very true!

and you’ve started sketching ideas and it was just supposed to be a quick easy thing 😂

Usability Guidelines For Better Carousels UX — Smashing Magazine Carousels have plenty of accessibility issues, they often exhibit low click-through rates, can be very disruptive when auto-advancing and people frequently scroll past through them. In this series of ...

when you're just trying to make a carousel for your portfolio website and now you're down a rabbit hole of good/bad carousel patterns courtesy of @smashingmagazine.com 😅

www.smashingmagazine.com/2022/04/desi...

OOOOH I appreciate this fyi so much Jonas, thank you!! I tried out tailwindcss bc it was included in the sveltekit starter 🥲 I've dug around @unocss.dev and started reading @antfu.me's blog post about it, the strongest signal for me is that @bencodezen.io is a sponsor 🥰 will look into migrating!

I've been refactoring my blog post styles with @tailwindcss.com the last few days and what took me a bunch of javascript beforehand has now been reduced to 4 lines and it makes me so happy ☺️

two walls of an art gallery with the title “ephemeral” and sakura, ginkgo, and maple shaped ceramics hanging with vertical chains of beads attached. the ceramics represent how much earlier or later the flowers bloomed or leaves’ colors changed compared to a 7 decade average

today is the last day to see @shirleywu.studio’s and my interactive ceramics & data science art show at such as gallery in shimokitazawa, tokyo!

photo of the outside of a gallery space with the name on the awning “suchas gallery”, and a sign in the window that says “ephemeral”

a ceramics installation on a wall with sakura, maple, and ginkgo leaf shaped ceramics, each glazed with a gradient pattern. beads on a chain appear above and below each ceramic.

i’m so proud of us!! @shirleywu.studio and i set up our collaboration art show at suchas gallery in 下北沢, tokyo which will run through 10/19!

it’s an interactive ceramics installation that shows how sakura bloom dates and maple & ginkgo color change dates have shifted over the past 7 decades

Shirley Wu @shirleywu.studio gave a guest lecture in my course, which was very engaging and inspired students. Her prototyping process for her recent and upcoming shows was particularly interesting.

Thank you so much for inviting me and the warm welcome! I had a fun time visiting ☺️

boxes of ceramics shapes with stickers featuring the ceramic piece plus a photo of the tree it’s inspired by. ceramics shapes include maple leaves, sakura flowers, and gingko leaves.

the ceramics and i made it safely to tokyo! these boxes + ranpak kept the ceramics intact in my luggage!

the next few days will be for finishing show prep with @shirleywu.studio!

ahhhh I feel exactly the same!

There are no losers on Web Dev Challenge, but that won't stop @shirleywu.studio from trying to win.

Watch the full episode: codetv.link/wdc/s2e8

beyond the plateau: the next decade with physical data experiences, a hopeful reimagining - Shirley Wu After reflecting on what might have caused a creative plateau in data visualization in "what killed innovation", I turn my attention to where we could go from here. I share why I’m especially excited…

Weekend read: @shirleywu.studio stirred up rich discussion with her series on the state of data storytelling. I'm in the "data experiences" camp -- we can use data to bring people together IRL and tell impactful data stories that drive understanding and change. www.shirleywu.studio/notebook/202...

thank you for reading this pt3! my pt2 got a lot of attention bc it was so clickbait-y, but this was the post that was the most important to me, about where i hope we go from here. so i'm really happy to hear we're in the same camp ☺️

a photo of a ceramic sakura, maple leaf, and ginkgo, with the text “amy wibowo and shirley wu present: ephemeral 陶器に映し出す、桜と紅葉の70年の季節。(translated in english: capturing seven decades of blooms and foliage in ceramics) 2025.10.16(thu)–10.19(sun) 1–7pm suchas_gallery shimokitazawa, tokyo

tokyo friends, @shirleywu.studio and i have been working on a datavis + ceramics art show that will open next week!

ephemeral:
capturing seven decades of blooms and foliage in ceramics

📆 2025.10.16(thu)–10.19(sun) 1–7pm
🎊 10.17 (fri) 6–8pm opening party
🗺️ such as gallery, shimokitazawa, tokyo

I finally compiled (most of) my thoughts on how I use AI and I'm curious: what is your sacred space?

🔗 www.shirleywu.studio/notebook/202...

this was such a beautiful experience thank you for inviting us to playtest ♥️♥️

a dark green postcard with white script text that says “a flower by any other name, a linguistic and botanical puzzle hunt set at the conservatory of flowers”, held by a hand in front of lots of tropical plants

an envelope and papers on top of an iron garden table, in a conservatory green house

a water garden in a conservatory of flowers, featuring water lilies and lotus leaves

a dark green envelope with a gold flower wax seal, held in front of tropical plants

i’ve been working on a puzzle hunt set at the sf conservatory of flowers, and finally got it to a testable state! tysm to @shirleywu.studio, alex, and @indirect.io for helping test it!

FLYING TOKYO feat. Moritz Stefaner, Shirley Wu 真鍋大度が国内外のゲストを迎え開催するクリエイティブ・イベント「Flying Tokyo」。今回は、データビジュアライゼーションの第一人者である Moritz Stefaner 氏...

Just arrived in Tokyo! 🇯🇵🌸❤️

For any #dataviz folks who want to say hi, there will be a casual event with @shirleywu.studio and me on Thursday!

peatix.com/event/4371157

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Yes! Classic ✨

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Oooh yes that’s an interesting point! I realized pretty early on that most tech companies don’t seek me out bc they don’t want to invest in custom d3 their engineers have to maintain, and most of them use a JavaScript charting library instead

Is at least my impression 🤔

No I didn’t! What?? This looks amazing, bookmarking!

Cool!!! Bookmarked for reading later (soon!)

P.S. you know this site, right? infopoetry.densitydesign.org

Shirley's newsletters are a true treat to read. If you're into #dataviz, you should absolutely subscribe.

my guess is tufte 👍

I don't actually think this is what potential clients think (bc my clients don't really tend to be engineers), but rather just proves my point that there's a strong subset of the public that has a very narrow view of what dataviz should look like. and that i want to dispel that

HN comments for @shirleywu.studio's last blog provide a fascinating glimpse into the minds of definitely non-datavis people:

Datavis is done, simplicity should be everything, web as a platform was a bad idea...

Is this what potential clients think? Is this where the crisis in datavis comes from?

beyond the plateau: the next decade with physical data experiences, a hopeful reimagining - Shirley Wu After reflecting on what might have caused a creative plateau in data visualization in

🎊Part 3 of my #dataviz trilogy OUT NOW🎊

What if next wave of innovation comes from what we currently call “Unusual” (ie data sculptures & hyper-local events)? I explore “data experiences” & how deep community connection might drive meaningful cultural impact.

🔗 www.shirleywu.studio/notebook/202...