About me and my work

Currently

I'm an artist and technologist. I've mostly retired from commercial tech work as I currently focus my time on completing my Masters in Fine Art.

I collaborate with Open Web Advocacy to ensure a free and flourishing future for the web, and I consult on public sector technology projects via Public Digital's network.

If you have a project you think might pique my interests, do reach out.

I also have some irregularly updated hobby sites including an Internet of Things and smart home blog, called Sensors and Sensibility, and a review site about zero waste products, called Less Mess. I'm also a practicing member of the Ikenobo school of Ikebana under Nakamura Sensei, part of the Northern California Chapter.

I'm British, hailing originally from deepest, darkest, Cornwall. I emigrated to San Francisco from London in 2013 where I live with my husband, Alex.

Inevitably, all I'll be remembered for is naming Progressive Web Apps.

Previously

I was Netlify's Head of Product and, later, Head of UX & Product Design, and as I consultant I've worked with clients such as IDEO, the State of California, the Canadian Federal Government and a variety of start-ups.

I was also the interim Director of the Communications and Engagement Focus Area at Code for America.  When I wasn't trying to work out what a director actually did, I was a senior designer and product lead, working deeply with US cities and counties to build better digital services for their constituents through a project called Digital Front Door.

Prior to being uprooted from London, I was a very early collaborator for www.gov.uk, the flag-ship, award-winning, single-domain project for the Government Digital Service, a new department within the Cabinet Office of the UK Government. I did full front-end stack work as well as user experience and digital service design, and also helped to develop their Design Principles and Service Design Manual.

Our work won 2013 Design of the Year, as well a highly coveted Black Pencil from the D&AD awards.

Previously, I was a senior front-end developer for Nature Publishing Group, the BBC and was a developer on the open-source JavaScript library Glow.  I also did a spell at the creative digital agency Volume as a new media developer and accessibility specialist working on digital products for companies such as BOC, Zebra, Sage and Dell.

I was an editor for Digital Web Magazine, and an administrator for microformats.org.

I used to give tech talks, and have done at Front-Trends, SxSWi, TXJS and more, and wrote the occasional technical article, contributing to .NET Magazine, 24ways, The Pastry Box and others.