Eric Bailey

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#accessibility / #a11y advocate, post enjoyer. 🌐 https://ericwbailey.website/ ✉️ https://ericwbailey.website/newsletter/

New! You've got Orbs! Get excited, there are 250 new Orbs with your name on them. Check it out. Cropped screenshot of a promotional dialog in Discord.
A cartoon of a creepy man staring into a window, hands pressed against the glass. He is saying "Yes… Ha ha ha… YES! Parody of the sickos meme, where his shirt instead reads, "biscuit enjoyers".
Today: Artbeat. Breadvolution. Chalk writing on a street sign for a bakery. Above it is the bakery’s URL, www.sendbread.com
A storefront proudly displaying a paper lamp in the shape of a clam. The clam isngently illuminated from within.
Search email for feelings. An uncompleted task that is overdue and was supposed to be marked as complete yesterday. Cropped screenshot from Todoist.
How to talk to your dog about the fall of the USSR. An English-edition hardcover book featuring a Siberian husky wearing a winter hat with a red Soviet star on the front, sitting in front of an American Flag and staring intently at the viewer with a serious expression on their face.
A low polygon count 3D model of a skeleton wearing shades who is animatedly playing a saxophone. The slide's title reads, "How does ARIA work with assistive technology" and its content shows a symbol for code, application window and label that reads, "DOM" clustered together. The skeleton is positioned to overlap the "istive" part of "assistive technology", making it read as "ass technology". Is the placement intentional? I'll never tell.
What I wish someone told me when I first started using ARIA. WebExpo 2026. Slide with a design that uses large white type on a dark blue background.
App update message for Toast - Local Restaurants. The update message says, “Local by Toast is now Toast Local.” Cropped screenshot.
Ilana Wexler from the show Broad City over-aggressively saluting in front of a waving United States flag and a bald eagle. Her impressive head of curly hair is blowing in the wind.
A bingo card with the title of, "GAAD Bingo". The bingo card is a five by five grid. Starting from the top left and reading to the right then downwards to the first cell of the next row, the grid's cells are: Increased errors compared to the last WebAIM Millions report. Links only indicated using color. Brand partnership with an overlay company. Conspicuously absent message due to current political climate. Disability de-centered to communicate value for all. No accessibility statement. Promotional images don’t have alt text. The phrase “Differently abled” in quotes. Decorative Braille. AI agent with an unnecessarily feminine name. People are de-centered in favor of hyping technology. Post written by external consultant. A free space with the same title, featuring the Vitruvian Man symbol commonly used to indicate digital accessibility placed upside down and a sub-caption that reads "I am so tired" in tiny text. Disability dongle is debued or promoted. Videos are missing captions. SEO or AI benefits emphasized more than human-facing value. SEO or AI benefits emphasized more than human-facing value. Inspiration porn. Company does not have remote work roles. Overlay company astroturfing. The phrase, “Alt tags” in quotes. Illustration uses a hospital wheelchair. No focus styles. C-level employees openly using the R-word on X. Unsolicited PDF remediation spam. Full-screen parallax scrolling effects.
The launch screen for the Amiga game Pipe Mania. Pixel art depicts a scared plumber surfing on a tangled red pipe, frantically attempting to stem the flow of green goo gushing out the front of the pipe by twisting an oversized wrench. The title is placed above the plumber, written out using the same green goo styling. A prompt informs the player they can press F1 to play the game or F2 to set options. Copyright information is placed below the prompt at the bottom of the screen. Screenshot.
The first antenna looks more haphazard, like an 1940s abstract art sculpture made in response to a Jazz trumpet solo. The second antenna looks like a drunk spider on its back attempting to frantically claw its way out of its predicament.
A Havanese Poodle mix with a scruffy puppy cut staring at the camera with a serious case of sassy side eye.
A photo of me smiling, framed by the text, "What I wish someone told me when I first started using ARIA". Next to my photo is a badge that reads, "I'm speaking at WebExpo! Add promo code s t a g e e r i c to save 40 EUR." The frame is labeled as a conference talk presented by Eric Bailey, Senior Accessibility Designer at GitHub. The talk has also been labeled, "Accessibility", "Design Systems", "Design Thinking & UX", and "Frontend Dev".
The "we're all trying to find the guy who did this" meme, with OpenAl's logo pasted over the face of the man wearing the hot dog costume.
Ralph Wiggum sitting at the back of the schoolbus chuckling and saying, “I’m in danger.” Screen capture from The Simpsons.
A slide from a talk I'm working on that has a title that says, "Roles". Below it is some tasty-looking bread rolls in a baking dish.
A four panel meme of a man putting on clown makeup and wig. The first panel is captioned, "submitting a talk pitch" and shows him applying a base layer. The second panel is captioned, "getting your pitch accepted" and shows him applying clown-style exaggerated eye shadow and lipstick. The third panel is captioned, "writing an entire talk from whole cloth" and shows someone putting a rainbow-colored Afro-style wig on the clown's head. The fourth and final panel is captioned, "doing the design in Google Slides" and shows the clown smiling weakly at the camera.
