Jon Pearse

(this is on top of all the other minor niggles about the ‘Music’ app that have been getting steadily worse over time because Apple doesn’t give a damn about software quality, but the prev/next thing is by far the most irritating because it happens ALL THE TIME)

Been using Apple Music a lot more after watching @jjbbllkk.bsky.social’s recent video about Spotify.

Anyone know who I can harass at Apple so they actually fix the prev/next track functionality when using shuffle. Such a basic bit of UX that has been unusably broken for too long…

Creative folk who’ve ditched the Adobe stack: what’re your favourite Photoshop replacements?

I’ve been trying to love the Affinity suite for about a year; Designer and Publisher are fine, but while Photo has some nice touches, I just… don’t love it. I’m curious as to what other folk are using.

Heading back home after three days cosplaying an extrovert at a trade show with/for a client. It’s been incredibly tiring but a lot of fun. Got a laundry list of things I/we want to do as a result, but first I need to lay down and not move for at least 12 hours.

… and, of course, it wouldn’t be a journey in a Voyager if I didn’t end up sitting in a luggage rack because TOCs in this country seem to be constantly surprised that folk actually use their services 🙄

(I’d mind less had I not paid £82 for the privilege)

Well, this one is in a better condition than the last one I was on; but it’s still badly in need of refurbishment… or better yet, scrapping and replacing with something that’s not horrendously cramped and, somehow, still stinks of toilets.

Oh great: my train has been ‘upgraded’ to a Voyager. I wonder how well this one has been maintained…

had to try CSS filter + SVG glass displacement on webcam input – crank saturation for cheap gold ✨

I’ve been really enjoying Calum’s channel recently ( youtube.com/@calumraasay ); great for deep-dives into very niche subjects.

Also, Curries with Bumbi ( youtube.com/@currieswith... ) is just *lovely*.

havin' a play with: backdrop-filter: url(#glass);

Gecko/Webkit 🙏

… I’m going to have to add this to my next project as an Easter egg, aren’t I?

20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

etsc.eu/20mph-limits...

For the record:

Any #cssday folk still in Amsterdam up for food/drinks/discussing the shape of the web this evening?

Thanks for writing it!

And you’ll need to come join us at some point—it’s such a good conference (& the people are the best)

… dear gods of bsky: can we have post editing, please? I might possibly have gotten a little too used to it on masto, and it would save the amount of post-delete-repost cycles I go through 😆

Looking elsewhere - Robb Owen Against the backdrop of mass layoffs, LLMs, site-builders and vibe coding what does it mean to conscientiously build for the web, and where do we go from here?

Also, there were a few conversations at #cssday (not to mention Bruce’s closing keynote) that made me think of something my friend @robbowen.digital wrote recently.

I assume a lot of folk have already seen it, but for those that haven’t: robbowen.digital/wrote-about/...

To summarise the past couple days at #cssday for the bsky folks: wow! I expected it to be good, and I was very much not disappointed.
Also very glad that I’m also taking next week off so I can mess around with all this cool new stuff! :D

Will definitely be back next year, see y’all then!

YouTube video by f4mi Poisoning AI with ".аss" subtitles

I forget who I was talking to at #cssday yesterday about poisoning AI via YouTube subtitles, but here’s a video explaining how it works in any case :)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDF...

(I wonder if there’s a way of doing something similar on the web, but without completely screwing over AT users)

Small thread with links and examples from the talk today

nerdy.dev/cssday-2025

Back at my hotel after #cssday day 1: lots of notes of things I need to read up on/play with, and feeling pretty darn good about the web (again). Plus connecting with folk is always good.

Now sleep, then back for day two! #devLife #zzzzzz

Having a lovely time at #CSSDay - thank you all for following me into the weeds of value resolution!

My slides & demos are online: slides.oddbird.net/mixins/cssday/

… unfortunately, you might have just summarised humanity in a single sentence :/

(fortunately some folk are pretty rad in spite of everything)

(in case you’re curious, it’s because flags are … occasionally contentious, and some operating systems/apps/etc avoid said contention by just not showing flags full stop. Tech is fun!)

#CSSDay learning of the day:

"Hotpink goes harder!".
@miriam.codes

Also, those wanting to maximise their #FOMO and follow along through the medium of short-form posting, @joshtumath.uk will almost certainly be posting like a madman!

(also, there’re livestreams, but… y’know)

Back again! #cssday

(will be occasionally posting to Mastodon; if you see me come say hi! #notUnfriendlyJustShy)

Looking elsewhere - Robb Owen Against the backdrop of mass layoffs, LLMs, site-builders and vibe coding what does it mean to conscientiously build for the web, and where do we go from here?

Back when I was finding my feet in tech everybody was buzzing about building positive change. Somewhere along the way, something changed. Fortunately for us though, tech is not the first industry forced to defend itself against dubious practices.

What might we learn if we were to look elsewhere?

Hello. Your Jewish pal here. Antisemitism is becoming more difficult to define. This is deliberate and intended to alienate us from the oppressed people with whom we should be making common cause.
This - from the former Prime Minister of the UK, no less - is *dripping* with coded antisemitism.

I’ll admit that I’m guilty as charged for neglecting print styles on occasion, but you’d think this would be a user story somewhere…

(I sense a bit of a weekend project for whenever I next have some spare time. Expect a follow-up in 2028)