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quintinb.bsky.social
@quintinb.bsky.social
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The man. The myth. The muppet.
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Thanks @argick.bsky.social and @huds601.co.uk for the amazing Sonic official trading card collection! Excited to take part in more charity events from @specialeffect.org.uk
Quintin stands proudly with his new Sonic official trading card collection. He's wearing a Sonic hoodie and is in front of his posters of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow
May 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Celebrating over 2000 downloads of the Android Ally #AndroidStudio #Accessibility #Plugin!

If you want an Android Studio plugin to help make your apps more accessible, visit the Jetbrains marketplace!

plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23902...
The Android mascot wearing a party hat under some bunting and the letters 2K
March 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Sonic fan wall complete!
Four posters on a white wall. They are close up simple drawings of the faces of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and Shadow. Arranged 2 by 2.
January 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Ich kann Deutsch nicht sprechen
I'm on a 1200 day learning streak! Duolingo. Duo the owl is wearing shades and engulfed in triumphant flames, like a phoenix
December 21, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #178,577!
Celebrating 10m users 🎉 #178,577. First 10%. quintinb.bsky.social. Joined Jun 30 2023.
September 18, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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Celebrating 1000 users of the Android Ally #AndroidStudio #Accessibility #Plugin!

If you want an Android Studio plugin to help make your apps more accessible, visit the Jetbrains marketplace!

plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23902...
Celebrating 1000 users of the android ally! He’s wearing a party hat under some bunting.
August 14, 2024 at 9:41 AM
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The Android Ally Android Studio Plugin version 1.0.0 is here!

It has a checklist that you can export to markdown!

plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23902...
The Android Ally logo is a green android peering through a circular blue window. In the background are some check marks
May 28, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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#Android Ally 0.0.7 now supports #WearOs!
The Android Ally is your assistant in #accessible Android development, right in your IDE.
plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23902...
The Android Ally Logo is a blue circle with a small Google Android logo peering in from the lower right corner. There is a WearOS watch in the centre of the circle, it has the WearOS logo on the watch.
May 1, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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I give you Threads for Android.

Aside from the Instagram and Twitter drama, this app was touted by the Android community as "high quality" without ever defining quality metrics.
Android system notification. Title is "Clear cache for Threads" the description reads "Threads closed because this app has a bug. Tru clearing the app's cache first, and then reopen the app." There is a cancel and clear cache button Android tray notification with the topic "Device care" title is "Keep your phone running smoothly." The description reads "Threads is crashing frequently. Pit it in deep sleep to keep your phone running smoothly."
December 11, 2023 at 12:42 PM
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Thanks to @dadederk.bsky.social for drawing this.

MVP stands for "Minimal Viable Product"
Quintin is sitting at a stall, drinking a cup of coffee with a smile on his face. There is a sign on the stall that reads, "MVPs are an anti-user corner cutting excuse machine. Change my mind"
October 12, 2023 at 7:13 PM
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The more pressure, the more likely it is for someone to make a mistake, unless they’ve been trained to handle pressure specifically.

#accessibility being difficult is one side of the problem, poor development lifecycle management is the other

Diagram from "Sources of Power" by Gary Klein
A graph logging the Percentage of poor moves (lower to higher) against the amount of average time per move (lower to higher). There are two straight lines plotted. The Master players start at a rate of 7% poor moves at 6 seconds per move (blitz games) and increase to a rate of 8% poor moves in regulation time (2.25 minutes per move). The class B players start at 25% poor moves at a blitz rate and decrease to 11% in regulation time
August 2, 2023 at 12:17 PM
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Does anyone know what this means?
The BlueSky app header and tabs, just under a pink error banner that has the words "Rate limit exceeded" and a barely visible refresh icon
July 23, 2023 at 9:12 PM
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This overlay companies overlay gets in the way of the cookie policy buttons. They're demonstrating why overlays don't work on their own site: https://skynettechnologies.com/all-in-one-accessibility

#accessibility #a11y #overlay

http://overlayfactsheet.com
Three buttons, "Preferences", "Access all" and the overlay button. They overlay button is covering the "Access all" button by about 40%, making it unreadable
July 16, 2023 at 9:59 AM
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Hard agree. Steve Krug says it better than I can. My way was not safe for polite conversation...
"The worst thing about [accessibility] scepticism is that it obscures the fact that there’s really only one reason that’s important: It’s the right thing to do. And not just the right thing; it’s profoundly the right thing to do, because the one argument for accessibility that doesn’t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people’s lives." - Steve, Krug. Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited.
July 13, 2023 at 5:50 AM