Geri Reid
@gerireid.com
Everyone’s fave goth Mom.
Lead Accessibility Specialist at Just Eat. Design systems and associated nerdery. Be kind ❤️
gerireid.com
Lead Accessibility Specialist at Just Eat. Design systems and associated nerdery. Be kind ❤️
gerireid.com
Merry Christmas from Lake Taupo, New Zealand 🎄
Got up early to do the Parkrun round the lake with my big sis.
Got up early to do the Parkrun round the lake with my big sis.
December 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Merry Christmas from Lake Taupo, New Zealand 🎄
Got up early to do the Parkrun round the lake with my big sis.
Got up early to do the Parkrun round the lake with my big sis.
Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos:
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.
Don't leave the screen reader hungry - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
www.htmhell.dev
December 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Delighted to contribute to the HTMLHell advent calendar. I explained how screen readers don’t always announce what’s visually on screen - through the medium of burritos:
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.
www.htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Thanks to experts @matuzo.at and @hidde.blog for making sure the burrito was structurally sound.
Wrote a piece for the @zeroheight.com blog on annotating design system components for accessibility: zeroheight.com/blog/how-to-... #a11y
How to annotate design system components for accessibility - zeroheight
Geri Reid shares how accessibility annotations for design systems help teams document components, create reusable specs, and build inclusive products.
zeroheight.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Wrote a piece for the @zeroheight.com blog on annotating design system components for accessibility: zeroheight.com/blog/how-to-... #a11y
Another day in the accessibility trenches, pushing my woke font agenda.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Font of ‘wasteful’ diversity: Trump’s state department orders return to Times New Roman
A cable from Marco Rubio reportedly said cutting Calibri from official communication would ‘abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Another day in the accessibility trenches, pushing my woke font agenda.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Excellent deep-dive on understanding the dialog element from @sjoy.lol in today's #htmhellAdventCalendar:
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Discover Dialog - HTMHell
A collection of bad practices in HTML, copied from real websites.
htmhell.dev
December 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Excellent deep-dive on understanding the dialog element from @sjoy.lol in today's #htmhellAdventCalendar:
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
htmhell.dev/adventcalend...
Sending love to whoever I called a fanny this year. It was probably @amyhupe.bsky.social
@gerireid.com has swears! They've used 7 profanities in their last 551 posts.
🥇 "fanny" (1 times)
🥈 "bullshit" (1 times)
🥉 "fucked" (1 times)
🥇 "fanny" (1 times)
🥈 "bullshit" (1 times)
🥉 "fucked" (1 times)
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Sending love to whoever I called a fanny this year. It was probably @amyhupe.bsky.social
@profanity.accountant Mom here is so sweaky clean she wagers it's a zero.
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
@profanity.accountant Mom here is so sweaky clean she wagers it's a zero.
The accessibility insights I’ve learned from this calendar are better than chocolate #a11y
It's December 1st, which means that throughout the entire month you should reserve 5-10 minutes every day to read a fantastic article about HTML. ❤️🔥
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
Check out what's hidden behind the first door.
htmhell.dev/adventcalendar
December 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The accessibility insights I’ve learned from this calendar are better than chocolate #a11y
If winter’s feeling a bit much, this podcast is a gentle listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Early morning light and vitamin D seem to be keeping me upright so far ❄️
Early morning light and vitamin D seem to be keeping me upright so far ❄️
BBC Sounds - Winter Well - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Winter Well on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If winter’s feeling a bit much, this podcast is a gentle listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
Early morning light and vitamin D seem to be keeping me upright so far ❄️
Early morning light and vitamin D seem to be keeping me upright so far ❄️
Reposted by Geri Reid
There’s a big sale on for a week @rosenfeldmedia.com, including on my book “Surveys That Work”
If you’ve wondered about buying it, here you go
rosenfeldmedia.com/books/survey...
If you’ve wondered about buying it, here you go
rosenfeldmedia.com/books/survey...
