Life

It was my birthday. Mostly just been working and working out, did try and explore a bit more of Santiago though. And then headed to Easter Island, which is exciting. My first pacific island!

Continuing to explore Choose Me May and it is really making a difference in my life! I love that some of my friends are doing it too and we are checking in on each other. Had an impromptu reading group with one of my friends when we read the same book, which was also lovely.

Work

Focused on getting on top of things before I have less internet for a while. Still quite a bit of client work and calls about a project for June which I think will be fun. Couple of calls about smaller bits of work.

Got a new alpha of Show and Hide Android out, bit overwhelmed about what to look at next because there is a lot to do. Think I am going to focus on testing and optimisation (saving files seems to be a major performance bottleneck for some reason).

Progress on some branding / marketing stuff, and a Secret Project.

We launched the Technically Speaking sixmonthiversary which has been exciting! Been quite a bit of work to get everything together but the response so far has been great. Yay!

Media

Watching Gossip Girl, getting towards the end of Season 5 and Season 6 is pretty short so I guess it is approaching the end but I feel like it will be Time by then.

Finished Better than Before, and read Data Driven. Also read Rumours. Continuing to plod through Professional Android 4 Application Development.

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On The Internet

• [pic] This cat has comments for the artist.
• This analysis of emoji use on instagram is fascinating – http://buff.ly/1EIHAYF  /via @moishel
• Worth reading on trying not to be an unintentional asshole – http://buff.ly/1Ixbhyw  /via @rachelandrew
• @triketora: Dave Goldberg’s Lifetime of Advocating for Women http://nyti.ms/1AyFnei 
• This, by @jessitron, is brilliant – Fitting in v. Belonging – http://buff.ly/1EMltBU 
• My friend sent me this amazing video in response to my angsting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-Nhxd2jq2M
• Such kitten! http://buff.ly/1JinuFN 
• @glowforge: We’re tremendously excited that @jennylawton, formerly CEO of Makerbot, is joining Glowforge as an advisor! http://glowforge.com/blog/advisor-jenny-lawton/ …
• This is the greatest thing I’ve seen on the internet in at least a week – Animals staring at food – http://buff.ly/1R2Tfbd  /via @janeruffino
• @HotSeatBook: It’s official – the ebook will be launching on May 11, with the hardcover on May 22! You can preorder at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Seat-Startup-CEO-Guidebook/dp/1449360734/ …
• Don’t think I agree with these as good interview questions, but there are some interesting iOS tidbits – http://buff.ly/1DXbvd6 
• Fascinating – We’re All Terrible at Understanding Each Other http://buff.ly/1IE0Yce  /via @katemats
• Manterrupting, the video – http://buff.ly/1PiXNGM  /via @dontgetcaught
• [pic] @iwasleeg sent me this hedgehog gif and it fills me with joy.
• @planetepics: [pic] Just a Tibetan Pallas cat chillin’ on a branch.
• @macdevnet: NSConf 7 (@nsconf) talks now available for FREE on vimeo https://vimeo.com/channels/nsconf7 …
• The Outbox Incubator is SO COOL – super proud of my friend @aimafidon and the rest of the fabulous @Stemettes crew – http://buff.ly/1bY7ayW 
• @janl: Since the Privilege Quote is getting some traction, here’s the source: http://writing.jan.io/2013/08/16/lets-start-a-revolution.html … cc @varjs @g16n #fronttrends
• “If you want a breakthrough, forget serendipity and focusing on shipping.” http://buff.ly/1KIjM9s 
• If you are a UK corp invoicing a US company this guide to filling in terrifying W-8BEN-E will save time and stress – http://buff.ly/1R9RNUo 
• What happens when you implement emoji hashtags? A world of pain and Unicode characters, apparently – http://buff.ly/1KNfWvG