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Frank Elavsky (he/him) ⌁
@frank.computer
On the job market!

Presently PhD candidate studying tool-making for vis 📊 @hcii.cmu.edu. Prev: Adobe, Highsoft, Apple, Visa.

Softer-ware (malleability), accessibility, data interaction, node-edge navigation

Disabled & making a ttrpg.

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You can catch my full, open course on accessibility in visualization here:
openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/acce...
1.1 Introduction - Accessibility in Data Visualization - Open Visualization Academy
openvisualizationacademy.org
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Auto-ethnographies and auto-bio desogn are close? But those tend to be individualistic and not about communities, groups, or teams...
February 8, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Hmmm. I'm really curious about projects led by non-academics especially, since most of "participatory" and "co-" approaches often involve some outsider who wants to create generalizable knowledge.

I'm *really* interested in "local" knowledges, produced by people for themselves.
February 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
There are community based and participatory approaches, which is awesome. But I'm also just curious for the broader spectrum of (even non-academic) sources, as well as everything from designerly approaches to self-innovation/auto-ethnography.

Cc'ing @perhaxis.bsky.social for ideas, perhaps?
February 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
hah! some have tried already, like the folks with the City of SF: medium.com/san-francisc...
A template for accessible data visualizations:
If data isn’t accessible and understandable, it isn’t helpful. We shifted our bar for success beyond providing high quality data, to making
medium.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
😂
February 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This kind of strategy not only is performative compliance but also demands repeated micro-labor from people with disabilities. Every single website requires additional interaction in order to gain basic, fundamental access? 1 click becomes 5. This adds up into a mountain of tedium and pain.
February 3, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Ah, love this one!
February 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
This single course might put "accessibility" in front of more students and learners than any other project, talk, or workshop I've done. I'm excited to see the growth in our community in the next few years.

This is one of the more hopeful things happening right now, which I really needed.
February 2, 2026 at 3:54 PM