using this in a personal capacity https://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3mv6w6vpm422p📖 Gentleman Graphic Designer @hicks.design has made The Icon Handbook available to download for free! https://hicks.design/shop/the-icon-handbook/10 Sep 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6w6vpm422phttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3ml7mz5ebls2k“[…] #accessibility is the best creative brief you'll ever get. […] Accessibility gives us […] a set of challenges that force us to push past lazy solutions and find ideas that are smarter, sharper, fully inclusive, and more expansive.” —@uxlondon.bsky.social https://2026.uxlondon.com/speakers/piccia-neri/06 May 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7mz5ebls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3mk76eu45xk2mThanks to @zeldman.bsky.social and @alistapart.com for publishing my “Good designers, bad websites: a proposal” article. I quoted Aral Balkan, Jakob Nielsen, Sarah Horton, Whitney Quesenbery, @sloandr.bsky.social, @cennydd.com, @meyerweb.com and @saraannmarie.bsky.social to make myself sound smart! https://alistapart.com/article/good-designers-bad-websites-a-proposal/23 Apr 2026 23:34 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk76eu45xk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3mf3mnw7h7k2bTime for another #DigitalDeclutter, as Cal Newport outlined in #DigitalMinimalism. I’ll be off Bluesky — and other social media — until Easter. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3mnw7h7k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3me2p4vdtgs25@benterrett.bsky.social You might like this column from Joel Snape, Ben: it chimes with your “Advice: Sit at the front” blog post from April 2007! https://substack.com/home/post/p-18672286604 Feb 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2p4vdtgs25https://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3mbmwxluioc22@emcguane.bsky.social Hi, Elizabeth. I’ve added a link on my “Authors Apart“ webpage to your “Design by Definition“ book, to help spread the word. https://alandalton.github.io/Authors-Apart/#:~:text=Design%20by%20Definition04 Jan 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbmwxluioc22https://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3mbkng6si7c2ywonderfully written and vital article from @ladymissbarton.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jan 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkng6si7c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3lznbhecjks2p😑 This link will give you three free months of meditation on Waking Up! https://www.wakingup.com/redeem/WU7A-E8B7C5168C25 Sep 2025 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lznbhecjks2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3lzen7tpfvs2c—That guy is a woman’s man. —Should we talk to him? —He’s no time for that. —His music’s loud. —Yes, and his women are warm. —Sounds like a good life! —No; he’s been kicked around since he was born. —How do you know all of this? —Well, I can tell by the way he uses his walk.21 Sep 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzen7tpfvs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3lufpumw5kk2w“Audiobooks, screen readers, text-to-voice applications – anything can now be turned into robotic but perfectly intelligible audio within seconds. Admittedly, the experience of ‘reading’ in this way is different. […] But it’s still reading, of a kind.” —@hlinehan.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2025 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lufpumw5kk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3lns4t2wmck2b“[@matuzo.at] has too much respect for your intelligence to waste time trying to convince you of something you already know. You already know that #WebAccessibility is important.” —@adactio.com https://adactio.com/articles/2187627 Apr 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lns4t2wmck2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3ljljv7myvs2xTime for a #DigitalDeclutter, as Cal Newport outlined in #DigitalMinimalism: 1. Put aside 30 days for forgoing optional technologies. 2. During this period, explore meaningful activities. 3. Resume using technologies in a way that maximises their value for you. I’ll be off Bluesky until Easter.04 Mar 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljljv7myvs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3lhjysedubk2z“We’ve moved from humans learning to speak computer to computers learning to understand humans and I, for one, don’t want to go backwards, […]. Let’s make the computers figure out what we want, not the other way around.” —Luke Wroblewski https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?208506 Feb 2025 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjysedubk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3leuh6vvops2x“Given the boring magic of the original tap, it’s surprising that we frequently encounter taps today that are badly designed. Many of them are so unintuitive and complex it’s now common to see a set of A4 printed instructions next to a tap.” —@benterrett.bsky.social, @publicdigital.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jan 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3leuh6vvops2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alandalton.bsky.social/post/3leobsblmic2eHere’s a 30-day guest pass for “Waking Up”, in case you want to make meditation your New Year’s Resolution. https://dynamic.wakingup.com/guestpass/SC581BD2C01 Jan 2025 09:47 +0000at://did:plc:4gl3ijg4prqa66bprjjirnbi/app.bsky.feed.post/3leobsblmic2e