Apple Annie’s Weblog · WeblogPoMo 2024

If you are looking for inspiration to write more on your personal blog, then I would like to point you to this upcoming event put together by Apple Annie.

What is it? Weblog Posting Month, 2024! If you use weblog.lol, or otherwise have a personal blog, you should absolutely participate in this month-long blog posting extravaganza!
Apple Annie’s Weblog

I am hoping to have a theme of Making it Happen in May, where Ill write something about self-improvement or promoting Mental Health Month.

Discovered via Robb Knight on Mastodon.ll write something about self-improvement or promoting Mental Health Month.

Discovered via Robb Knight on Mastodon.

It’s lunchtime here and people are microwaving fish 🎣

Things I am grateful for

Getting up this morning and not dreading the day
Opportunities to make myself into who I want to be
Letting go of negative emotions and thoughts (this is always a work in progress)
Spending some time just going through my projects and realizing that I can’t and don’t need to do everything at once or at all
Spending time with the people who truly care to be with me

I don't have to be grumpy

I’ve been feeling pretty agitated all day. It feels like there was a little bit of me that wanted to just yell at the world to stop being so stupid. That kind of thinking/feeling isn’t going to make things better. I’m just going to acknowledge that I’m feeling this way, realize that it’s just a feeling and if I’m not going to do anything with a feeling that I should let it go until I know where it’s coming from and how I plan to change it.

At one point , this was The material possessions that I wanted the most. The last couple months have been me using it because it’s part of a habit and/or potential that I hope is still there.

Apple Watch having trouble connecting to the internet.

I saw something on the internet and really wanted to comment. I took a second to compose my thoughts and how I wanted to respond. Thankfully someone else did it in a good way and I’ll be taking that feeling with me.

I was really sick yesterday, but thankfully I’m better now.

Coming bacbak from the vet and I feel she wants to drive.

Dog sitting in driver’s seat of car facing camera.

Having a bad tech day. I want to run out into the forest but my knees are bad.

Long Alt — Adrian Roselli

What I really enjoy about this article is that it has VIDEOS showcasing how the different browsers work with alternative text.

I think that it’s a really good read as I’ve seen a couple apps and services advertise that they can generate the alt text for images. I never really worried about the upper limit for descriptions. I know that I’m a little terse when it comes to describing things - for example, my about page. After reading this, I feel a little more confident in this aspect.

The article goes into some details in some dangers of having a very long description.

Sometimes you can have too much alternative text, particularly for an %lt;img>. I don’t mean there is a limit to what is allowed, I mean there is a limit to what is usable by humans. This long cat photo demonstrates that.
Long Alt — Adrian Roselli

This is a really good article and I’ve added the blog to my RSS reader. I spent a good 30 minutes researching <aside> and role=note and what that could mean for writing and reading on the web.

The more that I work with accessibility, the more I’m enjoying solving the smaller issues. Unfortunately, I also see a lot of areas where things could be improved.

Discovered via Auston.