# Edvinas Bartkus
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## Pages
- [About this site](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/about-2.md) - Edvinas Bartkus is an independent publication launched in January 2026 by Edvinas Bartkus. If you subscribe today, you'll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it's available. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows Edvinas Bartkus to cont…
- [About this site](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/about.md) - Edvinas Bartkus is an independent publication launched in July 2026 by Edvinas Bartkus. If you subscribe today, you'll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it's available. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows Edvinas Bartkus to continu…

## Posts
- [Oslo](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/oslo.md) - Does it still count as coolcationing if we travel from cold and rainy June in Lithuania to a warmer, sunnier Oslo for a long weekend? It was my first time in Norway, and I was open to a good first impression from the Nordic city—and it delivered! Our tour guide misled us into thinking that Le Corbu…
- [Travel in 2023](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/travel-in-2023.md) - I am aware it's already February in 2024. But it's never too late to recap all the significant trips from last year. Turin / Val Thorens For the very first time we went to France for our ski holidays. It was the fifth winter (except for COVID years) for us to spend a week in the Alps improving our…
- [30 best restaurants in Lithuania](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/30-best-restaurants-in-lithuania.md) - Last week we had the 30 best restaurants in Lithuania announced. While we do not have a Michelin guide, the competition remains the highest-profile event to rate the restaurants. The rating is not made by the professionals but rather by the popular vote. Rated by 80 members (including the restauran…
- [2022 in review](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/year-2022.md) - I have spent the end of the year at home with the flu. NYE cancelled. Kopa, our dog, was staying at the hotel to ensure I minimize the human contact and to preserve my energy. It was a strange feeling not to have a dog around. Home felt empty and silent. Now Kopa is back home, and everything feels…
- [Community of subscribers](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/the-world-after-twitter.md) - Lately, my Twitter feed has plenty of Linkedin promotionalism, bunch of Reddit memes, and in recent weeks everything is more or less about Twitter itself. During these turbulents times, I question myself how much do I need Twitter. Maybe it's just an old habbit of keeping my FOMO in place. I do not…
- [Year 2021](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/year-2021.md) - Two weeks into 2022. It feels like it is too late to talk about the previous year. After a year-long break from publishing anything here, I am keen to put a note. This post is an excuse for the long pause of no writing. In the autumn of 2020, I have received an unexpected offer to join a startup. I…
- [Long Live RSS](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/long-live-rss.md) - Back in a day, I was a heavy Google Reader user. I had subscribed to a few hundred feeds. It resulted in quite some posts every single day. It was messy, unorganized without a focus. Still, I used to check as one of the primary sources of information and tried not to miss "the news." The killing of…
- [Little love for software](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/little-love-in-software.md) - Last week Jon Gruber published an article "A Moment of Clarity Regarding the Raison d’Etre for the App Store". It was right to the point. It reminded me of the story that happened in my family. A year ago, my wife was thinking about getting a light portable computer. Her work laptop is heavy and bu…
- [Remote](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/remote.md) - I have spent 3 years working remotely. Here are my thoughts on the whole experience. Three years ago, I was looking for a job. I was very interested in a different work environment. Breaking out to different circles of people sounded like a change I needed in my life. However, I did not want to lea…
- [Ode to rdio](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/rdio.md) - Great software does not come along often. No one has nailed music listening experience as rdio did. It was the best music app. It is gone for 5 years already. I miss it a lot and I am not the only one who misses it. What was so great about the product? Collector experience First, with rdio I learne…
- [Lost in Translation](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/lost-in-translation.md) - Before the quarantine, our local cinema theatre in Vilnius was doing a monthly screening of the movie from the past. They had "Lost in Translation" on a schedule and I could not miss it.
- [Launching Ticket Holder](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/launching-ticket-holder.md) - A week ago I have publicly launched an iOS app called Ticket Holder. It’s an app where you can import tickets in PDF file format. This has been my side project for a few years already. Here is the story of how it came to be. I have always been interested in dedicating my free time to some kind of a…
- [2019 in review](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/2019-in-review.md) - 2019 has been a great year. I got married, we took the most astonishing trip to the Canadian Rockies, for our honeymoon. Work was going well and I have improved my time management skills for side projects such as podcasting and working on mobile apps. But year in review is more about consumable med…
- [Poor Man's Podcasting Setup](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/poor-mans-podcasting-setup.md) - In the winter of 2018/2019, I have met two of my engineer friends for drinks. After a few rounds of drinks, we discussed that it would be rather fun to try out and launch a podcast. It seemed like in 2019 everyone started a podcast. For us, the podcast is the reason to catch up and to have a fun di…
- [2018/19: Snowboarding weekend in Kronplatz](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/kronplatz.md) - As we are planning our 2019/2020 winter vacations it's worth remembering and documenting our last winter season snowboarding experience. In February of 2019, we have been practicing snowboarding for the second season. We still felt newbies who need more and more practice. We spent the previous seas…
- [Music of 2018](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/music-of-2018.md) - I think in 2018 I have listened to music the least. Mostly because instead of working in an open office plan I worked at home enjoying the silence and focus. Podcasts filled my commute time. Vinyl player replaced some quality time enjoying music at home. The highlight of the year was two of my favo…
- [Postmortem of not writing](https://beta.edvinasbartkus.com/postmortem-of-not-writing.md) - I have attempted multiple times to start writing. However, it never came to be my habit. Nevertheless, I never stopped thinking of doing it. While I believe that writing is becoming cool again, it's yet my another attempt to do it. Here are few observations what went wrong and why I failed to deliv…

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