Projects

Launched & Live

Oh My Dollar!

My business teaching personal finance with a dash of glitter. I teach money bootcamps in person and online, host a weekly podcast/radio show on XRAY.fm and generally try to help people understanding investing and money.

30th Birthday Party

A multi-modal transportation-themed scavenger hunt across Portland in July 2017.

Oh My Dollar LogoOh My Dollar! – My business teaching personal finance with a dash of glitter. I teach money bootcamps in person and online, host a weekly podcast/radio show on XRAY.fm and generally try to help people understanding investing and money.

Hire me for your women in tech event, your nonprofit, your college, your coworking space, or anywhere that needs some approachable financial literacy education.

30 bday party

30th Birthday Party – a multi-modal transportation-themed scavenger hunt across Portland in July 2017.

Stream PDX trailer

Stream PDX – a cozy community podcasting studio that lives in a 1967 Airstream trailer, making its home at Open Signal.

The HPA a

Harry Potter Alliance – An international nonprofit that turns youth into activists using the power of story – yes, including Harry Potter. I sit on the Board of Directors.

Watch Me Turn 30 – a daily creative self-portrait leading up to my 30th birthday as part of the Project 365 and #365days community on Flickr.


Not Yet Fully Baked

10 years of Data Zine – 10 years of quantified self data, in zine form, in celebration of my 30th birthday. Anticipated launch date: July 7th 2017.

Dublin > Shanghai by Rail & Sea – A photography and map project documenting my journey from Dublin to Shanghai entirely by Ferry and Train in September 2017.

Unnamed Money Conversations Photography Project – more details to come. Anticipated launch date: Fall 2017.

Personal finance comic workbook – More details to follow. Anticipated launch date: October 2017.

Portland Mocktail Society – Building a centralized database, establishment buy in & certification of places with great non-alcoholic cocktails in Portland. No anticipated launch date, looking for collaborators.

Nonalcoholic DIY Whiskey – Creating the perfect nonalcoholic whiskey.


Projects on Hiatus

Carrot/Stick – A conference for the behavioral economics enthusiast.

Transportini – A podcast that explains transportation economics, one drink at a time. We bring expert economists together with expert bartending to make the wild world of transportation finance palatable to the masses.


Past Projects

BikePortland Podcast (2011-2016) – Originally the Portland Afoot Podcast,  this was a monthly podcast about bikes, buses, and low-car life and policy in Portland, Oregon. Co-hosted with the amazing Michael Andersen and Jonathan Maus.

Raiders of the Lost Archives (2013-2015) – An interactive library cataloguing game. Players are a yeti in a magical zine forest that transforms as they catalog zines. I led project specification, design and player experience. Programming by Dion Ridley and John Karabaic.

365 Project – A daily self-portrait project on the Flickr community. I completed this twice in 2009 and 2011. (I also failed in 2007).

Countdown to Graduation (2013) – a photo series documenting my last 50 days at college.

Buy Focal – A photo documentation of everything I bought for an entire year. One can see it on my own website (takes awhile to load) or see 3/4 of the series on its instagram.

Nebulous Zine (2003 – 2010) – My personal zine.


Failed or Defunct Projects

Queen City Zine Library