Lara Schenck
Artist, programmer, researcher
All Posts
Ordered reverse-chronologically.
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The surprising trick to boosting your productivity that no one talks about
Sharing a small anecdote that helped me, it might help you, too.
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Friday monster, third in a row, can you believe it?
Gosh, what a week!
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Friday monster, drawn last Thursday, with small legs
I drew this monster last Thursday. I tried to think of a body shape I haven’t drawn before, and I think the legs are unique.
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Friday monster, drawn on Thursday, with pretzel nose
I drew this monster last night on the iPad while listening to music. Don’t the eyes look 🥹.
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A relatively informal talk about my research direction so far
A working title…Broadening Participation in Computing Through Broadening Computing: Adults Learning Computer Science Through Computational Work
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Email template for requesting an informational interview from someone you never met
Informational interviews are super important when you are new to an industry. This is an email template I used when I “cold” emailed many people for informational interviews.
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Post-growth and newsflash about sleep #7 (2)
2 things I learned this week
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Maybe this series is a zine #6 (3-1)
3 projects I am working on now, 1 thing that might be a failure
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Weekly Wanderings #5 (5)
5 alternative names for this series
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Monster inspired by Little Island
This monster is a Saturday monster and it’s supports resemble those of Little Island.
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Weekly Wanderings #4 (1-1-3)
1 thing that has been hard, 1 insight/connection to my past, 3 things I been using for pro-active time tracking
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Little Listicles #3 (1-1)
1 major thing I learned, 1 insight/early idea
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Updates and Think-Alouds: June 14 – August 16, 2022
We moved to Atlanta! Also, updates on productivity systems, starting on research, Canada, and meditation.
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Little Listicles #1 (2-5-1)
2 research papers I enjoyed reading in the past month, 5 titles in my post drafts that contain quotations, 1 thing I am looking forward to
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Writing Down My Commitment To A Writing For-The-Public Habit
An outline of a new writing habit.
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Aloo Sadeko (Nepali Potato Salad) Recipe
My mother in law’s recipe for aloo sadeko, a flavorful and spicy Nepali potato salad! Excellent for all occasions and easy to make.
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The plan for notlaura.com v5
notlaura.com will be getting a gradual reworking over the next few months because I’ve got big plans for it.
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Updates: April 21 – June 10, 2022
Cultish personal knowledge management, gardening and not gardening, narrow design system hindsight, and more.
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Updates: February 16 – April 19, 2022
I am officially starting a PhD program this fall!!! Reading and writing Nepali, spring is sort of here, reading and listening to Brené Brown
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How to write and run a shell script
The blog post I wish I’d found about writing and running shell scripts.
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Daemons and Evi Nemeth
I learned about daemons in a mindfulness course, and recognized the term from computing. This led me to learn about the matriarch of system administration, Evi Nemeth.
