Reading Time: 4 minutesMy weekend started Friday and we were changing the clocks. With the Twitter takeover, I started wondering if I should leave that space and this prompted a bigger reflexion about how I want to use my time and get informed. Social media, and even Internet were not a thing for… Read More »Changing the clock, getting some time back
Reading Time: 3 minutesIngredients: In a bowl, mix 280g of flour, with 50g of sugar, and the salt. In a cup, mix 60g melted butter with the milk and 60ml of water, the mix should be lukewarm when you add the yeast and leave for 5min. Mix with the rest, then add the… Read More »Brioche (recipe)
Reading Time: 11 minutesAccessibility is progressing but not as fast as it should. Using my own learning journey, I’ll tell you about 7 misconceptions which might prevent you from improving the accessibility of your design. This blog post is a summary of a talk I delivered at the UCD Gathering Conference. The recording… Read More »Avoiding misconceptions on your accessibility learning journey
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is coming up on May 19th, it’s a good reminder that we should always keep accessibility in mind. I’m a service designer working on government projects so I need to comply with the service standard my projects fall under: the GOV.UK one or the Scottish Government one called Digital… Read More »Keeping accessibility in mind
Reading Time: 6 minutesI’ve been writing about ‘removing barriers’ a lot in the past year: barriers for disabled people, barriers into design careers and more. Before trying to remove a barrier, first, we need to identify and understand it. Edit 24/02/2024: I presented a talk about this for the Scottish Tech Army, a… Read More »Removing barriers to inclusion
Reading Time: 3 minutesYou might know about Plain English or plain language, but what about plain numbers? Only 1 in 2 adults have the numeracy level expected at primary level. Maths makes 1 out of 4 people feeling anxious. Last week was Service Week – an event for public servants where you can… Read More »Plain numbers
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt’s a bit early this year but I baked one today and thought I’d share the recipe. (direct access to the recipe) Where does it come from? From the Middle Ages in France, the Epiphany has been celebrated with a cake: la galette des rois, literally the King’s cake. The… Read More »Galette des rois (French recipe)
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve just finished a lego set I had bought myself for Christmas: the typewriter, and today I was looking online for images of old sets I had as a kid from the 70s. This might bring back memories to others too. The typewriter It was a really good set, I’ve… Read More »Lego
Reading Time: 5 minutesI had an end of year review at work yesterday which prompted me to think back about my professional journey. 10 years ago I wasn’t in a good place. I had worked hard to build up my classes where I was teaching French to various groups. I was self-employed but… Read More »Looking back
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve just finished catching up with many talks from the SDinGOV Conference. So here are some thoughts on what made a speaker better than another for me. Note: This is only my point of view. I attend a lot of events (all of them online since 2020), I don’t have… Read More »Advice for speakers