Notes by Will Chavezhttps://willchavez.com/https://willchavez.com/notes/2026-10-16-synth-lessons/https://willchavez.com/notes/2026-10-16-synth-lessons/A little OP-XY browser companion that started with one question: what if I could see the filter knob move?Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://willchavez.com/notes/2026-10-17-starting-again-with-hci/https://willchavez.com/notes/2026-10-17-starting-again-with-hci/A semester of HCI, two prototypes, and an unreasonable amount of calendar Tetris.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://willchavez.com/notes/2025-06-21-making-navigation-feel-like-a-place-to-return/https://willchavez.com/notes/2025-06-21-making-navigation-feel-like-a-place-to-return/I built the prototype while Ankit led product planning, negotiated scope, and stepped in when I was out. Four days taught us how much good work depends on choosing what not to build.Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://willchavez.com/notes/2021-09-15-got-em-snkrs-generator/https://willchavez.com/notes/2021-09-15-got-em-snkrs-generator/Sneaker culture is something I’ve participated since I was in high school around 2009. Over the past couple of years people who have bought Nike shoes have typically used an app called SNKRS…Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://willchavez.com/notes/2020-09-08-ibm-in-raleigh-and-san-francisco/https://willchavez.com/notes/2020-09-08-ibm-in-raleigh-and-san-francisco/I started my career at IBM in Raleigh, NC working on a team that made applications with Watson AI. I remember going in the first day and being astounded at all the different tech that was being…Tue, 08 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://willchavez.com/notes/2020-03-20-rebuilding-hireharlem-com/https://willchavez.com/notes/2020-03-20-rebuilding-hireharlem-com/Hi! My name is Will! I’m a Software Engineer at IBM and I moved to San Francisco in September, 2018 for a new position at the IBM Garage. Before moving to SF, I was living in Raleigh, NC and…Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://willchavez.com/notes/2018-09-22-asheville-knoxville/https://willchavez.com/notes/2018-09-22-asheville-knoxville/Towards the end of March, my team at IBM was given Thu+Fri off and during the beginning of that week I started looking into a strange little festival that I heard of, called Big Ears. It had been…Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://willchavez.com/notes/2018-09-22-atlanta-and-tyler/https://willchavez.com/notes/2018-09-22-atlanta-and-tyler/In the beginning of February I wasn’t doing much, going out a lot, so I started developing a serious case of FOMO while looking through social media. My best friend was in Dallas and had been…Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://willchavez.com/notes/2018-09-16-barcelona-spain/https://willchavez.com/notes/2018-09-16-barcelona-spain/When I arrived in Barcelona, the first thing I did after getting through the airport was finding a cell phone provider to get a 4G data plan. So I used my broken, stutter-filled Spanish to ask the…Sun, 16 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT