Amelia Wattenberger
@wattenberger.com
web dev, design, LLMs, data viz, tools for thought
✨ Design @ SHV
🌸 wattenberger.com
✨ Design @ SHV
🌸 wattenberger.com
wrote up some thoughts on how our interfaces are getting flatter, and how we might design with 💃 our bodies 🤸 in mind.
🧶 went ham on little yarn worlds
wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...
🧶 went ham on little yarn worlds
wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...
March 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
wrote up some thoughts on how our interfaces are getting flatter, and how we might design with 💃 our bodies 🤸 in mind.
🧶 went ham on little yarn worlds
wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...
🧶 went ham on little yarn worlds
wattenberger.com/thoughts/our...
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Do you think middle school sucks? You’re not alone. @alv9n.com uses a survey of millions of students to show how our brains and our sense of belonging change in middle school.
💻 pudding.cool/2025/02/midd...
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zL...
💻 pudding.cool/2025/02/midd...
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zL...
The Middle Ages
Follow hundreds of kids as they navigate their treacherous middle school years.
pudding.cool
March 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Do you think middle school sucks? You’re not alone. @alv9n.com uses a survey of millions of students to show how our brains and our sense of belonging change in middle school.
💻 pudding.cool/2025/02/midd...
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zL...
💻 pudding.cool/2025/02/midd...
📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zL...
this is what it looks like when you allocate your time to
vibes
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actual content
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vibes
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actual content
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February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
this is what it looks like when you allocate your time to
vibes
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
actual content
🟩🟩
vibes
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actual content
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making this is so fun I've been doing it instead of watching Severance
February 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
making this is so fun I've been doing it instead of watching Severance
going ham with this 🚀
February 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
going ham with this 🚀
sharing my silly workflow to create transitions between images:
1. throw images in an auto layout in @figma.com
2. clip a new image with the bottom and top of the two images
3. throw in Midjourney edit and generate some new images
4. paste that new image back into Figma and clip it
1. throw images in an auto layout in @figma.com
2. clip a new image with the bottom and top of the two images
3. throw in Midjourney edit and generate some new images
4. paste that new image back into Figma and clip it
February 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
sharing my silly workflow to create transitions between images:
1. throw images in an auto layout in @figma.com
2. clip a new image with the bottom and top of the two images
3. throw in Midjourney edit and generate some new images
4. paste that new image back into Figma and clip it
1. throw images in an auto layout in @figma.com
2. clip a new image with the bottom and top of the two images
3. throw in Midjourney edit and generate some new images
4. paste that new image back into Figma and clip it
cute little responsive felt worlds 😍
February 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
cute little responsive felt worlds 😍
cooking up a new blog post. I'm loving these little felt worlds and baking little transitions between them.
February 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
cooking up a new blog post. I'm loving these little felt worlds and baking little transitions between them.
Today was my last day exploring the future with the lovely GitHub Next team ❤️
I already miss them and the awesome projects I got to work on. Like building a dynamic, personalized learning sandbox. And recently, something even more exciting. Little me could never imagine having so much fun at work!
I already miss them and the awesome projects I got to work on. Like building a dynamic, personalized learning sandbox. And recently, something even more exciting. Little me could never imagine having so much fun at work!
February 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Today was my last day exploring the future with the lovely GitHub Next team ❤️
I already miss them and the awesome projects I got to work on. Like building a dynamic, personalized learning sandbox. And recently, something even more exciting. Little me could never imagine having so much fun at work!
I already miss them and the awesome projects I got to work on. Like building a dynamic, personalized learning sandbox. And recently, something even more exciting. Little me could never imagine having so much fun at work!
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February 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Holy crap, “Fish eye for text” by @wattenberger.com just blew my mind.
I'm not sure what it is, but I think I got this feeling that this can be really powerful if applied well to teaching! (Which is the point made in the article.)
Article with demos: wattenberger.com/thoughts/fis...
I'm not sure what it is, but I think I got this feeling that this can be really powerful if applied well to teaching! (Which is the point made in the article.)
