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41554 blogs · [ { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd1e05318", "title": "The Finite Scroll 009: Noticing the good, Clay Shirky on AI in education, Nine Inch Nails then and now, the perfect fry box", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-009-noticing-the-good-clay-shirky-on-ai-in-education-nine-inch-nails-then-and-now-the-perfect-fry-box/", "published_at": "2026-01-15T20:21:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd2363fb4", "title": "The Finite Scroll 008: Requiem for the NYT Audio app; One Battle After Another; the AI bubble; discovering David Foster Wallace; designing a board game.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-008-requiem-for-the-nyt-audio-app-one-battle-after-another-the-ai-bubble-discovering-david-foster-wallace-designing-a-board-game/", "published_at": "2025-10-04T17:53:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd324703b", "title": "The Finite Scroll 007: Therapy is easier than ever to access; a oral history of enshittification; the risks of agentic AI; switching to Apple Music and a floating pool comes to NYC.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-007-therapy-is-easier-than-ever-to-access-a-oral-history-of-enshittification-the-risks-of-agentic-ai-switching-to-apple-music-and-a-floating-pool-comes-to-nyc/", "published_at": "2025-08-02T21:28:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd399f009", "title": "The Finite Scroll 006: Is pop culture worse than it’s ever been, rolling cheese, a restaurant that looks like a sketchbook and a bangin' summer BBQ mix.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-006-is-pop-culture-worse-than-i-ever-an-all-black-and-white-restaurant-and-a-bangin-summer-bbq-mix/", "published_at": "2025-05-30T23:43:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd3ac143a", "title": "The Finite Scroll 005: Why I've been MIA (I'm running for our school board), AI and the future of education, explore musical DNA and a camera that shoots... poems?", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-004-my-first-product-job-a-new-aura-frame-what-comes-after-the-cellphone-and-a-mike-white-nightcap-2/", "published_at": "2025-05-17T14:05:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd49146a7", "title": "The Finite Scroll 004: My first product job, a new Aura frame, what comes after the cellphone and a Mike White nightcap.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-004-my-first-product-job-a-new-aura-frame-what-comes-after-the-cellphone-and-a-mike-white-nightcap/", "published_at": "2025-04-19T13:56:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd57c15db", "title": "The Finite Scroll 003: Creating space for ideas, a fantastic co-op video game, WTF is happening with college kids and torpedo bats.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-003-creating-space-for-ideas-a-fantastic-co-op-video-game-wtf-is-happening-with-college-kids-and-torpedo-bats/", "published_at": "2025-04-06T19:11:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd5fa8e77", "title": "The Finite Scroll 002: Rediscovering the social internet, the future of everything and seeing history rhyme.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-002-rediscovering-the-social-internet-the-future-of-everything-and-seeing-history-rhyme/", "published_at": "2025-03-29T15:02:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd6587319", "title": "The Finite Scroll 001: New media habits, Pixar nails emotions again and using silence as a tool.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-finite-scroll-001-new-media-habits-pixar-nails-emotions-again-and-using-silence-as-a-tool/", "published_at": "2025-03-22T19:21:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd669c44d", "title": "Can't wait for this Questlove doc on 50 years of SNL music", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/cant-wait-for-this-questlove-doc-on-50-years-of-snl-music-2/", "published_at": "2025-01-27T14:11:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd723ca56", "title": "Reality is broken. Maybe if we understand how we got here we’ll have a chance to fix it.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/reality-is-broken-it-helps-to-understand-how-we-got-here-2/", "published_at": "2025-01-19T23:13:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd7fe34cb", "title": "Thank you to 99% Invisible for The Power Broker Breakdown.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/thank-you-to-99-invisible-for-the-power-broker-breakdown/", "published_at": "2024-12-23T16:26:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd8c2aedf", "title": "We all need a crash course in autocracies, and Anne Applebaum is here for you.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/we-all-need-a-crash-course-in-autocracies-and-anne-applebaum-is-here-for-you/", "published_at": "2024-11-29T17:47:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bd9a040de", "title": "Using AI to be more present and effective in your meetings thanks to Granola.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/using-ai-to-be-more-present-and-effective-in-your-meetings-thanks-to-granola/", "published_at": "2024-11-22T22:27:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bda5fb6a4", "title": "The Wild Robot is a wonderful movie", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-wild-robot-is-a-wonderful-movie/", "published_at": "2024-10-10T19:27:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bdac8492d", "title": "If only there was a newsletter hell to banish these dark pattern users like CVS to", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/wishing-for-some-kind-of-newsletter-hell-to-banish-cvs-and-other-neerdowells-2/", "published_at": "2024-10-07T22:45:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bdbc2f271", "title": "Transformers One is a fun trip down nostalgia