Writing/Speaking – Femmetech

Be a Problem-Finding Wizard

January 28, 2019February 18, 2020 by femmetech

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~ or, at least, stop solving the wrong problem and wasting your time!~ Question: Modern life. Adulting. Dayjobs. Projects, Clients, Stakeholders. Our families. Vacations. Money ... Which one of these doesn't have problems? Answer: they ALL do, sadly. Our challenge is to identify WHICH problem to work on next with…

Digital Security Training Guide for Organizations

August 31, 2018January 31, 2019 by femmetech

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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…

SXSW 2018: From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems

November 9, 2017April 18, 2019 by admin

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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 Mayorâ€™s Office of Data and Analytics MARY TOBIN, Brownsville Partnership ZACK BRISSON, Reboot Sharing stories from the front lines of data impact, we…

Smart Cities NYC 2017: Open Minds, Open Data panel

April 9, 2017January 3, 2018 by admin

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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…

The ethics of algorithms: nonprofits, open data, and feedback loops

December 13, 2016January 3, 2018 by femmetech

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I recently gave a talk at Thoughtworks' Ethics of Algorithms series, which was a great opportunity to examine how structuredÂ logic appears in my work with decidedly unstructured-leaning organizations. A few key takeaways: Feel free to grab the slides if they're of interest:Â Ethics of Algorithms_Dec16

Queer & Radical Cataloging Conferences

March 31, 2014April 4, 2018 by femmetech

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I'll be speaking about the Interference Archive, disruptive cataloging, and open-source technologies that work with activist organizing tactics at two events in the coming weeks: April 4, 2014: Queer Internet Studies Workshop [registration is now closed] Hadassah Damien will be speaking about the organization of Interference Archive and our…

Workshop 3/11/14: Digital Cataloging and Archiving with Open Source Software

February 1, 2014April 4, 2018 by femmetech

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Tuesday March 11, 2014,Â 6:30--10pm workshop @ Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in NYC. Register online here. Creating and managing digital archives, catalogs,Â and collections is a growing concern as organizations seek to manage files and records, metadata-gather, and enable complex searches of their cultural production, ephemera, archives and/or born-digital assets.…

Political Art Lectures for 2014

December 9, 2013December 10, 2013 by femmetech

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I'm writing to share resources for teachers looking for a NYC-based field trips for classes on art/politics/sociology/archives, etc: INTERFERENCE ARCHIVE ON-SITE TOURS I recently began an appointment as the Resident Scholar at the Interference Archive [www.interferencearchive.org], a public archive of political art ephemera in Brooklyn. See a NY Times article…

Raised Fist Slideshow in Pittsburgh 10/23

October 13, 2013November 25, 2013 by femmetech

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The Fist Is Still Raised Slideshow Weds Oct 23, 7pm at The Big Idea Cooperative What do The Lavender Left, Food Not Bombs, radical labor organizers, 1970s feminists, the IWW, Black Power, OWS, anti-imperialist organizing, and fisting have in common? They -- and many more -- all use illustrations of…

FLOSS Audio Workshop

July 29, 2013November 25, 2013 by femmetech

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I'll be offering my Getting Your Voice Out There Workshop at Gabfestry August, 2013. This workshop covers: -- Getting a toolkit for lo-fi digital audio production. -- DIY & low-cost strategies. -- Using Audacity and other FLOSS softwares in general -- Recording Techniques. -- Finding copyright-free or copyleft samples. --…

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