Article with demos: wattenberger.com/thoughts/fis...
February 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Holy crap, “Fish eye for text” by @wattenberger.com just blew my mind.
I'm not sure what it is, but I think I got this feeling that this can be really powerful if applied well to teaching! (Which is the point made in the article.)
Article with demos: wattenberger.com/thoughts/fis...
I'm not sure what it is, but I think I got this feeling that this can be really powerful if applied well to teaching! (Which is the point made in the article.)
Article with demos: wattenberger.com/thoughts/fis...
Reposted by Amelia Wattenberger
Another hit from @wattenberger.com. I love how Amelia stitches ideas together and ties them back to concrete real life while still writing about a piece of technology.
wattenberger.com/thoughts/llm...
wattenberger.com/thoughts/llm...
LLMs are a tool for thought
wattenberger.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Another hit from @wattenberger.com. I love how Amelia stitches ideas together and ties them back to concrete real life while still writing about a piece of technology.
wattenberger.com/thoughts/llm...
wattenberger.com/thoughts/llm...
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I love this visualization of working memory by @wattenberger.com.
Also, "As a new parent, I have a smaller window than most." 😂 Amen!
Also, "As a new parent, I have a smaller window than most." 😂 Amen!
February 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I love this visualization of working memory by @wattenberger.com.
Also, "As a new parent, I have a smaller window than most." 😂 Amen!
Also, "As a new parent, I have a smaller window than most." 😂 Amen!
historical events are all jumbled up in my mind, on their own timeline. Wouldn't it be great to have a "World Time Explorer" that helps stitch together those timelines?
buggy and probably better on a map, but throwing this idea into a ui to start playing around
buggy and probably better on a map, but throwing this idea into a ui to start playing around
February 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
historical events are all jumbled up in my mind, on their own timeline. Wouldn't it be great to have a "World Time Explorer" that helps stitch together those timelines?
buggy and probably better on a map, but throwing this idea into a ui to start playing around
buggy and probably better on a map, but throwing this idea into a ui to start playing around
sharing an old exploration that's been top of mind recently
the future is...
✨ a shared artifact between humans and AI
✨ content at different levels of abstraction
✨ multimodal inputs and NL controls
the future is...
✨ a shared artifact between humans and AI
✨ content at different levels of abstraction
✨ multimodal inputs and NL controls
February 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
sharing an old exploration that's been top of mind recently
the future is...
✨ a shared artifact between humans and AI
✨ content at different levels of abstraction
✨ multimodal inputs and NL controls
the future is...
✨ a shared artifact between humans and AI
✨ content at different levels of abstraction
✨ multimodal inputs and NL controls
Reposted by Amelia Wattenberger
Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Trump is attempting to unilaterally freeze trillions of dollars in federal spending that’s been duly appropriated by Congress. This is completely insane and illegal. He’s seizing unlawful control over the constitutional spending power? Five alarm fire www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Reposted by Amelia Wattenberger
This is legit - the organizers (including unions) are organizing. When I ask those in the know what we can do that will actually matter, the answer includes collective action of this type.
I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!
I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!
Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is legit - the organizers (including unions) are organizing. When I ask those in the know what we can do that will actually matter, the answer includes collective action of this type.
I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!
I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!
welp it's clear that I need to close my Twitter account. But it's not clear what the best way to do it is.
Any ideas on ✨ how to do the most good ✨ on the way out with 32k followers?
Any ideas on ✨ how to do the most good ✨ on the way out with 32k followers?
January 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
welp it's clear that I need to close my Twitter account. But it's not clear what the best way to do it is.
Any ideas on ✨ how to do the most good ✨ on the way out with 32k followers?
Any ideas on ✨ how to do the most good ✨ on the way out with 32k followers?
