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Digital as it should be
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We love helping good people have greater impact by making digital products and services more accessible and sustainable.
The economy is tough on many right now, including our small business. But we believe that we can't afford business as usual.

We recently recertified with 1% for the Planet for another year, committing to donate the equivalent of 1% of gross sales in monetary and in-kind donations.
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Isn't every day you get to see your company printed on football club kit!

65% of Premier League clubs' main sponsors are gambling or airline companies. So, instead of sponsor logos, the Newark & Sherwood shirt reads "Supported by B Corps" along with the names of over 2,000 UK B Corps, including us!
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We re-certified as a B Corp! 🎉

The value of B Corp for us is having a robust framework that helps us learn and grow in a positive way. Re-certification is a chance to review practices and inform where to focus efforts in the coming years.

Read more:
digitalasitshouldbe.com/press/2025-0...

#BCorp
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Wonderful to witness yesterday the launch of big bunch of resources from the Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership for people working at the intersection of climate and disability.

More here:
bristolclimatenature.org/news/creatin...

#IntersectionalEnvironmentalism
Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership
We’re Bristol Climate and Nature Partnership, a unique network united by one vision: a zero-carbon, nature-rich, socially just future for our city.
bristolclimatenature.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"…the real question is not how long we live – it is how well we live. […] If designed inclusively, [Digital technologies] can help an older person stay connected, manage health, pursue lifelong learning, and continue contributing to society."
www.itu.int/hub/2025/10/...

#OlderPersonsDay
Digital inclusion is key to add life to our older years - ITU
Digital technologies can help older people stay connected, manage health, pursue lifelong learning, and continue contributing to society.
www.itu.int
October 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Looking forward to Green IO London next week, and meeting some people formerly only known as pixels! Come and say hi 👋

Oh, and I’ll have copies of Tom Greenwood’s book, Sustainable Web Design, to give away!
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just a couple of weeks until the next #PeoplePlanetPint in Weston-super-Mare on 3rd March, a place for people to get together over a drink and find out what's going on locally with sustainability.

Grab your free ticket (and a free drink if you're quick) here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weston-sup...
Weston-super-Mare - Small99's People, Planet, Pint™: Sustainability Meetup
Pop down to your local People Planet Pint meetup to find more about what's going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
30 years ago today, this interview with John Larkin was recorded along with a prog-jazz take on his biggest hit. You may know him as Scatman John. 🎶

Beyond the music, he raised awareness about stuttering, helping kids build confidence.

youtu.be/a6zciSkyIQk?...

#ScatmanJohn #SkiBaBopBaDopBop
Instagram @scatmanjohnlarkin / Scatman John RARE INTERVIEW + PERFORMANCE
YouTube video by Scatman John - Daily News from Scatland
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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‘Sustainability is no longer enough.’

“Aiming for 🌱 #Sustainability, however, is no longer enough. We need to seek a solution that heals as well as maintains … #RegenerativeDesign takes a significant step further.”

www.designweek.co.uk/sustainabili...
“Sustainability is no longer enough”
There can be few brands that don’t already have some kind of perspective on sustainability. Awareness of environmental issues has been growing for the past 10 years, and sustainability has been the…
www.designweek.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Do your devs know what an accessible name is, why it’s important, and how web browsers calculate it? This guide is worth reading to better understand names, visible labels, descriptions and related techniques.

www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/apg...

#DigitalAccessibility #WebAccessibility
Providing Accessible Names and Descriptions
Accessibility resources free online from the international standards organization: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
www.w3.org
December 19, 2024 at 5:30 PM
The next #PeoplePlanetPint in Weston-super-Mare is tomorrow evening (4 Dec), a place for people to get together over a drink and find out what's going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved.

Grab your free ticket here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weston-sup...
Weston-super-Mare - Small99's People, Planet, Pint™: Sustainability Meetup
Pop down to your local People Planet Pint meetup to find more about what's going on locally with sustainability and how you can get involved
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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For the accessibility people and developers: I just wrote a simple bookmarklet tool that tries to give a visual analogy for failing to code structural and semantic information into web pages:

codepen.io/dotjay/pen/V...

Open to suggestions.
Remove visual context bookmarklet
...
codepen.io
December 2, 2024 at 5:07 PM
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Looking forward to listening into this year’s Green Digital Accessibility conference in Barcelona over the next couple of days.

webs.uab.cat/gda/

#GDA2024
Green Digital Accessibility – Where Accessibility meets Sustainability
webs.uab.cat
December 2, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Last week, @dotjay.bsky.social gave a talk about the European Accessibility Act, and its impact on the mobile app space. Perhaps more importantly, he covered what you can do about it leading up to 28 June 2025 (when the Act comes into effect) and beyond.

PowerPoint: 
docs.google.com/presentation...
How the European Accessibility Act impacts your mobile apps - SWmobile.pptx
How the European Accessibility Act impacts mobile apps Generally, we steer clear of talking about legislation as a driver for doing accessibility Doing the right thing by granting people their human r...
docs.google.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:11 PM