Surveys That Work By Caroline Jarrett
Design better surveys with Surveys That Work. A practical guide to reducing errors and getting accurate results through a seven-step process.
rosenfeldmedia.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There’s a big sale on for a week @rosenfeldmedia.com, including on my book “Surveys That Work”
If you’ve wondered about buying it, here you go
rosenfeldmedia.com/books/survey...
If you’ve wondered about buying it, here you go
rosenfeldmedia.com/books/survey...
Always admire Set Studio’s integrity and the way Piccalilli pays it forward to the community. Show them some love this Black Friday 💛
A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛
bell.bz/its-been-a-v...
It’s been a very hard year - Andy Bell
Unlike a lot of places in tech, my company, Set Studio/Piccalilli has no outside funding. Bootstrapped is what the LinkedIn people say, I think. It’s been a hard year this year. A very hard year...
bell.bz
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Always admire Set Studio’s integrity and the way Piccalilli pays it forward to the community. Show them some love this Black Friday 💛
If you enjoyed @scott.is's book, this is your next treat. A proper deep dive into designing for real humans. Worth snapping up while there's a discount 🎀
Mindful Design is here!
You get the exact same deal as our Black Friday deal, so if you buy Mindful Design for £189, you can get JavaScript for Everyone or Complete CSS for only £124.50
That's a massive £184.50 saving off their full price for 2 premium courses!
piccalilli.link/md-launch-so...
You get the exact same deal as our Black Friday deal, so if you buy Mindful Design for £189, you can get JavaScript for Everyone or Complete CSS for only £124.50
That's a massive £184.50 saving off their full price for 2 premium courses!
piccalilli.link/md-launch-so...
Mindful Design
A high quality, expansive video course that will elevate your design skills to a level you never thought was achievable.
piccalilli.link
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
If you enjoyed @scott.is's book, this is your next treat. A proper deep dive into designing for real humans. Worth snapping up while there's a discount 🎀
If you’re after accessibility training, this is the one to do. Our engineers ran it as a group session, watching a section each week, then coming together to discuss. Incredible value for the amount of content packed in #a11y
📣 Hear hear! The biggest savings on the Practical Accessibility course start *today*—for a limited time only.
Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
Starting today, you can get the course for 30% off — that's $279 instead of $399. The discounted price excludes sales tax that may be applied depending on where you are buying from.
The Practical Accessibility Course
A get-right-down-to-it online course for Web designers and developers who want to start creating more accessible Web user interfaces and digital products today
practical-accessibility.today
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If you’re after accessibility training, this is the one to do. Our engineers ran it as a group session, watching a section each week, then coming together to discuss. Incredible value for the amount of content packed in #a11y
Reposted by Geri Reid
Really enjoyed this post by @gerireid.com
It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI.
Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required.
gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...
It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI.
Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required.
gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...
Can AI write accessibility specs?
I wrote a prompt to help me write accessibility specs for components. Then had an existential crisis.
gerireid.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Really enjoyed this post by @gerireid.com
It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI.
Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required.
gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...
It felt accurate for what I've experienced from designers coming to me with specs written by AI.
Designers may learn what they should include, but the specs tend to lack the contextual awareness or accuracy required.
gerireid.com/blog/can-ai-...
Good use of your training budget 👇
Our Black Friday deals are simple this year: save £60 on *all courses* and everyone who buys a course during this period will be given a coupon code that they can use to get a 50% discount off future course purchases at any time.
Deals start on November 25 and run for 2 weeks!
Deals start on November 25 and run for 2 weeks!
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Good use of your training budget 👇
I have spent all afternoon trying to fix some broken animation with reduce motion setting on 🙈
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I have spent all afternoon trying to fix some broken animation with reduce motion setting on 🙈
Tickets to the last ever All Day Hey! have been released. This is a lovely cozy conference where you meet great people. Buy early!
