A lot of people have been asking about numbers. Between 80,000 and 100,000 people have been simultaneously viewing the petition to revoke article 50. Nearly 2,000 signatures are being completed every minute.

The rate of signing is the highest the site has ever had to deal with and we have had to make some changes to ensure the site remains stable and open for signatures and new petitions. Thanks for bearing with us.

Tech alone won't solve our problems, but it can play an important role in our democracy. Sending our thanks and appreciation to GDS and Petitions Committee: web-matters.co.uk/uk-parliament-…

With GDPR day less than a month away we've decided to release Heather Burns 's must watch talk on Privacy by design, to help you make those last minute preparations. youtu.be/zU3GZyO_E4g

Congratulations to Sajid Javid on your new post as Home Office Home Secretary. While we have your attention, why not review our advice to your predecessor on the importance of end-to-end encryption? web-matters.co.uk/web-matters-re…

Great stats from BuzzFeed via Ian Feather - around 1% of JavaScript requests will time out. Yes, progressive enhancement FTW.

Mitigate failure and use progressive enhancement to make your system resilient: 1% JavaScript timeout does matter Ian Feather (example stats from BuzzFeed) #AllDayHey #LeedsIntFest

‘What happens when certain parts of our system fail—does the user needs to know?’ Ian Feather on designing for failure #AllDayHey #LeedsIntFest

Classic: "Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility" (with posters!) accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/dos… by GOV.UK #design #a11y

I have been the senior web dev for three banks and always made sure accessibility was a non-negotiable part of the web presence: in the modern world managing your money online is an essential service that everyone needs to be able to access. x.com/the_andrewmc/s…

If you have little or no use for legitimately-obtained user data then why not just... delete it? 😀 👏 👏👏 Gadgette x.com/RightSaidJames…

Episode #184: Design Accreditation with Zoë Rose uxpodcast.com/184-accreditat… #ux #uxdesign #podcast

What if all your favorite websites loaded this slowly unless you paid extra to access them? The Senate votes on #NetNeutrality in 24 hours BattleForTheNet.com via Team Internet

Another case of GDPR preparation highlighting existing DPA issues. x.com/quentynblog/st…