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Thanks #WebDevConf for letting me talk about creativity, art, and computers. here's my slides and all of the links talks.hiddedevries.nl/jA4a36/creat...

So when @lurkmoophy.bsky.social introduced @hidde.blog as a (secret?) musician, I didn’t expect him to hit us with an “… anyway, here’s Wonderwall”… #webdevconf #wdc

I'm the next talk, @hidde.blog told us about how Ada Lovelace was the original dev rel. Dreaming up ways to use Charles Babbage's machines with algorithms. The history of computer science is so interesting. But that doesn't mean it can replace creativity. @webdevconf.com

🔗 “For Fronteers Dark Mode I knew I wanted to do something with the big moon they have on their official conference website.” — @cydstumpel.nl cydstumpel.nl/demo-deep-di... woow this is so cool!

Blogged with some notes from Green IO, with various things that can get us to more sustainable IT sooner: hidde.blog/green-io-2026/

Chair of Dutch data centre industry association: “[why do we need to publish electricity data of individual data centres?] Hospitals don't share that info either” yeah but saving lives > powering, say the “metaverse” or what Altman calls “art” www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...

✏️ How IT can get more sustainable quicker: notes from Green IO hidde.blog/green-io-2026/

🔗 “The majority of the time I spend writing a tutorial, isn’t spent writing. (…) knowing what to leave out is as important as understanding what to explain” – @rachelandrew.co.uk rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/202...

them: “your room number is 404” voice in my head: oh god I hope I'll be able to find it

“DHH's projects are fine, they are open source, so I had a look and I didn't find his right extremist views in any of the lines of code” as if racism is mostly explicit and not systemic

at work, I'm on a course to become a certified AI compliance officer. Bit of a mouthful… but I'm excited to dive into some of the literature that arrived today!

🔗 ’This kind of contribution to your favorite open-source project may feel to you like “free as in beer” and “free as in speech” but to us it is like being handed a “free puppy”: well intended, but accepting it has big consequences for years to come.’ blog.nlnetlabs.nl/maintaining-...

@nearestnabors.com maybe this is of your interest, as we were chatting standards <-> AI before! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Me, @tzviya.bsky.social and @christianliebel.com are organising a mini workshop on AI and society at W3C TPAC (28 October)! If you have thoughts to share, please submit your proposal. We're looking for 5 minute talks on subjects related to AI and society. Info: github.com/w3c/strategy...

ready for my workshop! #SmashingConf feeling somewhat underdressed

🚆off to Freiburg for Smashing Conference, so excited!

remember there isn't an agreed upon definition of AGI, so it doesn't exist. “AGI has arrived” is as meaningless as “the king of France is bald”

I spent the past two days cleaning up and improving the cropguide.io landing page. I've replaced the hero illustrations with photos, added a video that shows the editor (it blends in the page), and the live demo is now more to the point. Thanks @kilianvalkhof.com and @hidde.blog for the feedback.

If anyone here wants to understand more about WCAG-EM 2, the new evaluation method for WCAG, I'll be interviewed about it by IAAP UK folks today, and you can join us for free. - 2pm Amsterdam - 1pm UK - 8am New York abilitynet-org-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

it's from the phototypesetting era: www.w3.org/Internationa...

We've made it to September which means WDC2026 is just over a month away! Tickets are just £99! With awesome speakers: @joshtumath.uk @amyhupe.bsky.social @paavandesign.com @cjforms.bsky.social @duncanpetrie.com @hidde.blog In the great city of Bristol! webdevconf.com

TIL about the Q unit in CSS, a quarter of a millimeter www.w3.org/TR/css-value... there are days when I don't use it

Updated my link + popover nav post: adrianroselli.com/2026/07/link... Now includes `flex-wrap: balance` for the navigation items thanks to Ahmad Shadeed’s post: ishadeed.com/article/flex... I am amazed how much new CSS I see, then forget, seemingly immediately. #CSS

Dotting the proverbial i's on my Modern CSS workshop at Smashing Conference Freiburg (7 September, smashingconf.com/freiburg-202...). It's so pleasant to remove browser support warnings, and how many things are naturally easy and quicker with CSS these days.

🚅 off to Amsterdam to attend “Screens and Streams in the Age of Climate Crisis” mediaenv.ehc-amsterdam.nl

hello dystopia

I was on a podcast! Me and @bradfrost.com woke up excited and talked about our shared love for music, web, accessibility, and AI sustainability youtu.be/I2EIisn5f6Q

Bit of back story for anyone that's interested: fershad.com/writing/wsg-...

🌿 One question we often hear around the Web Sustainability Guidelines (WSG): what measures will have most impact? A new document, published at W3C today, has impact ratings for each of the success criteria in the WSG: www.w3.org/TR/wsg-ir/