Artificial Intelligence (AI) vs. Human Intelligence (HI): Our Own Brains Are the Antidote
I asked the AI bot to explore the relationship between the internet and the human brain. It had a very basic answer lacking depth and my own human brain thought: come on bots, you are smarter than this. So I prompted harder. What I got back changed how I think about intelligence, equity, and who gets to build the future.
Expose for the Shadows in Web 3
My background is in photo and video production. I started with a Mickey Mouse camera at age 4, on film, and eventually ran my own dark room. Spending long nights exposing shadows taught me to look for gems where we might not expect to find them. That is exactly what I am doing now with Web 3.
Feeling Inclusively Home
I really want you to know about where I've come from and why I am building this marketplace to be truly inclusive and feel like home, like Grandma's house. Everyone has a different version of home but often Grandma's house is safe, has some Big Mama energy and her own fair rules. That is what we are building here.
How to Be a Good Collaborator in Tech Without Even Being a White Guy
I look forward to the most collaborative year humans have ever seen. Though as I type this, I am not particularly thrilled with human collaboration as it stands. Big tech hasn't been built for anyone but the early pioneers of the internet's wild west frontier. And they've been claiming credit for the ideas of less known innovators for generations. Let's talk about that.
The Crossing Guard Dream: Diversity Is Power
About five years ago I had a dream. I was walking down a busy city street and a woman of color told me in no uncertain terms: "STOP WALKING." She said it again, louder. And then I understood something I have never forgotten about diversity, power, and who belongs at the helm.
What Is More Offensive: F-Bombs or Genocide?
I've gotten the feedback that I "sure do curse a lot." That I "make great points but do I need to drop the f-bomb so much?" And my very favorite: "You are so pretty. Ladies like you do not swear!" Being the salacious sinner that I am, I thought: Well, f*ck. Let's talk about what actually deserves our outrage.
How to Un-F*ck the Algorithms Using Your Period
I sit here on day three of my period wanting to do absolutely nothing and knowing I have done absolutely nothing for the past two days. My body is fine with this. My monkey brain is not. So let's talk about reprogramming both, starting with the algorithm that was never built for us.
Tech for Good: Buying Back the Internet
What happens when the wild, wild west of the Internet is bought back by women? Not just any women. Specifically women who don't look like women who have traditionally climbed the ranks in big tech. Ada Lovelace wrote the first algorithms. Grace Hopper wrote the first compiler. It is time to finish what they started.
Social Media Is Making Us Lonely. Rose Kaz Has the Antidote.
Am I the only one that gets a bit of a rash from the mainstream way of doing social media? The chirping birds, the billionaire ego trips, the hologram of connection that somehow leaves us more alone. There is an antidote. And it is not another app.
I Never Really Felt I Belonged
I never really felt I belonged. Anywhere. Until one day I began to notice why, and how I could maybe, just maybe one day, find belonging. Inclusivity matters to me because I know what it feels like to search for it. And I've been searching since inception.
An Origin Story: Bubblicious to Business Activist
I started my first business under my bunk bed selling Bubblicious Gum to the neighborhood kids. I was six. And honestly, I haven't stopped since.