Sean
@seanython.bsky.social
👾 Software designer
🌎 Washington, DC
Exploring the materials of today and staying curious about what will shape tomorrow
🔗 https://bento.me/seansimmons
🌎 Washington, DC
Exploring the materials of today and staying curious about what will shape tomorrow
🔗 https://bento.me/seansimmons
Sure, exploring music data in a force graph is great but you should be able to listen too right? 🔊
September 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Sure, exploring music data in a force graph is great but you should be able to listen too right? 🔊
Filter artists by any number of genres
September 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Filter artists by any number of genres
Big unlock: you can now view all artists, capped with a node limiter control.
Right now, you're seeing the top 200, 500, 2000, etc. of ~180k artists, but how do you jump to the last 2,000, or the middle 2,000, in a UI with no “pages”?
#buildinpublic
Right now, you're seeing the top 200, 500, 2000, etc. of ~180k artists, but how do you jump to the last 2,000, or the middle 2,000, in a UI with no “pages”?
#buildinpublic
September 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Big unlock: you can now view all artists, capped with a node limiter control.
Right now, you're seeing the top 200, 500, 2000, etc. of ~180k artists, but how do you jump to the last 2,000, or the middle 2,000, in a UI with no “pages”?
#buildinpublic
Right now, you're seeing the top 200, 500, 2000, etc. of ~180k artists, but how do you jump to the last 2,000, or the middle 2,000, in a UI with no “pages”?
#buildinpublic
Two big-ish updates:
1 → Finally got around to adding color. Right now it indicates which major genre-tree the node is a part of.
2 → Added a fun *auto-zoom on select* behavior. Makes it so much easier to traverse the graph
#buildinpublic #dataviz #uidesign
1 → Finally got around to adding color. Right now it indicates which major genre-tree the node is a part of.
2 → Added a fun *auto-zoom on select* behavior. Makes it so much easier to traverse the graph
#buildinpublic #dataviz #uidesign
September 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Two big-ish updates:
1 → Finally got around to adding color. Right now it indicates which major genre-tree the node is a part of.
2 → Added a fun *auto-zoom on select* behavior. Makes it so much easier to traverse the graph
#buildinpublic #dataviz #uidesign
1 → Finally got around to adding color. Right now it indicates which major genre-tree the node is a part of.
2 → Added a fun *auto-zoom on select* behavior. Makes it so much easier to traverse the graph
#buildinpublic #dataviz #uidesign
More music data coming in means more real estate needed to display it.
Making the drawer fully responsive from lg → md → sm screens was a a little tricky, but it's so satisfying seeing it snap in to place now. Still working on the layout of the content
#uidesign #buildinpublic
Making the drawer fully responsive from lg → md → sm screens was a a little tricky, but it's so satisfying seeing it snap in to place now. Still working on the layout of the content
#uidesign #buildinpublic
August 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
More music data coming in means more real estate needed to display it.
Making the drawer fully responsive from lg → md → sm screens was a a little tricky, but it's so satisfying seeing it snap in to place now. Still working on the layout of the content
#uidesign #buildinpublic
Making the drawer fully responsive from lg → md → sm screens was a a little tricky, but it's so satisfying seeing it snap in to place now. Still working on the layout of the content
#uidesign #buildinpublic
Forget about dang ol’ Cracker Barrel. Look what @figma.com’s done to this super cute toolbar button in Figjam 😢
August 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Forget about dang ol’ Cracker Barrel. Look what @figma.com’s done to this super cute toolbar button in Figjam 😢
Looks like @arcbrowser.bsky.social took away the AI-Assisted Find and Replace filter 😔
August 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Looks like @arcbrowser.bsky.social took away the AI-Assisted Find and Replace filter 😔
Since when did Spotify have a comment section?
July 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Since when did Spotify have a comment section?
Finally able to add some clustering controls to the genre graph!
