Hidde
@hidde.blog
Into front-end, web accessibility and tech ethics.
Currently working on web standards at Dutch gov. I'm also on the W3C's Advisory Board.
Blogger at hidde.blog, reader/concert goer at log.hidde.blog, speaker at talks.hiddedevries.nl.
Currently working on web standards at Dutch gov. I'm also on the W3C's Advisory Board.
Blogger at hidde.blog, reader/concert goer at log.hidde.blog, speaker at talks.hiddedevries.nl.
#TPAC2025 is also a great opportunity to run into former colleagues and take serious photos with them. Here's Marie-Clarie of W3C developers
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
#TPAC2025 is also a great opportunity to run into former colleagues and take serious photos with them. Here's Marie-Clarie of W3C developers
Kassa Overall at Bird was brilliant, his new album has 8 jazz interpretations of classic hiphop tracks. #CheckTheRhyme
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Kassa Overall at Bird was brilliant, his new album has 8 jazz interpretations of classic hiphop tracks. #CheckTheRhyme
Carbon accounting and their position in the GHG standards groups allows Big Tech to justify their discourse, explains Valentina Ochner.
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Carbon accounting and their position in the GHG standards groups allows Big Tech to justify their discourse, explains Valentina Ochner.
Stavanger has good rainbows
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Stavanger has good rainbows
enjoyed this sign on the exit door of a cinema I visited this week
September 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
enjoyed this sign on the exit door of a cinema I visited this week
love how easy it is to add fonts to Kobo's ereaders. Currently trying out Libre Baskerville.
tips for affordable and good reading fonts welcomed
tips for affordable and good reading fonts welcomed
August 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
love how easy it is to add fonts to Kobo's ereaders. Currently trying out Libre Baskerville.
tips for affordable and good reading fonts welcomed
tips for affordable and good reading fonts welcomed
case in point: I just had a GitHub issue page not load issues because of some failing GraphQL fetch causing an error in some React component.
They used to just load these from the server. But sure, they didn't want to stifle innovation.
They used to just load these from the server. But sure, they didn't want to stifle innovation.
August 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
case in point: I just had a GitHub issue page not load issues because of some failing GraphQL fetch causing an error in some React component.
They used to just load these from the server. But sure, they didn't want to stifle innovation.
They used to just load these from the server. But sure, they didn't want to stifle innovation.
we went for a walk in the Alps, and met this guy on the road
July 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
we went for a walk in the Alps, and met this guy on the road
brb is a good name for a train company
July 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
brb is a good name for a train company
📺 Video of my talk at CSS Day is up! It covers how to reduce climate impact at work (if you work in tech)
you can watch it on Conffab, courtesy of @johnfallsopp.com conffab.com/presentation...
you can watch it on Conffab, courtesy of @johnfallsopp.com conffab.com/presentation...
July 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📺 Video of my talk at CSS Day is up! It covers how to reduce climate impact at work (if you work in tech)
you can watch it on Conffab, courtesy of @johnfallsopp.com conffab.com/presentation...
you can watch it on Conffab, courtesy of @johnfallsopp.com conffab.com/presentation...
I do enjoy the bilinguality of signs here, the French words suddenly click when I see them on the same sign with their Dutch counterpart.
axe rouge, rode as. l'industrie, nijverheid. km is harmonised.
axe rouge, rode as. l'industrie, nijverheid. km is harmonised.
July 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I do enjoy the bilinguality of signs here, the French words suddenly click when I see them on the same sign with their Dutch counterpart.
axe rouge, rode as. l'industrie, nijverheid. km is harmonised.
axe rouge, rode as. l'industrie, nijverheid. km is harmonised.
as someone whose profession is in (arguing about) naming things, metro station names fascinate me. How do they make them so short and clean?
This one, in Brussels, is named Arts-Law (it's at the crossing of arts street and law street)
This one, in Brussels, is named Arts-Law (it's at the crossing of arts street and law street)
July 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
as someone whose profession is in (arguing about) naming things, metro station names fascinate me. How do they make them so short and clean?
This one, in Brussels, is named Arts-Law (it's at the crossing of arts street and law street)
This one, in Brussels, is named Arts-Law (it's at the crossing of arts street and law street)
Little Simz at the Royal Festival Hall was incredible.
Live band, Chineke orchestra, Obongjayar, Miraa May, Wretch 32… old and new music, it's creatively such a wide range.
Live band, Chineke orchestra, Obongjayar, Miraa May, Wretch 32… old and new music, it's creatively such a wide range.
June 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Little Simz at the Royal Festival Hall was incredible.
Live band, Chineke orchestra, Obongjayar, Miraa May, Wretch 32… old and new music, it's creatively such a wide range.
Live band, Chineke orchestra, Obongjayar, Miraa May, Wretch 32… old and new music, it's creatively such a wide range.
a good hotel cat for your timeline #CSSDay #CatsOfBluesky
June 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
a good hotel cat for your timeline #CSSDay #CatsOfBluesky
“Ethics aside, what I like about generative AI…” will be even harder to say for people who have read Empire of AI.
Top notch reporting on the good, the bad and the colonialist and disaster capitalist aspects of generative AI and large language models. For ethics you need facts. The evil is banal.
Top notch reporting on the good, the bad and the colonialist and disaster capitalist aspects of generative AI and large language models. For ethics you need facts. The evil is banal.
June 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
“Ethics aside, what I like about generative AI…” will be even harder to say for people who have read Empire of AI.
Top notch reporting on the good, the bad and the colonialist and disaster capitalist aspects of generative AI and large language models. For ethics you need facts. The evil is banal.
Top notch reporting on the good, the bad and the colonialist and disaster capitalist aspects of generative AI and large language models. For ethics you need facts. The evil is banal.
The web was always intended for blogging (source: www.w3.org/History/1992...)
May 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The web was always intended for blogging (source: www.w3.org/History/1992...)
I could, but won't, live post all of AI Con.
It very clearly explains why human language is different from synthetic text, and this is inherent.
It very clearly explains why human language is different from synthetic text, and this is inherent.
May 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I could, but won't, live post all of AI Con.
It very clearly explains why human language is different from synthetic text, and this is inherent.
It very clearly explains why human language is different from synthetic text, and this is inherent.
this morning my preorder of The AI Con arrived, I can't wait to read more!
May 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
this morning my preorder of The AI Con arrived, I can't wait to read more!
2020: $deliveryDate = $sentDate + 1;
2025: “The mentioned period is a prediction based on AI”
2025: “The mentioned period is a prediction based on AI”
May 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
2020: $deliveryDate = $sentDate + 1;
2025: “The mentioned period is a prediction based on AI”
2025: “The mentioned period is a prediction based on AI”
They printed my article in the Service Gazette that was published for the International User Needs First conference in Amsterdam 🎉
Full text available on my blog: hidde.blog/five-ways-gr...
Full text available on my blog: hidde.blog/five-ways-gr...
April 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM
They printed my article in the Service Gazette that was published for the International User Needs First conference in Amsterdam 🎉
Full text available on my blog: hidde.blog/five-ways-gr...
Full text available on my blog: hidde.blog/five-ways-gr...
took all your banana suggestions to a talk i did tonight, cheers everyone.
March 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
took all your banana suggestions to a talk i did tonight, cheers everyone.
loved hearing Michael Mayo's awesome creativity with @nvreez.bsky.social yesterday!
March 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
loved hearing Michael Mayo's awesome creativity with @nvreez.bsky.social yesterday!