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Tag Archives: Lisa Rau

This one time, in grad school…

June 06, 2011   Rau   No comments

A few months ago, a techie classmate and I decided that L.A. needed a tech podcast, and HTMLA was born.

We tinkered with our school’s radio booth, lined up some interviews and tossed up a website. Twitter account in tow.

Six episodes in, and we’re ready to take a step back to re-evaluated our BETA project. We nursed this geekie baby during grad school madness, and now we have the summer to think about where to take it. Inspired by Leo Laporte’s TWiT and The 404, we want to fill a niche. If only to argue over whether it rhymes with rich or quiche.

L.A. already has socaltech.com, and we enjoy being the scrappy grad students who throw around some of the L.A. tech buzz, whether it be startups, crazy inventions, university developments or human-shaped cell phones. But we recorded our last episode (unreleased) on the USC Annenberg lobby floor, for crying out loud. Summer radio booth hours are short.

Episode 6 is our pride and joy, and we invite you to take a listen.
If only because we name-drop Captain Planet.
Or… download on iTunes!

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Game Theory & Giving

April 05, 2011   Rau   No comments

Ideas for Round III?

Here’s a graphic that didn’t make it into the video:

Think of it as a simplistic way to view a ping pong match through the categorical, mathematical lens of game theory.

(Illustrations by Lisa Rau)

*Update*

Check out some press about our project, courtesy of reporter Katherine Harwood, a journalism grad student at USC:

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Why I Am a Journalist. Stet That. Mad Scientist.

August 27, 2010   Rau

Beakman's World promotional photoI grew up wanting to be a mad scientist. With a fervid obsession for spamming Bill Nye’s fanmail address and watching Beakman’s World, it was clear: I would go to the ends of the earth to share strange and unusual wonders with audiences everywhere. And I would always look as if I’d just stuck my finger in an electrical socket.

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