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Robin Smail

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Robin with her dog, lovejunkie.
@robin2go lounging with #lovejunkie

UX Renegade

B.S. Information Sciences & Technology, minor in marketing

Learning the craft? Design courses at FIT. Grey Advertising. Software startup. Higher ed. Travel. People. Being open to what comes at me.

My Passions

Robin Smail [noun]: An authentic voice who is never afraid to dissent. Powerful observer. Loves to try things a different way. Enthusiastic in that infectious way that you can’t escape. User Experience specialist. Technology advocate. People person.

Focused on the user experience, community engagement, emerging technology trends and their integration into the teaching and learning process. Passionate about helping people be authentic in today’s world.

Lori Packer

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Unlike Clark Kent, I look like a totally different person with my glasses off.
Unlike Clark Kent, I look like a totally different person with my glasses off.

Web Editor

My undergraduate degree is in journalism, so I learned how to write words before I ever learned how to write code. I worked for a small newspaper in central Pennsylvania in the mid-nineties, then decided grad school looked pretty good. I moved across the country to Seattle and got my masters in communication and a certificate in technical writing. While in grad school, I started working at Microsoft, where I eventually held many jobs involving both words *and* code. I taught myself HTML and CSS, basically so I wouldn’t have to use FrontPage. I’ve been making and breaking, writing and fighting websites since 1995. And I just finished a degree in library science from Syracuse University, because I love libraries.

My Passions:

  • Being surrounded by people who make stuff, and having a role to play in that process.
  • The power of a well-turned phrase.
  • Sharing a high-five.
  • Understanding how technology — all technology: from a pencil to a PC — can help people learn.