Stephanie was born and raised in the gorgeous San Francisco bay area. She received a B.A. from Stanford in Science, Technology, and Society with a self-designed concentration in Experience Design, after which she worked professionally in new media and interactive education. Most recently, she finished her master's thesis at Berkeley on the emergence of social software-enabled collectively intelligent consumer behavior, a possibility she refers to as "peer consumption." She has somewhat of an obsession with blindfolded activities, like playing drum kit with her eyes closed and eating dans le noir. She aspires to be a new media experience designer, and be able to explain what that means with no words. If you’re still curious, visit her not-really-a-website or check her personal blog. And if you wander those parts, visit Stephanie in Second Life. Her name there is Sequoia Hax.