PinnedDeath Becomes HerI didn’t even notice she was dying. It was a slow, protracted death. Devoid of any fanfare. Lacking any mournful accolades. It wasn’t unpainful, but there were no visible scars or bruises. …Mwc Death3 min readMwc Death3 min read
Aug 18, 2021Me, My Space, and IUnauthentic? I was perched on my sofa, my freshly pedicured toes — chili pepper red — dangling over the armrest, as I processed this character assessment. …Mwc Space3 min readMwc Space3 min read
May 7, 2020Let the Fates Decide: Or Better Yet, the CardsTurn off your Monkey Mind and cede the reins to your inner sage — I’m a thinker. Or perhaps overthinker would be the more accurate and honest self-assessment. When faced with the unknown, I like to think things through. A lot. Too much. I have a gift for visualizing a potential scenario in my head from beginning to end before it’s even started unfolding…Self Awareness4 min readSelf Awareness4 min read
Published in The Startup·Mar 18, 2020The Great Digital ConnectBeing Alone Together — Yesterday, in a slightly wine-infused haze, I wrote to my favorite Instagram dogs. I hadn’t anticipated a response. They’re dogs. But their owner responded. After a shameless fangirl moment (these are proper celebrity pooches!), we had a brief back and forth exchange. I told him how people on our online…Loneliness4 min readLoneliness4 min read
Published in The Startup·Nov 11, 2019On the Defensive:Why the Debate Over AI Ethics Is Getting Nowhere Fast — “Do you want your children to grow up to be Uber drivers for Chinese tourists?” That was the opening question posed by an ethicist at Q Berlin, a conference on freedom and responsibility. …Artificial Intelligence3 min readArtificial Intelligence3 min read
Aug 17, 2019Iceland Off the Beaten PathA Visit for the Curious and Adventurous — As we roll by ‘my uncle*’ points out the quarry. “It’s filled with stones but there are never any lorries. That’s why we say the trolls are throwing them down from the mountain”. This is a big part of the magic of Iceland. The way history, saga, Norse myth, and…Iceland6 min readIceland6 min read
Published in The Startup·May 7, 2019WHO’s the Boss?Turns Out It’s My Smart Watch — Check your rings! Three of the cringe-worthiest words in my digitally-dictated “smart” life. It’s the reminder that pops up about midday if I haven’t progressed as far as predicted with my daily goals. Even though it’s ultimately just measuring me against myself — how I’m faring today versus my average…Health3 min readHealth3 min read
Apr 25, 2019WHO Do I Want to Be?Rethinking the age old question to define our professional goals — “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Whereas chit chat around the water cooler revolves around the inane: the weather, vacation plans, that new Netflix series. …Careers3 min readCareers3 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Apr 15, 2019A Chance to Get it Right: Embracing Automated Decision MakingDiminishing Bias with ADM — It is with a sort of helpless resignation that we have spent so many decades bearing witness as imbalanced power, wealth, and race and gender dynamics have skewed access to our most fundamental basic rights: freedom, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, jobs, and even a roof over our heads. …Machine Learning3 min readMachine Learning3 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Feb 18, 2019A Round of Applause for AlgorithmsSaving Lives and Opening New Doors — Foreign language. Black and white. No-name cast. This is the perfect storm of descriptives to turn me off a film. But, Netflix matched it to me with a score in the 90s. Although the online streaming behemoth is privy to all my dirty viewing secrets (full disclosure: superheroes and space…Algorithms6 min readAlgorithms6 min read
