Cleaning up Google Search; events; links
And a chance to see Sean Connery in a mankini
I’m speaking at Green IO, NYC this week
Doing 25 mins on the Web Sustainability Guidelines, DOGE, and Sean Connery.
You can get a free ticket with my code: https://ticket.apidays.global/event/apidays-nyc-2025/207d2df0-83d4-4511-a6ae-3e1229e584b8/cart?coupon=IKNOWJAMESCHRISTIE
Declutter your Google search with udm=14
Add udm=14 to your search string, wave bye-bye to AI summaries, knowledge panels, and ads.
Let’s try it out and compare the number HTTP requests used.
AI summary on (default): 66 requests
With UDM=14 : 18 requests
“Best kitchen mixer” : 83 requests, tons of ads
UDM=14 version: 31 requests.
Verdict
Not a huge difference in overall bytes sent, but the number of requests is consistently half. Plus, it’s so much more usable. Try it yourself!
Most companies remain committed to sustainability and climate reporting
Via Green Digest
The report found that 85% of executives plan to continue disclosing GHG emissions, regardless of political changes, and 97% believe integrated sustainability and financial reporting provides a competitive advantage.
Design Whine Issue #16 with Tim Frick
Tim Frick on Web Sustainability and Building a Greener Digital World
Yale CCC update - Global Warming’s Six Americas, updated
Useful info on how to communicate with the very different Americas - Alarmed, Concerned, Cautious, Disengaged, Doubtful, and Dismissive.
Different audiences in the Six Americas have different knowledge needs. Alarmed and Concerned Americans are most interested in learning about solutions to climate change, and may be most responsive to messages asking them to get involved. The Cautious and Doubtful, in contrast, want to know more about the causes and evidence that climate change is happening, and may be most responsive to messaging that explains the scientific consensus around global warming.
Decarbonise user journeys
James Chudley has released this handy toolkit for UX strategists.
Deliver faster, simpler, and more effective user journeys that are better for people, prosperity, planet and performance.
Event: Design & Climate: Less is More
Friday, May 23 · 1:30 - 8pm GMT+1. Manchester UK.
Exploring how we can (and must) use less with more as we design solutions that are better for our people and planet.
AI Corner
“Within Bounds: Limiting AI's environmental impact” (greenscreen.network)
Signed by over 130+ organizations. If you share our concerns and demands that AI systems be made compatible with our planetary boundaries, and are a civil society organization, can you can sign on here.
“OpenAI’s Sora Is Plagued by Sexist, Racist, and Ableist Biases” (Wired).
The future looks homogeneous.
No AI on this website
Remember humanstxt.org? A template for a personal site AI statement.