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So Excited About Horizontal Networks and Radical Politics

March 15, 2012January 3, 2014 by femmetech
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I just finished a few proposals for the Allied Media Conference -- which I swear I will co-work on organizing one of these years! -- and one that I'm particularly excited about is called "Out of the Streets and Into the Networks: Horizontal Digital Collaborations for Radical Projects." I've been…
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Websites 3: Updating Your Webpage

November 20, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech
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You got a website set up and want to update it yourself! Great, and totally doable. This post is for folks who **have** a website [not a blog] up and going, and want to do some minor text changes or perhaps even go further and add pages etc. If you…
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Print Design! Layout Software that doesn't cost more than your rent

October 11, 2010March 16, 2015 by femmetech
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I love print design, and I've been at it for years; first my making zines in the 90's and next by making newspapers, magazines and promotional media over the last ten years. So it makes sense that people ask me for tips and recommendations regularly. Some examples are this page…
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Postcards and the Art of Image Maintenance

June 22, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech
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I've been up late these past few weeks, getting ready for Femme Pride Week, and working on media for the US Social Forum, where I'm teaching a DIY New Media workshop with Sarah Jenny, and Femme2010, the amazing femme conference that I'm Co-Media Chair of this year. Part of my…
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Images: Print vs. Web, an explanation, instructions + resources

May 18, 2010May 21, 2015 by femmetech
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I love it when my talented friends send me fabulous pictures as proof of our magical lives on the interweb. It makes me feel grounded. BUT - beauty as those pics are, they aren't always great for printing when it comes times to make postcards or send images to people…
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Webpages 2: My Friend Made My Site But Now…a Choose Your Own Updating Adventure

April 7, 2010May 22, 2015 by femmetech
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So your friend is super awesome and made your site a few years ago. You now have made more art or have new pics or got some great press etc. and want your site to reflect that...but your friend is Living On The Land and no longer does websites or…
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Buying A Video Camera

February 1, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech
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Buying a video camera might seem like a simple task, perhaps because you haven't attempted to do it recently, or maybe you live in a world where video cameras are an oft-discussed item. For the rest of us -- hearty DIY people who would like to purchase a video camera…
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Recording For Free: Sound on a Mac & PC [how-to]

January 25, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech
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I love recording audio, making music, archiving stories and beautiful moments, and I am not endowed with money -- and have definitely been seriously broke and still wanted to make audio art. What's a techhead to do? Read on for audio recording recommendations for voices and music on mac and…
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Webpages I: Getting A Name

January 22, 2010July 17, 2013 by femmetech
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So you want a webpage, or maybe you want to be like me and have six plus some blogs [see blogroll]. Either way, you have to start with your web name! This covers basics like getting a domain name [your URL], what the heck you do to make it work…
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How To's Are Hot: File Sharing

January 18, 2010May 21, 2015 by femmetech
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I really love knowing "how-to"  any and everything -- both digi/technological and real-time. Lately I find myself to be the Lady of Reference among my friends -- and because I believe in skill-sharing and DIY/C [that last "/C' is for "collectively"] I love to let people know how to do…
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The Steps to do Applied Design Research

Few things make me more forlorn than work that goes unapplied — here’s how and why to apply your design research!

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Solving business problems by using journeys instead of moments

A case study about solving business problems by using a journey framework, instead of a moment lens.

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What I Learned Designing a CX Listening Program

As I wrap up a role in which developed a Customer Experience [CX] data listening program, I wanted to share a few of the learnings surfac...

May 26, 2022 / Read More

Future of Work Reflections from full-time consulting experiment

Today I celebrate 3 months of full-time consulting as a principal with my firm Staircase Strategy.

Apr 06, 2022 / Read More

Thanking 639 people in 2020

In this often disconnected and lonely year, I learned with and taught, collaborated with on projects, coached, interviewed, and facilitat...

Jan 03, 2021 / Read More

The two crucial types of “how” to address in remote meetings

For many of us, the practice of “being in remote meetings” has been turned up a few notches, and not all of us are enjoying the experienc...

May 26, 2020 / Read More

The future of work needs facilitation: How Applied Creativity and Collaboration Techniques…

As technology increases automation and its reach over logistics, attention is turning to the roles of collaborative, human-centered produ...

Feb 21, 2020 / Read More

Using Design Thinking to Fix Your Money Problems

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Five Problems Teams Get Stuck On (and five ways to address them)

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How to Throw Yourself a DIY Retrospective

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