Laura Kalbag @laura@mastodon.laurakalbag.com
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- http://ind.ie
- Better website
- http://better.fyi
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- http://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone
½ of Ind.ie. Designs, talks, and writes about web, ethics, inclusivity, privacy, and dev. I wrote a book: Accessibility For Everyone: http://a4e.link she/her
Joined Aug 2018
I also resent Sheryl Sandberg being referred to as a “feminist icon.” It’s not feminist to run a corporation that screws other women (and other marginalised groups) and makes them more vulnerable. Feminist success shouldn’t be defined by model set by the patriarchy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html
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‘Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook’s Leaders Fought Through Crisis’
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html
“As evidence accumulated that Facebook’s power could also be exploited to disrupt elections, broadcast viral propaganda and inspire deadly campaigns of hate around the globe, Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg stumbled. Bent on growth, the pair ignored warning signs and then sought to conceal them from public view.”
Also on our forum: https://forum.ind.ie/t/delay-deny-and-deflect-how-facebook-s-leaders-fought-through-crisis/2496
I’m speaking at AraCon in Berlin in January. Let me know if you’ll be there too.
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Better Blocker 2018.2 release for macOS and iOS
https://ar.al/2018/11/05/better-blocker-2018.2-release-for-macos-and-ios/
What’s new?
• Even simpler interface, consistent across the macOS and iOS versions.
• Displays version and last update information for blocking rules.
• Exceptions is now called the Do Not Block list.
• macOS: Fixes El Capitan crash.
• Comes bundled with the latest blocking rules.
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The quest to design an ethical social media platform – Jennifer Johnson on The Week
https://theweek.com/articles/799415/quest-design-ethical-social-media-platform
How lovely to see such a nice article on Mastodon and ethical design in The Week from the journalist that @laura introduced to Mastodon.
This could (probably is) being used with political propaganda. Fun!
Working on blocking a tracker that uses your “emotional data” to deliver video ads. I’m curious whether the devs, designers and marketing heroes ever stopped to think… “is this ethical?”
I’m going to assume nah.
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Use the code TREAT to get free shipping on orders over $75 (ends 11:59pm EST)
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We love a bit of autumn
Been practising behaving in the car. Today’s effort: C-
Reading yet another article on new developments in the tech industry exclusively citing the work of white men… snore.
Had a fun time chatting with the lovely folks of Thundernerds podcast this evening. Pretty chuffed to be amongst their impressive lineup. You can already get the video at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKVwy3EgR6o3ZoYQVu7X7Ig
First slick move in this new year: noisily trip up the stairs in house full of sleeping babes. Yeah, 32 isn’t any less clumsy than 31.
Turning 32 with a house full of Kalbags. So much of my heart under one roof.
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It's https://developur.rs day with @laura!
I really enjoyed this one: https://developur.rs/posts/laura-kalbag/
That was an unusually tame toot from me. I’m turning 32 at the end of the week, maybe I’m becoming (more) boring as I age.
I do a lot of comparing what’s loading on desktop and mobile versions of sites. It is baffling to me that so many folks still put so much work into separate sites rather than doing responsive design.
Folks using their Mastodon profile fields for pronouns are so smart!
@BridgetCReed I love how you’ve used your profile fields. So cute!
- Ind.ie website
- http://ind.ie
- Better website
- http://better.fyi
- Buy my book at
- http://abookapart.com/products/accessibility-for-everyone
½ of Ind.ie. Designs, talks, and writes about web, ethics, inclusivity, privacy, and dev. I wrote a book: Accessibility For Everyone: http://a4e.link she/her
Joined Aug 2018
