What Are NFTs?

Here at the FACTory, I have all kinds of questions about NFTs, which stands for Non-fungible Tokens. Real talk, it feels very trendy, so this post is just a download of research and ideas. First question: How does anyone make money with any of this crap? That seems to be my first question for everything …

Dr. Nutmeg’s Femmebots Navigate New York’s Health Insurance Exchange

It’s that time of year when we stop creating animations that don’t make any sense or Fake News reels that don’t make anyone laugh, and turn to the glamorous world of building a business infrastructure. We’ve got exactly one week and two days to enroll in a health insurance plan. The big question we’ve been …

The Femmebots Are for Sale

Welcome to the Fake News. I’m Femmebot 8.0 reporting live from the Femmebot Hacker House in Bed Stuy. In today’s top headlines, The Femmebots are officially on the market. That’s Right! Seven episodes are for sale to the highest bidder, starting at $23,510.18. According to the Big Data crawlers,  Pink Robots are totally in style and …

Envisioning the Customer Experience of Autonomous Vehicles, 5-20 Years Out

The Femmebots are in Silicon Valley this week to attend a couple of ACM.org local events, starting with this talk about autonomous vehicles with Beverly May, Executive Director of the UX Awards uxawards.org, the premier global awards for exceptional UX. The next Awards is October 4-5 2017 in Palo Alto. Event Details What it will be …

DC Startup Week

Mon, September 11 3pm – 4pm How to execute a data-driven growth strategy: A workshop for Startup Founders and Growth Hackers Growth is critical to the future of your business, but doing so strategically and consistently can be one of the greatest challenges that startup founders face. In this workshop, we’ll chat about three critical …

Can short-term segregation be healthy for women and people of color?

The Devil’s Advocate contemplates President Obama’s use of executive POWer to remove 33,000 troops from Afghanistan instead of letting Congress weigh in on the decision. What if he started telling the media things like, “It’s because I’m black that Congress is pissed at me and doesn’t trust my judgment!” The fact that this sounds absurd means we …