Sommer
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📱Professional: macOS @ Apple. Accessibility everywhere. iOS/Swift dev. Prev: Slack & Twitter.
🎪 Semi-professional: Aerial artist & coach on vertical rope.
💜 Unprofessional: thrill seeker, rollercoaster lover, language learner (🇳🇴🇩🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷)
🎪 Semi-professional: Aerial artist & coach on vertical rope.
💜 Unprofessional: thrill seeker, rollercoaster lover, language learner (🇳🇴🇩🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷)
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· Jun 10
Last night, I went to say goodbye to my OG rope teacher by taking his class. I brought my heart so much joy to train with him again, and I'm so grateful to have learned for such an amazing coach and human. 💖 Here's the stuff we worked on - all new material for me and SO much fun!
October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Last night, I went to say goodbye to my OG rope teacher by taking his class. I brought my heart so much joy to train with him again, and I'm so grateful to have learned for such an amazing coach and human. 💖 Here's the stuff we worked on - all new material for me and SO much fun!
The vocabulary PDF -> Anki Cloze-style flashcards pipeline via GPT for my Norwegian course has been a godsend of a time saver. Manually entering 100s of flashcards was wearing me down, but this means I can focus on the learning and not the data entry!
October 1, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The vocabulary PDF -> Anki Cloze-style flashcards pipeline via GPT for my Norwegian course has been a godsend of a time saver. Manually entering 100s of flashcards was wearing me down, but this means I can focus on the learning and not the data entry!
Almost done sorting, packing, offloading. Some stuff stored w/ a friend, some stuff ready for Norway, the rest given away via buy-nothing-new. Turns out a spreadsheet of my entire life’s possessions is the best endorsement for anti-consumerism I've seen yet.
September 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Almost done sorting, packing, offloading. Some stuff stored w/ a friend, some stuff ready for Norway, the rest given away via buy-nothing-new. Turns out a spreadsheet of my entire life’s possessions is the best endorsement for anti-consumerism I've seen yet.
Just overheard a coworker say: "People only hide specifics when they don't know them or they're not good." ... and I'm not sure if they're taking about work or dating but either way: TRUE.
September 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Just overheard a coworker say: "People only hide specifics when they don't know them or they're not good." ... and I'm not sure if they're taking about work or dating but either way: TRUE.
Past me booked herself to teach a rope class laaate tonight and a doctor's appointment very eaaarly tomorrow. 😭
There’s a certain betrayal in realizing the architect of your exhaustion was none other than…yourself.
There’s a certain betrayal in realizing the architect of your exhaustion was none other than…yourself.
September 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Past me booked herself to teach a rope class laaate tonight and a doctor's appointment very eaaarly tomorrow. 😭
There’s a certain betrayal in realizing the architect of your exhaustion was none other than…yourself.
There’s a certain betrayal in realizing the architect of your exhaustion was none other than…yourself.
I booked the one-way ticket! Going to fly to central Europe on Oct 26 and do a little traveling before settling up north in Oslo. It still doesn’t feel real. I’ll be posting Reels like this about the experience on my IG, so feel free to follow along! www.instagram.com/share/_4aHW0...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I booked the one-way ticket! Going to fly to central Europe on Oct 26 and do a little traveling before settling up north in Oslo. It still doesn’t feel real. I’ll be posting Reels like this about the experience on my IG, so feel free to follow along! www.instagram.com/share/_4aHW0...
Reminders.app out here holding my entire life together like digital duct tape, with whole lists called things like "Can I get X in Norway" and "The immigration state machine."
September 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Reminders.app out here holding my entire life together like digital duct tape, with whole lists called things like "Can I get X in Norway" and "The immigration state machine."
1. Remote role ✅
2. Norway 🇳🇴 visa application ✅
3. ...who knows!?
2 years ago I decided I wanted to move to Norway, not knowing when or how. Today I applied for my visa. Things are in storage, shippers are lined up, & it finally feels real. So excited for the next chapter!
2. Norway 🇳🇴 visa application ✅
3. ...who knows!?
2 years ago I decided I wanted to move to Norway, not knowing when or how. Today I applied for my visa. Things are in storage, shippers are lined up, & it finally feels real. So excited for the next chapter!
September 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
1. Remote role ✅
2. Norway 🇳🇴 visa application ✅
3. ...who knows!?
2 years ago I decided I wanted to move to Norway, not knowing when or how. Today I applied for my visa. Things are in storage, shippers are lined up, & it finally feels real. So excited for the next chapter!
2. Norway 🇳🇴 visa application ✅
3. ...who knows!?
