I am a Political Scientist and Interaction Designer by training, a writer by force of habit and compulsion, and a foodie, contra dancer, traveler, and puzzle-lover by choice and association. I sometimes go to Unitarian Universalist churches, I know how to scuba dive, I like making music mixes and I know how to solve the Rubik's cube, but it's hard to explain and I still don't really understand why the last part works.

I believe that people can change the world by paying attention to their dreams and endeavoring to bring bits of them into reality, and I hope to do my part both by acting on behalf of my own dreams and by building tools that will inspire others to act on behalf of their own. That, in a nutshell, is why I love design.

I do what I do because I believe that information has as much potential to empower as it does to overpower, and thoughtful, iterative, participatory design is what will shift the balance. The future of technology is not just about smaller, faster, shinier and sexier. It is also about uncovering connections that were invisible before. I want to build tools and experiences that help us grow.