Hi, I’m Tofus!
I built a red button in 48 hours, and 40,000 people downloaded it to poke their anxiety. Then I made a stack of joss paper you can burn on your phone, and 20,000 people downloaded it.
Explore my work
I love inventing new interfaces,
and asking how our world came to be.
I’m Fu-Syuan Wang. You can also call me Tofus. I write as I make things, moving between small rituals on our phones and the histories of cities and institutions.
I care about the people and everyday lives behind an interface. Through my work, I hope more people will discover another way to see the world.
My apps
No. 1 free app on Taiwan’s App Store
40,000+ downloads
A small demo found
a place in other people’s lives.
Panic Tracker
A small, tactile way to acknowledge an abstract feeling
No. 2 free app on Taiwan’s App Store
20,000+ downloads
“That button could
become joss paper.”
Paper Gold
A Taiwanese ritual reimagined for a screen
A month of journaling
started with one sentence.
What Are You Doing?
One sentence at a time, a record of your day
Work
University services, book visuals, public collaboration, and prototypes.
Explore the things I make with others.
Work
NTU · Plurality · vTaiwan · Bond · Studio Binoki
In the press
Headlines appear in their original language.
焦慮戳戳樂開發者 Tofus Wang：靠氛圍開發衝上 App Store 第一，AI 寫程式決勝點在品味？【塞掐 Side Chat】E334 ↗
(opens in a new tab)AI寫程式／大學生「焦慮戳戳樂」App下載擠掉ChatGPT，AI工具掀文藝復興？ ↗
(opens in a new tab)專訪｜只有1個功能，卻登上蘋果App下載冠軍！「焦慮戳戳樂」創作者：夠廢、才夠紓壓！ ↗
(opens in a new tab)自己的陰德自己賺！台灣開發者打造《賽博燒金紙》App 不到24小時攻占App Store排行榜 ↗
(opens in a new tab)有事燒紙！《賽博燒金紙》App Store生活類登頂 整座城市都是你的燒金爐 ↗
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The Odd Shelf
Things that aren’t very useful, but I had fun making.
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Useless Archive
A database of things I think are useless but important. Its first blog post still says: “LOL, haven’t figured it out yet. Will write it later.”
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Social Battery
My social battery, as an actual battery. At 25%, it tells your friends you’d rather keep things quiet today.
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Shrimpy
An AI lobster assistant: loyal, a little naggy. Basically Sebastian from The Little Mermaid, but with access to your calendar.
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Crypto Quiz for Friends & Family
A crypto basics quiz I made for friends and family. Pass it first, then we can talk about investing.
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Software Runway
A vision for 2050: if software is the fabric of our time, who puts on the first fashion show?
Thinking as I make things
I make software, think about design, study history, and write about everyday life.
What kind of world do we want to live in?
All articles
Notes on design, civilization, and daily life
It’s a big world. Let’s explore it slowly.
Products, writing, and the next unexpected question. If you want to talk, email me. If you want to read along, find me on Substack.
Write to me anytime
You don’t need to know me or have a reason. I especially want to hear from you if:
- You built an app with AI, or got halfway and got stuck, and want to show me.
- You have a strange idea you haven’t made yet.
- You’ve used one of my apps and something happened in your life because of it. Good or bad, I want to hear it.
- You didn’t study design or computer science but want to make things anyway. I studied economics at National Taipei University. That’s how I started too.
- You’re in g0v or another community and something public needs someone to keep it going.
- You read Civilization and disagree with part of it.
- You want to run an event together, or have me come talk.
I read every email and reply to as many as I can.