{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Bob Owen","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/bobowen","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"2667","username":"bobowen","bio":"I'm a husband and dad and complete geek. I have a day job as a front-end engineer for a security company and continue to play on computers in my spare time.\n\nOccasionally social and outside of technology, I love to talk about Disney Parks, Japan, and other nerdy non-sense.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":19,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://micro.blog/bobowen/avatar.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"12577763","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Right on. We’ll I’m just a little way into and really enjoying. Thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bobowen/12577763","date_published":"2022-03-12T16:25:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-03-12 16:25","date_timestamp":1647102346,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12576108","content_html":"<p>Hoping that <a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> will add his book Indie Microblogging to the list in Epilogue soon. 📖</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bobowen.micro.blog/2022/03/11/hoping-that-manton.html","date_published":"2022-03-12T02:50:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-03-12 02:50","date_timestamp":1647053441,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"12355355","content_html":"<p>I spent a pleasant half an hour playing games on this yesterday. I’ve had it for 40 years and it still works great. Amazing! #retrotech</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbobowen.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2022%2Fbfa1477f83.jpg\" width=\"599\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bobowen.micro.blog/2022/01/09/i-spent-a.html","date_published":"2022-01-09T14:37:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-01-09 14:37","date_timestamp":1641739078,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"11459833","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Looking forward to trying out the “bookshelves/shelves”. Still hoping to put the micro.blog book in it too. ;)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bobowen/11459833","date_published":"2021-05-16T21:56:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-05-16 21:56","date_timestamp":1621202163,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"10942827","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Would love to get an update on the Indie Microblogging book from the Kickstarter. I’m sure the other backers and I understand how life got in the way. Since it has been a year since the last update perhaps you can help reset expectations.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bobowen/10942827","date_published":"2021-01-31T02:14:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-01-31 02:14","date_timestamp":1612059277,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"7883543","content_html":"<p>If you have a choice, always choose to work for the company that competes on value rather than price. The value company will look most at your contribution, the price company will look most at your cost.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bobowen.micro.blog/2020/01/20/if-you-have.html","date_published":"2020-01-20T21:38:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-01-20 21:38","date_timestamp":1579556307,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"6720990","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> Nice. I’ll bet this will work great with other podcasts such as:\nMcPower User, A Teepee, and Planet Monet.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bobowen/6720990","date_published":"2019-11-23T02:35:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-11-23 02:35","date_timestamp":1574476505,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"4746585","content_html":"<p>The sights like this are one of the joys of heading out for some early morning exercise at Piedmont Park.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fbobowen.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2019%2Fe954501115.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bobowen.micro.blog/2019/07/28/the-sights-like.html","date_published":"2019-07-28T12:58:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-07-28 12:58","date_timestamp":1564318729,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"4380181","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/brentsimmons\">@brentsimmons</a> High five! 🤚🏻 That kind of thing scares me too. I usually have to build some integration tests and try to break it before I feel confident.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bobowen/4380181","date_published":"2019-07-06T01:17:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-07-06 01:17","date_timestamp":1562375849,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"4380177","content_html":"<p>Putting together a workshop for my team at work about using Redux. I’d love to hear about Redux concepts people have struggled with and what clicked with you.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bobowen.micro.blog/2019/07/05/putting-together-a.html","date_published":"2019-07-06T01:14:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-07-06 01:14","date_timestamp":1562375677,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"3974686","content_html":"<p>Other folks doing iOS development, what APIs do you find yourself working with the most? And where do you turn for real-world usage examples?</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bobowen.micro.blog/2019/06/10/other-folks-doing.html","date_published":"2019-06-10T10:59:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-06-10 10:59","date_timestamp":1560164387,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"3965602","content_html":"<p>In learning Swift and iOS programming this weekend, I’ve build 4 little learning apps so far including a dice game, magic 8 ball, and a mini-xylophone. Fun times!