Introducing... Paper'd! The app that makes your iPhone as pretty (& modest) as this blog.

April 11, 2012

running motivation, a kickass premium newsletter subscription, and a peek inside my crazy brain

“The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.” – Jordan Belfort In May of 2011, I decided I wanted to be an endurance runner. I had never played sports or done any kind of regular exercise, and I wasn’t ...

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April 2, 2012

one of *those* days, all the dramatic feelings, and the benefit of making a raging jealousies list

So, yeah, I basically spent the entire weekend recovering from Bad Mood Friday. It all started first thing that morning, when I got up so far on the wrong side of the bed that you’d think the bed had been moved to hell in the middle of the night. And, you know, maybe it was. ...

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March 25, 2012

kindergarten, spoken word poetry, and the one where everyone is insecure about the sound of their own voice even though no one else gives a shit, like, at all

The other day I realized that, come July, I will have been blogging for 5 years. FIVE YEARS. You guys, that’s the age of a kindergarten child. Can you believe that? MY BLOG IS ABOUT TO HAVE ITS FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN! GOLDFISH CRACKERS AND FINGER PAINTING FOR EVERYONE! It’s insane to me that I’ve ...

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March 19, 2012

my mother’s living room, the population of monaco, and learning to take the bad with the good

When I first tried to explain Paper’d to my mother, a woman who doesn’t have an iPhone and doesn’t even know that iTunes exists in the first place, I was like, “I don’t know how to be more clear than that, ma, it’s a wallpaper app.” And she was all, “What do you mean by ...

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March 12, 2012

paper’d launch day, being featured on mashable, and the corresponding frenzy of overwhelming excitement (warning: if i don’t make it to the end of this post, it’s because i’m having a pride induced seizure)

Two years ago, Jamie and I set out to create an iPhone wallpaper app for people with great taste. People who are clever, funny, outspoken, and creative. People who thrive on expressing who they are and what they love. People like you. Today, I’m belligerently excited to share the news that our multi-year labor of ...

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