Letter to the Senator
Yesterday, along with the rest of you, I protested SOPA and PIPA by blacking out my website. I also wrote this letter to Senator Sherrod… Read More »Letter to the Senator
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 advocate who is happiest in collaborative environments. In 2020, she was awarded the Women in IT Digital Leader of the Year award for her work bringing open principles to Greenpeace. She’s a co-founder of We Are Open Co-op, a collective that has spent 10 years helping organisations like Amnesty International UK, MIT, Friends of the Earth and the BBC with thoughtful technology, community and learning projects. She is also an Ambassador for the Open Org Project, and a Mozilla alum. Find her on Mastodon as @epilepticrabbit (https://social.coop/@epilepticrabbit)
Offline, Offroad, Off my Rocker
Missed me, didn’t you? Two full weeks of me not writing you and telling you the things floating around in my brain must have been… Read More »Offline, Offroad, Off my Rocker
My Year in Review
Seems like I should follow suit and do a “Year in Review” post. I do so like to comply. I was moving around quite a… Read More »My Year in Review
Hackjam Parking Lot
This past week, we ran a Hackasaurus/P2PU hackjam to implement functional changes to the P2PU platform and create challenges curriculum for Hackasaurus. It was a… Read More »Hackjam Parking Lot
Failure = Lesson Learned
Today I was finishing up a one page summary called “10 Things that Make a Good Challenge”, a distilled version of Chloe Varelidi’s excellent post,… Read More »Failure = Lesson Learned
I like to read
The year is coming to a close, and I didn’t know what to blog about today. I have a million thoughts swimming around, you know,… Read More »I like to read
How the Web was Won
It’s 2020, my flying car is charging outside, and I’m typing this post using my Arco Telekinetic Knowledge Transcription Helmet. After the decades of intellectual… Read More »How the Web was Won
Decontextualization of the Maker Mind
While I was at Mozfest, we came up with this random idea to teach people the concepts of web native filmmaking. Basically, the idea is… Read More »Decontextualization of the Maker Mind
Webcraft 101 Challenges
Everyone should have the opportunity to learn HTML and CSS. The Web is designed to be a participatory space, not a passive viewing one. I’m… Read More »Webcraft 101 Challenges
Thinking about Mozfest
Mozfest ended, and I am just outright inspired (and exhausted). I haven’t yet processed the information and ideas that Mozfest brought up for me, so… Read More »Thinking about Mozfest