Andy Baio News Today

Color accessibility is more than just ticking boxes. Even with good contrast, some color palettes can make interfaces challenging for users. Here are some practical guidelines to ensure more inclusive design for colorblind people. An upcoming part of Smart Interface Design Patterns.

Another year, another quixotic challenge to Facebook

Andy Baio has a great retrospective on Ello (remember Ello!?), which digs into all the ways the company’s values collided with its business ambitions — and just the realities of being a company. Even trying to do something the right way still costs money, and money never comes cheap.

Andy Baio, who was technology officer for Kickstarter, found a little hack that will let you go back in time to any year since the website launched.

Seen dating Lord Tennyson Tumblr may be nearing its end after its management sent memos to staff with the Lord Tennyson quote about it better to have...

Tumblr, is set to lose a significant portion of its product and marketing staff by the end of the year.

A purportedly leaked memo started going around Tumblr last night, suggesting much of the site’s staff is getting moved to other parts of Automattic (its parent company) after it failed to boost its audience. The screenshot has spread to other sites through people including Waxy’s Andy Baio, but I haven’t seen any official confirmation — we pinged Automattic several hours ago and have yet to receive a response. If any Tumblr employees happen to have more details, our tips are open.

"600+ person-years of effort" have not stopped the site from losing $30M a year.

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