Hi, my name is Yeli.

Or Omayeli if you're feeling brave. I’m a artist and technologist from Nigeria currently working at LinkedIn as a Software Engineer.

I graduated from New York University in 2017 with an individualized degree in Computer Science, Art and Design. I have previously worked at Siberia, and Control Group / Intersection. I am an alum of Recurse Center, School of Poetic Computation, Tech@NYU, Code2040, and data.4.change.

In addition to the typical, you can find me on Speaker Deck, goodreads, dev.to, pocket, and glitch.

Selected Projects

2019 The Gendered Project A library of gendered words.
2018 Art Connoisseur A bot that interprets art from Artsy.
2018 OpenFrameworks Experiments A series of interactive visuals made with OpenFrameworks.
2018 Tweeter or Retweeter? Tells you, based on your profile if you are a tweeter or retweeter.
2018 Y Under Y An award list any and everyone can get on.
2018 Face the Music Make music with your facial expressions.
2017 My President Is A bot that tweets who or what my President is.
2017 Can you leave work? Satirizing silicon valley company perks.
2017 Y-Fi Experience UI Loading elements in the wifi speeds of different countries.
2016 On my Radar Visualization of your weekly schedule.
2016 Flatline A visualization of your social media presence as an electrocardiogram.
2016 Startup Week Site for Tech@NYU Startup week: a week of hacking, designing, networking, and learning with the best and brightest in NYC tech.
2016 Tech@NYU Calendar Site for Startup week: a week of hacking, designing, networking, and learning with the best and brightest in NYC tech.
2015 Henrietta Portfolio website for Parsons Art student.

Talks
- 2019 Building A Gendered Dictionary Codeland
- 2019 Building A Gendered Dictionary PyCascades
- 2019 Creative Saviour Complex Let's Sketch Tech
- 2018 Ethics of Engineering Panel BlackTech Weekend NYC
- 2018 Extending access to technology Likeminds.nyc
- 2018 Finding Unavailable Data Concatenate Conf
- 2018 Generative Twitter Bots dev.to
- 2018 Creative Saviour Complex XOXO Fest
- 2018 Tactical Laughter 100s Under 100 #show-n-tell
- 2018 Bot it Out! (Workshop) Flawless Hacks
- 2018 Mutating the Browser … Afrotectopia
- 2018 Bot it Out! WaffleJS
- 2018 Answering your own questions … TechIntersections
- 2017 What Art can teach you Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner
- 2017 Data, Beauty and Action Gallatin Senior Symposium
Press
- 2020 Finding the Blank Spots in Big … AIGA Eye on Design
- 2019 'Gendered Project' wants you … The Next Web
- 2019 From Fuckboy to Man-eater, … AIGA Eye on Design
- 2018 Inside The Invite-Only Slack … Fast Co.Design
- 2018 Good internet things, brought … The Next Web
- 2018 Episode 275: Omayeli Arenyeka Revision Path
- 2018 Are you a True Twitter … Creative Bloq
- 2018 You Got This! Zine: React … Glitch
- 2018 Creative Expression with … Glitch on Medium
- 2018 Women Always Rule at Glitch! Glitch on Medium
- 2018 This Week On Glitch! Glitch on Medium
- 2018 Tech + Social Impact The Framework Project
- 2017 Y-Fi will show you how long it … htxt.africa
- 2017 Omayeli Arenyeka, Software … POCIT
- 2016 10 Questions with Omayeli … Women of Silicon Valley
- 2015 Women Who Reign: Omayeli … Women Who Reign
Writing
- 2018 How to think differently about … The Creative Independent
- 2018 Good internet things, brought … The Next Web
- 2018 Alternate Digital Realities Are.na
- 2018 Creating your own meme … CSS-Tricks
- 2018 Spring 2018: Week 9 School of Poetic Computation on Medium
- 2018 Spring 2018: Week 6 School of Poetic Computation on Medium
- 2018 Spring 2018: Week 5 School of Poetic Computation on Medium
- 2018 Creating a Parking Game With … CSS-Tricks
- 2018 Spring 2018: Week 2 School of Poetic Computation on Medium
- 2018 Spring 2018: Week 1 School of Poetic Computation on Medium