2 years ago I decided I wanted to move to Norway, not knowing when or how. Today I applied for my visa. Things are in storage, shippers are lined up, & it finally feels real. So excited for the next chapter!
My takeaways from today's #AppleEvent:
- I still cry at those damned Watch ads 🤦🏻♀️
- Apple Watch getting blood pressure is epic! ⚕️
- New orange Pro unibody is gorgeous 🧡
- Miami is a place I need to visit. 🌴
- I still cry at those damned Watch ads 🤦🏻♀️
- Apple Watch getting blood pressure is epic! ⚕️
- New orange Pro unibody is gorgeous 🧡
- Miami is a place I need to visit. 🌴
September 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My takeaways from today's #AppleEvent:
- I still cry at those damned Watch ads 🤦🏻♀️
- Apple Watch getting blood pressure is epic! ⚕️
- New orange Pro unibody is gorgeous 🧡
- Miami is a place I need to visit. 🌴
- I still cry at those damned Watch ads 🤦🏻♀️
- Apple Watch getting blood pressure is epic! ⚕️
- New orange Pro unibody is gorgeous 🧡
- Miami is a place I need to visit. 🌴
I’ve found that in this in-between space (waiting to move, learning a new rhythm/role at work), I’ve been returning to small practices that steady me: cooking, writing, running, routine. Trying to control what I can and to let go of what I can’t.
September 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’ve found that in this in-between space (waiting to move, learning a new rhythm/role at work), I’ve been returning to small practices that steady me: cooking, writing, running, routine. Trying to control what I can and to let go of what I can’t.
I’d never used Standby mode on my iPhone b/c I don’t charge it in my bedroom. But recently I started using it on my desk to display my calendar at work, and WOW is that useful! So nice to not have to switch apps or look at my desktop widgets to see my next meeting!
September 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I’d never used Standby mode on my iPhone b/c I don’t charge it in my bedroom. But recently I started using it on my desk to display my calendar at work, and WOW is that useful! So nice to not have to switch apps or look at my desktop widgets to see my next meeting!
It’s a 5-hours-straight-meetings-thru-lunch-eat-nut-butter-out-of-a-jar-and-do-squats-and-pushups-off-camera kinda day.
August 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It’s a 5-hours-straight-meetings-thru-lunch-eat-nut-butter-out-of-a-jar-and-do-squats-and-pushups-off-camera kinda day.
As I start on my music server, I was thinking: I never minded the hours spent in iTunes back in the early 2000s ripping CDs, editing metadata, & curating playlists. But I don’t think it’s nostagia. I think what I loved is the intentionality of it. Doing it showed me I loved it.
August 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
As I start on my music server, I was thinking: I never minded the hours spent in iTunes back in the early 2000s ripping CDs, editing metadata, & curating playlists. But I don’t think it’s nostagia. I think what I loved is the intentionality of it. Doing it showed me I loved it.
Few things more painful than getting CC’d into a Slack thread at message 50.
August 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Few things more painful than getting CC’d into a Slack thread at message 50.
1 week in. New job + established team = months of necessary discomfort. Everyone has years more area experience, so all I can do: listen/learn/ask. Jarring after feeling adroit in my prev role! I keep reminding myself each job I got good at started as one where I felt clueless! 😵💫
August 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
1 week in. New job + established team = months of necessary discomfort. Everyone has years more area experience, so all I can do: listen/learn/ask. Jarring after feeling adroit in my prev role! I keep reminding myself each job I got good at started as one where I felt clueless! 😵💫
Action Mode on iPhone is marketed for filming while running or hiking, but it’s also amazing for folks with tremors (like Parkinson’s). Love how this beautiful video highlights how Action Mode is making filming videos by hand, in the moment, more accessible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEal...
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The simple act of filming can be challenging for people with Parkinson’s. Often they are unable to capture their own memories.
For Brett, Bette, and Ellen, every moment matters. With Action mode on…
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August 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Action Mode on iPhone is marketed for filming while running or hiking, but it’s also amazing for folks with tremors (like Parkinson’s). Love how this beautiful video highlights how Action Mode is making filming videos by hand, in the moment, more accessible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEal...
Interested in being a manager on SwiftUI? If you have experience with frameworks and API development and are excited about technical and people leadership - check it out! The role is in Cupertino. jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
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August 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Interested in being a manager on SwiftUI? If you have experience with frameworks and API development and are excited about technical and people leadership - check it out! The role is in Cupertino. jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
1st day on the job was a bizarre combo of deeply familiar (lateral move w/in the same org) & completely drowning in that vibe of "omg I know nothing about any of this." On one hand, I said "I don't know" countless times today; but on the other, I got out a tiny accessibility PR!
