Damien Robson

Articles & Notes

• 2026-05-15 | Design • Accessibility
  The Power of 'Pause'

  Reducing cognitive load, the video game way.

• 2026-03-31 | Design • Accessibility
  When Colour Contrast Isn't Enough

  Numbers are a baseline, but human-centric testing is better.

• 2026-03-07 | Development • Design • Accessibility
  Links vs. Buttons

  Discussing what links and buttons are, and when each should be used.

Resources

A curated collection of tools and links I actually use.

• Design • Focus
  Universal Focus Indicator

  Erik Kroes fathomed a universally-accessible focus indicator. It suits me quite nicely, and it might suit you, too.

• Design • Colour
  Colour contrast checker

  Alex Clapperton built a marvelous browser tool for checking colour contrast. It's my go-to for checking contrast ratios.

• Design • Colour
  Accessible colour palette generator

  The people over at Venngage build stuff that's colour-rich. As such, they've released a simple bit of kit that generates complimentary colour palettes for a given colour.