Writing & Articles
Here are a couple places Lauren writes. Find her on Twitter @phillylauren or Medium for the latest.
- Philly Day Hiker newsletter (Ongoing)
- 2019 Recap
- 2018 Recap
- Answers to frequently-asked questions
- Towards a bra-free Instagram experience (Dec 2017 – NewCo Shift)
- Ask me what I do (Apr 2017 – Medium)
Articles
Lauren’s work has been discussed in lots of places, from Glamour to the Washington Post. If you’re interested in speaking to her for a story, feel free to drop her a line.
- Meet 21 influential technologists building a better Philadelphia (Nov 2020 – Technical.ly Philly)
- 300 Philadelphia designers disclose their pay for tech salary ‘census’ (Jan 2020 – The Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Results from a tech salary survey are in: Here’s what Philadelphia designers are making (Jan 2020 – Technical.ly Philly)
- These designers built a survey to encourage salary transparency in Philly tech (Jul 2019 – Technical.ly Philly)
- Local Woman Created Mobile Site To Troubleshoot Body-Image Issues Through Social Media (Oct 2018 – Philadelphia Neighborhoods)
- Can this Philly-made website fix your ‘problem body’? (Sep 2018 – The Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Ideas We Should Steal: Minister of Loneliness (Jul 2018 – The Philadelphia Citizen)
- Can an online quiz deliver the perfect bra? These Instagram-famous companies think so (Jun 2018 – The Philadelphia Inquirer)
- Philadelphians are lonely, and young people feel it the most, says study (May 2018 – The Philadelphia Inquirer)
- An open letter to Instagram demands bra ads get banned for an inspiring reason (Jan 2018 – Revelist)
- Woman hits out against Instagram, insisting her feed is being spammed with 'triggering' ads (Jan 2018 – Daily Mail)
- Woman pens open letter to Instagram because her feed is inundated with bras (Jan 2018 – Mashable)
- Think you can’t afford therapy? Check with this calculator first (Sep 2017 – Technical.ly Philly)
- Best of Philly 2017 - Best Hiking Resource (Aug 2017 – Philadelphia Magazine)
- 12 Philly designers you should be keeping an eye on (Apr 2017 – Technical.ly Philly)
- RJMetrics designer creates Philly Day Hiker app for local sightseeing (Mar 2016 – Philly Voice)
- Here’s an insider’s guide to the best of Philly hiking (Mar 2016 – Technical.ly Philly)
- Love Hiking Around Philly? Bookmark This Awesome New Hiking Resource (Mar 2016 – BeWellPhilly)
- Barks and _ebooks: why we love robo Twitter accounts (Feb 2016 – NewScientist)
- Can You Find Love through Text Analytics? (Apr 2015 – MATLAB)
- What a Twitter bot taught this Philly designer about loneliness (Sep 2014 – Technical.ly Philly)
- Philadelphia Woman Creates Mobile Site To Help Twitter Users Feel Less Lonely (May 2014 – CBS Philly)
- What happens when @everyword ends? (May 2014 – The Washington Post)
- What Should I Name My Trendy Cocktail Bar? (Apr 2014 – Paste Magazine)
- Site of the Day: The Stupid Trendy Cocktail Bar Name Generator (Apr 2014 – ManMadeDIY)
- Geek of the Week: Lauren Hallden, Designer, Penn Squirrel Photographer, Dating Ipsum Creator (Oct 2013 – Geekadelphia)
- Writer's Block for Your Online Dating Profile? This Is One Solution... (Aug 2013 – Glamour)
- DIY Dating Profiles Without All of That Pesky “Yourself” (Aug 2013 – Autostraddle)
- Try Out This Online Dating Lorem Ipsum Generator (Aug 2013 – Slate)
- Online Dating Ipsum turns dating profiles into bizarre found poetry (Aug 2013 – Time Out New York)