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,...
View ArticleI 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. @SXSWcrush...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleInked 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...
View ArticleChief 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...
View ArticleMy 1/3-Life Crisis
Today is my one-third life birthday. I’m 33 and 1/3 years old. I have a lot of great stories from this first chunk. So what’s next? Have you seen the documentary where Picasso paints from the other...
View ArticleMy Nerd Story
Hi, Paul Graham. My name is Crystal and I’ve been hacking for the past 29 years. I don’t know how you intended your comments but oh lordy, the internet has had a fun time speculating. I’ll leave that...
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