LoriHC @lorihc@qoto.org

My new substack post is up.
“2023: The Work We Must Do.” READ and share.
https://open.substack.com/pub/sherrilyn/p/2023-the-work-we-must-do?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

@dfed From The Press Democrat:

"For nearly a decade, California motorists have been required to maintain a distance of 3 feet when passing bicyclists. A new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, will require drivers to change lanes, when possible, to provide more space to bicyclists as they pass."

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/new-california-law-requires-drivers-to-change-lanes-for-bicyclists-creates/

Eating Bertha’s mussels one last time before they close.

What will happen if we’ll RETHINK our street corners?

We'll realize that until now, we've made them too car-centric. Street corners are designed for fast driving, which means pedestrians have to risk their safety just to cross the street.

But if we’ll rethink our street corners we’ll get

■ More space for pedestrians
■ Shorter crossing distance and time
■ Greener spaces
■ Safer Streets
■ Beautiful street corners

A great example from PGAA Creative Design in Manila

Second question

Having a brand account for a piece of software that regularly posts updates for things like feature releases, community events, etc is:

Quick poll to see how people want mastodon to be used

Talking about new features we just released at the company I work for is:

I’m in a doctors office waiting room with a kiosk. When you enter it says go to kiosk to get a ticket with a number. You touch the kiosk just to get a number printed. When it’s your turn, a voice says “serving X at window Y” just like the DMV (except the sloth is on intercom duty because holy crap is that voice slow).

This is an office that sits empty most of the week. There’s no one else here, and when you press a button for the ticket the voice starts calling it before the printer even finishes.

I’m explaining this because this is a system very clearly designed for the worst case scenario that almost completely discards the most common scenario. And a lot of systems do that, please make sure yours doesn’t. Could the kiosk screen simply say “go to window” when there’s no queue and it knows it’s going to call the number immediately? Well yes, but no one cared enough about the common case.

As always, step 1: care. Without that, step 2 doesn’t matter.

The craft of SwiftUI API design: Progressive disclosure

#Swift #SwiftUI #Programming #WWDC #iOS #macOS
https://www.wwdcnotes.com/notes/wwdc22/10059/

I recently discovered that if we add an image name to the Localizable.strings file in a #SwiftUI project, SwiftUI will automatically use the localized string as the image accessibility label. We don't even have to apply the accessibilityLabel() modifier to the Image view.

I also added a quick tip on my blog about this: https://nilcoalescing.com/blog/ImageAccessibilityLabelsFroLocalizableStringsFiles/

So if I may ‘dad’ you all for a minute: Check your smoke alarms and your CO alarms. Have one at every level.

Also, if you’re stupid like me, marry someone with brains and listen to the damn alarm immediately.

Merry Christmas and hug your loved ones!

Anyone know of any cricket apps that support iOS Live Activities?

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Happy holidays! I hope everyone has a wonderful time with family and friends. But I know this time of year can be painful too - sending love as well. ❤️

“White” is NOT a race…although it is codified as such [see any government application]

“Whiteness” is a moving target that expands and contracts based on who, in that moment, is ALLOWED to benefit from and leverage its systems, institutions, and policies of white supremacy and anti-Blackness

Who’s “white” changes whenever those in power need to distract its beneficiaries, from addressing the inherent harm and violence that is white supremacy; making them a complicit partner in exchange

And yes, Apple’s password manager syncs Verification Code generators. You don’t ever need to worry about losing a phone or getting a new phone and losing any of your codes.

This is what fascist propaganda looks like.

We’re not against Christians, we're against Christian Nationalism. We're not fighting men, we’re fighting patriarchy. The target is not white people, it's white supremacy. We don't oppose heterosexuals, just homophobia. Join the work dismantling oppressive systems.