• 2013: Here’s To Making Things And Friends

    It’s New Years Eve and a popular day for reflection. 2012 was a really big year for me personally. I call it My Year of Fitting In. As many transplants to LA can attest, it can take a little while to figure out where you fit in, but once you do, it’s like you finally …

  • Got: Kid Friendly Hackerspace in Los Angeles

    This update is a huge deal to me…I hope you’ll read on.   If you’ve been paying attention to any of my updates for the past several months, then you may have read my post from May 3rd “Want: Kid Friendly Hackerspace in LA” and you may have paid attention to what the response was. If you …

  • LAdy Tacos Being Consumed By DIYGirls

    Late last year I met up with a few ladies and we chatted about forming a ladies only group to work on tech-related projects together.  We created a group on meetup.com called LAdy Tacos, a “Sausage Free Zone.” LA is a big place and it can be really hard to find others that work in …

  • Video of My Talk at Farmhouse Conf: Mapping the LA Tech Scene

    Here’s the video from my talk where we build a low-fi map of the LA Tech Scene. The kid screaming in the background is my two-year old, Ripley. My husband Sean was trying to keep him occupied for 30 whole minutes while I did my talk. Sean did a 5 minute lightning talk so I …