Revolver Ocelot from the Metal Gear Solid series gesturing forward awkwardly with his hands, in the iconic "You're pretty good" scene.
aria-label="Viva Insights - Get insights about your work, while you work. Insights to help you protect time to get work done, automatic to dos, and more." Screenshot of a code example I found in the wild.
An adorable Havanese Poodle mix resting her head on a printout of some pen and paper RPG rules, laid out on our dining room table. She is looking up at the camera with brown button eyes and nose, and an almost plaintive expression. A yellow mechanical pencil rests on the printout, neglected because this was too cute to not take a photo of.
The phrase "Live, laugh, morge" written in a handwritten script in the style of tacky "Live, laugh love" home goods items.
“AirPods Battery Low. The goddamn AirPods need charging.” Cropped screenshot of an iOS lock screen notification.
A bad of original-flavor Lays potato chips touting that they’re “Baked, not fried.”
An email from TRMNL HQ whose subject reads, “Your TRMNL (Eric's TRMNL) needs to be charged”. Its body reads, “hey Eric, we just detected that your "Eric's TRMNL" device has a low battery (3.17V – 14.17%), and should be charged soon. to staying focused, Ryan and the TRMNL team”. Cropped screenshot.
Dog Tornado. Four layers of spinning fun! A cardboard packaging flap that uses large, bold white type on a purple background. Above the text is the silhouette of a pit bull with a little illuminated lightbulb above its head.
A small Havanese Poodle mix staring up at the camera with an incredulous, cockeyed expression. Only one eye is shown, the other is covered by a round hat that looks like the helmet Tony Tony Chopper from One Piece wears. It really is quite something.
A two panel comic. The second panel shows Dipper Pines from the show Gravity Falls excitedly saying, "This is worthless!" while holding a strip of paper. The first panel shows a close-up shot of the strip of paper, which has been edited to show an email from Dribbble that is titled, "Introducing the new Dribbble Pro".
A CSS snipped that rotates a right-facing chevron icon 90 degrees when aria-expanded is set to true on a parent disclosure button. The icon is targeted via a data-icon attribute. The disclosure uses a class called `.disclosure-button`, combined with an attribute selector for `[aria-expanded="true"]`.
A Scholastic First Discovery book titled “Internet”. It features a young boy surfing on a keyboard, high above the Earth. He’s steering with a mouse that is inexplicably plugged into said keyboard, and has an excited expression on his face. He’s wearing blue jeans, a baggy red sweatshirt, and a backwards green baseball cap. He’s flanked by five kids also surfing behind him. Above him is a row of small illustrations of a desktop PC and monitor, a satellite, an at symbol, an envelope and letter, and a postage stamp with a picture of Saturn on it.
Screenshot of a slide titled "BBC Sounds navigation". There are three rows, each containing a bottom app navigation bar. The first shows a row of labeled icons with clear contrast for both the active navigation section and inactive navigation sections. The second row shows a variant of the navigation bar where the inactive navigation sections have a low-contrast color treatment. The third row shows a liquid glass treatment for the navigation, where the contrast between the background and the foreground is difficult to discern.
A small white Havanese Poodle mix looking back at the camera like she’s smiling. She’s got brown button eyes and nose, and a little pink tongue. She’s wearing a red and white checkered harness and a denim coat with pins and patches on it. There is also a small yellow flower held up in frame, right below her face. It’s super cute.
Digital Twins: Simulating Humans with Generative AI. Title of an article on Nielsen Norman Group's website by Raluca Budiu, posted on August 1, 2025. The article summary reads, "A digital twin is a genAI-based model of a particular individual that can be used to predict both individual and population-level preferences and behaviors." Cropped screenshot.
A promotional modal for Discord Orbs, with a title of the same name. The tagline reads, "Get Nitro credits and Shop favorites without spending a dime." There are then two cards, one that reads, "Earn through quests. Journey to Quest Home to start earning and grow your balance. The second card reads, "Spend in the Shop. Unlock profile cosmetics, Nitro Credits, and more - no payment required. Underneath the two cards is a call-to-action button labeled, "Earn Orbs." Cropped screenshot.
A four panel meme, with each panel showing a person dressing up as a clown. The first panel has the caption, "creating content", and shows the person applying foundation. The second panel has the caption, "painstakingly choosing a creative commons license", and shows the person applying clown makeup. The third panel has the caption, "making a website to share your content", and shows the person putting on a rainbow-colored wig. The fourth and final panel has the caption, "publishing your website on an internet choked out with AI crawlers", and shows the person as a clown in full, staring at the camera.
