For my 30th birthday, I knew that my friends—about half nerds, half hippies—might not have a lot to talk about. So I created a “Bingo”-type game to prompt them to interact and learn what “community” means in both tech and liberal arts culture.

Together with , we hatched a plan to revamp the hackathon, peer-learning style. The event was , and took place in September 2012 at the MIT Media Lab. 44 storytellers and hackers came together to tell stories. A full recap of our learning design and projects can be found here.