Life
Had a couple of days to catch up with my family and then headed back to Berlin for a bit. It’s nice to be back here and catch up with some friends! Tried to go to a doctor in the UK which was SUPER FUN because nomad problems. Annoying.
Booked most of my accommodation for South America! Will be in Columbia first, mostly in Bogota.
Work
Gave a talk at NSConference, which went pretty well (storify of tweets), got to catch up with some other people and meet some fabulous new ones! Looking forward to seeing some of them again when I speak at NSScotland in the fall. It was the last NSConference, and there’s a tribute here which I think is amazing.
Did a bit of refactoring on the iOS Show and Hide tests and was able to release my image creation and comparison code open source.
Media
Watching Gossip Girl (now season 2), and loving it so much! Reading some more of Thinking in Systems, and The Sleep Book (week 3 of 5). Novel-wise, reading The Only Way is Up.
Product Links Amazon.
Places
Went to Nottingham for ChaTime and Korean food. In Leicester, stayed at the Ramada Encore. Conference dinners at Le Bistrot Pierre and Chutney Ivy (both nice). Sandwiches from Delish, which were fab.
Published
- March is a Whirlwind
- Creating and Comparing Images on Android
- iOSNext: Paul Ardeleanu – 10 Reasons You’ll Love Swift
The Woman Speaker Slot is now on The Eloquent Woman.
A new edition of Technically Speaking is out.
Karen and I shared the background story of the Male Allies Bingo Card.
On The Internet
- Oh hey you can win a $100 library of leadership books from
@BeLeaderly by following me (and others) on twitter – http://buff.ly/1wFe8SC - Most adorable – Sleepy Head Kitten. Zzzzzzzzzzz http://buff.ly/1C82oZH
- Made me think, I was an expat but really a migrant – Why are white people expats when the rest of us are immigrants? http://buff.ly/1MyVwb4
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- So true: “just because we have opinions doesn’t mean they’re worth shoving in other people’s faces” http://buff.ly/1FmoOaL /by
@rachelnabors - <3 Famous Speech Friday – Huda Shaarawi at the 1944 Arab Feminist Conference http://buff.ly/1x0O70I
- The ‘Lean In’ generation have become addicted to work. It has to stop – http://buff.ly/1BA1sgl /via
@osgolivia - THIS – “An argument culture creates an environment where winning is paramount.” http://buff.ly/1MyFOfW /via
@rockbot -
- Intrigued by this idea – Client week: how I keep my day job from taking over my startup – http://buff.ly/1MyKRgg
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- I don’t even http://buff.ly/1EdFRHE
- Don’t ask if porn “empowers” women – instead, ask if your feminism does http://buff.ly/1FdF0e2 /via
@ThisTechGirl - “I’m scared to create and nurture my own identity, because I have to rediscover what that is.” http://buff.ly/1BE3nQU /via
@SwiftOnSecurity - Love Study Hacks – Deep Habits: Think Hard Outside The Office – http://buff.ly/19zbWCi
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- This looks so cool – The Boomslang – a Walkway Above the Trees in South Africa – http://buff.ly/1GuEZkO
- Super happy to be a sponsor of this issue of
@ModelViewMedia I think it’s an important thing to support https://twitter.com/modelviewmedia/status/578644542259245056 … - Some incredible photos here – 29 Mind Blowing Natural Disasters in Pictures – http://buff.ly/1O9HD4L
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- 2 more lawsuits filed since I tweeted this https://twitter.com/catehstn/status/574090445434851328 … More optimistic than ever.
- Having had a manager who didn’t believe in giving positive feedback, this resonated: http://buff.ly/1EynQXp /by
@heddle317 - This is great – Interrupt the Gender Bias of Speaking http://buff.ly/1BTqENF /via
@dontgetcaught - This post is great and
@kronda is my hero because she actually sent an invoice in response to a women-work request! http://buff.ly/1FM4Y8V - Great article feat.
@jessicamckellar – This Is What Impactful Engineering Leadership Looks Like – http://buff.ly/1AWTA4L /via@kecatlin -
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