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My mom was 15 when Apollo 11 landed and watched it live on tv. Getting to watch the Artemis lunar …
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It was cloudy all week in Katwijk, but we got one nice sunset.
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Spending a few days in Katwijk, Netherlands while my mom is visiting. First time here and it’s a …
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Fun time making Easter eggs with the family.
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Really proud of myself today. Just locked myself out of our apartment. 🤦🏼♂️
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What a few days. My mom was coming to visit us. Flying from the U.S. to Germany. Her trip has had so …
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I was born during a snow storm, and so was our first daughter, whose is one day before mine. It …
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Today hits differently every year. Everything will be ok and just like any other day. Then a random …
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Ending the year with Cirque Du Soleil Alize in Berlin. What a great and mind bending performance. My …
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Having to spend the weekend in the hospital for pancreatitis is not fun. But getting a nice card …
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Thirteen years ago she said yes and made me a better person. Through everything she has been the one …
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Still can’t believe that this year has been 10 years since we had to say goodbye. #WaveOfLight
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Egg on my face for not checking system requirements before updating. Got approval to update to …
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If all they do is bring back the 30 pin connector for the iPhone 15, then I’ll call that a …
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Getting ready for the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games. 🇺🇸🇩🇪
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No matter how tired I am, I can never sleep the night before a trip.
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It’s gonna be a long day. I forgot my wedding ring on the sink, and now I feel lost and …
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Today was a bit emotional. Actually this entire week. Our daughter started school this week and it …
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Triggering content warning. 😬 I know a lot of people don’t like wearing socks with sandals. …
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Loving our GraphQL team right now. Just found out that I can refactor part of our app state and …
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It’s amazing what a week off will do. I was having some issues implementing …
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Today must be a good day. I remembered the password for my work computer on the first try after a …
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Now that that refactor is out of the way, I can focus on the main changes for the Drafts action.
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The positive side about having my changes overwritten is that it revealed a bug I had overlooked …
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Forgot that I was editing an action in Drafts on my iPad and made a lot of changes on the Mac. When …
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My plans to tinker on an app idea last week didn’t go as planned. I ended up spending the week …
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Since we have the week off, I want to try and do some digital cleanup and adjust some workflows. …
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I know better than to check email when I wake up at 4 in the morning. Especially when it’s work …
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Missed the iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS announcements in the WWDC keynote. Will have to recap those …
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Prepping all of my devices for loading the betas today. 😬 #wwdc23
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Took me a little longer than I intended, but I finally pushed out some updates to my Drafts action …
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Nothing fancy to see here, just testing some cross posting fixes for my Drafts action. 🤞🏼
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Trying to figure out the best way to introduce changes so that it is backwards compatible, but …
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I am so grateful and blessed that I have this amazing woman in my life. Through all of the ups and …
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I’m waiting for my daughter to ask me to start her a YouTube channel. She’s starting to …
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The Super Mario Bros. movie was super fun. I loved the soundtrack.
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The Pixelmator Photo app has been rebranded to Photomator. I like the new UI changes in this update. …
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Pure joy during the Easter egg hunt today. 😍
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I am a bit jealous that iOS doesn’t have a fun little mascot, like Android.
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Beautiful morning at the office.
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I’ve been going down a themes rabbit hole in Drafts. So many good ones to choose from. So far …
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Posting to Micro.blog with Drafts
There are a few Drafts actions that allow you to post to Micro.blog, but none of them did everything …
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Took me a bit longer than I thought that it would, but finally got my Drafts action working how I …
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Testing out cross posting from my Drafts action.
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How is it, that my five year old daughter can pronounce Parasaurolophus better than I can?
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Playing around with some macro photography. Need to work on keeping my hands steady.
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Fun playing after the rain today.
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 23: chance. What are the chances that Ken makes it?
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Had a parenting first the other day. My daughter picked some gum off of the bench, at the train …
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 22: insect. I was trying to get a photo of this blue butterfly for …
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 21: tiny.
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 20: houseplant. This is the only houseplant that I can keep alive.
