Tatiana Mac, smiling, cross-legged, standing in black suit on a TEDxPortland stage with giant words from Self-Defined app projected behind them

Speaking

That's what they said.

International keynote speaker and TEDx alumnus using the stage to explore the intersection between tech and ethics and to bring narratives to the web with accessible, performant design systems

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Featured Videos

Systems of Systems

Design systems create an umbrella to define the future of our design work, but they are not the biggest umbrella. Design systems exist under broader social, political, and infrastructural systems that affect the parameters, limitations, and variables of our systems. We'll examine the challenges inherit, lean into the good, resist the bad, and serve as many humans we can equitably, ethically, and safely.

· Clarity Conference, San Francisco, USA

Our Banal Binary

Binary code is the axiomatic core of computing. From ones and zeros, we built magnificent inventions that visualised black holes and cup-winning football goals. Our reliance on the binary has a cost. The binary that gifted us could also become the most monolithic harbinger to developing nuanced solutions for social change and innovation. We will fracture the spokes of this axiomatic wheel, exploring a new model that encourages a more intersectional and inclusive way to build for all.

· New Adventures, Nottingham, UK

Words don't define us

We define our words, but they don't define us. Simply put, words and phrases can be weaponized and be hurtful, for example: spirit animal; blacklist; redline; junkie; lame; OCD; circle the wagons. This talk explores Self-Defined, a modern dictionary about us. With the foundation of vocabulary, we can begin to understand lived experiences of people different from us, gain a sense of identity, and find kinship.

· TEDxPortland, Portland, USA
Perth, WA, Australia

February 2020

OZeWAI

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Nottingham, England, UK

January 2020

New Adventures

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

November 2019

perf.now()

Slides · Video

Toronto, ON, Canada

October 2019

a11yTO

Slides

Rochester, New York, USA

October 2019

Thought at Work

Slides

Lagos, NG & Nairobi, KE

October 2019

Concatenate

Slides · Video

Grand Canyon, AZ

October 2019

Epicurrence

Cologne, Germany

September 2019

Think About! Meetup

Slides

Helsinki, Finland

September 2019

Joint Futures

Slides · Video

San Francisco, CA, USA

August 2019

Clarity

Slides · Video

San Francisco, CA, USA
Omaha, Nebraska, USA

August 2019

NEConfJS

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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

July 2019

CSSCamp

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Portland, Oregon, USA

July 2019

Mozilla

Slides · Video

Berlin, Germany

June 2019

JSConfEU

Slides

Redwood City, CA, USA

April 2019

PerfMatters

Slides · Video

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

October 2018

STL Design Week

Slides

Yosemite, California, USA

August 2018

Epicurrence