Overstimulating a User
Sounds kind of sexy, right? Overstimulating the user? Well, it’s not. It’s not sexy at all, it’ll lead to the systematic exodus from the usage… Read More »Overstimulating a User
Laura Hilliger
Laura Hilliger is a writer, educator and technologist. She’s a multimedia designer and developer, a technical liaison, a project manager, a conceptual architect, an open web advocate who is happiest in collaborative environments. She’s a co-founder of the We Are Open Co-op, an Ambassador for Opensource.com, is working to help open up Greenpeace, and a Mozilla alum. Find her on Twitter and Mastodon as @epilepticrabbit ([email protected])
Melt My Brain
I’ve been called a “new media expert”, “technologist”, “programmer”, “web guru”, “creative software ninja”. I have a degree in design, but am a self taught… Read More »Melt My Brain
Socializing the News
I spent a part of my Tuesday failing miserably. I had a glimmer of an idea Monday night before I went to bed. I was… Read More »Socializing the News
Using the Web to Fix the World: Waldpark Trachau
So here’s the skinny: Part of the reason we bought the house we bought was because it’s right in the middle of the city of… Read More »Using the Web to Fix the World: Waldpark Trachau
The Ins and Outs of an Interactive Project
An interactive project has a lot of ins and outs. There are multiple phases and lots of people involved. If it’s the first time you’re… Read More »The Ins and Outs of an Interactive Project
My PI Speech: Looking Back
The first year at the Producer’s Institute for New Media Technologies, I was a production artist, but I knew something completely revolutionary was going on… Read More »My PI Speech: Looking Back
Fuck you Facebook
Ok, I get it, you have to meet people where they are, and THEY are on Facebook. But Facebook is the antithesis to everything I… Read More »Fuck you Facebook
Open Web and Why YOU Should be Paying Attention
Facebook opts you automatically in with their new facial recognition software, Apple is going to start taking 30% of revenues from developers, the US Border… Read More »Open Web and Why YOU Should be Paying Attention
Scrivener Review
Sequestered in a hotel room, I’ve been writing. Last week, my creative lull was unbearable, but towards the end of the week, it completely reversed… Read More »Scrivener Review
Creative Lull
It’s so strange, actually, that a creative person can be creative in one moment and not in the next. Yesterday I had an extremely productive… Read More »Creative Lull