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 19: Analog. I love playing board games with my family.
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 18: Portico. Missed posting yesterday’s challenge.
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Twelve hours of sleep felt nice, but not enough. Let the jet lag adjustments begin. We adjusted …
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After 32 hours of traveling, we are finally home. 🥱
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Beautiful sunrise over London this morning.
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Lovely evening for a flight.
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 17: Early. It’s late in the day, but it’s early in our …
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I would love to see Books included in the Apple One subscription. It doesn’t have to be …
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 16: Road. Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads. …
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Been a while since I’ve fallen. Slipped on some water in the kitchen this morning. Somehow …
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Question about sharing Shortcuts for iOS and macOS. If I generate a sharing link and then I update …
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📷 Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 15: Patience. Learning something new and over coming fears takes …
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I don’t think I’ll be called papa or daddy again. This whole trip, all that I’ve …
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Micro.blog Photo Challenge day 14: Horizon. Playing around with black and white.
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I forget to include a link to the Micro.blog photo challenges page, to give context of what the …
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Fun with Draft Actions
I’m having some fun working on this Drafts action for Micro.blog. I’m horrible with …
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I don’t have any regular routines or rituals. The closest would be sitting down each evening …
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I almost put deodorant on my toothbrush instead of toothpaste. How’s your day going?
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Good food together with family. ☺️
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Finished reading: The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir 📚 Admittedly, I saw the movie before I read the …
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That moment when everything falls in place and I have a working Drafts action and I’m using it …
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I’m working on a Drafts action for Micro.blog, but having some issues with the category …
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Taking a walk by Vecna’s house. What could go wrong? 😬
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I hate pollen. Forgot to take allergy medicine this morning too. 🤦🏼♂️
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I love that she is expressing interest in learning to play. She keeps asking to take lessons.
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I’ve been wanting to read more, but keep putting it off. We finally went and got new library …
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These two make my heart whole. ❤️
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I love the engineering in clocks.
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I forgot to post my photo for yesterday. The new tile in my moms house.
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After a long day of zipping around, it’s time for some quiet time with cousins.
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It’s been a long time since I’ve used personal photos as wallpaper on my devices. …
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Playing around with Drafts again after a few years. After finding this post, it’s safe to say …
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After spending the day with kids running around and chilling in the bathroom for thunderstorm and …
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After a few weeks of sun and warm weather, it was cloudy and rainy today.
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Not super secure when the key breaks off and you can’t lock the box anymore.
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My birthday was last week, but had a small birthday cake at my moms. Not sure how I feel about the …
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I forgot to remove the auto renewal on an old domain that I don’t use or want anymore. 🤦🏼♂️
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I love visiting with my nieces. I get to be viral famous on the twitsnapbooktock.
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There is no reason that an app should be asking for your Wi-Fi password. My mom got some smart plugs …
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One thing that is nice a out Twitter, is that if someone shares a link, then I can view it in the …
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Found this letter from my grandparents, from 1998. Seeing my grandfather’s handwriting again after …
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I was really hoping that I wouldn’t have to deal with pollen or allergies for another month or two. …
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When flying last Friday, our five year old got sick on landing, from some slight turbulence. After …
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Today is going to be one of those days. Happy birthday to our first born, our sweet little peanut. …
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It’s always funny to me to look at our app metrics and see what versions are still being used. …
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Trouble with NSDiffableDataSourceSectionSnapshot
I’m running into issues when trying to use NSDiffableDataSourceSectionSnapshot. I want to have …
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It is definitely a case of the Mondays today. I was thinking that I broke push notifications, only …
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What a way to start a Monday. Could not remember how to pass a type as a function parameter and had …
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My stress eating food of choice today is salted chips. I have almost eaten this entire bag today.
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I’ve managed to survive the annual work password reset without locking myself out. 🎉
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That’s two days in a row that I’ve slept through my alarm. I think my body is protesting …
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Time for the annual forget your work password after returning from Christmas vacation.
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Happy new year! 🎊🎆
Frohes neues Jahr!