So far I have Hierarchy, Influence, and Fusion. You're also able to toggle 'DAG Mode' which is a more a way to view connections more linearly. The physics on that are super funky still 😆
So far I have Hierarchy, Influence, and Fusion. You're also able to toggle 'DAG Mode' which is a more a way to view connections more linearly. The physics on that are super funky still 😆
July 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Finally able to add some clustering controls to the genre graph!
So far I have Hierarchy, Influence, and Fusion. You're also able to toggle 'DAG Mode' which is a more a way to view connections more linearly. The physics on that are super funky still 😆
So far I have Hierarchy, Influence, and Fusion. You're also able to toggle 'DAG Mode' which is a more a way to view connections more linearly. The physics on that are super funky still 😆
New look for the genre graph, obviously inspired by @obsidian.md, and dark mode! #buildinpublic
July 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
New look for the genre graph, obviously inspired by @obsidian.md, and dark mode! #buildinpublic
Implemented a command menu (search, if I'm being honest) for quicker switching between genre and artist selections
July 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Implemented a command menu (search, if I'm being honest) for quicker switching between genre and artist selections
Still getting the hang of @motion.dev and it took me longer than I’d like to admit to get this animation to where I want it. Also, just learned that @last.fm deprecated their artist image endpoint 😭
Any ideas for alternative approaches to sourcing artist images?
Any ideas for alternative approaches to sourcing artist images?
June 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Still getting the hang of @motion.dev and it took me longer than I’d like to admit to get this animation to where I want it. Also, just learned that @last.fm deprecated their artist image endpoint 😭
Any ideas for alternative approaches to sourcing artist images?
Any ideas for alternative approaches to sourcing artist images?
Messing around with some nav concepts in Figma for this music exploration tool I’m working on.
This one won’t stick because I want the list view to work along side the graph, updating to show the nodes in the viewport. Thought I’d share anyway just to see if it sparks any ideas for anyone ☺️
This one won’t stick because I want the list view to work along side the graph, updating to show the nodes in the viewport. Thought I’d share anyway just to see if it sparks any ideas for anyone ☺️
June 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Messing around with some nav concepts in Figma for this music exploration tool I’m working on.
This one won’t stick because I want the list view to work along side the graph, updating to show the nodes in the viewport. Thought I’d share anyway just to see if it sparks any ideas for anyone ☺️
This one won’t stick because I want the list view to work along side the graph, updating to show the nodes in the viewport. Thought I’d share anyway just to see if it sparks any ideas for anyone ☺️
Anyone have any experience doing discovery work or usability testing in a customer-facing conference setting? What worked for you?
April 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Anyone have any experience doing discovery work or usability testing in a customer-facing conference setting? What worked for you?
Is there any way to get around @figma.com Slides requiring people to log in before they can edit? I’d like to use the interaction widgets to collect feedback on something I’m working on, but I don’t want to force anyone to create an account
April 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Is there any way to get around @figma.com Slides requiring people to log in before they can edit? I’d like to use the interaction widgets to collect feedback on something I’m working on, but I don’t want to force anyone to create an account
I don't have as much of a problem with throwing away work as I do continuing to work on something that I know I'm going to have to throw away
April 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I don't have as much of a problem with throwing away work as I do continuing to work on something that I know I'm going to have to throw away
Incredible work 👏
March 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Incredible work 👏
One of the most epic diagrams I've seen—
calculatingempires.net?pos=100667.3...
calculatingempires.net?pos=100667.3...
Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500
Explore how technical and social structures co-evolved over five centuries in this large-scale research visualization.
calculatingempires.net
February 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most epic diagrams I've seen—
calculatingempires.net?pos=100667.3...
calculatingempires.net?pos=100667.3...
How have I just started using voice-to-text on Mac? This is amazing
January 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
How have I just started using voice-to-text on Mac? This is amazing
That’s all I ever wanted 🥲
November 22, 2024 at 6:28 PM
That’s all I ever wanted 🥲