Sommer

@s0mmer
22 Followers
262 Following
436 Posts

📱Professional: Accessibility EM at Slack. iOS/Swift developer. Previously Apple & Twitter.

🎪 Semi-professional: Aerial artist and coach on vertical rope.

💜 Unprofessional: thrill seeker, rollercoaster lover, language learner (🇪🇸🇩🇪🇫🇷🇫🇮), flute player, peanut butter connoisseur

📍 SF -> NYC
💁🏻‍♀️ she/her

Websitehttps://www.sommerpanage.com
Githubhttps://github.com/spanage/
Twitter [inactive]https://www.twitter.com/sommer
Instagramhttps://instagram.com/sommerope
SommerFeb 7, 2023
I've learned a lot of stuff with varying levels of success in my life...and I can, without a doubt, say that learning even just BASIC figure skating is the hardest thing I've ever tried to learn. I've never felt more awkward in my LIFE and falling off a rope has nothing on falling onto cold hard ice. But I shall keep on keeping on and maybe someday be able to show you all me not falling down.
SommerFeb 6, 2023
@RobW @vixentael @matthewbischoff @joro @thedevme @dotjay @acbdev @swifteves I don’t feel let down in the least, Rob. Sending you hugs and grateful to be someone on this list. 💜💜💜
SommerFeb 5, 2023
@schwa My biggest frustration with focus modes is that they have to be *maintained* -- every time I download a new app or start having frequent text convos with a new person I have to think: how does X fit into my N focus modes, and then I have to go into each focus mode and make the appropriate updates. It's exhausting, but it's the only way they don't quickly become near useless for me.
SommerFeb 4, 2023
Michael GorbachFeb 4, 2023
Migrating to App Intents? We have a new video for you with lots of details! https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/tech-talks/10168/
Migrate custom intents to App Intents - Tech Talks - Videos - Apple Developer

Learn how you can easily convert your existing custom intents to App Intents. We'll take you through the conversion of your intents to...

Apple Developer
SommerFeb 4, 2023
@Stevenpotato @schwa oooh I'm intrigued! I didn't know this - also might see if the RSS thing works. Could be a handy tool for sure
Show threadSommerFeb 4, 2023
@richbruchal @schwa Yes, after maintaining 3 twitter accounts for years I'm 100% committed to the 1 account life over here. If people don't like the occasional circus video, that’s not something I'm going to worry about.
SommerFeb 4, 2023

@schwa I think the thing I'd enjoy is the local timeline being full of content that is more likely to apply to me (than I find in the current instance), plus I'm just generally curious to try a smaller instance to actually see if I notice the difference or not (it's def possible it's actually all the same in the end).

As to identity, def a good point. I know there are def some artist and circus ones out there...but i get enough of that on IG, so I'm here for my nerd side.

SommerFeb 4, 2023

Ok since you all did a wonderful job of talking me out of hosting my own Mastodon instance (thank you 🙏) my next question is:

I’d like to be on an instance that feels like community and mastodon.social is lovely but a bit too big for that (for me). Why do you love your instance? What makes it fun?

(As far as community goes, I think iOS, dev, tech, Swift, IDing as female are all areas I’d feel at home in.)

SommerFeb 4, 2023
Show threadMichele TitoloFeb 4, 2023

Out of the blue idea: advice column where folks ask questions about things at the intersection of business and technology, answered by a principal engineer and MBA (me!)

I lack the audience to do so now, but hopefully once I finish my MBA in March I’ll have energy for side projects 😬

Show threadSommerFeb 4, 2023
@paolamataI I was hired as a stage manager for a hot second while I wasn't in tech and was def chosen based on my "cat herding" and organizational skills (+ knowledge of the circus industry in my case) -- it was amazingly fun but didn't really pay of course.