Reposted by Amelia Wattenberger
I have an entry into the hypercard genre, www.dealt.dev - has about 4 weeks of work in it
I got the motivation playing with svg.wtf from @wattenberger.com to follow an old idea with many prototypes - starting with an SVG editor really clicked
uses Svelte and PixiJS - github.com/ryanatkn/dealt
I got the motivation playing with svg.wtf from @wattenberger.com to follow an old idea with many prototypes - starting with an SVG editor really clicked
uses Svelte and PixiJS - github.com/ryanatkn/dealt
December 19, 2024 at 7:10 AM
I have an entry into the hypercard genre, www.dealt.dev - has about 4 weeks of work in it
I got the motivation playing with svg.wtf from @wattenberger.com to follow an old idea with many prototypes - starting with an SVG editor really clicked
uses Svelte and PixiJS - github.com/ryanatkn/dealt
I got the motivation playing with svg.wtf from @wattenberger.com to follow an old idea with many prototypes - starting with an SVG editor really clicked
uses Svelte and PixiJS - github.com/ryanatkn/dealt
Reposted by Amelia Wattenberger
My girlfriend and I made a little two-player word game. It’s called Word Rumble ✨
Have fun: wordrumble.fun
Have fun: wordrumble.fun
November 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM
My girlfriend and I made a little two-player word game. It’s called Word Rumble ✨
Have fun: wordrumble.fun
Have fun: wordrumble.fun
Reposted by Amelia Wattenberger
WizardChess 1.0 is (technically) live on Steam! Flipping the Early Access switch tomorrow but... I triple-dog-dare you to try it out early
#gamedev
#gamedev
December 14, 2024 at 1:55 AM
WizardChess 1.0 is (technically) live on Steam! Flipping the Early Access switch tomorrow but... I triple-dog-dare you to try it out early
#gamedev
#gamedev
Reposted by Amelia Wattenberger
To my Bluesky friends attending #NeurIPS2024:
Check out our poster: “Poisson Variational Autoencoder” (P-VAE)!
The P-VAE is a #generative model that encodes inputs into spike count variables and unifies major neuroscience theories with modern machine learning.
w/ Jacob Yates and Dekel Galor
🧠🤖🧠📈
Check out our poster: “Poisson Variational Autoencoder” (P-VAE)!
The P-VAE is a #generative model that encodes inputs into spike count variables and unifies major neuroscience theories with modern machine learning.
w/ Jacob Yates and Dekel Galor
🧠🤖🧠📈
December 11, 2024 at 2:06 AM
To my Bluesky friends attending #NeurIPS2024:
Check out our poster: “Poisson Variational Autoencoder” (P-VAE)!
The P-VAE is a #generative model that encodes inputs into spike count variables and unifies major neuroscience theories with modern machine learning.
w/ Jacob Yates and Dekel Galor
🧠🤖🧠📈
Check out our poster: “Poisson Variational Autoencoder” (P-VAE)!
The P-VAE is a #generative model that encodes inputs into spike count variables and unifies major neuroscience theories with modern machine learning.
w/ Jacob Yates and Dekel Galor
🧠🤖🧠📈
Reposted by Amelia Wattenberger
It is sad to see authors not being able to present their work at #NeurIPS2024 because of visa issues.
But some authors went above and beyond.
Here is @hadivafaii.bsky.social tele-presenting his work with an impressive setup (ipad, mic, speaker, holder, battery).
Well done sir!
But some authors went above and beyond.
Here is @hadivafaii.bsky.social tele-presenting his work with an impressive setup (ipad, mic, speaker, holder, battery).
Well done sir!
December 13, 2024 at 8:35 AM
It is sad to see authors not being able to present their work at #NeurIPS2024 because of visa issues.
But some authors went above and beyond.
Here is @hadivafaii.bsky.social tele-presenting his work with an impressive setup (ipad, mic, speaker, holder, battery).
Well done sir!
But some authors went above and beyond.
Here is @hadivafaii.bsky.social tele-presenting his work with an impressive setup (ipad, mic, speaker, holder, battery).
Well done sir!
😍 love seeing the charts I worked on with @puddingviz.bsky.social on Google Trends
December 13, 2024 at 5:22 PM
😍 love seeing the charts I worked on with @puddingviz.bsky.social on Google Trends
the Twitter algorithm at work
December 10, 2024 at 6:50 PM
the Twitter algorithm at work