom and impartial reporting, ‘are becoming a license to racially profile and go after some of the most vulnerable community members—particularly the unhoused—and to criminalize them.’”

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2021/06/how-long-until-citizen-gets-someone-killed/

“Every day, consumers are exposed to extensive commercial surveillance online. This leads to manipulation, fraud, discrimination and privacy violations. Information about what we like, our purchases, mental and physical health, sexual orientation, location and political views are collected, combined and used under the guise of targeting advertising.”

https://www.forbrukerradet.no/side/new-report-details-threats-to-consumers-from-surveillance-based-advertising/

“I think transparency and control are important. I think it is really problematic to put the burden on consumers to work through the markets and the use of data, figure out who has their data, how it’s being used, make decisions… I think you end up with notice fatigue; I think you end up with decision fatigue; you get very abusive manipulation of dark patterns to push people into decisions.’”

https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/18/perspectives-on-tackling-big-techs-market-power/

Last night’s episode of Small is Beautiful is now up on our site with transcript, captions and links to everything we discussed.

https://small-tech.org/videos/small-is-beautiful-11/

As I mentioned on the Small is Beautiful live stream, you can now sign up for email (or RSS) notifications for upcoming Small Is Beautiful live streams. I’ll send you just one email a month to tell you the time, topic and guest for the next stream, and that’s it!

https://small-tech.org/events/small-is-beautiful/#get-live-stream-reminders

#SmallIsBeautiful

Should’ve added #SmallIsBeautiful to that… #professional #multitasking