Ben Frumin

Editor-in-Chief at Wirecutter

Editor-in-chief, @wirecutter

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My Third Grader Cuts My Hair (Well!) With These $30 Clippers

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ben Frumin

I haven’t gone to the barbershop in nearly a year. Instead, my daughter has been my exclusive hairstylist. I know it’s immodest and borderline unseemly to brag about your kids, not to mention your own appearance. But here I go: My daughter does an excellent job. And my hair looks great. She also just turned 9. She’s a talented kid, no doubt—artistic, stylish, and vastly cooler than me. But her haircutting prowess, I must admit, can’t be solely chalked up to her burgeoning skills as a barber.
Even If My Blue-Light Blocking Glasses Are a Placebo, I at Least Like How They Look

Nov 27, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ben Frumin

I went through a phase in high school where, despite having perfect vision, I wore black plastic glasses frames with no lenses. I didn’t actually need glasses. But I somehow thought wearing lensless glasses made me look cool. (Oh, the folly of youth.)Ironic comeuppance soon prevailed, because just a few years later, when I started staring at a computer screen for several hours a day at one of my first newspaper jobs, my eyes began hurting. I went to an eye doctor.
The Wirecutter Show Episode 16: Last-Minute Thanksgiving Tips

Nov 27, 2024 | nytimes.com | Christine Cyr Clisset |Caira Blackwell |Rosie Guerin |Abigail Keel |Hannah Morrill |Rose Maura Lorre | +7 more

Listen and follow The Wirecutter ShowApple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadio | Other platforms Thanksgiving is (almost) here, and this week Wirecutter experts share their best last-minute tips to make your holiday a success.
I Hated and Feared Car Seats. Then I Fell for This Fantastic Booster.

Nov 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ben Frumin

I spent years fearing—and being frustrated by—my kids’ car seats. Installation was complicated and exasperating. I’d find myself straddling an infant or convertible car seat in a muscle-straining quasi-split, wrenching the car’s seat belt with one hand while trying to nimbly thread the other end through the finicky slots of the car seat with my other hand. I was very bad at it. And so I would often be sweating. And swearing.
I Love This Alarm Clock-Even Though I’ve Never Used the Alarm

Nov 15, 2024 | nytimes.com | Ben Frumin

I don’t need a standalone alarm clock to get up in the morning. I simply use my iPhone’s alarm, which has served me well for years. But in the middle of the night, I don’t want to check the time on my iPhone. I need an actual clock, one that won’t startle me awake with blaringly bright light or tempt me to think about anything other than getting back to sleep. I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night for decades. And like so many of us, I’d come to rely on my phone as my primary time-teller.
The New York Times: A new editorial director joins Wirecutter - Editor and Publisher

Apr 24, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Ben Frumin

I’m delighted to announce that Leta Shy is joining Wirecutter as an editorial director!Leta is an exceptionally talented editorial leader. She has had a long and decorated career as a health and fitness journalist, including at Condé Nast, where she had a seven-year run at SELF that culminated in her ascension to editor-in-chief. She’s also the rare journalistic leader who has held executive-level jobs on the business side.
Tendenci@s #95: Chartbeat analiza cómo se generan páginas vistas en los medios · 'El País' supera los 350.000 suscriptores y 'Expansión' los 80.000 · Oportunidades y recursos

Jan 28, 2024 | tendencias.substack.com | Ismael Nafría |Ben Frumin

PATROCINADO por TQCorp MediaATLAS es el CMS desarrollado por la compañía TQCorp Media ideado exclusivamente para medios informativos digitales. ATLAS está optimizado tanto para el trabajo de los periodistas como para el SEO orgánico. Además, el equipo de ATLAS ayuda específicamente a mejorar la presencia de los contenidos del medio en Google Discover. Principales características:‘Discover friendly’: Uno de los medios que usa ATLAS, E-Notícies, logró multiplicar por 50 el tráfico de Discover.
New editorial leadership team announced for Wirecutter - Editor and Publisher

Jan 22, 2024 | editorandpublisher.com | Ben Frumin

I come bearing good news!Wirecutter’s editorial team has expanded and evolved tremendously over the last five years. We’ve added nearly 50 journalists. Our audience has tripled. We’ve stepped into several new categories, expanded many existing ones, become far more rigorous and intentional in keeping our catalog up to date, and experimented with all kinds of new journalistic initiatives and adventures. And there’s much more to come as we continue to grow and innovate in 2024 and beyond.
Our Favorite Digital Photo Frame Will Sprinkle Your Life With Serendipitous Joy

Nov 20, 2023 | nytimes.com | Ben Frumin

A great digital photo frame powders your life with daily dashes of serendipitous sweetness. Every time you walk by or glance over, you’re greeted with a memory—delightful, tender, joyous, riotous, or even wistful. A digital photo frame is a wonderfully automated remembrance of things past. And the Aura Carver—the top pick in our guide to the best digital photo frames—is exceptionally simple to use, and it has a vivid display and stylish design.
Our Favorite Holiday Photo Card Service Makes It a Breeze to Send Season’s Greetings

Nov 16, 2023 | nytimes.com | Ben Frumin

Holiday cards are a beautiful anachronism. Our world is clogged with a surfeit of instant, commoditized, and nearly indistinguishable digital images. Receiving a card — Printed on actual paper! Delivered by an actual person! — with a few lovingly curated family photos is an old-fashioned delight. And the effort that this very manual and material act seems to require makes receiving a physical card evermore special. But I have a secret for you: It’s actually not hard.