Heather Billings is a @tribapps developer (that is, journogeek on the Chicago Tribune's news applications team), where she focuses on front-end development, design, product creation, and baking sriracha cookies. She is also a part-time media innovation instructor for Rutgers. Prior to joining Colonel Tribune's forces, she interned for the graphics desk at the Washington Post and earned her master's degree in journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State. She misses saguaros and haboobs.