August 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1st day on the job was a bizarre combo of deeply familiar (lateral move w/in the same org) & completely drowning in that vibe of "omg I know nothing about any of this." On one hand, I said "I don't know" countless times today; but on the other, I got out a tiny accessibility PR!
📢 Big news! I'm shifting from my role at Apple as an Eng Manager (EM) for SwiftUI to a new role as an EM for macOS. My time on SwiftUI was some of the most fun in my career; however, CA never quite felt like home.
This new role offers an amazing opportunity: remote work! [1/2]
This new role offers an amazing opportunity: remote work! [1/2]
August 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
📢 Big news! I'm shifting from my role at Apple as an Eng Manager (EM) for SwiftUI to a new role as an EM for macOS. My time on SwiftUI was some of the most fun in my career; however, CA never quite felt like home.
This new role offers an amazing opportunity: remote work! [1/2]
This new role offers an amazing opportunity: remote work! [1/2]
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TIL that duolingo by default records your voice and is enabled to anonymously share these recordings (“anonymously…to help Duolingo improve.”) You can disable this. Go to:
Profile -> gear -> Privacy settings
and deselect Share speech
Profile -> gear -> Privacy settings
and deselect Share speech
July 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
TIL that duolingo by default records your voice and is enabled to anonymously share these recordings (“anonymously…to help Duolingo improve.”) You can disable this. Go to:
Profile -> gear -> Privacy settings
and deselect Share speech
Profile -> gear -> Privacy settings
and deselect Share speech
It still blows my mind how socially difficult it is to not want kids. Even at my age, I'm constantly countering the assumption that it's rooted in fear or self-doubt.
(And that's not even getting into how often I'm expected to justify the choice at all.)
(And that's not even getting into how often I'm expected to justify the choice at all.)
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It still blows my mind how socially difficult it is to not want kids. Even at my age, I'm constantly countering the assumption that it's rooted in fear or self-doubt.
(And that's not even getting into how often I'm expected to justify the choice at all.)
(And that's not even getting into how often I'm expected to justify the choice at all.)
“Discipline matters more than motivation."
This has been so true for me! Showing up to my rope, to my flute, to my tech job, to my meditation practice, to my journal, to stretching…just showing up has been the thing that made my life feel full.... [1/2]
This has been so true for me! Showing up to my rope, to my flute, to my tech job, to my meditation practice, to my journal, to stretching…just showing up has been the thing that made my life feel full.... [1/2]
why are we lying to young people about work?
hard work isn't the tax you pay for living, it's the tuition for a life worth having -your fav gen z philosopher x
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July 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“Discipline matters more than motivation."
This has been so true for me! Showing up to my rope, to my flute, to my tech job, to my meditation practice, to my journal, to stretching…just showing up has been the thing that made my life feel full.... [1/2]
This has been so true for me! Showing up to my rope, to my flute, to my tech job, to my meditation practice, to my journal, to stretching…just showing up has been the thing that made my life feel full.... [1/2]
Now that WWDC is over I'm back on the rope at my usual training cadence. I'm not sure how… but I didn't seem to lose any strength this year, despite the massive training reduction March thru June! #circus #aerialrope
July 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Now that WWDC is over I'm back on the rope at my usual training cadence. I'm not sure how… but I didn't seem to lose any strength this year, despite the massive training reduction March thru June! #circus #aerialrope
Always thought I couldn't haggle, but today I had to. Someone charged me $500 for something I knew I could get for $200. I paid and went to my car to regroup. I told myself I'd role-play someone who does this all the time, for fun! I put on a big smile and went back.
I got it for $230.
I got it for $230.
July 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Always thought I couldn't haggle, but today I had to. Someone charged me $500 for something I knew I could get for $200. I paid and went to my car to regroup. I told myself I'd role-play someone who does this all the time, for fun! I put on a big smile and went back.
I got it for $230.
I got it for $230.
A thing I've learned from both sides and in many ways—work, family, romance, etc:
Pressure to stay never made me—or someone else—want to stay. It just made us feel bad about leaving. Sometimes we stayed out of guilt, and resentment was seeded... [1/2]
Pressure to stay never made me—or someone else—want to stay. It just made us feel bad about leaving. Sometimes we stayed out of guilt, and resentment was seeded... [1/2]
July 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A thing I've learned from both sides and in many ways—work, family, romance, etc:
Pressure to stay never made me—or someone else—want to stay. It just made us feel bad about leaving. Sometimes we stayed out of guilt, and resentment was seeded... [1/2]
Pressure to stay never made me—or someone else—want to stay. It just made us feel bad about leaving. Sometimes we stayed out of guilt, and resentment was seeded... [1/2]