I am a Chicago-based Web-designer/ writer/ Internet marketing specialist. I've worked in publishing for more than 15 years as a magazine editor, Web designer, book author, magazine feature writer, and Web director (pretty much in that order).

Here is a collection of my work and other things I find interesting.

You can contact me by emailing lisa[at]lisahazen.com

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• marketing

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PERSONAL

A friend once said to me, “Doing Web design must be tough. I mean, you have to sit in front of a computer all day.”

I thought about it for a second and thought to myself that this is what I would be doing any way. I love it. I love seeing the democracy of information online (admittedly, much of it is crap, but it’s nice to see what turns up), see news as it's breaking, and experiment with the different things the medium can produce.

I choose to do everything from my food shopping to my banking to listen to the radio online. I don’t keep photo albums anymore, I just post them all online. I don’t buy CDs, but download music (legally, thank you!). I write and read blogs, and usually prefer email to phone calls,  I even watch TV shows I’ve downloaded on my iPhone while at the gym.

Just because I would be doing Web design even if I wasn’t getting paid for it doesn’t mean that I do it for free. But it does mean that I will love doing it, which means that my clients get work that is inspired, creative, meticulous, and clean. I work from home with NPR piped in through my computer and my dog at my feet.

A few years ago, I relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area to Chicago, IL. I live in a charming house that is more than 100 years old with my creative genius husband, precocious preschooler and indomitable toddler, and mangy mutt. I do break away from the computer screen sometimes and when I do, it usually has nothing to do with computers. . I love being outdoors, exercising, cooking, and watching really lousy television. Earlybirds, take note that I teach spinning at the Irving Park Y at 6am on Tuesdays and Thursdays and every other Sunday at 10am.