Designer and Co-Founder at Small Technology Foundation, advocating for and building small technology designed to increase human welfare, not corporate profits. Designs, talks, and writes about web, ethics, inclusivity, privacy, and development. I wrote a book called Accessibility For Everyone.
Web3 is one of Silicon Valley’s latest buzzwords, hoping to become a movement. Blockchains, cryptocurrencies, the metaverse, and NFTs may paint themselves as futuristic solutions to tech and society’s problems, but who really benefits from their use? We need to confront the harms of Web3. But first, we need to understand them. In this talk, Laura will explain the technologies behind Web3, why she believes they raise serious ethical questions, and how they are not the alternative to Big Tech we need.
| Defying the mainstream: building technology that respects our rights | New Adventures | January 2020 |
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| 8 Unbelievable Things You Never Knew About Tracking | ffconf | November 2019 |
| Accessible unethical technology | Accessibility Scotland | October 2019 |
| Disruptive Design: Harmful Patterns and Bad Practice | Nordic.design | October 2019 |
| Accessibility For Everyone | State Of The Browser | September 2019 |
| Accessibility For Everyone | Loupe 2019 | August 2019 |
| Small Technology | Think About! | May 2019 |
| Disruptive Design: Harmful Patterns and Bad Practice | From Business To Buttons 2019 | May 2019 |
| People might actually use this | Aracon | January 2019 |
| Sabotaging Our Future Selves | Webstock 2018 | February 2018 |
| Digital Assistants, Facebook Quizzes, And Fake News! You Won’t Believe What Happens Next | push.conference 2017 | October 2017 |
| Digital Assistants, Facebook Quizzes, And Fake News! You Won’t Believe What Happens Next | Design It; Build It 2017 | March 2017 |
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