Gina Trapani
Technology Leader · Writer · CEO at Postlight
Hello!
I'm @ginatrapani. I've been building software and companies for over two decades. I also like to write about technology, and the ways it changes how people and businesses get things done.
Currently I'm the CEO at Postlight, a digital strategy, design, and software engineering firm in New York City. Postlight builds enterprise-scale web platforms and digital experiences for some of the world's biggest and best organizations. Need help building something? Get in touch.
Before Postlight, I founded sites and services like Lifehacker (acquired by Univision), Makerbase (acquired by Fog Creek), and ThinkUp. My side projects include Todo.txt, an open source collection of text-based task list apps, and Narrow the Gap, a web site about the gender pay gap.
My writing has been published in The Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and Wired, among others. Profiles of my work have appeared in venues ranging from The Wall Street Journal to The New York Times. Once upon a time, I authored three editions of the Lifehacker book. Fast Company named me one of the Most Influential Women in Technology, and Wired magazine awarded me its prestigious Rave Award.
Some nice strangers wrote a Wikipedia page about me. To get in touch, you can send me an email to my usual username at Gmail or tweet at me.
Thanks for stopping by.
Recently
These days I spend almost all of my time working with my clients and team at Postlight. If inspiration strikes during a rare pocket of free time, I'll publish a side project on GitHub or a Medium piece. Here's what I've been up to lately.
June 2022
- Big news! NTT DATA acquired Postlight to offer creative, high-end digital transformation services.
- Joined Randi Zuckerberg on her Sirius XM radio show, Randi Zuckerberg Means Business, to kick off Pride 2022.
May 2022
- Wrote up a few ways to be ready for the next phase when you're building software you know will evolve.
- Wrote a piece about how impatience is a virtue, and discussed the impatient leaders's perennial question: "Where's the thing?" with Chris on the Postlight Podcast.
March 2022
- Co-hosted my first live Twitter Space with my coworkers, Chris LoSacco and Michael Shane, where we discussed how to secure buy-in and budget for your big software idea.
September 2021
- Published a few thoughts on why leaders must keep talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
August 2021
- Interviewed Postlight's PM leadership team on on agency product management on the Postlight Podcast.
July 2021
- Wrote a piece reflecting on the ways we all deal with day-to-day stress at work: Functional in the Face of Anxiety.
June 2021
- Named Chief Executive Officer at Postlight. Here's the full announcement: Gina Trapani Named CEO of Postlight, Chris LoSacco Named President.
- Chris and I chatted with Postlight's co-founders about our transition to President and CEO in an episode of The Postlight Podcast: New Leadership: Paul and Rich Pass the Torch.
May 2021
- Wrote about the hard work (and infinite loop) of reducing ambiguity while building software in a piece entitled How to Push Through the Cone of Uncertainty.
March 2021
- For the ninth year counting, updated Narrow the Gap to the latest wage data about the gender pay gap, and added a new feature this year: each gap now includes a comparison to what it was in 2011. Women chief executives, for example, made 76 cents to the dollar men did in 2020, and this gap narrowed by 7 cents since 2011.
- Celebrated the launch of new client work by Postlight's client Lyfebulb! Just Launched: TransplantLyfe.
- Wrote a piece about the storytelling aspect of digital strategy called Great Leaders Tell Stories.
February 2021
- Forked and slightly improved a simple Python script which automates crypto purchases on Coinbase Pro.
January 2021
- Wrote a piece on the people side of leading a digital transformation effort, How to Build Trust When Building Software.
- Interviewed Matt Mullenweg about WordPress and more on the Postlight Podcast.