Blue Beanie Day

Celebrating Web Standards on Blue Beanie Day, November 30

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Blue capped woman looks at the blue sky through a scope.

It’s that time of the year to show your support for web standards on November 30, the international celebration of Blue Beanie Day.

Web designers, developers, content strategists, user experience professionals, accessibility specialists—folks involved with creating, publishing, and coding on the web—will celebrate Blue Beanie Day by sharing a photo of themselves or updating their avatar with a blue beanie.

Blue Beanie Day reminds us all of the importance of web standards and creating accessible websites.

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Blue Beanie Day: Celebrate Web Standards on November 30

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A blue beanie sits on a dark wood bookshelf filled with books about usability, information architecture, accessibility, and web design.

Hard to believe it’s been 15 years since Blue Beanie Day launched on November 30, 2006.

Named after the blue beanie worn by Jeffrey Zeldman on the cover of his Designing with Web Standards book, Blue Beanie Day is when designers, developers, content strategists, accessibility advocates, programmers, anyone involved with creating content on the web celebrate the importance of web standards. Continue reading Blue Beanie Day: Celebrate Web Standards on November 30

Celebrating Web Standards on Blue Beanie Day

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Wondering why so many of your web colleagues are sharing photos of themselves in blue caps on their blogs, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook?

And why they’ve added a blue cap to their Twitter profile photo?

Today marks the celebration of Blue Beanie Day!

Web folks around the world—designers, developers, accessibility advocates, programmers, anyone involved with creating content on the web—will spend part of their day focusing, writing, and talking about the importance of web standards.

As I have done in the past, I’m glad to spread the word about this special day. Continue reading Celebrating Web Standards on Blue Beanie Day

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