{"id":42652,"date":"2024-08-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=42652"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:48:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:48:27","slug":"whats-in-my-now-sheryl-obryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-sheryl-obryan\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Sheryl O&#8217;Bryan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sheryl<\/strong>&nbsp;grew up in NY, moved to Cote d&#8217;Ivoire soon after college, and has worked with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.interactionintl.org\/\">Third Culture Kids<\/a>&nbsp;(TCKs) since 1988. She currently lives in Sebastian, FL where she loves driving with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mr._bingley_the_labradoodle\">Mr. Bingley<\/a>, her lizard loving pup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F183ba99b-8554-4973-97a5-973c73b92fa7_640x480.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F183ba99b-8554-4973-97a5-973c73b92fa7_640x480.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"203\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28424c43-ccb9-436d-afce-206b1d8ff51f_1280x720.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28424c43-ccb9-436d-afce-206b1d8ff51f_1280x720.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"494\" height=\"277\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tryfi.com\/\">Fi Collar<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tryfi.com\/\">&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211; my dog loves to explore the neighborhood and hunt for lizards with or without me. The Fi collar lets me locate him when he\u2019s on an extended hunt. It also allows me to notify other Fi users that he\u2019s lost. The app let\u2019s me see where we walked or where he walked with the dog walker. I thought it was silly and indulgent at first, but now I love it.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tombowusa.com\/fudenosuke-brush-pen-fine-tip-black.html\">The Fudenosuke brush pen<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; especially the hard tip &#8211; helps me get my hand lettering game back on track when I&#8217;ve been lax in practicing. The harder tip ensures more consistency in the amount of pressure I need to apply for various line thickness. It also gives me more accuracy when trying new styles.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dashingdiva.com\/collections\/gloss\">Dashing Diva Manicure Stickers<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; They\u2019re not for everyone, but if you love manicured nails and either hate paying for a manicure, hate what a gel manicure does to your nails, or can\u2019t use nail polish with your non-dominant hand, these are the perfect solution to great looking nails.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/creator.nightcafe.studio\/\">Night Cafe Studio AI Art Generator<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; It\u2019s not perfect, but it\u2019s a lot of fun. It can be useful, too. I\u2019ve used it to create images for character boards for the novel I\u2019m plotting. When I can\u2019t find the right picture for a social media post for work? Night Cafe Studio to the rescue!<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libbyapp.com\/interview\/welcome#doYouHaveACard\">Libby app<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; I love books of all sorts, but making time to read is more arduous than I ever thought possible. Libby to the rescue! It links to your library card and gives you access to thousands if not millions of books. Currently, I\u2019m listening to my 30th book of the year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201cWho are you from?\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I work with a lot of Global Nomads, and the \u201cWhere?\u201d question is sometimes difficult. The \u201cWho?\u201d question is difficult at first, but eventually it opens up a literal world of influence when we think about all the places that impacted the people who impact us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #184<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553,2389],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42653,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42652\/revisions\/42653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}