Laura Kalbag

My book, Accessibility For Everyone, is now free and online as a website. accessibilityforeveryone.site The book was first published by A Book Apart in 2017 but it holds up! It covers web accessibility for designers, developers, content folks, and really everyone who works in tech.

Hey followers! I’m currently part-time contracting at the wonderful convocation.design where I get to work on internet freedom and privacy/security projects but I’m also looking for other projects to fill me days that I’m not working for Convocation.

Flex + Grid = better responsive layouts! ✨ Join @laurakalbag.com for a live, hands-on Penpot demo. Learn how to combine layouts, use design tokens, and bring declarative design into your workflow 🗓️Wed, oct 28th 🕒15:00 UTC ▶️PeerTube | Youtube | Linkedin

Flex + Grid = better responsive layouts! ✨ Join @laurakalbag.com for a live, hands-on Penpot demo. Learn how to combine layouts, use design tokens, and bring declarative design into your workflow 🗓️Wed, oct 28th 🕒15:00 UTC ▶️PeerTube | Youtube | Linkedin 👉 community.penpot.app/t/10947

Fantastic news!

Save the date! (and the URL?!) We will be back with another @penpot.app hands-on live stream on 28th October. Flex and grid layouts, and the value of declarative design for both designers and developers. And, of course, a live Q&A. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyhK...

People like dhh don’t come from nowhere; they come from a culture where most men in tech expect to have their bad behaviour forgiven and far fewer are ready to apologise or hold each other to account. Enormous appreciation for those few

I’ve been struggling to put my finger on this, but @rachelandrew.co.uk has totally nailed why AI tutorial/educational content just isn’t the same (or as good!) as a human writer. (I’m not saying my writing isn’t flawed, but relevant context and framing is something I really work hard at!)

More than words While I've done a lot of reference documentation writing, my favourite type of work is writing tutorials and "how to" content. I enjoy the challenge of understanding a technology and... https://rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2026/09/30/more-than-words/

Penpot pals! Now I’m upright again, it’s time to plan another hands-on livestream. We’re returning to layouts… is there anything layout-related you want to learn in Penpot? Anything you struggle with? Something you want to see created from start to finish?

Brilliant satire for a wonderful event

This plugin works really well if you want to import HTML web pages to redesign. (Also pulls in CSS)

@bell.bz co-authored Every Layout with @heydonworks.com back in 2019. It transformed how developers approach layout in CSS and in this free lesson of Complete CSS, Andy gives even more detail in how skeletal layouts are the way to get a solid UI piccalilli.link/cc-free-less...

Background grids or grid layouts? They might look similar, but they work very differently. 📐 Background grids guide your alignment ⚡ Grid layouts automate it with responsive, CSS-based rules Learn when to use each in Penpot penpot.app/blog/backgro...

Penpot 2.18 is here, and it's a big one: strokes can now become fully editable paths, and we're introducing the first version of Penpot Enterprise🎉 youtu.be/LC6UieFMNE4?...

New @penpot.app version is out in the wild 💜 community.penpot.app/t/penpot-2-1...

The summer is over and the autumn (or fall, for our American friends) is here, so we're offering a huge 35% discount on all courses if you use the coupon code PRICEFALL at checkout. piccalil.li/links/pricef...

Designers, devs, open source advocates...this is a safe space! What’s that one thing in your day-to-day workflow that makes you want to cry? A painful handoff? Endless tasks? Tell us your pain. Big, small, weirdly specific… we want to hear it🥲 Drop your tears below💧

Who needs AI to write when I can be longwinded all by myself.

This ended up being longer than I intended, but hopefully there’s lots of useful info in there if you’re new to grids in design, grids in @penpot.app, and the difference between background grids and grid layouts #penpot penpot.app/blog/backgro...

I'm relaunching CSS Layout News on Offprint.

Come along and be part of the conversation about open source, decentralised tech and design! luma.com/17sotawb?tk=... #decentralised #oss #design

#AccessibilityIsResistance https://tink.uk/accessibility-is-resistance/

One week since my surgery and I’m so happy. The nerve pain was gone the second I woke up. Today I took an 8 minute walk, no pain, for the first time in 6 months. The hardest part now is restraining myself so I can recover properly!

The HTML cat is out of the Web Audio bag. I've finally released HYPERBLAM. It’s my system for sampling, processing, and sequencing sound and music directly in HTML. hyperblam.how

Please sign this petition and share with your networks: Launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 on LGBTQ people petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

A great event to speak at or just be at!

I hate how I nodded along to the familiarity of all this.

Folks, you don't need AI to check color contrasts. You also don't need AI, to get suggestions for colors that pass the contrast ratio. It's pure, good, old math formula. Not everything needs to be "AI". Also, here are many, color contrast tools and more to help you build accessible color palettes:

CONVERGE IS HAPPENING AGAIN! Can't remember if I've already posted about it, but get your tickets to the Best* Design Systems Conference. converge.zeroheight.com *As confirmed by me, and I am completely unbiased.

I worked out a bunch of practical uses for math(s) functions in @penpot.app design tokens. It made my brain hurt a lot but you might find it useful! (Includes a template with all the demos.) penpot.app/blog/practic...

This site taught me so much when I was learning about web dev.

💔 Front-End Developer Seeking Meaningful Contracts Looking for a new partner to elevate your next project? I specialise in front-end architecture and design systems, crafting beautiful user experiences & enhancing legacy code. Let’s make something amazing together! stu@alwaystwisted.com 🙏🖤

I'd like to acknowledge that part of you that doesn't think you're ready to give a talk and say that you are. #id24 is a great way to share your knowledge with a global audience, and we'd love to have you pitch us.

I wrote about the design tokens JSON format (particularly how it works with @penpot.app) Originally inspired by someone on the Penpot community trying to import a JSON-formatted colour palette into Penpot. But then of course I had to get thorough about it! penpot.app/blog/a-pract...

Excellent news and classic, wonderful @wil.to writing.

⭐ available for client work ⭐ Front-end developer & Design Systems consultant with 15 years experience building component libraries, modernising legacy codebases, writing docs & launching new projects Let's fix your tech debt or create something new stu@alwaystwisted.com 🙏🖤

I was a guest on Layshi Curbelo’s fabulous Command Z podcast and the episode is out now! We recorded this in-person during Penpot Fest. Layshi is the best host and it was a very cathartic experience 💜 open.spotify.com/episode/42ze...

Finally updated the @penpot.app tour (in under 5 minutes) video. I’ve tried to pack in all the practical info you need to get started, no filler. #penpot www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAkb...

@penpot.app have announced their ambassador program and I’m excited and honoured to be part of the first cohort of ambassadors alongside some fantastic and inspiring folks. penpot.app/ambassador-p... #opensource #penpot #design #opensourcedesign #penpotambassador #foss #oss #collaboration

"Educating accessibility overlay companies from the inside doesn’t work" 🔥 chrisyoong.com/blog/educati...

In case you missed it, I shared the demo files from last week’s hands-on to the Penpot community. Rounding numbers, breakpoints, responsive layouts, all using design tokens: community.penpot.app/t/penpot-tok... www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVu...

Katie is fabulous, you should hire her!

This livestream is starting in 10 minutes! Come to say hi! Stay for design token nerdery… www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVu...