It’s really hard to believe that it’s already the end of March, right? Time feels like it has a weird meaning these days. But that said, one of the things that I’ve been working on over the past several months is finding new opportunities to learn and grow outside of my 9-5 job, and I […]
Category: Blog Posts
February 3, 2021
misslivirose

This is a new series of mine exploring collaboration as a function of communication principles and community norms. In Part One, I explored some initial framing that I’ve developed internally about the process of communication. In this post, I’ll briefly talk about the initial considerations that come to mind with communicating across individuals with social […]
January 26, 2021
misslivirose

This is the skeleton of my current thoughts exploring the collaboration processes by which we translate thought into societal action, and opportunities to improve these processes via technology. It is but a moment in time that captures my current thinking on the subject; subject to significant change and constantly evolving, but shared in some small […]
August 10, 2020
misslivirose

The concept of ‘time’ as a resource has come up in several conversations that I’ve been a part of recently, and as a recent discussion led me to think more deeply about time’s role in communication. Last year, I gave a talk at SkillsMatter exploring social technologies and online communication. You can break down technological […]
The Digital Afterlife Project: Encouraging Posthumous Data Sovereignty through Design & Public Policy
Blog PostsJuly 2, 2020
misslivirose

Content notice: this post discusses death and resolving a loved ones estate Estimates show that 90 percent of Americans are online. We increasingly turn to online services to handle critical parts of our lives, but few platforms provide a way for user information to be safely managed or deleted after a user passes away. In […]
Joining Video Calls from Mozilla Hubs on Windows
Blog Posts ,Mozilla Hubs ,Software ,Virtual RealityApril 28, 2020
misslivirose

I’m going to start with the disclaimer: this process involves a number of wonky settings on your computer and isn’t something that runs smoothly “out of the box” with a single click, nor is it an officially supported feature of either Hubs or Zoom. However, if you’re interested in upping your video meetings by appearing […]
Lessons that Social VR Can Learn from Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Blog Posts ,Design ,Games ,Random Musings ,Virtual RealityApril 16, 2020
misslivirose

This post contains spoilers about Animal Crossing: New Horizons The social app that I find myself unexpectedly spending more time in these days (other than Hubs) isn’t a game that I was familiar with prior to a couple of weeks ago. Despite being an avid Nintendo fan since I got my first console at the […]
March 2, 2020
misslivirose

The conference world has been thrown for a loop with the wide-reaching recommendations for COVID-19 discouraging or prohibiting large gatherings. As the games and VR industry raced towards March, the month where both GDC and SXSW were scheduled to overlap, cancellations have meant that almost everyone has had a change in plans Naturally, VR Twitter […]
February 19, 2020
misslivirose

When people ask how I’m doing these days, I tend to laugh and say: “Time feels like it is simultaneously moving very slowly, and also very fast.” While there is certainly something to be said for how our perception of time varies, that’s a post for another day. Today, I just want to share an […]
Joining the Aspen Institute Technology Policy Fellowship
Augmented Reality ,Blog Posts ,Events ,Software ,Tech News ,Virtual RealityJanuary 8, 2020
misslivirose

Happy 2020 everyone! It’s been a bit since I’ve posted anything on my blog here, but I’ve done quite a lot of writing since I joined Mozilla in March on the Mozilla Mixed Reality blog. You can catch up on what the team accomplished in 2019 with these links below! We launched a social VR […]