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Six months in and I’ve already listened to 20 books in 2019. This gives me much more satisfaction than the (often repetitive) podcasts that I have scaled back from 📚

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I installed the iOS 13 beta on my iPad to test it out, but was planning on waiting to update my iPhone. However, I edited a shortcut on my iPad and now it won’t work on my phone unless I upgrade. I might have to pull the trigger on updating there as well now 😬

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What I Read in May 2019 📚

I read four books in May:

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“Remote work is a hot topic right now…I’ve had the opportunity to work for Bleacher Report remotely for the last three years, and wanted to offer a glimpse into my experiences over that time.” josephmclaughl.in/…

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You can’t take a selfie in England without a bloody castle photobombing you

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Paris knows how to do a White Russian 😋

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A hallway in the chateau we’re staying in for the next couple of days

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What I Read in April 2019 📚

I read two books in April:

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We made it to Paris

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Just had my first Impossible Burger at the Gott’s in SFO and I have to say that it was really good! If I didn’t know, I wouldn’t have guessed that it wasn’t a “real” burger.

 
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The main changes from my last home screen are replacing Micro.blog with Icro, Reminders with Memento, Castro with Overcast, and the addition of Audible

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One day we saw a school of golden rays from the boat and I was disappointed that we weren’t in the water at the time. Then the next day while snorkeling this happened 😳

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Before going to the Galápagos we hoped we’d get the chance to swim with sea lions. We ended up swimming with them so often that this is just a small amount of the highlights

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Penguins may look slow and clumsy on land, but they sure can fly underwater

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What I Read in March 2019 📚

I read three books in March:

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I’ve swum with sea turtles before in Hawaii, but never the sheer numbers that we saw in the Galápagos

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“Which style is better for user experience?…Research shows…solid icons were generally faster to recognize than outline icons, but with a few exceptions.” https://uxmovement.com/

 
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Seeing marine iguanas on land was cool, but getting to swim with them was something else

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I have so much video from the Galápagos that I decided to group by animal. First up: sharks! The whitetip reef sharks were only about five feet long, but the largest hammerhead shark was estimated by the guide to be 10-12 feet long.

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A blue-footed booby

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