lane", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/transformers-one-is-a-fun-trip-down-nostalgia-lane/", "published_at": "2024-10-05T22:44:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bdc8d4e63", "title": "The best $150 you can spend as a product person looking to grow: Lenny’s Newsletter (and the extended Lennyverse)", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-best-150-you-can-spend-as-a-product-person/", "published_at": "2024-10-01T21:51:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bdd005f7a", "title": "Leaning into Design as an education superpower", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/using-design-and-interactivity-to-help-people-understand-complicated-concepts/", "published_at": "2024-09-18T21:55:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bdd9a31f5", "title": "Stompers - count your steps and kick some ass", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/stompers/", "published_at": "2024-06-24T19:28:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bde5f86a4", "title": "Remembering how to write after Twitter broke my brain", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/getting-back-on-that-writing-horse/", "published_at": "2023-02-10T14:03:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bdeab6c35", "title": "🚧 Coming Soon", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/coming-soon/", "published_at": "2023-01-05T01:58:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bdecb0918", "title": "I’m joining The New York Times", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/im-joining-the-new-york-times-2/", "published_at": "2017-03-17T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7bdf5d2c28", "title": "My 10 Favorite Products & Experiences of 2016", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/my-10-favorite-products-experiences-of-2016/", "published_at": "2017-01-23T21:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af32-71ae-b6b4-2e7be0212111", "title": "My first visit to Facebook in over a year was also my last. On to the next.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/my-first-visit-to-facebook-in-over-a-year-was-also-my-last-on-to-the-next/", "published_at": "2016-05-24T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb36711d23", "title": "I’m off to build a platform to help bring people closer.", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/im-off-to-build-a-platform-to-help-bring-people-closer/", "published_at": "2016-03-01T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb36b274de", "title": "Reflections on 7 months of product consulting", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/reflections-on-7-months-of-product-consulting/", "published_at": "2016-01-19T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb373e4df8", "title": "When one door closes...", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/when-one-door-closes/", "published_at": "2015-08-10T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb375a9a43", "title": "My thoughts after a little over a month with the Apple Watch", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/my-thoughts-after-a-little-over-a-month-with-the-apple-watch/", "published_at": "2015-06-05T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb38028d54", "title": "A Runner’s Hope for the Apple Watch", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/a-runners-hope-for-the-apple-watch/", "published_at": "2015-03-17T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb38c7196f", "title": "Can you walk the walk when it comes to editing your product?", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/can-you-walk-the-walk-when-it-comes-to-editing-your-product/", "published_at": "2015-02-26T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb398e7ef9", "title": "Hot take: Medium makes its first big changes", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/hot-take-medium-makes-its-first-big-changes/", "published_at": "2015-02-24T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb39baa36c", "title": "The value of establishing one keystone habit", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-value-of-establishing-one-keystone-habit/", "published_at": "2015-01-15T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb3a5d70a4", "title": "How I use The Hype Machine for music discovery", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/how-i-use-the-hype-machine-for-music-discovery/", "published_at": "2014-10-14T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb3aee03a2", "title": "Diving Back In", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/diving-back-in/", "published_at": "2014-10-07T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb3b580a4a", "title": "If Twitter has the guts, it could improve the service with a few counterintuitive tweaks", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/if-twitter-has-the-guts-it-could-improve-the-service-with-a-few-counterintuitive-tweaks/", "published_at": "2014-10-07T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb3c51b3bd", "title": "Be productively constructive", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/be-productively-constructive/", "published_at": "2014-10-06T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb3d4226fe", "title": "You are what you value", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/you-are-what-you-value/", "published_at": "2014-04-14T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb3dcc41e1", "title": "The power of solving a real problem and making your users feel smarter", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/the-power-of-solving-a-real-problem-and-making-your-users-feel-smarter/", "published_at": "2014-01-17T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08724-af33-7331-b157-35eb3dda2abe", "title": "Getting through 2013 & looking forward to 2014", "url": "https://www.alexrainert.com/getting-through-2013-looking-forward-to-2014/", "published_at": "2014-01-02T05:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

