Robin Whittleton
robinwhittleton@mastodon.social
<p>Lead Software Engineer at IKEA (focusing on design systems, accessibility), ex GOV.UK. Opinions my own (or at least not IKEA’s). 🇸🇪🇬🇧🇪🇺 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/designSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>designSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standardEbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>standardEbooks</span></a></p>
Posts
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Post #3157402
Gave up on using Inkscape or Affinity Designer on an image because I realised it would be easier to just generate the SVG with script. This probably says more about me than about Inkscape to be honest.
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Post #3157401
First conference talk in Sweden in Swedish now agreed; feels like public speaking is a pretty big milestone. I’ve asked for Q&amp;A to be in English though 😅 I’ve definitely plateaued with Swedish comprehension to be honest. Really should start an evening class again.
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Post #3157400
Of course Lords would have a wicket menu button.
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Post #3157399
Spending some political capital internally to push back against crawl / walk / run as being a suitable metaphor for team maturity. It’s not a major thing, but if it’s easy to change…
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Post #3157398
A word for that feeling when a forgotten and much loved RSS feed suddenly reactivates, but with unexpected gambling spam (e.g. https://diveintomark.org/hello-world/)
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Post #3157397
Doom bands I should be listening to? Default is Boris, MWWB, and just discovered Spelljammer.
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Post #3157396
Three projects on the go: got mildly stuck on one, another is dragging off into infinity, and the third has hit the Ezra-Pound’s-views barrier which is making me not want to continue. I’ve added a his-views-aren’t-mine disclaimer, but still. The perils of historic format shifting.
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Post #3157395
@fonts I’ve been doing some thinking recently about the ways in which a website experience is a collaborative process between the team that builds it and the people that consume it. This is another good example of the unexpected ways those two groups interact.