Meet the Writer: Lisa Gibbons, Web3 Connoisseur, Forager, and Writer of Lines On the Edge

If you’re seeing this interview draft, it means you’ve recently published on HackerNoon a story that the community found interesting and/or valuable. For this reason, we would like to help the community get to know you better as well as find out some writing tips from you.

While this template is automatic, our interest in the answers below is genuine and our human editors (and some cyborg wannabes) will review it before publishing.

So let’s start! Tell us a bit about yourself. For example, name, profession, and personal interests.

Hello Everyone! It is lovely to be here. My name is Lisa. I am a writer, a struggling poet, a keen forager, and a Web3 enthusiast. I studied English Literature, focusing on postcolonial poetry for my degree at University, and went on to do a Masters in International Tourism.

I love foraging and created a platform dedicated to wild food and sustainability called Orchards Near Me. I have been writing about Web3, the Metaverse, education, and NFTs for two years now.

Interesting! What was your latest Hackernoon Top story about?

My most recent article was a piece about creating decentralized teams with agile mindsets. I enjoy trying to understand why Web3 is different and why the people and projects in Web3 have different attitudes to what would be considered the norms of Web2 organizations.

Do you usually write on similar topics? If not, what do you usually write about?

No, I love research-led articles, critical thinking around large industry problems, and any form of Web3 innovation for a more sustainable future. The beauty of writing about the world of blockchain is that you aren’t conditioned to write in a specific style or told to write about only one industry.

The technology is having an impact on every industry so there are opportunities to learn through writing about various topics.

Great! What is your usual writing routine like (if you have one?)

I like to scribble points down on paper before I get lost in the research. I find that my most authentic sentences and opinions come from writing away from the screen.

Once I have the core ideas for an article, I build out the points from there and always look to back up my findings with research or relevant leaders in the space.

Being a writer in tech can be a challenge. It’s not often our main role, but an addition to another one. What is the biggest challenge you have when it comes to writing?

I think the biggest challenge for all writers is time and paying the bills. Most writers hold down several jobs to make ends meet. I was hoping to see this change in Web3, as we have seen the potential change for artists and musicians with NFTs.

This isn’t the case for writers just yet but hopefully, the hierarchy of revenue distribution will change in the future and all creators will be valued for their time and efforts.

What is the next thing you hope to achieve in your career?

I am working on a metaverse project with a friend and I promised myself that I would publish a book of poetry by my next birthday, so keeping my fingers crossed that I will make that deadline.

Wow, that’s admirable. Now, something more casual: What is your guilty pleasure of choice?

Red wine, any form of crisp but especially cheese n’ onion Taytos.

Do you have a non-tech-related hobby? If yes, what is it?

Foraging is my main hobby and my first love. For me, there is no better place than a giant forest full of mushrooms and ripe berries. Studying wild food, landscapes, and understanding where the foods that we eat come from has really helped me through hard times.

I truly believe that it is our duty to understand more about food supply and distribution. Nature provides for us in every season; we just don’t know where to look and find ourselves bombarded with every kind of food in the supermarkets.

Our consumption habits have reached a peak and it is time to reimagine our relationship with the foods around us. Rant over, I apologize.

What can the Hacker Noon community expect to read from you next?

I have a few ideas about our climate crisis and potential blockchain solutions. I would also like to further explore advanced use cases of NFTs. The technology is still only in its infancy.

Learning about refungibility, fractionalization and advanced features has only made me more fascinated by the many applications we could see in the near future.

What’s your opinion on HackerNoon as a platform for writers?

I love the diversity of thoughts, writing styles, and content produced by the writers on Hackernoon. I also laugh out loud at some of the emails I receive. Cleverly crafted humorous content is a gift from above so congrats on that.

Thanks for taking time to join our “Meet the writer” series. It was a pleasure. Do you have any closing words?

Each of us has a voice; I plan on using mine until I join the voiceless in the warmth of mother earth.