</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bobowen.micro.blog/2019/06/09/in-learning-swift.html","date_published":"2019-06-09T21:14:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-06-09 21:14","date_timestamp":1560114840,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"3965490","content_html":"<p><em>blows the dust of the micro blog.</em> Oh good. This thing still works.</p>\n\n<p>This past weekend I seem to have picked up a new hobby. I’m trying my hand at learning some iOS development. So expect to see occasional posts here with the things I’m learning. 💻➡️📱</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://bobowen.micro.blog/2019/06/09/blows-the-dust.html","date_published":"2019-06-09T20:40:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-06-09 20:40","date_timestamp":1560112800,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"109612","content_html":"<p>Guidelines for running a design studio session at IDEO still ring true. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/http%3A%2F%2Fbobowen.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F47a51b0b2b.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"height: auto\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>","summary":"","url":"http://bobowen.micro.blog/2017/07/03/guidelines-for-running.html","date_published":"2017-07-03T14:04:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-07-03 14:04","date_timestamp":1499090640,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"100355","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/desparoz\">@desparoz</a> I would like to second or at least n+1 this. Glad to have the app and help work out the bugs. Would love to have it iPad native. It doesn't have to be polished to be better than it is on the iPad now.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/bobowen/100355","date_published":"2017-06-14T10:22:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-06-14 10:22","date_timestamp":1497435750,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99632","content_html":"<p>Waiting…</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/http%3A%2F%2Fbobowen.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2017%2Ff48717f036.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"height: auto\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>","summary":"","url":"http://bobowen.micro.blog/2017/06/12/221610.html","date_published":"2017-06-12T22:16:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-06-12 22:16","date_timestamp":1497305760,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"99126","content_html":"<p>Post swim Ring Pop at the Piedmont Park Pool. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/http%3A%2F%2Fbobowen.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F2799350890.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"height: auto\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>","summary":"","url":"http://bobowen.micro.blog/2017/06/11/post-swim-ring.html","date_published":"2017-06-11T23:55:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-06-11 23:55","date_timestamp":1497225300,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98937","content_html":"<p>It’s still junk mail, but I thought the Wonder Woman stamp was a nice, timely touch. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/http%3A%2F%2Fbobowen.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F2e14bde843.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"height: auto\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>","summary":"","url":"http://bobowen.micro.blog/2017/06/11/its-still-junk.html","date_published":"2017-06-11T14:09:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-06-11 14:09","date_timestamp":1497190140,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98730","content_html":"<p>Tweet from Sen Warren highlights the spectacular differences in the way the ACA was passed any Trump care is being railroaded:  I couldn’t have said it better myself, @clairecmc. <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SenWarren/status/873319293777317888/video/1\">twitter.com/SenWarren…</a></p>","summary":"","url":"http://bobowen.micro.blog/2017/06/11/tweet-from-sen.html","date_published":"2017-06-11T01:56:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-06-11 01:56","date_timestamp":1497146160,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98554","content_html":"<p>Nothing much. Just my kiddo drinking milk out of three cups at the same time. She’s using a straw that she created. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/http%3A%2F%2Fbobowen.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F895e4043b3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"height: auto\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>","summary":"","url":"http://bobowen.micro.blog/2017/06/10/nothing-much-just.html","date_published":"2017-06-10T16:11:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-06-10 16:11","date_timestamp":1497111060,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98531","content_html":"<p>Just like a good pat of my weekends are spent catching up on chores around the house, I need to have some time set aside to catch up on my digital chores.</p>\n\n<p>Today’s digital choose has been to start-up this microblog that I helped to kickstart.</p>","summary":"","url":"http://bobowen.micro.blog/2017/06/10/just-like-a.html","date_published":"2017-06-10T15:06:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Bob Owen","url":"http://bobowen.org","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fbobowen%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"bobowen"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2017-06-10 15:06","date_timestamp":1497107160,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}}]}