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= Bio =

mb bischoff ([[Singular they|she/they]]) is a designer and developer in [[New York City]]. They are a founder and partner at [https://lickability.com Lickability], a software studio known for its [https://lickability.com/products apps] and work for [https://lickability.com/clients clients] like [[The Atlantic]], [[Houseparty (app)|Houseparty]], and [[Meetup]].

mb began blogging and podcasting in 2003 and got their start in tech as IT Director of [https://www.podcastpeople.com/ PodcastPeople] at age 13. After high school, they studied [[Human–computer interaction|human-computer interaction]] at the [[New Jersey Institute of Technology]], before [https://mbbischoff.com/don-t-go-to-college/ dropping out] to join the mobile team at [[The New York Times]]. They worked at [[Tumblr]] during its heyday, as an engineer, engineering manager, and product manager.

All the while, mb and their business partners were working to grow Lickability from a side project into the [https://lickability.com/about ten-person team] it is today. In 2015, mb went full-time at the company, and since then, they’ve worn multiple hats as a product manager, software engineer, sales lead, and office prankster (they may have connected a rotating light to HomeKit 🚨).

mb is an acclaimed speaker, giving [https://matthewbischoff.com/category/talks/ talks] at conferences around the globe focused on the intersections of technology and culture. They write about these topics and others here on their [https://matthewbischoff.com website] and the [https://lickability.com/blog/ Lickability blog].

In their spare time, mb enjoys making (and drinking) [[classic cocktails]], going to the [[theatre]], trawling [[Wikipedia]] for interesting facts, and volunteering for [[Trans Lifeline]]. They are proud to be a member of the bisexual, transgender, and nonbinary communities. Oh yeah, and they were on [[Jeopardy!]] [https://www.j-archive.com/showgame.php?game_id=3342 once].