Maybe the coolest thing I’ve done in a while –

So this weekend, I did something SO SUPER COOL that I can’t stop talking about it.  I went to a hack-a-thon.  I’ve never heard of something like this – but as a designer and a gamer, I was THRILLED to be surrounded by some of the nicest most welcoming smarties.

I got to participate in something called Hack n Jill.  They organize events that promote women in TECH.  Kind of amazing.  We started out spending the first night just trying to figure out what we wanted to make.  I had suggested doing with words, because – well, I feel like there’s a huge trend in education and gaming right now.

I was fortunate to work with a really great team that kind of organically came together.  I was the only designer working with 3 coders.  It was kind of fascinating to watch everyone  build something so super fun out of a very basic idea of how the word game would work.

Now, the thing about my design – most of my stuff is pretty girly – but I mean, over all – the whole process and the end result with the time allotted – I have to say was SUCH an inspiring experience, I just want to do one of these EVERY WEEKEND.

Look and play the unfinished game HERE (takes a second to load and use your arrow keys to play)!  I’m so proud of our team!!!!

 

Advice for Online Business

So, I’m a huge fan of a blog called Design*Sponge. They’ve got this great section called “Biz Ladies” which has these really informative interviews with women that discuss different aspects of their business. They discuss their struggles and how they overcame them when starting out. I find it to be an awesome resource for anyone who’s interested in learning some new stuff… you may even come across some of your favorite design peoples!