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1</head><body><div class="stack vertical stretch s48"><header style="position: relative;"><div class="stack vertical leading s16"><a class="plain footnote tertiary" href="/">â Home</a><div class="stack vertical leading s8"><div class="stack vertical leading s0"><h1 class="title1 serif">Now</h1></div><p class="secondary footnote"><span>Updated </span><time datetime="2026-06-23" title="First published Nov 14, 2018">Jun 23, 2026</time></p></div></div></header><main><div class="stack vertical stretch s48"><div class="prose"><h2>Composer acquired by SoFi</h2><p><a href="https://www.composer.trade" target="_blank">Composer</a target="_blank"><span class="link-suffix footnote tertiary unselectable" aria-hidden="true">â</span><span class="sr-only unselectable"> (opens in new tab)</span> has been acquired by SoFi, and Iâm really excited to join the <a href="https://www.sofi.com/invest/" target="_blank">SoFi Invest</a target="_blank"><span class="link-suffix footnote tertiary unselectable" aria-hidden="true">â</span><span class="sr-only unselectable"> (opens in new tab)</span> team to bring our intelligent trading tools into the hands of millions!</p><h2>Working on Balance for iOS</h2><p>Iâve started working on the long-awaited iOS (and iPadOS) version of Balance and Iâm really excited to start a private beta testing soon-ish. Join the <a href="https://balance.software/community" target="_blank">Balance community</a target="_blank"><span class="link-suffix footnote tertiary unselectable" aria-hidden="true">â</span><span class="sr-only unselectable"> (opens in new tab)</span> if you want to be invited!</p><h2>Leaving the Swift Website Workgroup</h2><p>After 4 years, it was time for me to <a href="/articles/leaving-the-swift-website-workgroup/">leave the Swift Website Workgroup</a> and focus on other things in life.</p><h2>Spending more time on analog hobbies</h2><p>The older I get, the more I appreciate my time away from the computer and the digital world. Nowadays, I try to stick to at least one computer-free day every weekend.</p><p>This leaves more time for âanalogâ hobbies, like book reading and Straight Out of Camera (SOOC) photographyâwhich basically means no time spent on photo editing on the computer. I plan to start publishing some of my photogaphy on this website soon.</p><h2>Planning to move somewhere else</h2><p>We like it where we live now, but itâs not the place we eventually want to settle down at. In the next year or two, we would like to figure out where that is, and have started planning for that.</p><br/><p class="callout">This page is part of the <a href="https://nownownow.com" target="_blank">now page</a target="_blank"><span class="link-suffix footnote tertiary unselectable" aria-hidden="true">â</span><span class="sr-only unselectable"> (opens in new tab)</span> movement.</p><p class="callout">If youâre curious about my long-term life goals, check out my <a href="/someday/">someday page</a>.</p></div></div></main><footer><div class="stack vertical stretch s64"><div class="stack vertical stretch s32"><hr><div class="footnote tertiary"><div class="stack horizontal center s24"><a class="plain" href="#top">â Back to top</a><span class="@sm"><a class="plain" href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Comment: Now">Email a comment</a><span class="link-suffix footnote tertiary" aria-hidden="true"><svg width='0.8em' height='0.8em' fill='currentColor' viewBox='0 0 256 256' version='1.1' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' xmlns:xlink='http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink' ><path d="M227.32,28.68a16,16,0,0,0-15.66-4.08l-.15,0L19.57,82.84a16,16,0,0,0-2.49,29.8L102,154l41.3,84.87A15.86,15.86,0,0,0,157.74,248q.69,0,1.38-.06a15.88,15.88,0,0,0,14-11.51l58.2-191.94c0-.05,0-.1,0-.15A16,16,0,0,0,227.32,28.68ZM157.83,231.85l-.05.14,0-.07-40.06-82.3,48-48a8,8,0,0,0-11.31-11.31l-48,48L24.08,98.25l-.07,0,.14,0L216,40Z"></path></svg></span><span class="sr-only unselectable"> (opens in email client)</span></span></div></div></div><aside class="subscription-box"><div class="stack vertical center s24"><div class="stack vertical center s16"><h2 class="title2 serif medium">Follow me via email</h2><div class="stack vertical center s8"><p class="footnote secondary">I <a href="/quitting-social-media/">dream</a> of the day I can delete all my social media accounts.</p><p class="footnote secondary">I donât want to lose the connections though, so I run a <em>very casual</em> email newsletter as a way to stay in touch with me.</p><p class="footnote secondary"><span>You can subscribe here to stay up-to-date with my </span><a href="/notes">/notes</a><span>, </span><a href="/articles">/articles</a><span>, private app beta invites, and other occasional life updates.</span></p></div></div><form id="subscription-form" method="post"><div class="stack horizontal center s0"><input type="email" name="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required><button id="submit-button" type="submit">Subscribe</button></div></form>
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