A digital consultancy that is helping to make a beautiful, sustainable web for people and planet. Formerly @JackLenox. Political at @GreenPartyJack.
Lancaster, UK
Joined January 2009
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Really nice write-up of UX London by my friend Hannah Smith. She gave a talk on the topic of thinking about digital sustainability differently: thegreenwebfoundation.org/ne…
Most shocking stat from her talk – ChatGPT needs to ‘drink’ 500ml of water for every 20 to 50 questions answered: businessinsider.com/chatgpt-…
Thoughts on “critical CSS”? I’ve noticed Google doesn’t bother with it on web.dev. And that PageSpeed Insights will give a performance score of 100 to a website with one, reasonably modest render-blocking CSS resource.
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I wonder if the Lighthouse/PageSpeed Insights seemingly evergreen recommendation to implement it sends people down unhelpful rabbit holes.
E.g. while a good explanation of the basic principles, the solution of this article is impractical in 99% of cases. web.dev/defer-non-critical-c…
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Getting rid of huge cars is just about the easiest thing we can do for the climate - and given the sevenfold increase in SUVs since 2010, pretty important. It's much easier than banning planes or cows. Me @FT ft.com/content/7612e3c0-0e10…
Just in case, like me, you had a bit of a panic when you received a warning about GitHub’s RSA key changing, worry no more. Everything is (generally speaking) OK. github.blog/2023-03-23-we-up…
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Sick of consent banners on every website? Don’t want them on yours? With cookieless analytics, you don’t need them. And a favourite analytics platform – Cabin – provides cookieless analytics and carbon emissions metrics for your website. Well worth a look: withcabin.com
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There are some excellent tools out there to help better understand the environmental impact of your website. Three faves are Website Carbon, Beacon, and Ecograder. Delighted the low-carbon.digital website gets a top score on all three. And full 100s on Google Lighthouse too.
ALT A screenshot of Website Carbon's top-scoring measurements of the low-carbon.digital website
ALT A screenshot of Digital Beacon's top-scoring measurements of the low-carbon.digital website
ALT A screenshot of Ecograder's top-scoring measurements of the low-carbon.digital website
ALT A screenshot of Google Lighthouse's top-scoring measurements of the low-carbon.digital website
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Really enjoyed building the consultancy website with Astro. First time in a long time using a technology that feels like a real alternative to WordPress. Still love WordPress, but Astro definitely has something. (And of course, you can use both!) andrewwalpole.com/blog/consi…
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Good morning to a day of low carbon intensity in the UK. The UK’s current carbon intensity is 104gCO2/kWh, about half the average of the past year. This means carbon-aware websites like Branch magazine are running with all the bells and whistles today: branch.climateaction.tech
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You can see the UK’s current carbon intensity data, alongside lots of other interesting information around how electricity is generated in the UK, via the National Grid’s carbon intensity API: carbonintensity.org.uk/
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I really enjoyed building my new consultancy website using @piccalilli_’s approach laid out here, and in the linked talk. I’ve probably watched the talk about five times now! Bravo! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 buildexcellentwebsit.es/
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A bit of news, @JackLenox is now @lowcarbdigital. My personal account had become somewhat dormant, so I’m rebooting it under the guise of my new digital consultancy.
Regular web-based content will resume, alongside beautiful, sustainable websites: low-carbon.digital
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🔥 Design tip: put labels above the input
✅ Works well for long and short labels
✅ Causes fewer eye fixations
✅ Works consistently across screen sizes
✅ Easily accommodates hint text and errors
ALT Illustration showing a form with left-aligned labels and labels above the input
A bit of news, @JackLenox is now @lowcarbdigital. My personal account had become somewhat dormant, so I’m rebooting it under the guise of my new digital consultancy.
Regular web-based content will resume, alongside beautiful, sustainable websites: low-carbon.digital
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Latest video: a guided adventure from Lancaster (or London) to the French Alps by train and bicycle. youtu.be/RxNvdK2cZ00
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We recently did a special public facing video episode of our internal podcast "Being Human" to chat about what it's like freelancing with @humanmadeltd. @tomwillmot hosts, @maugelves, @JackLenox, Cheryl Stuckey are special guests. I'm in there too! ➡️ humanmade.com/freelancer/
An excellent post about typography by @mwichary. Wonderful food for thought to mull on over the weekend. Particularly timely as I'm working on the typography system of a web project: medium.engineering/typograph…