I'm interested in how technology shapes the way we work, learn, and organize ourselves. Inspired by the ideas of a digital garden and learning in public, this site brings together my ongoing projects and writing.
Selected Writing
- What Civic Tech Means in the Age of AI Civic Tech DC is leaning into experimentation, helping local institutions, and mentoring the next generation
- Open Source as Social Infrastructure in Volunteer Civic Tech Paper for SciPy, an annual conference for scientific computing with Python. Lessons on best practices for open source.
- Patterns of Influence: A CIB Mango Tree Research Series A research series examining how coordinated inauthentic behavior (CIB) works in practice.
- Mango Bytes: A Data-Driven Commentary Series A series of snapshots exploring examples of coordinated inauthentic behavior in the news and the tactics behind them.
- Civic Innovation Notes: Leadership Series What it takes to turn ideas into sustainable projects, sharing lessons on strategy and experimentation.
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- The Differences between CIB, Misinformation, and Disinformation How CIB differs from misinformation and disinformation and why even accurate information can be used deceptively
- A Playbook for the Community Building a playbook for a community that has always learned by doing
- Building from the Ground Up - What Civic Tech Means in the Age of AI Civic Tech DC is leaning into experimentation, helping local institutions, and mentoring the next generation
- Designing Civic Solutions: A Design Thinking Workshop A resource for designing a hands-on workshop on human-centered design
- Commit to Community: Open Source as Social Infrastructure in Volunteer Civic Tech Paper for SciPy, an annual conference for scientific computing with Python. Lessons on best practices for open source.
- How to Define Success in Civic Tech Is the movement of civic tech actually successful
- Designing a Pitch Event Pitches on what does it actually look like when technology strengthens civic engagement?
- Investing in the Work Behind Civic Tech We got a grant!
- Learnings from Organizing a Tech Policy Symposium Lessons from organizing the Internet Law & Policy Foundry's inaugural Tech Policy Digital Symposium
- The Productiveness of Failure in Civic Tech Why failure is actually beneficial and should be embraced
- Documenting the History of Civic Tech DC A history 14 years (wow!) in the making
- A Log of Learning in Public A working log of feedback given to Civic Tech DC, what changed, and what comes next
- The Degree Still Matters But Also Asking Why In a changing higher education landscape, rethinking credentials, experience, and designing your own path
- Making Community Knowledge Last Building a playbook for a community that has always learned by doing
- Meet or Not to Meet How to meet, insights from my independent research on collaboration and community building
- 2026 New Year’s Resolutions Continued engagement and opportunities they are the making for the new year
- Behind the Screens - How Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior Shapes Online Narratives What is coordinated inauthentic behavior and how it shapes narratives across social media platforms
- Guiding Research Questions Research questions that define the independent research
- What Does a Research Output Look Like? In conducting independent research, what format does it take?
- Doing Independent Research A reflection on conducting independent, public-facing research
- What is in a Name - Defining Independent Research What does independent research mean and giving it credibility
- The First Year - The Volunteers Who Are Building CIB Mango Tree Celebrating the people who are growing CIB Mango Tree