Back of my Polling Card for local elections. For 1st time, photo ID is required. Card gives many options for elderly or those with disability. None, NONE, for younger or student voters. The policy is simply biased against younger voters, designed to suppress their vote.

Two weeks ago, I said I would share more about what I wanted to do next. Well, I'm ready now! I'm looking for a role where I can use my decade of developer-facing experience to help build technical products (and relationships) that developers will ❤️. 👉 taylorbar.net/for-hire/

🥑 The new issue of Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly is out - developeravocados.substack.com/p/no-one-gives… 📝 Content from webchick, Amanda Cavallaro "Chibi", Lorna Mitchell, Cecelia Martinez McCrea, rachael (💁🏼‍♀️,🚐), Ben Greenberg 🎗️ & Chris Heilmann [email protected]. 📚 CFPs from Pixel Pioneers, EuRuKo & droidcon San Francisco.

As I do more with open standards (mostly OpenAPI), I realise that there is more to standards than writing them! There Are No Standards Police lrnja.net/3PAYaW0 #linkTuesday

this is a fucking great post by my colleague Dr. Kate Holterhoff. covers internet history, gendered roles in tech, pay disparities, and the increasing important of the frontend. redmonk.com/kholterhoff/20…

Let's get the ball rolling on this, people. Protect Earth is saving the planet, one woodland at a time.

The fundamental error all of these GenAI use cases make is in assuming that people will want to read something that other people couldn't be bothered to write.

The more I work with specifications and standards, the more I realise the power of accurate and shared vocabulary. This article about OAuth2 terminology is wonderfully short and precise! lrnja.net/49G1Ywa #linkTuesday

You can now sponsor Electromagnetic Field through our online shop! emfcamp.org/tickets/sponsor No faffing about with paperwork or invoices - just a quick way to sponsor a small amount and help make EMF even more amazing. Oh, and we accept corporate credit cards...

Shared some of my usual API advice rant in polite form for the company blog. You have to find me in person if you want the less polite version ;)

🐫 YAML rhymes with camel 🐫 We also have many more (possibly more useful) YAML-related tips to share in our blog post for technical writers, all about YAML. What #yaml is, tools to choose, and some tips for avoiding some common pitfalls all await you. hubs.li/Q02CxbVc0

If you're working with OpenAPI descriptions, are you writing/generating it once, then linting it, then using it for something (docs? SDKs?) and nothing else? If you need to be adopting a more complex OpenAPI workflow, I wrote about the patterns I'm seeing lrnja.net/3z7PssR

Good news: the @OggCamp call for papers is open! While mostly a superbly geeky unconference, the event has a scheduled track and we'd love you to send us something we can include. The event is October 12-13 in Manchester, and the CfP link is here: lrnja.net/3xfFAwP

Great session with LeadDev and friends today in this DevEx webinar. I was supposed to be moderating but in fact I was making a lot of notes ....

Think voting doesn't matter? Think again. 🗳️

Thanks for listening, @wordcampwhitley! Slides from my "Write Great Tech Content" talk are available here: lrnja.net/46ir1Wp I'm always happy to chat about writing, documentation, APIs, or really anything else!

Nominate yourself or another for an OpenUK 2024 Startup Award sponsored by Runa Capital by midnight UK 15 Sept. Up to 3 nominees to join us at the House of Lords Gala Awards Ceremony and dinner 28 November openuk.uk/awards #startup #opensource #openukawards🏆🌟

Please meet our next OpenAPI Community Hero, Lorna Mitchell. Lorna is VP of Developer Experience at Redocly and OpenAPI TSC member. Read of our interview with Lorna to find out about her contributions to the #OpenAPI community. buff.ly/3MJyeFP #api #openapi #arazzo

This week your #linkTuesday is this excellent post from Jeff about writing and sharing and owning your content lrnja.net/3NWskla Be a creator, not just a consumer.

OpenUK Digital Meetup "The Indie Web" on November 6 with AnaRodrigues.dev ohhelloana.blog, Calum Ryan calumryan.com hosted by Lorna Mitchell lornajane.net and Jamie Tanna | www.jvt.me jvt.me. Register here openuk.uk/event-calendar… #opensource #openuk