The Finite Scroll 009: Noticing the good, Clay Shirky on AI in education, Nine Inch Nails then and now, the perfect fry boxoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2026

2025

The Finite Scroll 008: Requiem for the NYT Audio app; One Battle After Another; the AI bubble; discovering David Foster Wallace; designing a board game.original ↗
4 Oct 2025
The Finite Scroll 007: Therapy is easier than ever to access; a oral history of enshittification; the risks of agentic AI; switching to Apple Music and a floating pool comes to NYC.original ↗
2 Aug 2025
The Finite Scroll 006: Is pop culture worse than it’s ever been, rolling cheese, a restaurant that looks like a sketchbook and a bangin' summer BBQ mix.original ↗
30 May 2025
The Finite Scroll 005: Why I've been MIA (I'm running for our school board), AI and the future of education, explore musical DNA and a camera that shoots... poems?original ↗
17 May 2025
The Finite Scroll 004: My first product job, a new Aura frame, what comes after the cellphone and a Mike White nightcap.original ↗
19 Apr 2025
The Finite Scroll 003: Creating space for ideas, a fantastic co-op video game, WTF is happening with college kids and torpedo bats.original ↗
6 Apr 2025
The Finite Scroll 002: Rediscovering the social internet, the future of everything and seeing history rhyme.original ↗
29 Mar 2025
The Finite Scroll 001: New media habits, Pixar nails emotions again and using silence as a tool.original ↗
22 Mar 2025
Can't wait for this Questlove doc on 50 years of SNL musicoriginal ↗
27 Jan 2025
Reality is broken. Maybe if we understand how we got here we’ll have a chance to fix it.original ↗
19 Jan 2025

2024

Thank you to 99% Invisible for The Power Broker Breakdown.original ↗
23 Dec 2024
We all need a crash course in autocracies, and Anne Applebaum is here for you.original ↗
29 Nov 2024
Using AI to be more present and effective in your meetings thanks to Granola.original ↗
22 Nov 2024
The Wild Robot is a wonderful movieoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2024
If only there was a newsletter hell to banish these dark pattern users like CVS tooriginal ↗
7 Oct 2024
Transformers One is a fun trip down nostalgia laneoriginal ↗
5 Oct 2024
The best $150 you can spend as a product person looking to grow: Lenny’s Newsletter (and the extended Lennyverse)original ↗
1 Oct 2024
Leaning into Design as an education superpoweroriginal ↗
18 Sept 2024
Stompers - count your steps and kick some assoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2024

2023

Remembering how to write after Twitter broke my brainoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2023
🚧 Coming Soonoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2023

2017

I’m joining The New York Timesoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2017
My 10 Favorite Products & Experiences of 2016original ↗
23 Jan 2017

2016

My first visit to Facebook in over a year was also my last. On to the next.original ↗
24 May 2016
I’m off to build a platform to help bring people closer.original ↗
1 Mar 2016
Reflections on 7 months of product consultingoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2016

2015

When one door closes...original ↗
10 Aug 2015
My thoughts after a little over a month with the Apple Watchoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2015
A Runner’s Hope for the Apple Watchoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2015
Can you walk the walk when it comes to editing your product?original ↗
26 Feb 2015
Hot take: Medium makes its first big changesoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2015
The value of establishing one keystone habitoriginal ↗
15 Jan 2015

2014

How I use The Hype Machine for music discoveryoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2014
Diving Back Inoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2014
If Twitter has the guts, it could improve the service with a few counterintuitive tweaksoriginal ↗
7 Oct 2014
Be productively constructiveoriginal ↗
6 Oct 2014
You are what you valueoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2014
The power of solving a real problem and making your users feel smarteroriginal ↗
17 Jan 2014
Getting through 2013 & looking forward to 2014original ↗
2 Jan 2014