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Got one of the coolest gifts ever this year. 😁
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Merry Christmas everyone. Hope that you are having a good holiday. 🎄🎅🏼
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Slowly but surely I am learning to bend UICollectionViewDiffableDataSource to my will. Still have a …
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Staring at a newly created project in Xcode is, to me, like a writer staring at a blank piece of …
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It’s definitely going to be some kind of day when the car driving down the street is blasting “Ice …
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How has it taken me this long to discover the magic of fleece lined jeans for winter? These things …
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Emma’s sleep schedule has been adjusting lately. No matter what time she goes to bed, she is now …
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Number of days that I forgot to set translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints to false? Zero.
🤦🏼♂️
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Falling down the rabbit hole of refactoring some code thinking that it can, or should, be cleaned up …
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I spent an embarrassing amount of time, this morning, trying to figure out why my collection view …
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I really enjoyed giving a talk at our Tech Get Together at trivago. Something that has been …
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Surprised that I actually slept last night. Been nervous all week about giving my first conference …
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Finally having the trivago Tech Get Together in person again. Looking forward to the talks over the …
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The weather is turning frigid cold. I’m missing the warm, sunny weather of Hawai’i. ☀️
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Plugged my M1 iPad Air into my M1 MacBook Pro to charge. Apparently you have to pick the correct …
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You should always assume that there is a good chance that I am going to do something stupid with …
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Went snorkeling, for the first time yesterday, at Kapo’o beach in Oahu. It was amazing and so …
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Can’t believe that Emma is 5 today. Where does the time go? Also registered for school today as …
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Getting ready to head to bed and I made the mistake of opening my email, you know, b/c that shiny …
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Our 4 year old daughter woke up this morning with a slight runny nose and cough. She looked at me …
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I groaned, while standing up, and stumbled as my foot had fallen asleep. My daughter, 4, proceeded …
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Trying to get started after a four day weekend is always so much fun.
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Looks like some photos are still updating, but overall, the domain update went pretty smooth. So …
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I finally pulled the switch and talked myself into getting a new domain name. Not that having .net …
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Happy New Year! 🎊🎉 Wir wünschen euch einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. ☺️
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I can’t believe how fast today has flown by. I think I need a vacation from our Christmas vacation. …
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Morning drive to the wildlife zoo at Rovaniemi. This place is so gorgeous. Love all the snow. 😍 It’s …
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Had a one-day turn around to rest and repack. Now heading off for vacation trip part two. Heading to …
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Made it back home after a fun weekend in Heidelberg. Now a day to rest before we are off to Finland.
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I saw someone, walking through the airport this morning, wearing a Save Ferris T-shirt. That made my …
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Had a little fun walking the Schlangenweg in Heidelberg, but it was a bit steeper than we expected. …
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Heidelberg is such a beautiful city. I love the feel of it, tucked away in the mountains.
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Had a nice evening stroll in Heidelberg tonight.
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I have totally let this week slip by. December 5 marked 5 years working at trivago and living in …
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One thing is very obvious. I am not equipped to properly carve a turkey. 😂
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How do you have an early Black Friday sale? Isn’t that just a sale on a Monday or Tuesday? If that’s …
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Don’t judge me, but there may be Christmas music already playing in the house. 😬
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Emma, 4, heard the phrase “Ooh la la” on one of her shows. She has been going around saying it all …
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It has been nine years doing life, side by side, with this remarkable woman. I’m not sure how I got …
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I’ve never gone to a pumpkin patch before to pick pumpkins for Halloween. At least, I don’t remember …
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This is such good advice. I have always felt like it’s not ok to ask in an interview. That if I …
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Just watched as my three-year-old daughter worked up the courage to let go of me in the pool and …
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I am not sure who needs to hear this. At 42, I still deal with imposter syndrome. Asking for help …
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I still haven’t watched the SOTU yet, but I’m excited for what I’ve seen teased during the keynote. …
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These last few hours before the WWDC keynote always feel like that time on Christmas morning waiting …
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Only getting to see it from the airport, but the weather in Lisbon, today, is gorgeous. 😃
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First stop Lisbon, then on to the U.S.
