Chief eXperience Officer at Mozilla in 2012
Yes, this is a post about Mozilla, but you can generalize to any open-source software project. At every conference I hear the same refrain, “Why is design so hard in open source?” It’s so hard because *drumroll please* it’s not made a priority. None of the top decision-makers are designers. Period. The End. You...
Inked with Mozilla
Hooray! I just inked a contract with Mozilla to come on as a full-time UX Designer. I’ll be working on external stuff like campaign sites and internal tools like crash reporter. I start June 13th. The whole 35 person Web UX team is flying up to Portland the week after to meet me. Ok, not...
My Twitter Name @skinny Is For Sale – $25k
Since I’ve had a few inquiries, I’m officially putting up my twitter username, @skinny, up for sale. It’s a certified, one-owner name in like-new condition. The first $25,000 cashier check or cash takes it. Note to the high school students who have nicely asked if they can have it for free: GET OFF MY LAWN....
I Did Stuff in 2010
I set out at the beginning of last year to DO STUFF. My goal was to have 12 new things I owned. I didn’t quite make that number, but I’m still very proud of the work I did this year.
How I Got Hired at Cheezburger
I was reading the article by Clay Shirky this morning and it lit a fire under me. The post, titled A Rant About Women, in short says that when women fail it’s often not because of lack of talent, ambition or intelligence but an unwillingness to be “arrogant self-aggrandizing jerks.” He was irritated to see...
