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feelings, thoughts, emotions. randomness.
Seattle WP Meetup Friday. Just found out Matt Mullenweg is hosting a last-minute meetup tonight at the Pike Pub & Brewery downtown. Headed down there now. If you’re here and you’re free, come join us. Yes, that means I made the 20+ hour drive up here from California and am now officially living in Seattle. More on that later.
California Supreme Court rejects noncompete clauses. This is old news but I discovered it today from a lab technician in Santa Barbara. I’ve signed a few noncompete agreements in my day, and apparently they’re void here in California. “Californians have the right to move from one company to another or start their own business and can’t be prohibited by their employer from working for a competitor in their next job.”
How I lost my WordPress virginity
I started to write this post for the Carnival of Fail about CoPress. But I realized that the CoPress story wasn’t really mine to tell (passing the mic to Bachhuber) and didn’t end up writing a Carnival of Fail post. … Continue reading
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What was important in my life during mid-2009
I haven’t used Google Tasks since the summer of 2009. I opened up my task list today to start using it again and was amused at what tasks still exist there. I won’t explain any of these things. My favorites … Continue reading
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Weight lifting progress report
It’s been exactly two months since I started the StrongLifts 5×5 weight training program. The progress report so far (weight includes the weight of the 35lb bar): Squats: 52.5 lbs Bench press: 50 lbs Overhead press: 40 lbs Deadlifts: 65 … Continue reading
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2011 Resolutions: Live and be happy
Ah, the smell of 2011 is in the air. As I walked through the Mission in San Francisco this morning, confetti, horns and goofy New Year’s garb lined the deserted streets. Last year, I set ten resolutions for myself. Read … Continue reading
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One of those days
I don’t usually get personal and sentimental on my blog, but today I’m feeling exceptionally poetic. Maybe it’s the rain or the holidays or the fact that I only slept four hours last night. Maybe it’s because the year is … Continue reading
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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
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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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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
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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
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Reflecting on my college experience
I’ve been a college graduate for exactly 90 days now. Looking back, there are some words of wisdom I can pass on to current or soon-to-be college students. You don’t need to do the full four years for the full … Continue reading
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Interested in a Fourth of July barcamp in LA?
When I wrote on the BCNI Philly Facebook wall tonight, I admitted the “high” I get from being around journogeeks. I’ve tweeted about it before multiple times. Some of the happiest memories I have in recent months include ONA in San Francisco, ACP … Continue reading
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Lauren's New Year's Resolutions 2010
Yes, it’s that time of year again. Unlike prior years when I’ve set New Year’s resolutions, this year is the start of many new things in my life. As of three weeks ago, I’m a college graduate. On Christmas I … Continue reading
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Value doesn't always mean profit for news
I was listening to Biz Stone (a founder of Twitter) talk on the Colbert Report about the fact their social network has no business model yet. He made an interesting point that totally made a light bulb go off in … Continue reading
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Holiday shopping list for journalism geeks
Holidays are just around the corner– do you know what you’re getting newspaper colleagues? Here are a few gift ideas for your friends, co-workers or yourself (why not?). $5-$15 $15-$40 $40-$80 $80+ Price Range: $5-$15 Leather steno notepad holder For … Continue reading
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Random flickr things
Web engineer John Allspaw from photo-sharing Web site Flickr gave a seminar at Cal Poly Tuesday that was mostly focused on capacity planning. While most of the technical stuff went over my head, a few interesting/funny moments from the evening: … Continue reading
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Facebook: A newspaper's best and worst friend
Guest blog by Ryan Chartrand The problem Newspapers have made some pretty desperate moves in the last few years. They’ve cut pages, cut staff, cut paychecks, but then decided to try to add social networking to their Web sites. Sure, … Continue reading
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