shm garanganao almeda
@sh1m.bsky.social
"shim" (they/them)
creativity support, rabbits, trains 🎨🚆🐰
hci @ berkeley, adobe research, mj storytelling
https://shmuh.co
🏳️⚧️🇵🇭
creativity support, rabbits, trains 🎨🚆🐰
hci @ berkeley, adobe research, mj storytelling
https://shmuh.co
🏳️⚧️🇵🇭
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this bluesky has come to serve 2 purposes
1. mirror whatever my HCI Academic Twitter marketing persona posts on the hxllsite (X dot com 🤢) here, as a matter of principle
2. a couple of additional littol …knickknacks 'n' shiny rocks 'n' sh*tposts… too silly or sassy for the hxllsite to deserve
1. mirror whatever my HCI Academic Twitter marketing persona posts on the hxllsite (X dot com 🤢) here, as a matter of principle
2. a couple of additional littol …knickknacks 'n' shiny rocks 'n' sh*tposts… too silly or sassy for the hxllsite to deserve
((screaming into the bluesky void, an orphan before an altar to an inattentive god))
¡!¡ if another maarte ahh tfc teleserye ahh scenario happens to me this year!¡! i WILL vOMIT !¡!!1
¡!¡ if another maarte ahh tfc teleserye ahh scenario happens to me this year!¡! i WILL vOMIT !¡!!1
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
((screaming into the bluesky void, an orphan before an altar to an inattentive god))
¡!¡ if another maarte ahh tfc teleserye ahh scenario happens to me this year!¡! i WILL vOMIT !¡!!1
¡!¡ if another maarte ahh tfc teleserye ahh scenario happens to me this year!¡! i WILL vOMIT !¡!!1
it's been only nat20 or nat1 type scenarios for me this year … 🎲
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
it's been only nat20 or nat1 type scenarios for me this year … 🎲
Reposted by shm garanganao almeda
Reposted by shm garanganao almeda
A thing that I think is good is when a human creates a piece of art
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
A thing that I think is good is when a human creates a piece of art
yesterday I felt so devastated i was tempted to stay home and wallow
but i went to lab and remembered my (chi review, etc) misfortune is soo dramatically dwarfed by the immense fortune that is my supportive research community 😭
the academia demons want you to isolate do not listen
but i went to lab and remembered my (chi review, etc) misfortune is soo dramatically dwarfed by the immense fortune that is my supportive research community 😭
the academia demons want you to isolate do not listen
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
yesterday I felt so devastated i was tempted to stay home and wallow
but i went to lab and remembered my (chi review, etc) misfortune is soo dramatically dwarfed by the immense fortune that is my supportive research community 😭
the academia demons want you to isolate do not listen
but i went to lab and remembered my (chi review, etc) misfortune is soo dramatically dwarfed by the immense fortune that is my supportive research community 😭
the academia demons want you to isolate do not listen
didn't get a good recording of my full road-trip-talk, but here's one of me presenting Creativity Supportive Ecosystems, which got a Best Paper Honorable Mention this #CHI25!
also available under the Research tab on my website.
(shmuh.co) drive.google.com/file/d/1qjvM...
also available under the Research tab on my website.
(shmuh.co) drive.google.com/file/d/1qjvM...
shmspace
shmuh.co
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
didn't get a good recording of my full road-trip-talk, but here's one of me presenting Creativity Supportive Ecosystems, which got a Best Paper Honorable Mention this #CHI25!
also available under the Research tab on my website.
(shmuh.co) drive.google.com/file/d/1qjvM...
also available under the Research tab on my website.
(shmuh.co) drive.google.com/file/d/1qjvM...
an abundance of tools that "create" births a fast-paced world wealthy with "creations"
… and the gradual shrinking of time and space where we would *yearn* to create…! where we would seek one another for inspiration and support …! where we might stumble… and dream…!
… and the gradual shrinking of time and space where we would *yearn* to create…! where we would seek one another for inspiration and support …! where we might stumble… and dream…!
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
an abundance of tools that "create" births a fast-paced world wealthy with "creations"
… and the gradual shrinking of time and space where we would *yearn* to create…! where we would seek one another for inspiration and support …! where we might stumble… and dream…!
… and the gradual shrinking of time and space where we would *yearn* to create…! where we would seek one another for inspiration and support …! where we might stumble… and dream…!
