General Musings with Kevin Powell

Catching up on the world of WordPress with Kyle of The Admin Bar

✅ The Admin Bar: https://theadminbar.com/In this episode, I sit down with Kyle of The Admin Bar to talk about the evolution of WordPress. We dive into how WordPress has maintained its staying power over the years, and Kyle shares insights on the challenges and opportunities within the WordPress ecosystem, including the impact of page builders. We also touch on the importance of community and collaboration.

Rethinking how I name some things in CSS

Roma's article: https://blog.kizu.dev/dashed-idents-for-everything/

Navigating the World of Web Accessibility with Sara Soueidan

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Sara Soueidan, a renowned expert in web accessibility. Our conversation was a deep dive into the nuances of making the web more inclusive and accessible for everyone.Follow Sara: Her course, Practical Accessibility: https://practical-accessibility.today/ Her newsletter: https://www.sarasoueidan.com/newsletter/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sarasoueidan.com Mastodon: https://front-end.social/@SaraSoueidan Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarasoueidan/ X: https://x.com/SaraSoueidanThings we mentioned during our conversations: Making the web sweeter with Food Network and Cupcakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2l56RmQAQE Blockquotes in screen readers https://adrianroselli.com/2023/07/blockquotes-in-screen-readers.html The Blockquote element https://heydonworks.com/article/the-blockquote-element/ The HTML Living Standard https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html WCAG Quick Reference (contains links to Understanding and Techniques docs) https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/ HTML AAM https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aam-1.0/ ARIA 1.3 https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.3/ My course :D https://practical-accessibility.today My newsletter https://sarasoueidan.com/newsletter/

The ever evolving state of CSS and the web

Starting with a dive into an article about the light-dark() function and theming in CSS, I ramble my way through topics of browser support of new features, browsers fixing issues with existing features, and some talk about the spec and how we can all help out in improving the current state of things.✅ Should the CSS light-dark() function support more than light and dark values: https://css-tricks.com/should-the-css-light-dark-function-support-more-than-light-and-dark-values/✅ The game I mentioned: https://css-questions.com✅ Frontend Masters workshop: https://frontendmasters.com/teachers/kevin-powell/?utm_source=powell&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=pro-css&code=powell (affiliate link) ✅ The New CSS Toolkit - Online workshop with Smashing Conference: https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/css-toolkit-kevin-powell/✅ Smashing Conf Amsterdam (and in person workshop): https://smashingconf.com/amsterdam-2026✅ Interop Proposers Guide: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop/blob/main/proposal_guide.md

Navigating Workloads and Priorities

This one has nothing to do with front-end! Rather, I ramble a lot about how I might be doing too much, and spend quite a bit of time talking about what I wanted to do, and what I might be doing with my HTML & CSS Tip of the Week.🔗 Links✅ HTML & CSS Tip of the Week: https://html-css-tip-of-the-week.netlify.app/✅ DevTools for Beginners: https://devtoolsforbeginners.kevinpowell.co/✅ CSS Demystified: https://cssdemystified.com/