7 Sites Where You Can Find Diverse Stock Photos

When I was researching online personal financial services, I discovered reviews for one service that seemed to fit my needs.

I didn’t have a lot of requirements:

  1. Browser-based as well as an app
  2. Automated investments
  3. Low fees
  4. Helpful advice on reaching my financial goals

After reading several reviews, all which were highly rated, I visited their website.

Only to discover all the photos on their site were young people who appeared to be in their mid-20’s.

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Celebrating 25 Years of Designing Websites

white and red chrysanthemum-shaped fireworks fill the black sky.

Time flies!

This month marks 25 years since I started designing websites.

In March 1997, I left my job as a release coordinator at an Ann Arbor software company and embarked on a new journey for me: designing and developing websites.

I had no idea where it would take me, the people I would meet, or the web projects I would work on over two and half decades.

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Takeaways from Defeating Deceptive Design: Getting Control of Our Online Lives

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In their MozFest 2022 Defeating Deceptive Design: Getting Control of Our Online Lives online session, Ame Elliott of Simply Secure, Carlos Iglesias from the World Wide Web Foundation, and Kaushalya Gupta of the World Wide Web Foundation shared initial research findings from their Tech Policy Design Lab on deceptive design.

The presentation was short, followed by interactive sessions in breakout rooms to discuss deceptive design, barriers to change, and brainstorm methods for addressing deceptive design.

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