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RobW

@RobW@iosdev.space

iOS development, macOS development and accessibility adjacent hominid 🦻
Former UFC middleweight champion

I post nothing of any value to anyone: stream of consciousness, bad opinions, frustrations, playlists that no one else will listen to.

My opinions are those of your employer.

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The lockdown project for one of my parents neighbours was to build a scale model of the lake district from Lego. It’s now in the local museum.

Jyoti, to ElectronicMusic
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If you're involved in electronic music-making and you're not white, please DM me on here.

I've just been watching loads of #SuperBooth footage and was aghast at how overwhelmingly white the whole thing is. I've seen more diversity at EDL marches.

So, I'm gonna try and do something about it. And the first thing is organising.

#Diversity #ElectronicMusic #Synthesizer #MusicProduction #DrumMachines

RobW,
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@Jyoti I had been thinking similarly recently. I listen to a lot of electronic music, and it’s almost entirely male and white. I’d really like to expand that a little.

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@cawhitworth @Jyoti I’m a big fan of Loraine James.

RobW, to accessibility
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Detection of Flashing Lights in Video Content
Open source code from Apple.
https://github.com/apple/VideoFlashingReduction

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Flu is the reason I’m deaf, amongst many other long term health issues and side effects. So be selfish, and get a flu vaccine.

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With Xcode 15 you can perform accessibility audits on your app from your existing UI tests meaning this is a real painless way to help increase the accessibility in your app.
Use these as an aid to help you discover potential accessibility regressions to take a closer look at. Automated testing never replaces testing with assistive technologies.

https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/10035

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Last year I got to spend a few months working on the coolest project I’ve ever been part of. The already incredible iOS view debug tool, Reveal, will now automatically help you detect possible accessibility issues.
I’m so excited you now get to try it out.
https://indieapps.space/@reveal/111242597177025774

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Why are there even gendered divisions in Chess? How do your genitals affect your ability to think about moving some toy horses?

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Today’s grumpy old man opinion:
Search bars that aren’t actually search bars but buttons that take you to a new screen are bad.

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This one is specifically for whoever built the ‘you wouldn’t’ meme generator.

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Employers seem really keen to promote staff wellness, but I’ve never once seen one of these guides suggest an afternoon nap, so I don’t think we can take them seriously.

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When the queen died the crown passed to Charles via HeirDrop.

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A huge thank you to the many hundreds of my incredibly talented colleagues for all the amazing work that we’ll get to see today.

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Fwiw, getting started on mastodon is really difficult. Despite what the ultras say.
I have a decent feed because I was motivated, and made liberal use of twitter api tools which are no longer available. Discoverability is essentially impossible

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My book is 40% off with code FALL40.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4842-5814-9

For the avoidance of doubt, no one has ever endorsed this book in any way, especially not me or any current or former employers or clients. That probably covers it?

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That Microsoft considered protecting DRM content before protecting users in their new keylogger really shouldn’t be shocking, but somehow was. Classic capitalism.

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In a move that will surprise no one, there has clearly been zero thought of the abusive partner scenario for this feature. Not only that, I can’t envisage a way the feature can be made safe for someone in an abusive/controlling relationship.

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Another shocking thing for me in Microsoft’s statement is the phrase “when sites do not follow standard internet protocols like cloaking password entry”.
The ability to optionally show the content of a password field is an accessibility feature. Microsoft is saying here that if you have a cognitive impairment then it’s your own fault if you get your passwords stolen.

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Them: Pointer control on iPadOS isn’t an accessibility feature.
Me: https://www.augmental.tech/

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Just watched a Thor movie and it struck me how wild it is that we’re still making contemporary stories about characters that were created thousands of years ago.
What’s the oldest character(s) we still make contemporary fiction about? Jesus? Are there contemporary stories of Greek gods? Anything older?

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Sharing a ride through the mountains always makes me panic.
I have carpool tunnel syndrome.

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Alt text because this is the absolute stupidest shit I’ve ever read, and I can just picture the exact person who thinks this is their rule for life.

Screenshot of a tweet: The same boiling water that makes an egg turn hard will make a potato soft. You need to dictate your environment and don't let the environment dictate you.
https://bird.makeup/users/sumbitches/statuses/1791112067530817946

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In the middle of studio tidying / soldering XLRs, this song assassinated me:
https://youtu.be/nykWr50KeUU?si=ovjbROpzWRiZNadG

RobW,
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@Jyoti She’s very good at lyrics.

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