so #introduction I'm Cyd - I do civic/government/public interest tech (whatever term, but my book is A Civic Technologist's Practice Guide because civic is my favorite). I'm in San Francisco & work for the City. I'm also on the board of Technologists for the Public Good (join us at https://publicgood.tech !)

back a few years, I was a user researcher; I hope I don't ask too many questions, & since it's the internet, I hope people here like cat pictures! that's Nutmeg & her sister Sage