Category: Design

Design Experiments with Blockchain teams

I’ve run a few experiments this year as I kickoff working with teams who are innovating on the bleeding edge – blockchain. Below are two case studies from 2018 – click through to read the methods and takeaways. GAMES, SPECULATIVE FICTION + DESIGN THINKING Design Thinking is popular and proven technique for learning tons about… Continue reading Design Experiments with Blockchain teams

Digital Security Training Guide for Organizations

From Fall 2017 – through the Spring of 2018, I got to work with ten other trainers to collaborate on the design and facilitation of a digital security training series for organizations, and our pilot group was organizations supporting immigrants in NYC. In particular, our goal was to “build power – not paranoia!” Over the… Continue reading Digital Security Training Guide for Organizations

Civic participation, digital infrastructure, and why the US is behind

The one simple thing that US digital infrastructure can’t do to encourage civic participation: Share UIDs Those who know me appreciate that I like to get to the bottom of things if I think it’ll help solve a problem. There’s a reason – logical or otherwise – why things are the way they are. While technology… Continue reading Civic participation, digital infrastructure, and why the US is behind

SXSW 2018: From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems

I was on a panel March 2018 at SXSW, talking about my work with open data, sharing this stage with the smart: ADRIENNE SCHMOEKER, New York City Mayor’s Office of Data and Analytics MARY TOBIN, Brownsville Partnership ZACK BRISSON, Reboot Sharing stories from the front lines of data impact, we will shine a light on… Continue reading SXSW 2018: From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems

PBP’s work in the NYC Open Data report

I’m excited to share that my work with Participatory Budgeting, leveraging open data to help both elected officials and residents make data-informed choices made it into the 2017 MODA Open Data Report. Read the report here.   

Smart Cities NYC 2017: Open Minds, Open Data panel

It was an honor to share the panel stage with Dr. Amen Ra Mashariki, Beth Noveck, and Lourdes German at the Smart Cities NYC conference. The core questions I asked were: What tools or frameworks do we use to generate broad civic engagement with our metrics and data sets? How do we see our development… Continue reading Smart Cities NYC 2017: Open Minds, Open Data panel

Digital Information Security: Explaining the Two Main Issues & How To Deal With Them

[download this resource as a PDF:infosec_resources_femmetechdec2016-1] While the current political climate in the US is spawning mass interest in digital security, the situation as it stands has been created over the last 20 years or so, with concern and activism around the issue rising with the tide of technologies that are fueling the problems. Here… Continue reading Digital Information Security: Explaining the Two Main Issues & How To Deal With Them