you either drop out after your first paper rejection or you live long enough to see yourself become the R2 whose review convinced the other reviewers to lower their scores
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
you either drop out after your first paper rejection or you live long enough to see yourself become the R2 whose review convinced the other reviewers to lower their scores
brb babes im just shapeshifting into a strategically crafted persona who is better equipped to spend the next X years navigating and rearranging the sociotechnical power structures around us so i can carve out enough space in the world for my friends and i to make art sometimes haha
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
brb babes im just shapeshifting into a strategically crafted persona who is better equipped to spend the next X years navigating and rearranging the sociotechnical power structures around us so i can carve out enough space in the world for my friends and i to make art sometimes haha
a marriage proposal is a speculative design fiction prompt
October 23, 2025 at 4:44 AM
a marriage proposal is a speculative design fiction prompt
this bluesky has come to serve 2 purposes
1. mirror whatever my HCI Academic Twitter marketing persona posts on the hxllsite (X dot com 🤢) here, as a matter of principle
2. a couple of additional littol …knickknacks 'n' shiny rocks 'n' sh*tposts… too silly or sassy for the hxllsite to deserve
1. mirror whatever my HCI Academic Twitter marketing persona posts on the hxllsite (X dot com 🤢) here, as a matter of principle
2. a couple of additional littol …knickknacks 'n' shiny rocks 'n' sh*tposts… too silly or sassy for the hxllsite to deserve
October 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
this bluesky has come to serve 2 purposes
1. mirror whatever my HCI Academic Twitter marketing persona posts on the hxllsite (X dot com 🤢) here, as a matter of principle
2. a couple of additional littol …knickknacks 'n' shiny rocks 'n' sh*tposts… too silly or sassy for the hxllsite to deserve
1. mirror whatever my HCI Academic Twitter marketing persona posts on the hxllsite (X dot com 🤢) here, as a matter of principle
2. a couple of additional littol …knickknacks 'n' shiny rocks 'n' sh*tposts… too silly or sassy for the hxllsite to deserve
…doing this hci research tour during chi review season is kinda funny because everyone is in the mood to share some newly riled-up critical opinion about "what we're even DOING in HCI"
but can only speak about it in this vague, subtweet-esque manner… 😆
but can only speak about it in this vague, subtweet-esque manner… 😆
October 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
…doing this hci research tour during chi review season is kinda funny because everyone is in the mood to share some newly riled-up critical opinion about "what we're even DOING in HCI"
but can only speak about it in this vague, subtweet-esque manner… 😆
but can only speak about it in this vague, subtweet-esque manner… 😆
my notes on Terry Winograd & Lucy Suchman's conversation @stanfordhai.bsky.social yesterday! such an honor and a privilege to hear them speak on AI, data, our roles in the world as computer professionals, technology designers, humans…
tysm Nava & Stanford HCI for organizing!
tysm Nava & Stanford HCI for organizing!
October 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
my notes on Terry Winograd & Lucy Suchman's conversation @stanfordhai.bsky.social yesterday! such an honor and a privilege to hear them speak on AI, data, our roles in the world as computer professionals, technology designers, humans…
tysm Nava & Stanford HCI for organizing!
tysm Nava & Stanford HCI for organizing!
I'm on an hci research / personal mesearch tour — road-tripping, giving talks, and making friends across southern california! Thank you soooo much to Stanford HCI for having me today!
October 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I'm on an hci research / personal mesearch tour — road-tripping, giving talks, and making friends across southern california! Thank you soooo much to Stanford HCI for having me today!
so much exciting work to be done!
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
so much exciting work to be done!
omg artkrit zine !! 🐛🎨🖌️✨
https://jingyi.me/static/artkrit-zine.pdf #UIST2025
https://jingyi.me/static/artkrit-zine.pdf #UIST2025
the entire Creative Design with GenAI session on Wed @ 11AM looks amazing — as a digital artist myself I'm so excited to see how this work ft. ArtKrit deeply engages with our processes & needs, + to see that recognized with a well-deserved Best Paper award!
programs.sigchi.org/uist/2025/pr...
programs.sigchi.org/uist/2025/pr...
September 29, 2025 at 6:44 AM
omg artkrit zine !! 🐛🎨🖌️✨
https://jingyi.me/static/artkrit-zine.pdf #UIST2025
https://jingyi.me/static/artkrit-zine.pdf #UIST2025
I am not in Korea at #UIST2025 (😭) but some of the most brilliant people I know are! ✨🇰🇷
here's a few things I'm bummed to miss, and that YOU do NOT want to miss...! 🧵
here's a few things I'm bummed to miss, and that YOU do NOT want to miss...! 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
I am not in Korea at #UIST2025 (😭) but some of the most brilliant people I know are! ✨🇰🇷
here's a few things I'm bummed to miss, and that YOU do NOT want to miss...! 🧵
here's a few things I'm bummed to miss, and that YOU do NOT want to miss...! 🧵
new hair new profile pic! 💚🧡
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
new hair new profile pic! 💚🧡
so incredibly proud of sophia liu (sophiawliu.com) for leading this piece, and giving an awesome presentation (that you can watch!) at ACM Hypertext -- Friction & (user) Agency are values we feel are really needed as we design for a future inundated by (AI) Agents 🩵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIqj...
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
so incredibly proud of sophia liu (sophiawliu.com) for leading this piece, and giving an awesome presentation (that you can watch!) at ACM Hypertext -- Friction & (user) Agency are values we feel are really needed as we design for a future inundated by (AI) Agents 🩵
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIqj...
Reposted by shm garanganao almeda
1/ Exciting paper by @sh1m.bsky.social & Sophia Liu 🔥
“hypertext systems emphasize provenance, associative thinking, and user-driven meaning-making, while algorithmic systems tend to obscure process and flatten participation” arxiv.org/abs/2507.235...
“hypertext systems emphasize provenance, associative thinking, and user-driven meaning-making, while algorithmic systems tend to obscure process and flatten participation” arxiv.org/abs/2507.235...
September 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
1/ Exciting paper by @sh1m.bsky.social & Sophia Liu 🔥
“hypertext systems emphasize provenance, associative thinking, and user-driven meaning-making, while algorithmic systems tend to obscure process and flatten participation” arxiv.org/abs/2507.235...
“hypertext systems emphasize provenance, associative thinking, and user-driven meaning-making, while algorithmic systems tend to obscure process and flatten participation” arxiv.org/abs/2507.235...
so whoever internet archived my art portfolio site in april, before it got nuked by Adobe irrecoverably revoking my student license… i owe you a big one! thank you SO much. I promise I have learned my lesson about proprietary software this time I promise
web.archive.org/web/20250422...
web.archive.org/web/20250422...
Shm Garanganao Almeda
fine artist. fan artist. computer scientist.
web.archive.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
so whoever internet archived my art portfolio site in april, before it got nuked by Adobe irrecoverably revoking my student license… i owe you a big one! thank you SO much. I promise I have learned my lesson about proprietary software this time I promise
web.archive.org/web/20250422...
web.archive.org/web/20250422...