Lauren Cooney
@lcooney.bsky.social
F100 tech vp | cautiously optimistic | be kind, have fun & DFIU
also i have the cutest dog 🐶
https://substack.com/@gettingshitdone
also i have the cutest dog 🐶
https://substack.com/@gettingshitdone
so grateful for our tech community ❤️
[the below is ‘learned behavior’ fwiw]
[the below is ‘learned behavior’ fwiw]
August 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
so grateful for our tech community ❤️
[the below is ‘learned behavior’ fwiw]
[the below is ‘learned behavior’ fwiw]
Just explaining to ChatGPT why UX matters +
making it explain it back to me to ensure it understood 🫠 time suck
ai is missing a few layers of ‘depth’ (which is fine it’ll catch up) but bleh
making it explain it back to me to ensure it understood 🫠 time suck
ai is missing a few layers of ‘depth’ (which is fine it’ll catch up) but bleh
August 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just explaining to ChatGPT why UX matters +
making it explain it back to me to ensure it understood 🫠 time suck
ai is missing a few layers of ‘depth’ (which is fine it’ll catch up) but bleh
making it explain it back to me to ensure it understood 🫠 time suck
ai is missing a few layers of ‘depth’ (which is fine it’ll catch up) but bleh
twilight zone trending on prime is 100% gen z humor…
the kids are smart + very fucking funny & I’m here for that
ps: crying over ux but I’ll get over it
the kids are smart + very fucking funny & I’m here for that
ps: crying over ux but I’ll get over it
August 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
twilight zone trending on prime is 100% gen z humor…
the kids are smart + very fucking funny & I’m here for that
ps: crying over ux but I’ll get over it
the kids are smart + very fucking funny & I’m here for that
ps: crying over ux but I’ll get over it
In WhatsApp a bit lately & it’s kinda weirdly like Twitter, huh
Just a design thing perhaps but..
how they are thinking more broadly abt ‘channels’ is smart for media longer term imho
cc: @anildash.com
? 🤷♀️
Just a design thing perhaps but..
how they are thinking more broadly abt ‘channels’ is smart for media longer term imho
cc: @anildash.com
? 🤷♀️
August 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In WhatsApp a bit lately & it’s kinda weirdly like Twitter, huh
Just a design thing perhaps but..
how they are thinking more broadly abt ‘channels’ is smart for media longer term imho
cc: @anildash.com
? 🤷♀️
Just a design thing perhaps but..
how they are thinking more broadly abt ‘channels’ is smart for media longer term imho
cc: @anildash.com
? 🤷♀️
So the rules I had to follow building v2, v3 of software platforms that delivered ‘messages’ …
is now very broken & perhaps ‘out of compliance’
[note I do not use other verbiage here]
does anyone care to fix or are we just tossing this ‘entire version’ out as trash?
is now very broken & perhaps ‘out of compliance’
[note I do not use other verbiage here]
does anyone care to fix or are we just tossing this ‘entire version’ out as trash?
June 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So the rules I had to follow building v2, v3 of software platforms that delivered ‘messages’ …
is now very broken & perhaps ‘out of compliance’
[note I do not use other verbiage here]
does anyone care to fix or are we just tossing this ‘entire version’ out as trash?
is now very broken & perhaps ‘out of compliance’
[note I do not use other verbiage here]
does anyone care to fix or are we just tossing this ‘entire version’ out as trash?
