Alex RainertI’m joining The New York TimesThe past year working at Nucleus has been an amazing experience for me. I joined the team in March of last year with the goal of having our…Mar 14, 20176Mar 14, 20176
Alex RainertMy 10 Favorite Products & Experiences of 2016If Oprah can have a list of her favorite things, why can’t we all?Jan 23, 20172Jan 23, 20172
Alex RainertMy first visit to Facebook in over a year was also my last. On to the next.I hadn’t logged onto Facebook since December 2014. Back then, I decided the effort — and data, oh that sweet sweet data — I was putting…Mar 24, 20169Mar 24, 20169
Alex RainertI’m off to build a platform to help bring people closer.After 9 great months working with many startups, I’m joining one.Mar 1, 20162Mar 1, 20162
Alex RainertReflections on 7 months of product consultingAs 2015 came to an end, I realized I’ve been working as a consultant since June and I thought it would be useful for me (and hopefully…Jan 19, 20161Jan 19, 20161
Alex RainertFinding opportunity behind closed doors.The unlikely road to going indie.Aug 10, 2015Aug 10, 2015
Alex RainertMy thoughts after a little over a month with the Apple WatchI’d started gathering notes on my experience with the Watch on the weekend it was released (a little over a month ago) but quickly realized…Jun 5, 2015Jun 5, 2015
Alex RainertA Runner’s Hope for the Apple WatchThis past weekend I ran my best half marathon ever by ~3 minutes and I owe most of it to the Garmin running watch…Mar 18, 20151Mar 18, 20151
Alex RainertCan you walk the walk when it comes to editing your product?Every time I open the Pinterest app, I’m reminded of how small a segment of the Pinterest audience my behavior must represent because I’m…Feb 26, 2015Feb 26, 2015
Alex RainertHot take: Medium makes its first big changesA few months ago I switched my Twitter bio url to my Medium posts in the hopes that, over time, the product would evolve to replace the…Feb 24, 2015Feb 24, 2015