Introducing WCAG for humans: the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines manually summarised on one page in 7 practical themes: AndrewHick.com/humans ♿️ Feedback welcome! Many thanks to Martin Glancy for reviewing the draft and @tempertemper.bsky.social for the initial inspiration. #accessibility #wcag

There's no "why" in AI. It's getting better at reading an image to predict its alt text - but can't yet know why the image is there. Is this cat here for comedy, or is the bed for sale?

Check your auto generated alt text before publishing! (That's my #AI hot take quota for this year) #accessibility

Enjoy colours and accessible design? Here’s a mosaic of 262 curated colours inspired by art, nature, travel and culture. They’re in rough rainbow order, and text is black or white depending on which has the best contrast. AndrewHick.com/colour 🌈 #colour #color #noAI

Loved speaking at Service Design Bristol yesterday on making services accessible. Slides are on AndrewHick.com/sdb . Nicely organised and the prototyping talk really got me thinking too. Photos: James Reece.

New blog post! Our accessibility audit of the UK Met Office's weather forecast app, what we learnt along the way and the positive impact of monitoring on an already strong app 🌦️ accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2025/01/14/a... #accessibility #a11y #mobile

With Wolf Hall coming to an end on the BBC I thought I'd post an old birthday card I made for my mum several years ago - Thomas Cromwell meets Che Guevara. #VivaLaReformacion

Recently added a colour switcher and support for reduced motion to AndrewHick.com . Feedback welcome, bonus points if you know what the low contrast mode is inspired by. Thanks so much to @5t3ph.bsky.social and Elvis Ansima for the easy to follow code!

Which icon would best denote ideas from humans (not AI?)

1. brain which is also a face having an idea
2. heart and crossbones
3. friendly light bulb
4. DNA helix H (for human?)

This would help celebrate human creativity, like an "organic" label, but for ideas. #AI #RealIntelligence

Mapa WCAG 2.2 - por tema - en español! Web Content Accessibility Guidelines transport style map translated to Spanish with the help of the amazing Carmen Ruiz Seco. Full maps and description: AndrewHick.com/wcag-es 🇪🇸 #accessibildad #wcag

Access All Areas: all level AAA criteria from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in an underground-style map. Full map and description on AndrewHick.com/aaa . Feedback always welcome! 🚇 #accessibility #wcag #aaa #transport #map

Version 2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines map by theme: line labels have improved contrast, principles as "zones" and one more interchange. Better/worse? Feedback always welcome. Full map and description: AndrewHick.com/wcag #accessibility #a11y #wcag

I love making maps, so here's an underground-style map of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (2.2 AA), grouped by practical theme for testing. Full description on AndrewHick.com/wcag . Suggestions welcome! 🗺️ #accessibility #underground #map

Currently working on a Web Content Accessibility Guidelines tube map to group similar themes. This may or may not be a good idea (a text alternative will of course be available). Worth progressing with? #accessibility

Simple things you can do to understand the importance of digital accessibility this #GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) - a useful blog post from Richard Morton @accessibleweb.bsky.social : accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/16/c... ⌨️

A drawing from a recent trip to San Gimignano - a fantastical medieval city surrounded by beautiful countryside. More drawings: AndrewHick.com/art

Hmm, maybe this second hand children's book for my daughter wasn't the best representation of a diverse world of work 🤔

Hello! 👋🏻 Starting things off with a recent blog post on how we test mobile apps against standards which were written for the web. Includes one floofy cat. accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2023/10/18/h... #accessibility #a11y