@hidde.blog
Into front-end, accessibility, ethics.
I work on standards for NL gov. Co-editor of WCAG 3, contributor to Web Sustainability Guidelines. On W3C's Advisory Board.
Blogger: hidde.blog, reader/concert goer: log.hidde.blog, speaker: noti.st/hdv.
@hidde.blogthank you Barry! Had so much fun preparing it
@hidde.blogthank you, Caroline, and right back at you! Yeah wanted to contrast them with the dudes that talk mostly nonsense
@hidde.blogThanks #WebDevConf for letting me talk about creativity, art, and computers.
here's my slides and all of the links
@jonpearse.netReposted by @hidde.blogSo when @lurkmoophy.bsky.social introduced @hidde.blog as a (secret?) musician, I didn’t expect him to hit us with an “… anyway, here’s Wonderwall”… #webdevconf #wdc
@joshtumath.ukReposted by @hidde.blogI'm the next talk, @hidde.blog told us about how Ada Lovelace was the original dev rel. Dreaming up ways to use Charles Babbage's machines with algorithms.
The history of computer science is so interesting. But that doesn't mean it can replace creativity. @webdevconf.com
@hidde.blog🔗 “For Fronteers Dark Mode I knew I wanted to do something with the big moon they have on their official conference website.” — @cydstumpel.nl cydstumpel.nl/demo-deep-di...
woow this is so cool!
@hidde.blogNICE!
@hidde.blogBlogged with some notes from Green IO, with various things that can get us to more sustainable IT sooner: hidde.blog/green-io-2026/
@hidde.blogChair of Dutch data centre industry association: “[why do we need to publish electricity data of individual data centres?] Hospitals don't share that info either”
yeah but saving lives > powering, say the “metaverse” or what Altman calls “art”
@hidde.blog✏️ How IT can get more sustainable quicker: notes from Green IO hidde.blog/green-io-2026/
@hidde.blog🔗 “The majority of the time I spend writing a tutorial, isn’t spent writing. (…) knowing what to leave out is as important as understanding what to explain” – @rachelandrew.co.uk
@hidde.blogwat krijg jij veel nonsens over je heen 🥲 veel dank voor al je inzet in het geduldig uitleggen. 🙏
@hidde.blogthem: “your room number is 404” voice in my head: oh god I hope I'll be able to find it
@hidde.blogI'm sorry!
@hidde.blogthanks, sir!
@hidde.blogImages, video, and all the links: noti.st/hdv/2cNacB/h... (captioned video should show up soon)
@hidde.blogIn 15 minutes I'll be live with the friendly people at #InclusiveDesign24 to present “How we want to make WCAG better” www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDvd...
@hidde.blogthe first couple of syllables are quite similar to Dutch, it was those last few that got me. and the sheer amount of syllables
@hidde.blogI'm sorry all for my pronounciation of digitaliseringsdirektoratet I tried
@hidde.blogTop dit!