About

Who

I’m a designer and developer, cross-disciplinary artist, performer, and writer. Very relevant to my work is I’m queer, trans femme, immigrant, multiethnic and Muslimah-ish. I currently live in Berlin, via Australia, Aotearoa, Canada, and South Africa.

Currently I’m working on a couple of projects, & freelancing for some agencies I like on a per-project basis. hmu if you’d like to chat with me about your new website / internet life / fave artist:

100% I do not use ‘AI’ shit.

A black and white photo of Aisha with a bow and arrow drawn. She's has long dark curly hair and is calmly staring down the shaft of the arrow like she's about to fuck something up.
Francesca Aisha Iwa d’Ath

What

I make design & code (& other things).

I work a lot in the arts and for small businesses and NGOs. I’ve made websites for artists of all types, literary awards, translation agencies, vehicles manufacturers, engineering firms, and a wide variety of projects in agencies.

My aim is to simplify and demystify the whole process of building, designing, using, and maintaining a website for people, organisations, and companies who want to be responsible for and have full, uncomplicated control over their website.

I provide consulting, project management, and advice on all aspects of design and development, accessibility, inclusivity and equity, performance and security, localisation, general web server and hosting support, and your internet and online presence.

For trans, non-binary, and queer people — especially QTBIPOC — living their truths, and for organisations going through a name or identity change, I have decades of experience across multiple countries dealing with our concerns and the practicalities of this. Hit me up for a convo any time.

With

  1. Inclusive design is the first thing.
  2. Things I care about: Intersectionality, Accessibility, Usability, Aesthetics, Performance, Security, Privacy.
  3. I’m good anywhere in the LAMP & CSS/JS/HTML stacks.
  4. Things I use daily: CSS, HTML, PHP, WordPress, JavaScript, MySQL, Vagrant, Git, Bash, WP-CLI.

Things I’m solid in:

  • a11y. Yup, four incomprehensible characters for big subject. For me accessibility is semantic HTML (aka the UX of HTML), CSS, responsive design, UX & UI, typography, aesthetics, image, video, and media management, structured data, and generally making things easier for people. Everything I do comes back to this.
  • Content management, structuring data and information, archival data management.
  • Project management and consulting.
  • GRPR / DSVGO, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), privacy and customer protection.
  • Webhosting setup & management, Apache server setup, Linux VM setup. Necessary stuff like .htaccess, SSH, caching & performance, opcache, security, HTTPS & HSTS, Let’s Encrypt, DNS including email authentication.
  • Also: photography, image editing, & Photoshop Affinity Photo (I use FujiFilm, Panasonic, and Canon); video, camera, editing, & Final Cut Pro X; and pretty much anything in MacOS.

WordPress & adjacent stuff I write and / or use on the regular:

  • Custom functions and plugins, theme development, block editor, Advanced Custom Fields, WP REST API & AJAX, WPML, WooCommerce, media handling, DataTables, WP-CLI, NextCloud, Laravel.

&:

I live in Berlin. Other cities mountain and /or ocean-adjacent are attractive to me. Most interesting stuff is on my blog, supernaut