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A look back and a look forward... it must be the start of a new year. 2019 held a lot of change and personal improvement, but I can't help but feel that 2020 is going to be a big one. So what exactly do I have planned and what am I hoping for the next 12 months?

I finally made it to an IndieWebCamp meetup, even if it was remote only due to the increasingly restrictive implications of the coronavirus. I learnt a lot, I had a great time, and I'm ready to start implementing a whole bunch of new ideas right here. I also took a huge number of notes from the speakers and sessions throughout the day.

Notes from my second fully remote conference, this time Sparkbox's UnConference. Being able to freely access talks from the US is a rare bonus of everything going on right now, and this did not disappoint. Musical cameos, great talks on UX, accessibility, design systems, and amazing speakers. Great event (despite the time difference).

So that previously mentioned discussion around the problems of having a "single identity online" led me to this brilliant dissection of the impact social media had on social identity. From the …

As far as years go, 2021 held some pretty big surprises and featured some fairly grown-up decisions. Life will never be the same again...

A halfway solution to a design pattern that I see often, but have yet to find an easy way to implement: text that wraps so it is always fattest in the middle, and thinnest at either end.

Animating a grid element provides a lot of potential for fancy UIs and interesting interactions, but it's not immediately obvious when searching online how it needs to work and what the limitations are.

I read the entirety of the EAA – including all supporting documentation – so you don't have to.

A look back over the twelve months that made up 2023, via the lens of the data captured about my life.

A first-hand account of how marking individual words or short, inline phrases as a different language (even when accurate) can be a jarring and inaccessible experience for many screen reader …

Looking back over 2024, through the lens of the data I captured (or had captured about me).

Semantic Versioning (SemVer) is both a much-needed industry standard and a complete albatross in terms of maintenance behaviour. Anthony agrees, and is proposing …

A comprehensive review of 2025, through the lens of the data I captured (or had captured about me).