Erik Kroes 👀

"Thank you for your order. Once your package ships we will send an email with a link to track your order. If you have questions about your order, you can email us at no-reply@..." Wait what?

Social behaviour is what elevated humans. I'm convinced now egocentric behaviour will be our end. Project this on whatever situation you like right now.

If your job opening for a corporate designer does not ask for accessibility experience... Is that a bad thing because it isn't mentioned? A good thing because it's assumed? something else entirely?

I really really dislike the changed design of my FireFox. Don't touch the fundamentals! (And especially don't change the design of what an active tab looks like 😠)

I recommend building for quality and not speed. To that end, consider these: - Solid Start (intro to web accessibility concepts and tools) www.solidstart.info - Lighthouse (a perfect score is less important than using it as a debugging tool) developer.chrome.com/docs/lightho...

Ik lees echt wel nieuws. Toch was ik even verrast toen de automatische scan 0 fouten gaf. 👀 Voor de context: dit gaat over toegankelijkheidsfouten. inklusivo scant met regelmatig een aantal grote websites op fouten. Interessant om getallen maar vooral ook veranderingen te zien!

When AI comes first, who are you building for?

My favorite accessibility resource got updated 💚 https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey11/

Positive about all the attention for AI: We get to see less of Mark Zuckerberg

Content labeled "AI generated" seems equal to "made up". How is that ok?

I want my kids to program (more). Is there something like a USB RGB LED matrix that you can control with Python?

I reviewed Lego 11379 Bookshop/Bookstore: Book Nook https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/review-lego-11379-bookshop-bookstore-book-nook/

Trying something new. Visiting a Lego store and buying a set the day it comes out. Will be creating a review!

I'm not a wildlife filmer, but I wish everybody could see the goldfinches I can see right now. The riches of working from home! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_goldfinch

I don't like how unpredictable AI can be. What if that's because I'm used to (understanding) how tech works? What if, for many people, AI is just as unpredictable as any software? Would that be a complaint about how bad non-AI software is?

When you hear drumming outside, it's not always the neighbours. https://youtube.com/shorts/Z8aqkXWhpvk A woodpecker is adjusting the opening of a birdhouse.

How would you approach building towards a 5K when your joints and muscles are the biggest challenge? https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/ive-tried-c25k-4-5-times-already-what-would-you-do-for-the-next-shot/

In ±4hours, ID24 will start. A free "conference" with a new interesting speaker every hour. Follow it online! https://inclusivedesign24.org/2026/ We've got a "watch party" on Discord: A thread to share your notes, observations or just chat with other like-minded people! https://discord.com/invit

My website has contrast issues. Can I add a button for high contrast? Yes. But now you have to build, maintain and test 2 versions your website. And if you "just" fix the original, everybody benefits!

I wanted my kid to hear the difference between tiny speakers, and some better ones. So I played the first minute of A Place for My Head by LinkedIn Park. And I'm so sorry honey if I overstimulated you 😬

My youtube-feed is filled with AI-dooming. Please mock AI for me.

Ask an oddly specific question, and get a reply from somebody else with a traumatic brain injury. The web is pretty good sometimes!

I am sorry. AI-tools poop out sentences like "You don't just identify problems. You understand the systems that produce them, and you know how to change those systems." and I find it hard to not smile and nod.

Behold. Changing my profile picture all over the place. I'm a person again!

I let others do the thinking, therefore I am not

No. I do not think every obscure website with a login needs to send me an email with a confirmation code.

Years of apps not being responsive for accessibility/WCAG. Now Apple introduces the Duo with a foldable screen. Let's see how that changes things! 🧠 Be ahead. Build for accessibility.

Accessible colours feel like a common myth I notice often. A bit of an explanation. https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/accessible-colours-dont-exist/

"I noticed the frontpage of your website is over 400MB. Is it also available as a CD-ROM?"

"we are WCAG 2.1 AA compliant" The marquee on your website gives me a different impression. As does the low contrast text. Maybe it's American sue-sensitivity rubbing off on me, but I'm always cautious when claiming accessibility.

Dressing up for a meeting, only for it to get cancelled!

Plant giant sunflowers. - Educational (how the.. does that fit in a seed?) - Pretty when they flower - Get bees when they flower - Get birds after they flower - Get seeds to do it again next year!

This is a lesson I keep running into. https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/reusability-determines-value/

How do you know the correct spelling of a word, when Google no longer shows the number of search results?

Nearly instant replies stating "after careful consideration" are wrong.

On the subject of AI: I can wholeheartedly confirm that the A is consistently correct.

"What are Americans surprisingly good at that people don’t give them enough credit for?" "Together, we must remove the physical barriers we have created and the social barriers that we have accepted. For ours will never be a truly prosperous nation until all within it prosper." - George HW Bush

Blokkeer je agenda. 6 oktober doen we weer een borrel! Block your calendar. We're meeting October 6th! https://www.meetup.com/inclusive-design-accessibility/events/316293256/

Let's say you go for a walk to get some ideas. After ±100m your head is full of ideas. Do you go back, or continue walking?

Not sure if I've ever been so happy with a light/dark-mode toggle as yesterday. I'm sorry, but coolify in darkmode was nearly impossible to use for me. Hint: there are text fields in this screenshot

I am in the process of moving websites to European hosts. Today I moved an Eleventy website which now builds and deploys using a github-action. https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/going-european/

We have moved our website to european systems. Our domain is registered through OVH and we're now hosted by Hetzner Code is still hosted at GitHub (from which it's deployed with an action 💚) Just like with accessibility: changes can be improvements, even when the end goal hasn't been reached yet!

Building a product start to finish. Design: looking at Brutalism. A bit of Rationalist, International Style & New Objectivity. Prairie School? Those periods really resonate If I take Neobrutalism, mix in more accessibility... what other input should I consider? What did you just think of?

I built a deck. What have you all been up to? https://www.erikkroes.nl/blog/i-built-a-deck/

1 domain/website moved from 1 host, but now I've got a true European cloud-based VPS! That 1 was responsible for almost 50% of cost. So hurray! (I also discovered I have more websites than I thought 👀) Also tomorrow, I'll probably be designing buttons!

yesterday I did design, development, project management and some 3d printing today I'm doing server management, organizing a meetup and working on a knowledgebase suggestions for tomorrow?