when rocket tracks a cc account
that you can’t cancel
after a 1 hour phone call
with 2 humans
ffs guys this is terrible
that you can’t cancel
after a 1 hour phone call
with 2 humans
ffs guys this is terrible
June 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
when rocket tracks a cc account
that you can’t cancel
after a 1 hour phone call
with 2 humans
ffs guys this is terrible
that you can’t cancel
after a 1 hour phone call
with 2 humans
ffs guys this is terrible
really the best way to work when you’re proofing stuff & replying to email
June 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
really the best way to work when you’re proofing stuff & replying to email
@marypcbuk.bsky.social so this was interesting:
I’m searching for a Bluesky app that makes this darn thing better
& why the fuck is instagram here in App Store as a ‘search result’ when
1)it’s not a search term
2)apple isn’t flagging as an ad
3)$$ is likely being exchanged for this prime spot
I’m searching for a Bluesky app that makes this darn thing better
& why the fuck is instagram here in App Store as a ‘search result’ when
1)it’s not a search term
2)apple isn’t flagging as an ad
3)$$ is likely being exchanged for this prime spot
June 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
@marypcbuk.bsky.social so this was interesting:
I’m searching for a Bluesky app that makes this darn thing better
& why the fuck is instagram here in App Store as a ‘search result’ when
1)it’s not a search term
2)apple isn’t flagging as an ad
3)$$ is likely being exchanged for this prime spot
I’m searching for a Bluesky app that makes this darn thing better
& why the fuck is instagram here in App Store as a ‘search result’ when
1)it’s not a search term
2)apple isn’t flagging as an ad
3)$$ is likely being exchanged for this prime spot
‘… like a hybrid container set-up’
um yes but I’m not code so HOW with the human part pls
i comprehend it, my point is not that
um yes but I’m not code so HOW with the human part pls
i comprehend it, my point is not that
June 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‘… like a hybrid container set-up’
um yes but I’m not code so HOW with the human part pls
i comprehend it, my point is not that
um yes but I’m not code so HOW with the human part pls
i comprehend it, my point is not that
applied learning is like this screenshot so harder to teach
lots of problems can fall out of that but we kinda gotta focus on the model & what we’re good at while being moral & hope the system does its job just maybe faster
also just adulting with a compass of sorts
lots of problems can fall out of that but we kinda gotta focus on the model & what we’re good at while being moral & hope the system does its job just maybe faster
also just adulting with a compass of sorts
June 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
applied learning is like this screenshot so harder to teach
lots of problems can fall out of that but we kinda gotta focus on the model & what we’re good at while being moral & hope the system does its job just maybe faster
also just adulting with a compass of sorts
lots of problems can fall out of that but we kinda gotta focus on the model & what we’re good at while being moral & hope the system does its job just maybe faster
also just adulting with a compass of sorts
we’ll fail faster with smaller mistakes
literally
that’s in a book versus me being wise
also I just went to google it & NONE OF THEM ARE IT
ffs @searchliaison.bsky.social [if that’s even GOOGLE SEARCH] your pants are down pls pick them up what is this crap
sigh
literally
that’s in a book versus me being wise
also I just went to google it & NONE OF THEM ARE IT
ffs @searchliaison.bsky.social [if that’s even GOOGLE SEARCH] your pants are down pls pick them up what is this crap
sigh
June 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
we’ll fail faster with smaller mistakes
literally
that’s in a book versus me being wise
also I just went to google it & NONE OF THEM ARE IT
ffs @searchliaison.bsky.social [if that’s even GOOGLE SEARCH] your pants are down pls pick them up what is this crap
sigh
literally
that’s in a book versus me being wise
also I just went to google it & NONE OF THEM ARE IT
ffs @searchliaison.bsky.social [if that’s even GOOGLE SEARCH] your pants are down pls pick them up what is this crap
sigh
& then my #1 can’t figure out if it’s inside we stay or outside we go, because humidity is real
June 20, 2025 at 8:46 PM
& then my #1 can’t figure out if it’s inside we stay or outside we go, because humidity is real
re-reading this & ‘Drive.’
Daniel Pink came a little late to tech scene but it’s still so very relevant we are very early here, still
did I mention I was a double major history & business [that ended up building products in tech]
Daniel Pink came a little late to tech scene but it’s still so very relevant we are very early here, still
did I mention I was a double major history & business [that ended up building products in tech]
June 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
re-reading this & ‘Drive.’
Daniel Pink came a little late to tech scene but it’s still so very relevant we are very early here, still
did I mention I was a double major history & business [that ended up building products in tech]
Daniel Pink came a little late to tech scene but it’s still so very relevant we are very early here, still
did I mention I was a double major history & business [that ended up building products in tech]
when I was a kid putting content on websites I had to make sure it worked x-browser & that was a BIG THING
why are we here AGAIN
looking to solve this vs complain, this is good content but getting TO the content THEN consuming it was incredibly painful (pop-ups etc) & shouldn’t be
why are we here AGAIN
looking to solve this vs complain, this is good content but getting TO the content THEN consuming it was incredibly painful (pop-ups etc) & shouldn’t be
June 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
when I was a kid putting content on websites I had to make sure it worked x-browser & that was a BIG THING
why are we here AGAIN
looking to solve this vs complain, this is good content but getting TO the content THEN consuming it was incredibly painful (pop-ups etc) & shouldn’t be
why are we here AGAIN
looking to solve this vs complain, this is good content but getting TO the content THEN consuming it was incredibly painful (pop-ups etc) & shouldn’t be
Ok air india let’s chat about why we do things re: SAFETY of humans versus ‘confidence building’
Is this just language or…
