James

@j-m.es

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A Deaf Software Engineer that likes to build front end things and breaks them for a living at @financialtimes.com.

A screenshot of the Design System for Storyblok - https://blok.ink that is displaying a 404: NOT_FOUND page. It includes the Code: 'DEPLOYMENT_NOT_FOUND' error alongside with a ID. A message also saying 'This deployment cannot be found. For more information and troubleshooting, see our documentation.'
A laptop lid with multiple stickers that range from Star Wars, to conferences like JSconf, CSSconf, a Google Chrome pixel dinosaur T-Rex, some WoW references… if you know. You know!
At Gidea Park, London. The train station on Platform 4. There is a train that is about to leave for Shenfield.
A row of multiple TVs connected to consoles for the Nintendo System. Playing games such as Space Invaders, Super Mario and so on!
Katie Fenn leading the thanks for everyone involved in the event. The projector screen is showing a slide of all of the people involved in the event organising and running it. 👏
A projector showing a slide of the FFIX components that would allow an user to select an action that would work like in the game. HTML code can be seen on the right hand side which allows the user to tab through if on a keyboard before pressing space to select it.
A projector showing a slide that reads out as “We need to do User Centred Accessibility. Not ‘User Centred Design’ with a WCAG audit slapped on at the end.”
A projector screen showing a slide about how a system of harm is created. A table can be seen. First row: Inaccessible components at scale Second row: Discriminatory patterns at scale Third row: Exclusionary content at scale
A projector screen showing a slide with an Internet dialup dialog screen that takes a long time to connect to the Internet. This is something that people take for granted these days!
A projector screen with a slide saying Inclusive By Design by Amy Rogers at Front End North
A projector with a slide that shows Spongebob Squarepants saying Boring to Figma, Tailwind and ChatGPT.
A projector screen with a slide saying “Hello World” as a starting point of @olu.online’s talk on how to make Better Webs
Projector screen with “get the core right and the resilient code will follow” by Andy Bell
A projector screen with the Front End North logo on. Also some sponsors but not important! 🤣 To the bottom right is a TV which has live captioning. This makes the conference accessible for me as I’m Deaf and would be following along with the captions when the talks are ongoing. 👍
A lanyard with Front End North logo. It also has the date 10th July 2025. I am currently holding it with my right hand as I took the photo on my left hand.
A East Midland Railway Class 222 with the number 022 (222022) Intercity HST at St Pancras, London on Platform 4A in the early morning awaiting departure to go to Sheffield.
Gidea Park, London. A train station that serves both Elizabeth Line and Overground. The photo is of a train station platform (Platform 3) facing the sunset at 5:35am.