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@sommerpanage.com

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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 (🇳🇴🇩🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷)

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Jun 10

Getting a chance to be part of the Platform State of the Union at #WWDC25 for #Apple was a huge honor and so much fun!!! And even better was spending the rest of the day chatting with so many brilliant and enthusiastic developers! 🤩

Perspective from the second row of an open air viewing of Apple’s SOTU. I’m large on a screen gesturing with my hands wearing a green print shirt and black pants in an outdoor setting.

A group of all the SOTU speakers gather in from of the stage at WWDC.

Selfie: Me and Taylor, another SOTU presenter. We’re both wearing red lanyards.

Selfie: me and Richard, another sotu presenter.

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · 23d

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!

Sommer @sommerpanage.com · 24d

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!

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 22

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.

A large storage unit full of a whole studio-sized home worth of belongings, some wrapped in plastic.

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 19

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.

Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 19

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.

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 17

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...

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 15

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."

Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 12

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!

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 9

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. 🌴

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 5

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.

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Sep 2

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!

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 26

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.

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 26

💖 and also I love those old style interior glass elevators in hotels SO much

Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 25

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.

Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 22

Few things more painful than getting CC’d into a Slack thread at message 50.

Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 22

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! 😵‍💫

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 21

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...

No Frame Missed | Apple

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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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 20

Having just left this role (for an opportunity to go remote, only ), I can 100% vouch for it being a truly amazing team. Brilliant and passionate people who love to dive deep into making the best APIs they can. I will def miss this crew!

Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 20

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...

SwiftUI Frameworks Engineering Manager - Jobs - Careers at Apple

Apply for a SwiftUI Frameworks Engineering Manager job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 19

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!

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 18

it was a very rare combo of right place, right time and someone really advocating for me. Very grateful!

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 18

Remaining at Apple, working with the brightest individuals I know, *and* working remotely seemed like a far-off dream. But today, it's becoming a reality! I am incredibly grateful and excited for this new chapter.

So, where will my new home be? Stay tuned for further updates :-) [2/2]

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Aug 18

📢 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]

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dave la monster aaaagh @dml.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

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Sommer @sommerpanage.com · Jul 21

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.)

Screenshot.
Sender: “I really hate so much that every cultural representation of people who don’t want kids is rooted in being “scared they won’t be good at it” as though you can’t just not want it for your own reasons”
Me: “Omfg preach
The number of people who have told me “but you’d be a good mother”
I fucking KNOW, Steve. That’s not the point.”

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