The magic of prototyping
In conversation with design thinking Professor and agile shop Director of Staff Maggie Lewis, I go off on prototyping and why we all should be doing it. Three words: learn by doing. https://youtu.be/pIACh6cPI5o
Be a Problem-Finding Wizard
~ 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
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
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…
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…
The ethics of algorithms: nonprofits, open data, and feedback loops
I recently gave a talk at Thoughtworks' Ethics of Algorithms series, which was a great opportunity to examine how structured 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: Ethics of Algorithms_Dec16
Queer & Radical Cataloging Conferences
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
Tuesday March 11, 2014, 6:30--10pm workshop @ Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in NYC. Register online here. Creating and managing digital archives, catalogs, 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
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
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…