Mark W.rites

Featured Articles

These are a few of my favorite pieces. But I write about a lot of different topics. If you’re interested in something specific, you can explore the archive.

Illustration comprising snippets of photos. A human is sitting on a simple wooden chair. Their head is a simple wooden birdhouse. They are holding a moon in their lap.

After flawed journeys with Medium and Write.as, I finally figured it out: my content belongs to me, and I should dictate how it’s published.

Flat 2D illustration of faceless people in front of a collage of computer devices with social posts and a hashtag in bubbles, adjacent to a list of hashtags that read “UXDesign, UIDesign, WebAccessibility”

My post about hashtag accessibility on Mastodon (and later LinkedIn) got a lot of attention. There were so many replies from people who didn’t know about the accommodation I outlined, who vowed to commit to it. I also learned a lot from folks who weighed in with great insights.

The Mastodon logo with an illustration of a cute mastodon that's smiling with its eyes squinting in delight. It’s holding a mobile device and looking off to the side. A search form input is overlaid with placeholder text that reads 'search.'

One of the biggest complaints I hear about Mastodon is that its local search is unusable. It certainly was. But not anymore. Now it’s quite powerful, if you know the basics. So here’s a primer for you. Because I love Mastodon, you, and good UX.

Bylines elsewhere

Each of these articles was originally published elsewhere. I’ve republished them here with links to their originals and notes about what was edited.