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Checked in and ready for the first leg of our flight. Obviously, a bit nervous traveling at the …
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One of the perks of being a girl dad. Some excess polish washed off already, but she did a decent …
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I was doing good with my journaling, with a little over 100 days consistently writing something. I …
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Pretty sure that we left Emma’s backpack on the train Friday, while on our way home from Kita. First …
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I’ve been having some soreness in my ear this week, and it got bad yesterday along with a sinus …
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I had to turn the M1 MBP test device back in at work today. The performance is really nice and the …
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The weather today is making me so drowsy. 😴
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Happy Easter. He is risen. Frohe Ostern. Er ist auferstanden.
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Mommy mommy mommy mommy. Daddy daddy daddy daddy. I think these are the only two words that Emma …
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We are a bit late to the party, but we finally got around to watching The Greatest Showman a few …
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We got an M1 MacBook Pro at work as a test device and I’m getting to tinker with it. So far I’m …
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Our daughter has a small cowlick in the front of her hair and it kind of swirls. It makes it …
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After a freezing winter, the past couple of weeks have been down to -13C, today was beautiful. The …
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Celebrating my birthday now will forever be bittersweet. However, this year I guess that I am …
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Emma asked me to play with her and when I asked what she wanted to play, she said church. We then …
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Watched church service on YouTube this morning. When it was over, Emma(3) says, “Yay, I like that …
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I had planned to do more writing at the beginning of the year. I had thought that would be here on …
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It was a nice morning waking up to some snow. Building a snowman and making snowballs was so much …
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I have been very slack on keeping up with my email. Letting my inbox get a bit out of control again. …
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Praying for a peaceful end to this.
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I shouldn’t be surprised about what is happening in D.C. right now, but I really can’t believe that …
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I know that sidebars on iPad are not new, but I really like the updated sidebar behavior and design …
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Happy new year. 🎊🎈 Wir wünschen euch einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. 🙂
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Merry Christmas everyone. Frohe Weihnachten “For a child will be born for us, a son will be given …
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I think that this year is officially the year of pajamas. Or at least for pajama pants or sweat …
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I can’t believe that this year is almost over. It has felt like a blur.
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Such a fun surprise gift from work. @Lifeattrivago
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I like to read up on coding topics, specifically iOS related. One thing I need to do more of is …
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I enjoy being a pedestrian more in the Spring and Fall months. Walking when it’s really hot or …
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Wearing my glasses with a mask is always a challenge. I have the option of not being able to see …
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My big dilemma every Friday, which to watch first, The Mandalorian or Star Trek Discovery? Both …
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We’ve all had to make lots of adjustments this year. I’m very thankful for an amazing …
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone today. Hope that everyone has a great day. 🙂🦃
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I feel very fortunate to be living abroad at this time compared to 10+ years ago. Having access to …
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I don’t tinker with provisioning profiles that often, so when I do, I feel like it’s my …
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This is from a few days ago, but had to capture this moment where our daughter did not want to get …
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Crossing borders is a regular thing for me, having family that is spread across multiple states in …
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We finally turned the heat on, a little bit, today. It’s been getting cooler, but still not …
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As much as we’d like to let 2020 fade into distant memory, I really hope that we can learn …
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Navigating the daily grind is only possible thanks to the support I have from my amazing wife. …
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I’ve definitely noticed an increased dependence on caffeine lately. Starting to get headaches …
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Walking with my daughter to the train every morning for my wife to take her to Kita has been really …
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My memory can be so bad. I walk into the kitchen to get my wife a refill on her drink and come back …
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Traveling far distances with or the year old daughter is definitely a lesson in patience. I love …
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Whenever I hear a sound in our flat coming from a dark room, I say I’ve seen too many spooky movies. …
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I guess I know what my streaming plans are for the weekend since I’m behind on both The Mandalorian …
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Don’t judge us. It’s 2020 and the rules don’t matter anymore. 😬😂
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One benefit of working from home is not having to worry about what to wear. It’s so nice to lounge …
