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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)

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Inactive on what once was Twitter. Find me on Mastodon @[email protected]

Hayward, CA
Joined August 2009
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
2 years
Also for people who want to see more of my bunnies, they have their own Instagram 😄.
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
2 years
Thanks so much to @dequesystems for the opportunity to give this talk at #axeCon2023, and thanks to all the folks in the audience who watched!.
@dequesystems
Deque Systems
2 years
Does React make #a11y easier or harder? Join @backwardok's talk happening live right at #axecon.
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Join millions who have switched to Grok.
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
3 years
RT @gerardkcohen: I am officially no longer the Engineering Manager for the Accessibility Experience Team at Twitter. I have words. 🧵.
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
3 years
Bought the newer version of Lost Cities since we noticed that it works much better for my husband, who is colorblind. Turns out it also is much easier for me to see as well! Great example of Use Of Color improved upon. #a11y
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
3 years
I didn't know how much I'd use this as an abled person, but I love this feature. Just used it today to avoid having to open an image and rotate my phone to read the screenshot text. Now we just gotta get more people to write alt text!.
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3 years
As promised, the ALT badge and exposed image descriptions go global today. Over the past month, we fixed bugs and gathered feedback from the limited release group. We're ready. You're ready. Let's describe our images! Here's how:
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
3 years
If your engineering interview process asks questions that no engineer at your company needs to actually be able to solve to be effective, any competent engineer failing that interview is not a failure on them, it's a failure on you.
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
RT @scottohara: Hey. It's 5:45 EST on a Friday before a long weekend. Of course I'm publishing my first blog post in over a year now:. "Di….
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
Really great hearing from @flaxenink talk about hidden disabilities at @a11ybay meetup for #GAAD ! Check out her article about her experience having a hidden disability
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
RT @DWSLA: Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! To celebrate 10 years of GAAD, we're taking an in-depth look at the last decade. Get a….
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4 years
RT @HabenGirma: The new Helen Keller @Barbie doll has a terrible message. @Mattel had the chance to tell kids you can have a facial differe….
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4 years
RT @codeability: It’s great that you’re talking about accessibility and disabled people for #GAAD, but remember that you can also talk abou….
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
Celebrating #GAAD with my new shirt from @dequesystems! Excited for the last day of #AccessU2021 and the largest @a11ybay meetup this evening 😀
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
RT @jovialjoy: @60Minutes producers spoke to me for many hours. I even spent additional time building a custom demo for @andersoncooper and….
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
RT @rachelnabors: It’s easy to forget: When someone is brave enough to share how they feel, do NOT invalidate their feelings by saying, “I….
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
RT @HRC: On International Transgender Day of Visibility, we honor the pride, power and resilience of our trans and non-binary community aro….
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
RT @matteo_wong: Harvard counseling and mental health resources "Anti-Asian Racism Resources" page starting off strong with "You may wish t….
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(Inactive) Diane Ko (she/her)
4 years
Hey @Nirho ! Tried to give a11y feedback on some issues I noticed with the automatic DOM ordering for sites made in Wix to accessibility@, but it doesn't seem like they understand the issues I'm raising. Any way I could share this feedback with you?.
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