Ashley Firth (@mrfirthy) 's Twitter Profile
Ashley Firth

@mrfirthy

🐙 Global Director of Engineering @octopusenergy
🌍 Invited Expert @w3c
📙 My NEW book "Practical Web Accessibility" is out now! Link in bio.

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Ashley Firth (@mrfirthy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Practical Web Accessibility” - Second Edition Coming early 2024 with Apress! So exciting to explore new areas & freshen it up - I can’t wait to start writing! Plus, the man who's always supported #a11y at Octopus Energy, Greg Jackson will be writing the foreword 🥳 More soon!

“Practical Web Accessibility” - Second Edition
Coming early 2024 with <a href="/Apress/">Apress</a>! 

So exciting to explore new areas &amp; freshen it up - I can’t wait to start writing! 

Plus, the man who's always supported #a11y at <a href="/OctopusEnergy/">Octopus Energy</a>, <a href="/g__j/">Greg Jackson</a> will be writing the foreword 🥳

More soon!
Octopus Energy (@octopusenergy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The #EnergyTechSummit. Sept 14th. We're teaming up with WIRED to bring together global leaders and thinkers from energy and technology to show how we can build a net-zero energy system in less than a decade. Speakers drop soon, but you can buy tix now: octo.ps/energy-tech-su…

Robin Hawkes (@robhawkes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Guess what? I'm growing the visualisation team at Octopus! 🐙 ⚡ Want to be part of the transition to clean, renewable energy? ✨ Love creating data or WebGL visualisations using React? 🚀 Want to be part of a small team creating big things? If so, read on…

🐙⚡️ Saving Sessions Alerts (@savingsessions) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 #SavingSessions is BACK - opt in now online or via the Octoplus section of the app 🚨 📅 16/11 5.30pm-6.30pm 🤑 Earn 🐙1800 (worth £2.25) per kWh saved vs normal 🎁 OPT IN NOW for the chance to win 🐙 888,888 (worth £1111! 🤯)

Greg Jackson (@g__j) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Following hot on the heels of Which?, Ofgem's data is clear too.... "the supplier that was significantly higher than average was Octopus (84%)" Huge thanks to our lovely team and customers ❤️ ofgem.gov.uk/publications/n…

Octopus Energy (@octopusenergy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✨ BOOK GIVEAWAY for Global Accessibility Awareness Day ✨ Ashley Firth cares so much about accessible websites, he wrote a best-selling book on it. Now he's back with the latest edition, even more comprehensive, with a foreword by founder Greg Jackson 📚 Here’s all you need to do… 👇

Ashley Firth (@mrfirthy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📙 TODAY IS THE DAY 📙 I'm proud to release the 2nd ed. of "Practical Web Accessibility" It's taken such an effort to write, and do justice to an important topic, so I really hope you enjoy it. Grab a copy at inclusive.guide/buy Octopus are also giving away free copies 👇

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In 8 years... 🟢 UK's biggest electricity supplier 🚗 250k EVs on Octopus smart tariffs 🌍 18 countries globally 💰 Billions invested in renewables And we're not slowing down. It's an honour for our vision to be recognised in the CNBC Disruptor 50 list. octo.ps/cnbc-disruptor

In 8 years...
🟢 UK's biggest electricity supplier
🚗 250k EVs on Octopus smart tariffs
🌍 18 countries globally
💰 Billions invested in renewables

And we're not slowing down.

It's an honour for our vision to be recognised in the CNBC Disruptor 50 list. octo.ps/cnbc-disruptor
Sarah Abderemane (@sabderemane_) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I just received my book 😍 I'm so excited to start reading and learn more about Accessibility! Thank you for writing it Ashley and thank you Octopus Energy for the book 💜🐙 Cc Ashley Firth Octopus Energy #PracticalWebAccessibility

I just received my book 😍 I'm so excited to start reading and learn more about Accessibility! Thank you for writing it Ashley and thank you Octopus Energy for the book 💜🐙

Cc <a href="/MrFirthy/">Ashley Firth</a>  <a href="/OctopusEnergy/">Octopus Energy</a> 
#PracticalWebAccessibility
Greg Jackson (@g__j) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remember the lurid headlines about the cost of bulb’s failure? Turns out the govt made huge profit on the Octopus deal and no loss on the whole bailout. When others banged their fists and tried to bully the govt into a bad deal, we worked hard to create a fair one. And it worked.

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The UK's largest energy company. Which? Recommended for an unprecedented 8 years. The nation's best place to work. These three huge achievements mean more than we can say. Here's how Greg Jackson told the team today:

The UK's largest energy company.
Which? Recommended for an unprecedented 8 years.
The nation's best place to work.

These three huge achievements mean more than we can say. Here's how <a href="/g__j/">Greg Jackson</a> told the team today:
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Analysts declared Octopus’s market leadership “The first major shift… since 1990s” But what we celebrated today was the even more important milestone… 8th year of being Which? Recommended Key to our growth is obsessing over customers not obsessing over growth (HT John Kay)

Ashley Firth (@mrfirthy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📝 NEW BLOG: My remote setup for 2025 “A new space, new tools, and a few unexpected upgrades - after a year deep in accessibility work, I’ve revamped my setup for better focus and productivity in 2025” 📙 Reading time: ~5 minutes mrfirthy.me/blog/remote-se…