Mark Robbins

Sad news, unfortunately my time at CIO has come to an end. I’m looking at new opportunities doing fun things with email. If you’d like to work together or know of any suitable jobs going please drop me a message. I’m also open to short term gigs while I look for the right opportunity.

The transphobic hate on TalkTV is dangerous, misinformed, and completely breaches the broadcasting code. But Ofcom has done nothing. So we’re taking Ofcom to court to force them to do their job. Back the legal challenge here: https://goodlaw.social/0r9k

UK petition for immediate ban on sale or promotion of "Smart glasses" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76.... (At the very least, they should be renamed 'shart glasses'). [Reposted as I ballsed up the URL before and Bluesky doesn't allow edits]

Love this write up about the @emailmarkup.org accessibility report from @srhdesign.co.uk Thanks for sharing 😁

I don't really use facebook anymore but just trying to list a wardrobe on marketplace and it blocked it, asking me for ID. As a side note, anyone want a large wardrobe, collect from Shoreham

For the first time, the 2026 Email Accessibility Report audited newsletter and marketing platforms with built-in email builders. We analyzed: • 6,909 #Substack emails • 2,189 @beehiiv.com emails • 1,468 #Shopify Email campaigns

The 2026 email accessibility report is now live. 99.88% of 376,348 triggered Serious or Critical accessibility issues. Once again, it's disappointing, most of these issues are quick easy fixes. We all need to do better, myself included.

Besides key dates from our latest newsletter, we also want to let you know (OR SHOUT ABOUT) that our CFP is now officially open: ffconf.org/cfp Please help spread the word (re-post). @remysharp.com always carefully curates the event, whilst always finding new and interesting ideas from your CFPs.

I've been taking a bit of a dive in auto linking in email. It's one of those annoying issues that doesn't have one good fix, there is always some compromise. Hopefully this article will help you find the best (least bad) solutions for you. customer.io/learn/messag... #EmailGeeks

New Outlook! Well we know what that means... New bugs! Oh great we're not using MS Word to render HTML anymore. Oh but now we have some weird inconsistent bugs. Fun. #EmailGeeks have learned that we can’t have nice things. customer.io/learn/messag...

Love this! And it also works in Thunderbird 150 too #EmailGeeks

You can always rely on Outlook to mess with your space mission

OK, I was pretty sceptical but i have to admit, I really loved @syntax.fm Mad CSS. I feel like I'm going to get a little too into this as this progresses 😆

Sorry I had to run off before the #SotB26 after party. Fatigue is hitting me very hard today. My pacing app is blowing up. Back in Shoreham now. Was great seeing everyone and meeting loads of new people. Until next time folks x

Loved this talk. I think I might have to borrow this, replace a space with a line break idea for our email minification. Outlook also doesn't like long lines of text.

! #Sotb26

Very much looking forward to #SotB2026 tomorrow, that came round fast! Very much dreading the early start for the long trek up north to the big city. Hope the trains wake up in time.

I was going to upload this video here too but it's over 100mb and I can't be bothered to compress it, so sharing the LinkedIn version. Anyway, here is a quick and cheesy video on Google force-dark mode and how I try and work with it in email. www.linkedin.com/posts/mjrobb... #EmailGeeks

Great article. Spoiler alert #EmailGeeks yes, you do still need it for your layout tables. But this is a good read to help understand how it it all works a bit better.

Over 40,000 have taken action to keep Palantir out of the NHS. Will you join them? https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media

Because of AI, it's getting harder to be a public educator on the internet. Devs are watching far fewer tutorials and buying fewer paid courses, making it financially tough for teachers. If you like a creator's content and can spare some cash, find out how you can support them.

I made this "ad" for one of Cursor's recent features. It finally solves the terrible problem of knowing CSS.

🚨 Issue 225 of "All About Email" is out now! This week - It’s BIMI time! 🎉 BIMI updates explained: Inbox support, VMC vs. CMC, Gmail’s blue checkmark, and how to set BIMI up properly in 2026. Read the full newsletter below. 👇

🎉 Live from the CSS WG F2F: We just agreed to support multiple borders and outlines per element, comma-separated! But we can’t decide on the order: inside out or outside in? What feels more natural to you, A or B? (it needs to be the same across borders and outlines or different box-sizing values)

Today, we’re launching a new daily series on accessible building blocks. The first video looks at creating clear, accessible headings that everyone can understand. Watch and follow here: youtu.be/sfFvBs0WcPk or with British Sign Language: youtu.be/Ldzbz5FnFEc

Day two of our daily accessibility series is here! Today’s video looks at making images clear and meaningful for everyone to perceive as well as including accurate text descriptions. Watch and follow here: youtu.be/V-sZV82tq3E or with British Sign Language: youtu.be/Ux6pNcmpCMQ