Sarah Rigdon

I've been writing and editing professionally for ten years, covering topics such as open data projects, civic technology, tech policy, information design, and end user documentation.

Projects include:

Co-organizer, Sketch City (formerly Open Houston). Strategy and planning, logistics, project management, community organizing, blogging.

Co-organizer, Women in Tech Houston.

Author, Data + Design: a simple introduction to preparing and visualizing information. An open source e-book with 50+ contributors around the globe, with a mission to explain important data concepts in simple language. My contribution: Print vs. Web; Static vs. Interactive

Co-organizer, blogger, 1st TechLady Hackathon + Training Day.

Delivery lead and communications consultant, Code for DC. Contributed digital content and helped with volunteer engagement.

Speaker, Open Technology Intitute, DC Internet Freedom Hackathon (topic: end user documentation).

Communications lead, 2013 International Space Apps Challenge, then the largest hackathon in history.

Co-organizer and blogger, NASA's Open Innovation Program.

Tech writer, NASA's Web Services program. Wrote tech governance policy on domain naming, web publishing, and social media.

Program director, The Dionysium, a monthly debate and variety show at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Austin, TX.