Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ
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Set up a new Mac and couldn't figure out why the date wasn't in the menubar (swore it was yesterday?), went into the Preferences and now I want to write a novella about the product management saga that led to all these options (needed Show date "always")
Gillian Anderson Pride Month Thread: A brief look into her history of LGBTQIA+ advocacy
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Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ Thrilled to announce this happy news: @Postlight is joining @NTTDATAServices! πtwitter.com/Postlight/statβ¦O
βThe stars donβt shine they burnβ is great insight for managers and any kind of people leader, thanks Encanto
In an attempt to distract myself from the news, a poll for my tech friends:
What are your go-to metaphors for explaining technical topics to nontechnical folks? Gimme the good stuff
As weβve warned, SCOTUS isnβt just coming for abortion - theyβre coming for the right to privacy Roe rests on, which includes gay marriage + civil rights.
Manchin is blocking Congress codifying Roe. House has seemingly forgotten about Clarence Thomas. These 2 points must change twitter.com/mjs_DC/status/β¦
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Eventually this evolves into classic Fleetwood Mac and Kinex (and itβs awesome)
The risks of pitching too aggressively twitter.com/JustBirdsNFT/sβ¦
tell me some good metaphors for building and running a company that aren't sports or war
In less than an hour I'm going to talk into Twitter for the first time, which will be weird fun! come listen twitter.com/Postlight/statβ¦
95% of client work is trying to figure out if everyone has the same expectations
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ If the phrase βinflation-protected emergency fund ladderβ sounds interesting to you then hi I salute the spirit in you and also this essay is good tipswatch.com/i-bond-manifesβ¦
TreasuryDirect couldn't be more opposite Robinhood: suffer the most archaic web UX for guaranteed returns on your money
treasurydirect.gov/indiv/researchβ¦
I try not to unleash my inner personal finance nerd on here too much but how 'bout that 7.12% interest rate on I bonds right now
Afternoon reminder popped that said "Nice shirt" and I thought "well thank you!" then I remembered I need to put on a nice shirt for a client call
Happy 1st birthday to our partner @PunchbowlNews & congrats on the launch of the new site! Proud to help make that happen! twitter.com/bresreports/stβ¦
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ this betty white scene from golden girls still never fails to make me happy, 30+ years later. betty improvised most of the story and bea and rue couldnβt help but lose their composure and slip out of character. RIP to a comedy queen.
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ You need to design a database of things to collaborate on with other people. You go:
it's another rockin' weekend over here, of course
Netflix feature request: An "I fell asleep last night" button that takes me to the last half hour of the last thing I watched, with a prompt: "Don't remember this part? Go back another 30"
it's performance review season, friends youtube.com/watch?v=WKsVf-β¦
Cannot stop thinking about Halle Berry as an incredibly believable MMA fighter
A hour in a spreadsheet on Sunday building the perfect pivot table is an hour well-spent
Love that 2% cash back credit card until I remember those reward programs are funded by 20%+ APRs crushing people in debt on a monthly basis
maybe this is what my subconscious thinks being CEO is
usually I know exactly what my dreams mean but last night I directed a musical on a spaceship in zero gravity starring Kaley Cuoco and a small cute dog
"There's two buttons I never like hitting: panic and snooze." postlight.com/insights/functβ¦
Senior executive coping mechanism arc:
perfecting your personal productivity systems -> reading lots of business leadership books -> outright studying Buddhism
Boy that "More" menu on the web definitely got longer since the last time I tweeted.
The most important ability Iβve learned over 26 years of writing software is the ability to understand influence and employ it for good results. More important than any tech or programming language.
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ How can designers make sure their products don't harm people? Join us tomorrow on Zoom for Design Elephants, featuring @epenzeymoog. Weβll discuss an often forgotten topic in digital products: safety. eventbrite.com/e/design-elephβ¦
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ π¨ ONE WEEK until@Postlightt's second Design Elephants event where we'll be talking about designing for safety + mitigating harm. It'll be engaging, informative, & hopefully inspire you to design even more thoughtfully. RSVP todayβwe'd love to have you! οΏ½eventbrite.com/e/design-elephβ¦fD
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ .@Postlight's business is shipping quality digital products, and business is booming! We're hiring at all levels for designers, product managers, and engineers. Come join a fun, fast growing, passionate, and ethically-mind group of great technologists: grnh.se/aebf339a2us
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ Could subtweet this most days twitter.com/ArlanWasHere/sβ¦
Embarrassed to admit how much of my weekend I spent processing my very mixed feelings about Ted Lasso S02
BREAKING NEWS: itβs the most perfect Friday in New York City.
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ ProbableFutures.org is a climate change initiative and their website is one of the finest pieces of digital work @Postlight has produced (w/many collaborators). This org has changed the way I work and think. Kindly give it an hour of your time (yes, an actual hour).
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ βIβve worked in tech for 20 years now, and on any given day, I was the βonly oneβ in the roomβthe only woman, the only gay person. Today, here I am, a CEO writing about how important D&I is at our company. Life is weird.β By @ginatrapani postlight.com/insights/why-lβ¦
Retweeted by Gina Trapani π³οΈβπ be part of the solution, that's Postlight's internal motto
when I log into my insurance web site I just gnash my teeth & stare angrily at loading skeletons, but @closacco takes the time to explain how to fix it postlight.com/insights/why-aβ¦
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