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I have to say that today was a good day. We’ve had a dependency in our app that has been a pain to …
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I always had this perception that the elderly just commanded respect and wisdom. Not in a negative …
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Sometimes, I really wish that I could force dependency updates in our app to magically work without …
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I really like the screen savers on the Apple TV. Especially the underwater theme. I sich that they …
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I can’t come up with anything for bind. But I don’t want to miss a day for Microblogvember. So maybe …
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I’m glad that we found our balloon pump. As much as our daughter enjoys balloons lately, I’m …
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I really shouldn’t be surprised, but everyone’s behavior during this election is really puzzling to …
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I’ve never lived in a place with a stoop, only front porches. I try not to stoop to someone else’s …
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I’m nearly finished with the current feature ticket that I’m working on and excited that it should …
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I’m constantly astonished at how much our daughter learns every day. It’s so fun watching her …
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When the lockdowns started, earlier this year, it was a challenge to learn how to concentrate and …
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The weekend started out with nice weather but then turned dreary. All I wanted to do was nap the …
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Finally got some more decorating done. Emma wasn’t too excited about the spider at first, but she …
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Remembering our Stella Rose tonight for the annual wave of light for baby loss awareness week. …
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Tried to start up the laptop today after the water fiasco Saturday. Was hoping that letting it dry …
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I’m finally ready to join the “I spilled a glass of water on my MacBook Pro” club. Trying to be …
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Hello beautiful. 😊 First day back in the office in about 5 months. Feels like my first day all over …
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Beautiful rainbow this evening during the rain. The picture doesn’t do it justice since we have a …
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Me: Emma, what would you like for breakfast? Emma: Chips and cheese please. Me: How about cereal or …
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Writing Challenge #100daystooffload
I was inspired to give this writing challenge a try after reading this post by Maique Madeira and …
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Sunset in Hamburg. The duck photobombed my reflection shot. 😂🦆
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I think that this is great. EPB providing internet for students. EPB was still rolling out all of …
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Giving light mode a try again since going all in on dark mode since it was released on iOS and …
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You know that your 2 year old is not feeling well when she says no to chocolate and ice cream. 😔
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I don’t know if anything will wake you up quicker than hearing that gag reflex from your sick …
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One of the hardest things in being a parent is when your child is sick. It hurts to see her so …
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Decided to give Gluon a try. I have to say that I’m really enjoying it so far. Lots to like about …
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One thing that I was really excited for was the ability to update existing accounts to use Sign In …
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I really enjoyed the WWDC keynote this year. It was really well done. Also, kudos to Apple for all …
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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there. Especially to those that are struggling today …
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Things I never imagined saying to another person before having kids. Please don’t lay your …
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One of those Sunday afternoons where you think you will take a quick nap and it turns into a four …
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When a piece of metal on a picture frame gets pushed under your finger nail and your daughter wants …
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Excited to dive into this book from D.A. Horton. 🙂
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Watched the NASA SpaceX Dragon launch with our two year old daughter. She was so excited and thought …
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Waited up till 22:30 to watch the NASA SpaceX launch. Turned on the tv just in time to hear the …
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I’m so glad that our two year old has discovered the Find My app and can trigger the alert …
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How have I not watched Community before? We’ve watched the first couple of episodes and I …
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Adventures in Quarantining Day 1
I guess that the clock is starting over. We found out yesterday that we were exposed to a Covid-19 …
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Micro Challenge colors day 7/7 - violet 📷 Cheating a bit from yesterday. 😬
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When you’re trying to stream the church service but you have a 2 year old that wants your attention. …
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It’s so cute and funny watching kids try to pronounce new words. Emma is starting to say “Bless you” …
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Micro Challenge colors day 6/7 - I think there’s some indigo in there somewhere 😬 📷
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Importing all the things
I finally sat down this morning and imported all of the posts from my Wordpress site into …
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Beautiful day for today’s Micro Challenge colors day 5/7 - blue 📷
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Almost missed today. Micro Challenge colors day 4/7 - green 📷
