Press & Awards
Featured and quoted in Wired, Fast Company, TechCrunch, CNBC, The Atlantic, American Banker, The New York Times, LA Times, Elle Decor, Italian Elle, LA Weekly and San Jose Mercury News. Appeared live on Fox News multiple times.
Screen capture by the amazing Rusty Blazenhoff
Photo on left by Monica Almeida, New York Times, on right by Harriet
Awards & Scholarships
- The Human Problem, 1st Place, Association of Professional Futurists, 2013
- Fly Me to the Moon, nominated for a Most Important Futures Award, Association of Professional Futurists, 2012
- The Demographic Transition, (co-authored) 3rd Place, Association of Professional Futurists, 2012
- The Value Exchange, Honorable Mention, Association of Professional Futurists, 2011
- Selected for the Best of Houston Futures, World Future Society: 2011, 2012, 2013
- Kay Hamilton Memorial Scholarship for Futures Studies
- P.E.O. PCE Grant
- P.E.O. ELF Fund
Feature Articles and Press Coverage
- How A Burning Man Camp Project Became A Multimillion-Dollar Business, Fast Company
- The Future of payments, CNBC
- Forget VR Sex - Here's How Tech Will Actually Change Your Life, io9
- Bitcoin, Just and evolution in transactions, The Bitcoin Byte
- The Future of Money, Fox 5 Evening News - New York (Local TV News), 2014
- Fox News, Shephard Smith Reporting, Pay by Palm (Vein Pattern Security), 2014 (National TV)
- Our Relationship with Technology, Web Conversation, 2014
- Interview at La Femme Futura, 2014
- Intimacy and the Third Space, Bel on the Air Podcast, 2014
- Fox News, Shephard Smith Reporting, Future of Money, 2014 (National TV)
- New York Times, A Revolution in Money, 2014 (Feature)
- Film, Future and Futurists, A Conversation with the HCI Institute, 2014
- Future Body Sensors Could Allow us to Share Emotions and Orgasms, 2014
- Vandejong Creative Agency Profile, 2014
- Conversation with a Futurist, Jean Russell, 2014
- Behind the Bitcoin Surge, 2013
- TechCrunch TV: The Future of Money, Kickstarter and the Bitcoin Climax, 2013
- Brave New World | Money Matters: The Future of Money Explained, 2013
- The Financial Services Club Blog by Chris Skinner, 2013
- Humanity Plus: Crowdfunding Future of Money TV Show will cover Digital Currencies, Privacy and more!, 2013
- The Garland Report (video interview): The Future of Money, 2012
- The Futurist: Interviews Heather Schlegel on the Future of Money, 2013
- Inspired Economist: Disrupt the Financial Industry, Back the Future of Money, 2013
- Bitcoin Magazine: The Future of Money, 2013
- Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence, 2013
- PiJamasurf: Economía sin dinero: la diversificación de capitales en el futuro próximo, 2013
- David Seaman Hour (63 minute podcast): Will the Government Shutdown Affect Me? Bitcoin, Resource Constraints, Future of Money and more!, 2013
- Suicide Girls Radio on TradioV: How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse, where I outline a positive scenario surviving through our current dystopian times., 2013
- io9: Here's How You'll Make and Save Money in the Future, 2013
- Laughing Squid: Future of Money, A Docu-Series That Explores the Positive Forces in the Evolution of Money, 2013
- American Banker: Funding for 'Future of Money' Series Sought (Where Else?) Online, 2013
- Breaking Banks: The Next Big Thing Is... (I come on at 25:00), 2013
- PeterVan Leading from the Emerging Future: Future of Money Kickstarter, 2013
- Houston Futures, 2013
- Included in The Future of Futures Book, 2012
- The Next Money, The Atlantic, 2012
- Three Good Examples of Design Fictions, Noah Raford, 2012
- Virtual Currencies Interview, Stealth Publication, Oct 2011
- Digital Money Podcast (link), Oct 2011
- Sibos Daily Newspaper, Sept, 2011
- The Future of Money, Infomilio, Sibos, Sept 2011
- Featured: Desert Rats, RIDERS, Italian Motorcycle Magazine, 2 page photo spread, November 2010
- Geek Dinner, LA Weekly, Dec, 2008 (link)
- Geek Dinner, LA Times, 2007 (link)
- NBC, multiple times
- LAist, multiple times
- MetBlogs, multiple times
- BoingBoing, multiple video cameos.
- Blog-her-sphere, San Jose Mercury News, (link)
- Defamer, Blog-o-sphere coverage
- Gawker, Blog-o-sphere coverage
- Citybeat, Geek Dinner coverage
- Metromix, Various events coverage (geek dinner, Santacon)
- Communal Yoga Mats, New York Times July 26, 2006
- Streetwars, Cover story for the LA Times, Jan 2006
- Featured in Story, 3 page lifestyle story with 5 photos, Italian Elle, Jan 2006
- Cover Photo & Story, Lifestyle, LA Times, Dec 2005 (link, link)
- Interview with JD Lasica, Blogher 2006 (link)
- Feature Story, Fashion photo for 5 page feature on Downtown LA Art Scene, Italian Elle, 2005
- Feature Story, 3 page lifestyle story with 2 photos Italian Elle, 2005
- Demonstration, Ajax before it was Ajax, 2000 (link)
- Reader's Experiences, McSweeney's (link)
- Kava, McSweeney's (link)
- Nielson Normal Group, (link)
- VRML, Wired 1997 (link)