The Title II requirements are a timely reminder to make sure your accessible design is up to scratch. But the gold standard for accessible design isn’t that it’s ‘compliant’, it’s that you’re thoughtful and transparent about what users can expect (and trust) from their experience with your products.
Every year, the tech industry produces another round of award ceremonies aimed at celebrating women and underrepresented groups. They arrive dressed in the language of empowerment—shining a light, giving a platform, amplifying voices. But a closer look into the logistics of some of these awards reveals the need for nominees to buy their time in the spotlight.
Following a rebrand to Genio earlier this month, I've been reflecting on how teams are set up to navigate uncertainty and tight deadlines while preserving culture.
It’s possible to believe AI is one of the most transformative tools of our time and that most of what’s being sold as AI is smoke and mirrors, or worse, complete bollocks. Both can be true.
Allyship is often spoken about in diversity initiatives, but too frequently, it lacks grounding in day-to-day behavior or a company’s reality. It's important that we challenge that. True allyship isn’t performative, it’s operational and cultural.
Last night I had the pleasure of hosting a panel at the Leeds Night Time Economy Group launch. The panel highlighted clear failures where support just isn't there, or friction is being introduced in areas where support is obvious and much easier to provide (over financial backing or licencing challenges).
For a long time, I've enjoyed working with teams to build exceptional products. A core part of that is facilitating clear communication and working practices to ensure we do the best job we can. Working on communication, organisation, and decision making structures is just as much of a creative act as the coding itself.
Last year I learned that making yourself redundant is vital to scaling events. Create processes and systems that mean you are replaceable. Not because you want to be replaced but because if you want to create something of permanence, it’s a requirement.
I had wanted to do a stint in a professional kitchen for some time, so when the opportunity arose to do one at The Black Swan in Oldstead - a restaurant awarded a star from the Michelin guide - I jumped at it.
Last week, I was at an event discussing how long I'd been running the Hey! Presents events for (10 years as of a few weeks ago), and the person I was talking to asked how I'd stuck with it for so long.