fwiw unclear if that’s a question, & also if i want it answered
Is this just language or…
fwiw unclear if that’s a question, & also if i want it answered
June 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ok air india let’s chat about why we do things re: SAFETY of humans versus ‘confidence building’
Is this just language or…
fwiw unclear if that’s a question, & also if i want it answered
Is this just language or…
fwiw unclear if that’s a question, & also if i want it answered
don’t mind me just me chatting with ai explaining complex shit & no one caring or seeing big pic but hey it’s cool
also security & laws but ok
also security & laws but ok
June 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
don’t mind me just me chatting with ai explaining complex shit & no one caring or seeing big pic but hey it’s cool
also security & laws but ok
also security & laws but ok
this is why i hate checking email
stop asking me to fix + pay for your fuck ups, this model is quite bad
stop asking me to fix + pay for your fuck ups, this model is quite bad
June 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
this is why i hate checking email
stop asking me to fix + pay for your fuck ups, this model is quite bad
stop asking me to fix + pay for your fuck ups, this model is quite bad
Husky trust seems to come & go in ~20-30minute intervals
yes she just put her bone in her food dish so she can eat while keeping an eye it
i made the mistake earlier of accidentally (taking it away = her view) moving the bone out of her way to eat & now she thinks it’s life or death here
yes she just put her bone in her food dish so she can eat while keeping an eye it
i made the mistake earlier of accidentally (taking it away = her view) moving the bone out of her way to eat & now she thinks it’s life or death here
June 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Husky trust seems to come & go in ~20-30minute intervals
yes she just put her bone in her food dish so she can eat while keeping an eye it
i made the mistake earlier of accidentally (taking it away = her view) moving the bone out of her way to eat & now she thinks it’s life or death here
yes she just put her bone in her food dish so she can eat while keeping an eye it
i made the mistake earlier of accidentally (taking it away = her view) moving the bone out of her way to eat & now she thinks it’s life or death here
reading the fine print here & why in a historical documentary are we inserting misinformation but making it legal @netflix.com i mean…
i think you guys are great but can we rein this in a bit please 🙏
i think you guys are great but can we rein this in a bit please 🙏
June 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
reading the fine print here & why in a historical documentary are we inserting misinformation but making it legal @netflix.com i mean…
i think you guys are great but can we rein this in a bit please 🙏
i think you guys are great but can we rein this in a bit please 🙏
i did laugh tho submitting this talk to monktoberfest **after i wrote above
v seriously just here to help ppl read too much into things i think
v seriously just here to help ppl read too much into things i think
June 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
i did laugh tho submitting this talk to monktoberfest **after i wrote above
v seriously just here to help ppl read too much into things i think
v seriously just here to help ppl read too much into things i think
Just using words like ‘academics’ nbd
can we get a book abt the long tail of mistakes & why it’s important to do the right things at the right detail level in the long run
the internet happened fast so there’s an issue now clearly but i pay for this
maybe not anymore
can we get a book abt the long tail of mistakes & why it’s important to do the right things at the right detail level in the long run
the internet happened fast so there’s an issue now clearly but i pay for this
maybe not anymore
June 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just using words like ‘academics’ nbd
can we get a book abt the long tail of mistakes & why it’s important to do the right things at the right detail level in the long run
the internet happened fast so there’s an issue now clearly but i pay for this
maybe not anymore
can we get a book abt the long tail of mistakes & why it’s important to do the right things at the right detail level in the long run
the internet happened fast so there’s an issue now clearly but i pay for this
maybe not anymore
can we talk about this HBR because i cannot even read this ‘pioneering’ article you have here, the choice of title verbiage is a bit loud & kinda bogus
also i guess you missed this article you wrote hbr.org/2005/04/just...
also i guess you missed this article you wrote hbr.org/2005/04/just...
June 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
can we talk about this HBR because i cannot even read this ‘pioneering’ article you have here, the choice of title verbiage is a bit loud & kinda bogus
also i guess you missed this article you wrote hbr.org/2005/04/just...
also i guess you missed this article you wrote hbr.org/2005/04/just...
& the follow up
is this significant $ remains to be seen but its kinda like lighting dollars on fire bc of the inefficiency
also i don’t need the validation of ‘100% right’ thats annoying so take out that data too
ughhhhhh humans are hard I guess but fuck maybe you can save compute $ here
is this significant $ remains to be seen but its kinda like lighting dollars on fire bc of the inefficiency
also i don’t need the validation of ‘100% right’ thats annoying so take out that data too
ughhhhhh humans are hard I guess but fuck maybe you can save compute $ here
June 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
& the follow up
is this significant $ remains to be seen but its kinda like lighting dollars on fire bc of the inefficiency
also i don’t need the validation of ‘100% right’ thats annoying so take out that data too
ughhhhhh humans are hard I guess but fuck maybe you can save compute $ here
is this significant $ remains to be seen but its kinda like lighting dollars on fire bc of the inefficiency
also i don’t need the validation of ‘100% right’ thats annoying so take out that data too
ughhhhhh humans are hard I guess but fuck maybe you can save compute $ here
heavy duty training, let me tell you
it is in the details though
it is in the details though
June 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
heavy duty training, let me tell you
it is in the details though
it is in the details though