Enjoying the exploration of new technologies and social dynamics through my own experiences. Strategist by trade, musician & writer for fun
Roe vs Wade and your period data - who is in control?
If you felt uneasy seeing the suspicious Instagram ad for car upholstery minutes after discussing it then have you considered how your health data can be leveraged in a post Roe vs Wade world? Like 43 million other people around the world I use Flo to monitor my periods. I use it because I like knowing more about my body, like when I can expect my period or why my face is having a throwback to 90s acne fashion. I also joined more than 290 million people in 2021 and bought myself a wearable. N...
Roe vs Wade and your period data - who is in control?
If you felt uneasy seeing the suspicious Instagram ad for car upholstery minutes after discussing it then have you considered how your health data can be leveraged in a post Roe vs Wade world? Like 43 million other people around the world I use Flo to monitor my periods. I use it because I like knowing more about my body, like when I can expect my period or why my face is having a throwback to 90s acne fashion. I also joined more than 290 million people in 2021 and bought myself a wearable. N...
I’m helping my algorithms get over my break-up
My algorithms are going through a break up and they’re taking longer than I am to move on. My Spotify Discover Weekly has been tainted with his music taste, a result of many nights exploring each other through music. My Release Radar is a lost cause, it is now solely focused on him like a jilted lover. My Instagram recommendations center on people he knows despite us no longer maintaining any social connection. Even my Google Maps continues to highlight the places we frequented despite my now...
I’m helping my algorithms get over my break-up
My algorithms are going through a break up and they’re taking longer than I am to move on. My Spotify Discover Weekly has been tainted with his music taste, a result of many nights exploring each other through music. My Release Radar is a lost cause, it is now solely focused on him like a jilted lover. My Instagram recommendations center on people he knows despite us no longer maintaining any social connection. Even my Google Maps continues to highlight the places we frequented despite my now...
If you can be anyone, where do you start?
I’m having an identity crisis. The cataclysmic moment was creating my Bumble BFF profile. It is one thing to design your identity for dating — pick the best photos, surface a cult-classic film, link your Spotify for street cred — but when profiling for friends it isn’t that simple. Photos are part of your aesthetic but which me do I squeeze into 300 characters?! My sporty, health conscious self? My meandering bookstore self? My boozy brunch and bender self? When they ask “write something abou...
If you can be anyone, where do you start?
I’m having an identity crisis. The cataclysmic moment was creating my Bumble BFF profile. It is one thing to design your identity for dating — pick the best photos, surface a cult-classic film, link your Spotify for street cred — but when profiling for friends it isn’t that simple. Photos are part of your aesthetic but which me do I squeeze into 300 characters?! My sporty, health conscious self? My meandering bookstore self? My boozy brunch and bender self? When they ask “write something abou...
