Author Archives: Lauren Rabaino
The stuff I put on my face
After a personal IM conversation with my good friend Greg Linch, in which we were talking about keeping track of our personal data, I started thinking about what kinds of substances I’m putting into and on my body in my day-to-day routine. Then I realized that, just in putting on my face every morning, my routine creams and lotions are ridiculous. I shocked myself after listing them out. I put a lot of crap on my face every day. Continue reading
Posted in random, two cents | Tagged health, hygiene, ingredients, life, nutrition, personal reflections, preaching | 2 Comments
Shout out of the night: Nacin
This afternoon I did a terrible, terrible thing. I upgraded to WordPress 3.0.2 without backing up anything. There were two key things I did not realize. Which totally screwed me over: When editing your child themes in wp-admin (not via … Continue reading
Posted in design | Tagged andrew nacin, awesomesauce, whoops, wordpress | 6 Comments
So, what happened to the Populous Project?
Daniel Bachhuber is seeking questions on his blog about the Populous Project. Writes he: The Populous Project is (was?) an open source, student news content management system which received $275,000 from the Knight Foundation’s 2008 News Challenge. It was supposed … Continue reading
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I may have found my calling (someday)
Today while browsing GOOD Magazine, my attention was immediately captured by an ad for the Maryland Institute College of Art: Yes, that’s right. A Master’s in Social Design program. This is the first time a master’s program has intrigued me … Continue reading
Posted in design | Tagged education, grad school, passions, social design | 1 Comment
Things I’m thankful for this year
ONA10 Conference This year was my second year attending the Online News Association conference. Last year was San Francisco. I didn’t know very many people. It was the first time I met Greg Linch, Daniel Bachhuber, Ryan Sholin, Jay Rosen, … Continue reading
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A tip for capturing your design ideas quickly
One of my new favorite discoveries is a set of printable sketch sheets that I now keep at my desk and in my purse so I can randomly start sketching ideas if they come to me. I’ve been using the … Continue reading
Posted in design | Tagged 960 grid system, tips | Leave a comment
Realtime reactions to Jim Brady’s departure from TBD.com
Is Jim Brady a serial innovator? Rapid innovation, followed by a launch, followed by departure and on to the next awesome project. In any case, here’s Twitter’s reaction to the sudden, unexpected announcement. I use Storify to round up reactions
Posted in journalism, people | Tagged coverage, social media, storify | Leave a comment
The all new and improved PressThink is up and running!
In Fall 2010, I worked with NYU’s Jay Rosen to redesign his widely-read media criticism blog, PressThink. Continue reading
Posted in Portfolio, Web design | Tagged jay rosen, redesigns, wordpress | 7 Comments
I’m not in a newsroom, but I’m still a journalist doing multimedia
Today I published a piece at 10,000 Words about applying multimedia skills to non-multimedia jobs. Now, some background. I have been brainstorming topics for potential 10,000 Words posts and I hit somewhat of a roadblock because I couldn’t get past … Continue reading
Posted in entrepreneurship, random | 2 Comments
I’ll be blogging for 10,000 Words!
I know everyone raves about how amazing Twitter is for building connections within your niche. If you’re reading this post on my blog, you probably have already experienced it firsthand and probably only know me through our niche on Twitter. … Continue reading
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Home sweet…. parents’ home.
I am “home” for the first time in more than a year (not including the four hours I came back for my grandpa’s funeral in January and the 12 hours for my graduation dinner in December). I say “home” in … Continue reading
Posted in just for fun | Tagged family, feelings, home, nostalgia, porterville | Leave a comment
“Older adults” are getting the tech bug [infographic]
A visualization of a few interesting stats from the latest PEW report (released Aug. 27) on “Older Adults and Social Media“: Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled — from 22% to 42% over … Continue reading
Posted in tech | Tagged comeback, old people, pew | Leave a comment
Starbucks Moments: Book publishing in less than 15 minutes
His name was either Earl or Carl. He wore a beige ball cap, had white unkempt whiskers and a notebook in his bag for jotting down every tidbit of tech wisdom that my supposedly tech-savvy self could bestow upon him. Continue reading
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Words of wisdom from the folks at GitHub
This morning I stumbled upon a 37 Signals interview with GitHub co-founder Chris Wanstrath (hat tip to Greg Linch for linking me to the post). A few notable bits of wisdom from the interview: On “shipping now and fixing later” … Continue reading
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My two cents on getting a workout while sitting at the computer
As someone who spends 12+ hours a day sitting at a computer, reading this in the NYTimes this afternoon put a frown on my face: Regular workout sessions do not appear to fully undo the effects of prolonged sitting. ‘‘There … Continue reading
Posted in just for fun, two cents | Tagged desk workouts, inactivity, workout | 2 Comments
How Will You Measure Your Life?
The powerful motivator in our lives isn’t money; it’s the opportunity to learn, grow in responsibilities, contribute to others, and be recognized for achievements. Tonight I stumbled upon a Harvard Business Review post about finding happiness in your life. I … Continue reading
Posted in just for fun | Tagged business, happiness, harvard business review, life | 1 Comment
Don’t pull all nighters, say 37signals founders
I have a bad habit of not sleeping. Anyone who has ever worked on anything with me knows this. That ends today thanks to Jason Fried and David Heinemeier. We’ll get to that in a sec. But first, some background. … Continue reading
Posted in random | Tagged all nighters, jason fried, rework, sleep deprivation | 6 Comments
Introducing the Publishing Revolution
I am enormously proud to be a part of the team that is reinventing the way news content is distributed. Monday at TechCrunch Disrupt, Publish2 CEO Scott Karp announced the company’s newest product, the Publish2 News Exchange. The entire Publish2 … Continue reading
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