Olivia O'Connor: Where Art Meets Algorithm

Once upon a time, a girl saw the world in gradients while everyone else was seeing in black and white. 🌈✨ That girl was me — Olivia O'Connor — a Human-Computer Interaction Designer with the essence of a starving artist and the reckless heart of an entrepreneur. This is my account, unedited and raw.

I didn't just design interfaces — I animated them. Every pixel I placed was a heartbeat and every interaction was a shared secret between human and machine. But let's rewind. Before the bullshit and accolades, before the viral TED Talk (yes, that TED talk), I was just a broke 22-year old, with a laptop, a head full of ideas, and a maxed-out credit card. 💳🔥

My first "studio" was a corner of my ex-boyfriend's attic (we broke up a week later - long story). I lived primarily on instant ramen and the joy of creation, often coding by candlelight when the hydro was cut off. Isn't that romantic? Absolutely not. It was a nightmarish experience. But hell is forging me.

Then, The Pivot happened. I recognized that design wasn't merely about aesthetics — it was about empathy. It was about making technology feel human. So I took my obsession with gestural abstraction from art school and my nerdy love for UX — and fused them together. I developed interfaces that not only functioned — they enticed. My clients called it "witchcraft" and I called it keeping a roof over my head. 🧙‍♀️💻

Fast forward through two failed start-ups, one nervous breakdown (artistic souls are but fragile creatures, darling), and a very dodgy investment from a crypto bro who thought NFTs were "like, digital Pokémon." But here I stand. Still standing. Still creating. Still petrified every damned day. Because the moment you stop fearing the blank canvas is the moment you become irrelevant.

So, let me introduce myself. I am Olivia O'Connor. I design feelings. I create the connection that exists between silicon and soul. And if you're fool hardy enough to follow my work, I will teach you how to burn bright in a world that prefers it dim. 🔥

P.S. I still eat ramen sometimes. For nostalgia's sake.