🚨 Announcing All Day Hey! 2026. Celebrating ten years of the conference. The final one. Let's go!
A curated conference for curious developers, designers, and technology leaders.
A curated conference for curious developers, designers, and technology leaders.
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Tickets to the last ever All Day Hey! have been released. This is a lovely cozy conference where you meet great people. Buy early!
I’ve missed @monteiro.bsky.social’s talks 🧡
If you have some downtime this weekend, recommend his thoughtful take on creativity and AI: youtu.be/zH2dFXDMwe4
If you have some downtime this weekend, recommend his thoughtful take on creativity and AI: youtu.be/zH2dFXDMwe4
Y Oslo - How to draw an orange, Mike Monteiro
YouTube video by Y Oslo
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I’ve missed @monteiro.bsky.social’s talks 🧡
If you have some downtime this weekend, recommend his thoughtful take on creativity and AI: youtu.be/zH2dFXDMwe4
If you have some downtime this weekend, recommend his thoughtful take on creativity and AI: youtu.be/zH2dFXDMwe4
Some great advice from kind people in this thread on how to stay positive in winter ❄️
Like many neurodivergent people, I struggle at this time of year when it gets dark and cold. Does anyone have stuff that helps them they recommend? I try to trick my brain by finding joy in blankets, candles, books and cozy things. It sort of helps but my mental health still declines every winter.
November 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Some great advice from kind people in this thread on how to stay positive in winter ❄️
Like many neurodivergent people, I struggle at this time of year when it gets dark and cold. Does anyone have stuff that helps them they recommend? I try to trick my brain by finding joy in blankets, candles, books and cozy things. It sort of helps but my mental health still declines every winter.
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Like many neurodivergent people, I struggle at this time of year when it gets dark and cold. Does anyone have stuff that helps them they recommend? I try to trick my brain by finding joy in blankets, candles, books and cozy things. It sort of helps but my mental health still declines every winter.
Reposted by Geri Reid
AS IF I snuck this episode of Systems of Harm out yesterday without posting about it - but 90% of the design systems community was at Converge.
This week’s guest is none other than @bradfrost.com (‼️) talking about design systems and ADHD.
Apple: apple.co/4qQfR50
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB
This week’s guest is none other than @bradfrost.com (‼️) talking about design systems and ADHD.
Apple: apple.co/4qQfR50
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB
Design systems and ADHD with Brad Frost
Podcast Episode · Systems of Harm · 30/10/2025 · 1h
apple.co
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
AS IF I snuck this episode of Systems of Harm out yesterday without posting about it - but 90% of the design systems community was at Converge.
This week’s guest is none other than @bradfrost.com (‼️) talking about design systems and ADHD.
Apple: apple.co/4qQfR50
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB
This week’s guest is none other than @bradfrost.com (‼️) talking about design systems and ADHD.
Apple: apple.co/4qQfR50
RSS: bit.ly/43gtLkB
Props to @lurkmoophy.bsky.social and the @zeroheight.com crew for such a fun Converge. Highlight was Natalya Shelburne's uplifting talk and relatable aesthetic 🔮
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Props to @lurkmoophy.bsky.social and the @zeroheight.com crew for such a fun Converge. Highlight was Natalya Shelburne's uplifting talk and relatable aesthetic 🔮
Spring Geri always leaves Autumn Geri something in her big coat pocket to find and delight in. This morning I received £5 and a stale chocolate from an Indian restaurant #winning
October 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Spring Geri always leaves Autumn Geri something in her big coat pocket to find and delight in. This morning I received £5 and a stale chocolate from an Indian restaurant #winning
Watching this has improved my day by about 100% @lurkmoophy.bsky.social
We also released a very silly music video for it that was super fun to make www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofby...
Brutalligators - Train Wreck [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Brutalligators
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Watching this has improved my day by about 100% @lurkmoophy.bsky.social
This week felt like chaos, found the common denominator.
October 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This week felt like chaos, found the common denominator.