Jenny Odell
Artist and writer based in Oakland, California; author of How to Do Nothing and Saving Time, and a longtime teacher of digital art.
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Uses Bose noise-canceling headphones
I also rely on a pair of Bose noise canceling headphones my dad gave me six or seven years ago that have been slowly falling apart.
usesthis.com 14 Feb 2017
Uses Cintiq
Wherever my studio happens to be at the moment, I keep a 22" Cintiq monitor to cut things out on.
usesthis.com 14 Feb 2017
Liked Keynote
I often give talks that have a lot of GIFs and videos, so Keynote's been useful.
usesthis.com 14 Feb 2017
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Uses Dropbox
I use Dropbox to (attempt to) sync things among my several computers.
usesthis.com 14 Feb 2017
Uses Blender
I've played around in p5 a a bit, and lately I've been rendering some 3D blobs in Blender.
usesthis.com 14 Feb 2017
Uses InDesign
Uses Photoshop
Photoshop is my mainstay, for cutting things out and making animated GIFs.
usesthis.com 14 Feb 2017
Loved Alvin Draf-Tec 0.5mm mechanical pencil
Lastly, I want to give a shout out to my very satisfying Alvin Draf-Tec 0.5mm mechanical pencil, which I use with a regular black spiral bound notebook.
usesthis.com 14 Feb 2017
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Where they publish
Site jennyodell.com Her site: writing, visual projects, news.
Link verified 5 Sept 2026.
Mastodon @jennitaur@social.coop Her Mastodon account.
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- a new essay adapted from my Earth Day lecture at the College of Idaho - inspired by my friend Tom, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and James Cameron's 1989 film, The Abyss: 2 Jun 2026 longreads.com
- me in my research pile 24 May 2026
- I wrote about Park Chan-wook’s new film! 27 Dec 2025 nytimes.com
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- I interviewed some writers about… SPORTS!! (bonus: you get to hear about me taking PE Bowling in high school) 18 Dec 2025 thebeliever.net
- scenes from the repair advice clinic I helped organize yesterday at local economy in oakland 🤗 it went well enough that we might do it again! 7 Dec 2025
- there’s a guy standing in the very corner of my gym making very small movements and it reminded of this all time gem 15 Oct 2025 youtube.com
- an occasion of my very occasional newsletter: 3 Oct 2025 buttondown.com
- new issue of my extremely occasional newsletter: 4 Jul 2025 buttondown.com
- how embarrassing 6 Jun 2025
- everyone talks about how birds fly but I personally love how they hop 22 May 2025
- 🫨 6 May 2025
- damning first sentence 25 Mar 2025
- wrote about my experience — as a californian obsessed with mountains — reading nan shepherd’s incredible book, the living mountain 14 Mar 2025 thenation.com
- just a perfect football 11 Mar 2025
- you really never know where you’re going to see a warbler 7 Jan 2025
- I think I have discovered the true purpose of this bike handlebar bag: carrying one (1) loaf of bread 24 Nov 2024
- I honestly couldn’t tell if this was a joke but it did make me want to bike past doing a loud monologue 30 Oct 2024
- a western fence lizard decided to sit on my friend’s leg for quite some time today 22 Sept 2024
- nyc folks: until october 13, the luddite club (group of very cool kids with flip phones etc) is hosting a scavenger hunt in brooklyn. how do I know this? I just did an interview for a documentary about them 🫡 more info in my latest newsletter: 19 Sept 2024 buttondown.com
- really happy to see my essay on Rosa Luxemburg’s herbarium in the latest issue of Lux Magazine (in very good company). It was a chance not only to consider her beautiful specimens, but also to read her letters from prison(s), a surprising mix of political fervor with mentions of “the titmouse with whom I am friendly.” You need a subscription to read it online, but imho Lux is something very worth subscribing to. I can’t remember the last time I read a magazine cover to cover 🫨 4 Jul 2024
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