On Friday February 14, Valentine’s Day, 2025, the notices started coming in. Thousands of Americans had lost their jobs. People working at Centers for Disease Control, the US Department Agriculture, the Department of Transportation, the US
On March 15th, 2025, I was honored to be invited to speak at Funding the Commons: Infrastructures of Resilience, a conference hosted at the awe-inspiring Internet Archive in San Francisco, a testament to the essential gift that open librari…
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to…
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to…
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to…
I’m frequently asked for advice on how to break into the industry I’m in or how to achieve a position I’ve held. I’ve been privileged to serve in many interesting and varied roles across sectors, from small nonprofits and garage startups to…
Sometimes, leaving a job is thrilling! Other times, it’s decidedly less so. It’s estimated that over 100,000 tech workers lost their jobs in the last year. I’ve known several people who were laid off, often with very little warning. It suck…
Update! The Algorithmic Accountability Act was re-introduced September 21, 2023 by Senators Wyden and Booker and Representative Clarke along with 14 other co-sponsors. I spent the 2021 year serving as a technology advisor to Senator Ron Wyd…
Update! The Algorithmic Accountability Act was re-introduced September 21, 2023 by Senators Wyden and Booker and Representative Clarke along with 14 other co-sponsors. In January of 2021, I moved to Washington, DC. It was a difficult week t…
Growing up, I had the pleasure of reading (or being read) Fortunately, the 1964 classic by Remy Charlip. This children’s book details the story of a boy who encounters a variety of twists and turns on his way to a birthday party. Every page…
This post was originally written for the Frontier Development Lab program of Trillium Technologies. Learn more about the Frontier Development Lab. A team of researchers from FDL Europe in partnership with UNICEF has developed first-of-their…
In the summer of 2020, in the midst of the great tragedy and uncertainly of a global pandemic, I applied to participate in TechCongress. I was one of six technologists honored with the opportunity to serve in the US Congress for the 2021 ye…