AI x Accessibility Builder & Strategist. Author. Speaker. Teacher. #Woodworking for fun; https://feather.ca/bskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mwogkx2lgk2wOverwhelm. When I interviewed accessibility pros, I heard that word again and again. In tomorrow's newsletter I'll share my thoughts on overwhelm, my theories on why it happens in the accessibility field, and some strategies that work for me. feather.ca/bsky/tofo https://feather.ca/x/tofo29 Sep 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwogkx2lgk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvvoi2cshq2lI'm spending more time in terminal as I build out projects and get them running on their own. I used non-deterministic Claude to help me create a deterministic mini-dashboard of sorts for getting a run-down of status on where I am with each project.19 Sep 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvoi2cshq2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvvc5fuqss2dOur dog... a mini cockapoo. He's very smart, energetic, and playful. And... he appears to like the camera :) We're just back from the final class of his puppy program. It was just as much "new puppy owner training" than it was "puppy training" and that was a perfect mindset shift/reframe.19 Sep 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvvc5fuqss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvspxnt3wz2aYour CMS is an authoring tool. Your Design System is an authoring tool. Your AI is an authoring tool, and you likely use it to create additional authoring tools. Your authoring tools need to be accessible, and facilitate the creation of accessible output. www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/ https://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG20/18 Sep 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvspxnt3wz2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvr5ji2jn22tI swear... I keep coming up with ways of working in Claude Code that addresses something it doesn't do natively. Within a week, Anthropic releases something that effectively replaces it. I'm accepting that it means: a) I was on the right track, and b) I learned valuable lessons while building.18 Sep 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvr5ji2jn22thttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvr2vk6ugs2tWhen I ask my agents "What's next?" it answers in 1 of 2 altitudes: High: "You have 4 other sessions running A, B, C, and D. Your highest priority is B, so that's next." OR Low: "We're paused on X in this session since hh:mm. Want me to pick it up?" I nearly always want the other altitude 🤷18 Sep 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvr2vk6ugs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvqcd4wm7k2lQuick Accessibility Tip: Keyboard. Keyboard. Keyboard. Want to have a massive impact on accessibility for your product, right away? Do sprint demos/reviews with a keyboard only. No mouse. #accessibility #ProductManagement #a11y #inclusion17 Sep 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqcd4wm7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvpscl2eb62lIf you're at the beginning of your journey on accessibility, remember that everyone else is too. Even people that have been doing accessibility work for the last 20+ years... They are still at the beginning of their journey. #accessibility #AlwaysBeLearning #a11y #inclusion17 Sep 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpscl2eb62lhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvpjenhzfo2aToday's newsletter is focused on a HUGE challenge: being an accessibility Team of One. I'll include Star Wars references, share what Yoda told Luke, and give you my best thoughts on how to thrive when you're... Solo. feather.ca/bsky/tofo17 Sep 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpjenhzfo2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mvdp5ol6jr2fIf you are in Apple's ecosystem and you replace a computer named "ABC MacBook Pro" make sure that you DO NOT let your replacement computer also be called "ABC MacBook Pro" The headaches are plentiful, painful, and seemingly perpetual.12 Sep 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdp5ol6jr2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3mup7kxgfx52lPpl have asked me to do "tear down" videos for accessibility. I recorded one with a friend the other day; it wasn't a "tear down" but more of a "build up" I'm leaning "build up" but maybe it's too nuanced and subtle a difference to matter? What do you think? #accessibility #videos #OverThinking04 Sep 2026 14:49 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup7kxgfx52lhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3munsqxnghg27I don't think anyone is talking about the impact of READING very clearly AI generated prose that is soooooo difficult to decode. The passive voice, the AI constructions and hyphenated-invented-tokenized-terms, and the complexity of what it writes. It's REALLY hard work to read.04 Sep 2026 01:28 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3munsqxnghg27https://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3muljngaj6x22Through the entire history of the web... as it morphed from a "utility" into an industry... we've been creating tools and systems that promise to make things faster, more efficient, as we also added complexity. Accessibility has been in the same role for pretty much that entire journey.03 Sep 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3muljngaj6x22https://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3muj2k4aavs2lWhat's different here than on LinkedIn? What makes this place unique? How do I even bluesky? All questions I have and will only be able to answer with time.02 Sep 2026 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3muj2k4aavs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3muiwemacka2xI'm mining my corpus... as one does, and here's what I'm finding: AI continues to be confused when an older method appears "obsoleted" when there are more modern methods to use. Particularly when the older method still works.02 Sep 2026 02:49 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3muiwemacka2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3lhwyo5yu4s2hFor the past 2.5 weeks I’ve been finalizing renovations to sell our house. I’m surrounded by mini-case studies waiting to be written up about sub-optimal behaviours/implementations that create loads of unintended consequences & inefficiencies to be grappled with later, slowing everything down.12 Feb 2025 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwyo5yu4s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/feather.ca/post/3lhwu7pg7ts2iEverywhere I look on socials there’s… a build up of trash. Maybe it’s different here? Maybe it isn’t. I’m not saying much in this post, I realize. This was really about breaking the inertia of not posting.11 Feb 2025 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:z2eixceuxthqa4tfuscvu7dn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhwu7pg7ts2i