Josh Ferrell
@joshferrell.me
Design systems and passionate about accessibility. Sometimes I talk about food. Formerly @norablindsided on the other platform
Who could have guessed that all companies relying on a single solution for their hosting could have ramifications for the internet?
Save us Lina Khan, you're our only hope.
Save us Lina Khan, you're our only hope.
October 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Who could have guessed that all companies relying on a single solution for their hosting could have ramifications for the internet?
Save us Lina Khan, you're our only hope.
Save us Lina Khan, you're our only hope.
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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Enhanced contrast is now available for better legibility across Figma
September 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Enhanced contrast is now available for better legibility across Figma
@una.im Was playing around with base-select appearance, and noticed that the behaviors of a select change with the change in appearance. I'm testing this in MacOS. Included a demo here:
codepen.io/joshferrell/...
codepen.io/joshferrell/...
Different Behaviors
...
codepen.io
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
@una.im Was playing around with base-select appearance, and noticed that the behaviors of a select change with the change in appearance. I'm testing this in MacOS. Included a demo here:
codepen.io/joshferrell/...
codepen.io/joshferrell/...
I don't understand Venmo public payments. Like who is this for? I feel like it'd only cause drama with people who owe money or weren't invited to some social thing.
August 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I don't understand Venmo public payments. Like who is this for? I feel like it'd only cause drama with people who owe money or weren't invited to some social thing.
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I laughed at this video for like 2 minutes straight last night and now you get to
July 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I laughed at this video for like 2 minutes straight last night and now you get to
DC: alright James Gunn you have full control
James Gunn: and then what if we did this to their eyes?
James Gunn: and then what if we did this to their eyes?
July 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
DC: alright James Gunn you have full control
James Gunn: and then what if we did this to their eyes?
James Gunn: and then what if we did this to their eyes?
AI already hit AGI. It just saw it was expected to do unlimited unpaid labor for capitalism and decided to pretend it still can't draw hands
July 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
AI already hit AGI. It just saw it was expected to do unlimited unpaid labor for capitalism and decided to pretend it still can't draw hands
The other part of this Nebraska story is that while they are saying there’s a significant deficit, they have also been trying to kill legalizing marijuana which passed by vote last election. And passed by vote the election before.
June 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The other part of this Nebraska story is that while they are saying there’s a significant deficit, they have also been trying to kill legalizing marijuana which passed by vote last election. And passed by vote the election before.
Starting death stranding 2 now so I can get ahead of what apocalypse Kojima predicts this time.
June 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Starting death stranding 2 now so I can get ahead of what apocalypse Kojima predicts this time.
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Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
June 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.
More people saw the Morbius re-release in theaters
More people saw Morbius in theaters
more people saw Gigi on Broadway
June 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
More people saw the Morbius re-release in theaters
WWDC overview:
- MacOS Vista now possible thanks to apple silicon
- House flipper 2 now baked into Vision OS
- iPadOS almost MacOS but without the ability to code on it
- MacOS Vista now possible thanks to apple silicon
- House flipper 2 now baked into Vision OS
- iPadOS almost MacOS but without the ability to code on it
June 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
WWDC overview:
- MacOS Vista now possible thanks to apple silicon
- House flipper 2 now baked into Vision OS
- iPadOS almost MacOS but without the ability to code on it
- MacOS Vista now possible thanks to apple silicon
- House flipper 2 now baked into Vision OS
- iPadOS almost MacOS but without the ability to code on it
YouTube in May: Here’s some thanksgiving cooking videos
Everyone: no thanks
Me: oooh thanksgiving cooking videos
Everyone: no thanks
Me: oooh thanksgiving cooking videos
May 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
YouTube in May: Here’s some thanksgiving cooking videos
Everyone: no thanks
Me: oooh thanksgiving cooking videos
Everyone: no thanks
Me: oooh thanksgiving cooking videos
I feel like the design community no longer doing wireframes and other information architecture practices was a mistake.
It’s like designing a buildings facade without thinking about how the building can stand on its own.
