Derek Dadian-Smith

web, accessibility, art, design, games, puzzles
♿️ Accessibility Consultant ⌛️ Former: 🧱 Design System Dev,
💯 Prof/Chair of Interactive Media & Web Design

[Derek Dadian-Smith @dwds_]

What an incredible feat of construction in today's NYT xword by @davidkwong. 👏🪄

And, on my daughter's bday, it included her namesake title character at 11D ❤️

[𝐣𝐫𝐠 🌼⚾️ @jessakah_]

I keep seeing people ask how millennials are the only people who can see through the online bullsht. And I’ll tell you how. Bc we didn’t always have the internet but once we did, every single school paper needed 10 reliable website sources and none could be Wikipedia or a dot com

[Marquis Govan @MarquisGovan1]

Missouri voters remain weird. Supporting abortion rights and paid sick leave, increasing the min wage and then voting for politicians who are diametrically opposed to both.

[Derek Dadian-Smith @dwds_]

Working the polls today in #STL as an ADA Specialist. Please vote! 🗳

[Charles Jaco @charlesjaco1]

The last hour of early voting in St. Louis County,, MO in a driving rainstorm. This kind of dedication is something to behold.

[i am cat ✂️ @catb0icarti]

saying "my life stinks" when things go wrong is self deprecating, defeatist, and fills you with sadness.

instead "this isn't the life godzilla wants for me" is motivating, makes you think about godzilla, and reminds you that godzilla loves you.

[City of St. Louis @STLCityGov]

The Citizens' Service Bureau routes service requests to City departments. If a building doesn't comply with ADA regulations, let CSB know!

How to Contact:
1. Call 314-622-4800 (M-F, 8am-5pm)
2. Submit form at https://t.co/5h4wKc11d9
3. Tweet the handle @stlcsb about the issue

[Tabletop Game Designers Association @ttgda_org]

We are pleased to announce that Barnes & Noble @BNBuzz has stepped up and changed their site to include designer names. It may seem like a small thing, but we think it's an important step to having game designers recognized as creators by the general public.

[Derek Dadian-Smith @dwds_]

@ben_borgmeyer Submitted an application!

[ben borgmeyer @ben_borgmeyer]

shout out to @sarahfenske @stlmag for her piece in today’s newsletter on accessible voting. we ARE recruiting ADA specific pollworkers…this is a huge lift for us. please sign up. https://t.co/2BkItzRJtM. you will make a difference.

[Derek Dadian-Smith @dwds_]

@scottohara Nice post. 🙌 I'd be interested to see this article expanded a bit to explain how this ties into "programmatically determined link context" for SC 2.4.4.

[Derek Dadian-Smith @dwds_]

@luckyxwords nice 😀

[Derek Dadian-Smith @dwds_]

@sharpenorah @JessShulman @puzzmotoday Cool grid and fun cluing! 💯

[Derek Dadian-Smith @dwds_]

@DiceTowerChris Ah, the classic "off by 21" programming error.

[Kitty Giraudel @KittyGiraudel]

📝 New blog post: On disabled and aria-disabled attributes

✨ Hopefully a bit more nuance and information about the recent tweet on the topic.

https://t.co/r8TCl7wX35