Reading List 244
- The CEO of Twitter and Square says he’s moving to Africa for at least 3 months next year because the continent will ‘define the future’ – I can’t say I agree with Jack about much, but here I do.
- State of European Tech report – “in 2019, 92% of funding went to all men teams, a similar level to the figures which shocked readers last year. When you break down the data by race, age, education and socioeconomic background, we see more problems emerge”
- How To Ease Your Team’s Development Workflow With Git Hooks
- Web Components and the Accessibility Object model (AOM) by Watters (Léonie Watson)
- The business case for inclusive design: The Big Hack study findings – The ‘Purple Pound’ (disposable income controlled by disabled people in UK) is an estimated£274 Billion. 67% said they would spend more money on entertainment, sports and leisure if there were no barriers to digital access.
- Ericsson Mobility Report November 2019 – “By the end of 2025, we expect 5G to have 2.6 billion subscriptions covering up to 65 percent of the world’s population and generating 45 percent of the world’s total mobile data traffic”. 76% of that data will be video.
- My thoughts on Gutenberg Accessibility by @MarcoInEnglish, a screen reader user.
- Igalia Chats with Neil Soiffer on MathML – “Igalia’s Brian Kardell sat down with Neil Soiffer, long time MathML advocate and chair of the current MathML Refresh Community Group to chat about MathML, its history, challenges and what’s next.”
- prefers-reduced-data – proposal for a new CSS media query
- NIGERIA Digital Economy Diagnostic Report (World Bank) “As the biggest economy in Africa with one of the largest youth populations in the world, Nigeria is well-positioned to develop a strong digital economy. This would have a transformational impact”
- “Pointless emails: they’re not just irritating – they have a massive carbon footprint – “More than 64m unnecessary emails are sent in UK every day. if every adult sent one fewer email a day we would save more than 16,433 tonnes of carbon a year – equivalent to 81,152 flights to Madrid or taking 3,334 diesel cars off the road.”
- Why xHamster Is So Much Better at Content Moderation Than Facebook – “as Big Tech argues against even the most minimal acts of oversight, it is worth noting that extreme scrutiny placed on the adult industry has not eradicated the industry or made it incapable of innovating”
- Frankly, We Do Give a Damn: The Relationship Between Profanity and Honesty – “profanity is positively correlated with honesty at an individual level and with integrity at a society level”. Abso-fucking-lutely.
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