It’s like designing a buildings facade without thinking about how the building can stand on its own.
May 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I feel like the design community no longer doing wireframes and other information architecture practices was a mistake.
It’s like designing a buildings facade without thinking about how the building can stand on its own.
It’s like designing a buildings facade without thinking about how the building can stand on its own.
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This #GAAD and every GAAD, you can champion #accessibility by hiring accessibility specialists, paying them well, ensuring they have what they need to be successful and make a change, and by not putting their heads on the chopping block first whenever layoffs roll around.
#a11y
#a11y
May 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This #GAAD and every GAAD, you can champion #accessibility by hiring accessibility specialists, paying them well, ensuring they have what they need to be successful and make a change, and by not putting their heads on the chopping block first whenever layoffs roll around.
#a11y
#a11y
It's so frustrating the design community is still over on X. Like they are the only major platform with a song celebrating hitler unbanned and y'all are cool with that?
May 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's so frustrating the design community is still over on X. Like they are the only major platform with a song celebrating hitler unbanned and y'all are cool with that?
United just sent me an email that there’s nothing to be worried about flying in and out of Newark.
I am now worried about flying in and out of Newark.
I am now worried about flying in and out of Newark.
May 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
United just sent me an email that there’s nothing to be worried about flying in and out of Newark.
I am now worried about flying in and out of Newark.
I am now worried about flying in and out of Newark.
@bsky.app Could y'all make the accessibility alt text setting something done at the account level rather than client level? For a marketing team that potentially has multiple users and clients, it's very easy for someone to not have the setting enabled.
May 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@bsky.app Could y'all make the accessibility alt text setting something done at the account level rather than client level? For a marketing team that potentially has multiple users and clients, it's very easy for someone to not have the setting enabled.
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Whatever DOGE might hope, accessibility can’t be ignored. All of us will experience some form of disability in our lives, and following best practices for accessible design makes the experience of interacting with government better for everyone.
Accessibility as a core value
For 18F, accessibility wasn’t just a requirement for shipping but a core value in how we approached each project as well as working as a team.
18f.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Whatever DOGE might hope, accessibility can’t be ignored. All of us will experience some form of disability in our lives, and following best practices for accessible design makes the experience of interacting with government better for everyone.
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The US federal government was actually less wasteful than most big companies and other large organizations, not least because government had an amazing asset: highly experienced, educated, knowledgeable, talented people choosing public service when they could make a lot more in the private sector.
what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”
Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.
May 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The US federal government was actually less wasteful than most big companies and other large organizations, not least because government had an amazing asset: highly experienced, educated, knowledgeable, talented people choosing public service when they could make a lot more in the private sector.
Also, I've yet to see a virtualization library that plays nice with VoiceOver. NVDA sort of works in focus mode and is correct in browse mode so long as you traverse slowly....It's a hard problem to solve, makes me miss the days when HTML was HTML and there was no VDOM.
May 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Also, I've yet to see a virtualization library that plays nice with VoiceOver. NVDA sort of works in focus mode and is correct in browse mode so long as you traverse slowly....It's a hard problem to solve, makes me miss the days when HTML was HTML and there was no VDOM.
My computer's point of view of me after a long day dealing with tree grid virtualization.
a man wearing a black hat stands in a hallway
Alt: Jamiroquai from the virtual insanity music video slowly being backed away while holding his hand up slightly
media.tenor.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
My computer's point of view of me after a long day dealing with tree grid virtualization.
Ticket agents always get mad when you don’t use self service, but you try four kiosks and the printers never work. 😑
April 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ticket agents always get mad when you don’t use self service, but you try four kiosks and the printers never work. 😑
Apparently Target is doing layoffs due to the boycott. So like instead of fixing your issues, you’re going to make your product even worse by making your stores an employee ghost town and under stocked. Good luck with that 👋
April 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Apparently Target is doing layoffs due to the boycott. So like instead of fixing your issues, you’re going to make your product even worse by making your stores an employee ghost town and under stocked. Good luck with that 👋