8/19/2026 7:30:04 AM A Face Is Not an Age: Why Biometric Shortcuts Need Human-Centred Design By Tim Dixon Age checks are becoming a familiar part of the online experience. A website asks for a selfie. An app asks you to move your face within a...
8/14/2026 7:30:37 AM Why Training Gets Funded When Design Is the Problem By Tim Dixon When people repeatedly struggle with a system, many businesses reach for the same solution: more training. They create another guide,...
8/11/2026 7:30:02 AM The Average User Does Not Exist. Why Are We Still Designing for Them? By Tim Dixon I have sat through plenty of project discussions about “the user”. We talk about what the user wants, how the user behaves and how...
8/7/2026 1:00:54 PM The most underrated career skill: Curiosity By Gabrielle Barthelemy Recently, I came across an interesting article from Welcome to the Jungle about how to demonstrate curiosity in a job interview. It made...
8/6/2026 7:30:02 AM What O2’s Hearing Trial Teaches Us About Invisible Accessibility By Tim Dixon Many accessibility features come with an unspoken requirement: the person who needs them must also know how to find, configure and...
8/3/2026 7:30:09 AM London revival marks 30 years of RENT – but what’s changed in that time? By Louis Scorza Acclaimed musical RENT will be returning to London’s West End next month to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of its off-Broadway...
7/27/2026 9:49:18 AM 71% Accessible Is Still Inaccessible If You Cannot Buy Your Groceries By Tim Dixon When I use a website with a screen reader, I do not experience it as a collection of individual accessibility criteria. I experience a...
7/23/2026 2:42:39 PM Disability Pride 2026: The World Works Better With Us, and the Proof Is Already Written By Tim Dixon I do not follow football closely. I have never followed tennis. But I follow what happens when accessibility gets built into a major...
7/21/2026 3:28:11 PM International Hesfest 2026 By Andrew Wood Another Fantastic Scouting Adventure!It's that time of year again when the Scouting world comes together for three days of team building,...
7/6/2026 9:58:37 AM Wimbledon 2026 Proves Accessibility and Innovation Play on the Same Team By Tim Dixon I don’t follow tennis, and never have. But I follow what happens when a major broadcaster decides that blind and low-vision fans deserve...
7/6/2026 4:01:43 AM Reinventing yourself: What I learned from changing countries, careers, and cultures By Gabrielle Barthelemy Recent discussions about the future of work suggest that traditional career paths are becoming increasingly rare. A 2025 Forbes article...
6/18/2026 4:01:40 AM Girl Scouts Put Their Cookie Dough to Good Use By Brittany O'Hara A troop of eight third-grade Girl Scouts in Dorchester, Massachusetts, used nearly $200 of their cookie sale earnings to build a...
6/11/2026 2:48:35 PM The World Cup 2026 Shows What Inclusion Actually Looks Like By Tim Dixon Watching football has always involved trade-offs for me. The roar when a goal goes in. The collective intake of breath before a penalty....
5/29/2026 1:45:31 PM LG and Dot Are Building the Kiosk I Have Been Waiting For By Tim Dixon Every time I approach a touchscreen kiosk, I know what is coming. A screen I cannot read. Buttons I cannot distinguish. No audio prompt,...
5/28/2026 4:01:29 AM Running Free: Why Google's AI Running Guide Excites Me (And Why It's Not the Whole Answer) By Tim Dixon I will be honest: running is not my thing. Anyone who knows me knows that. But navigating the world with low vision? That I understand...
5/25/2026 4:01:02 AM The Web Is Being Redesigned. Just Not for Us. By Tim Dixon Last week I tried to use a retail website. The page loaded. Visually, it probably looked fine. But my screen reader hit a wall of...