A dialog whose title reads, "Go touch glass." Below that is instructional copy that reads, "Add glass to any frame and play with frost, light, depth, and more. Use the effect creatively in your work, or grab the iOS and iPadOS 26 kit from Apple's Community page." There are then two calls to action, one to "Explore playground" and the other "Go to UI kit". Next to the text copy is a video of how to add the effect, where a barely-visible toolbar with three buttons is getting added on top of a smartphone wallpaper showing a field of flowers. Cropped screenshot from Figma.
An interstitial dialog in Adobe Photoshop that reads, "Shift your perspective and hone in on edits by rotating the canvas. If you've ever found yourself tilting your head while creating in Photoshop, this trick is for you." Above the dialog's text content is a video showing how you can rotate a vertically-oriented photo of two women lying down with their heads resting on each other's shoulders, back-to-back.
Ralph Wiggum waving at the camera while standing in front of some lockers, with a simple smile and vacant eyes. The text, "I'm helping" is placed below him.
A Retro Pi custom splash screen that looks like the Neo Geo loading screen. It reads, "Retro Pi Max 330 Mega Pro-gear spec", with a raspberry icon in place of the SNK logo.
A candy bar wrapper for Brach's Rocks chewy fruit candy. The packaging is 90s-tacular, with the word "Rocks" having a 3D treatment that makes them look like veiny stones. An anthropomorphic dinosaur wearing sunglasses and a letter jacket lounges on the "K" part of the word "Rocks", taking a bite out of a petrified egg. He's full of attitude.
You're in line to check out. Estimated wait time: 90 minutes. Your cart, last checked: 1:07 PM EDT. Bar soap 6 pack. Cropped screenshot from an ecommerce checkout experience.
A small Havanese/Poodle mix curled up in the corner a soft dog bed. She has raised her head up to stare at the camera, with just the slightest hint of stink eye.
The go-to illustration for survivor bias, showing a WWII airplane riddled with bullet holes on its wings, central body, and tail. The illustration uses black and white linework for the airplane, and red dots for the bullet holes. The Clearasil logo has been haphazardly placed on top of the airplane graphic. This is a good joke, I'm very funny you see.
A small Havanese/Poodle mix gently chomping on my finger. It is a beautiful and perfect moment.
My incredible dog, Chicken. She is a small Havanese Poodle mix with fluffy and curly white, and light gray and tan hair, and brown button nose and eyes. Chicken is perched on our red couch like a little dragon, surveying her domain.
A blue tee shirt that reads, "Do not perceive me." Below the text is a simple, hand-drawn yellow smiley face.
A small Havanese/Poodle mix with short curly white and gray hair, and black button eyes and nose. She is staring up at the camera and you can see her tiny bottom teeth. It looks like an awkward, forced smile.
A gas heater unit with a black grill and white outer casing. The text, "Reznor" is printed on one of the panels in a bold red sans serif font.
A two panel meme. The first panel is labeled, "Kakyoin explaining that APCA isn't normative" with the character of the same name pleading. The right panel is labeled, "The designers" and shows Jean Pierre Polnareff, Joseph Joestar, and Jotaro Kujo looking shocked. They're also wearing matching pink leather bodysuits with heart-shaped cutouts that show their pectorals, which is a very relevant detail to include.
It is designed to break your your heart: Cultivating a harm reduction mindset as an accessibility practitioner. Axe-con 2025. Bold, stark text placed on a high contrasting neon yellow-green background.
Google Doc's visual treatment of a Markdown code fence. There is a dropdown to select a coding language for syntax highlighting, and the options read "C/C++", "Java", "JavaScript", "Python", and "Unset". Cropped screenshot.
A small, powerfully adorable Havanese Poodle mix sitting on a cushion and staring straight at the camera. She’s got short, curly white, gray, and light brown hair, black eyes, a dark brown button nose, and floppy ears. Her head is ever so slightly tilted.
A small Havanese Poodle mix with fluffy gray white fur lying on a circular cushion. She's staring up at the camera with brown button eyes and a perplexed expression on her face. It's really damn cute.
A small Maltese Poodle mix with fluffy white, gray, and light brown hair staring up at the camera with a confused expression on her face. She is holding a bag of skelly beans, which is an accidentally thematically appropriate dog toy from October’s Bark Box.
A joystick that can be pointed at three options. The options are "trenchant insight", "tell me more", and "bon mot". Screen capture from the Simpsons gag My Dinner with André arcade game.
The Antikythera mechanism. An Ancient Greek analog computer made out of bronze gears. The copper has corroded, with a rough greenish oxidized texture.
A small CANARY brand knife with a black, micro-serrated blade and a yellow plastic handle.
A small, fluffy, white and gray Havanese poodle mix with brown button eyes and nose, staring up at the camera from a sitting position and extending a paw. She is wearing a red checkered gingham harness, which matches the red leaves scattered across the ground. It is Autumnal as fuck.
Link, the protagonist from The Legend of Zelda. He's brandishing a sword and grimacing, and illustrated in a cute cartoon style.