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Micro Challenge colors day 3/7 - yellow 📷
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Micro Challenge colors day 2/7 - orange 📷
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Micro Challenge colors 1/7 - red 📷
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It can definitely be challenging working from home right now, especially with kids. Our daughter is …
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“The ability to speak does not make one intelligent.” — Qui-Gon Jinn (Star Wars) 💬
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What can I say about this amazing woman? I still can’t believe that she said yes and decided to walk …
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“Sometimes we must let go of our pride and do what is asked of us.” — Anakin Skywalker …
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Found my quote for the day. “That’s how baths take a cat.” — Me 💬
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That moment when you change your 1Password master password and then forget it. Yeah, that’s a …
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“May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.” — Malcolm Reynolds
💬
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“You know, sometimes I amaze even myself.” - Han Solo 💬
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Going All In On Micro.blog
I had planned for this to be my first post on micro.blog but I kept putting it off to see how I …
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When reading bedtime stories, Emma wants to hold the books and keeps spinning them around playing. …
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Special toilet paper for special times. 😂
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I keep putting off exercising. I just don’t feel any motivation for it even though I know that I …
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Now that lockdown restrictions are starting to be relaxed a bit this week I have noticed more car …
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I’m really enjoying The Mandalorian, but in a different way than I had expected. To me everything …
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Weekend project. Finally ordered a canopy for the balcony and got it set up. Put up some accent …
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The closer we get to June the more excited I start getting for the new iOS and macOS versions.
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Rediscovery
I’ve recently started discovering, actually rediscovering, something about my devices. They …
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One issue I struggle with when posting is organization. I feel that I want to use categories to make …
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It’s been a while since I’ve used Drafts. Giving it a try again to see if it sticks. …
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Such a beautiful day today. Glad that we were able to have a small family Easter egg hunt with Emma. …
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Happy Easter! ✝️🌄
Frohe Ostern!
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We needed to go to the grocery store this morning and it was such a weird experience. We’ve gone out …
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Got a new drill and finally getting some pictures hung around the flat.
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Hearing the birds chirping outside this morning was a nice way to start the day. So peaceful and …
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We rotated our dining table yesterday and it gives a completely different feel and layout for the …
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Not going to lie. I love her choice in shoes tonight. 😍
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We had to walk our dog tonight. 😂
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Taking the time, while cooped up at home, to start potty training our daughter. Day one wasn’t too …
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I’m really enjoying these evening walks with the family. We’ve been doing this the past several days …
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The weather this past week has been so nice, but I’ll admit that I’m kind of enjoying the rainy day …
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Went out for a walk after being cooped up all week. The weather is beautiful today. Birds are …
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I was excited and ready to binge some Disney+ today only to be upset that it wasn’t working. Then I …
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As someone that grew up without HD video, it’s hard for me to consider the decision by Apple, …
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I’m really excited that Disney+ is finally coming to Germany tomorrow. We’re already signed up and …
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I have worked remote before and have the opportunity to, occasionally, work from home at my current …
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I want to give a big thank you to @manton and the rest of the micro.blog team for helping me the …
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Now that everything is properly configured on micro.blog there’s no excuse to start posting …
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I’m a bit excited that I finally talked myself into setting up a micro.blog site. I have been …
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Day by Day
I sat down to write this on Father’s Day but obviously that didn’t happen. It felt like an …
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Getting Started (Again)
What is it about a blank page that is so intimidating? That little blinking cursor so taunting? For …
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I'm Done
It’s hard to believe that this is it. Last week marked the end of my twelve week journey …
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Agency Week
Well week 8 has come and gone and they lovingly referred to this week as agency week. The design …
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Two For One
Since I didn’t get anything written down for weeks six and seven I decided to throw them …
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Switching Gears
Better late than never on getting a post in for week five. I can handle the intense learning …
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Drinking From The Firehose
Here we are at the end of week four of our journey through The Iron Yard. I had intentions of …