I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.
The blog here at dsandler.org is mostly historical; you can find more recent posts on Google+.
Mark Liyange, who maintains several essentiaal MacOS X ports
of unix tools, has a new OS X
Customization page describing all his favorite desktop hacks.
Someone else’s approach:
A
month ago I tossed out my mail filters. I like to think of my morning
email sessions as “spam surfing.” What new exciting opportunities are
complete strangers offering me? What all-natural and completely safe
herbal remedies will regrow my hair, boost my sexual stamina, and help
me sleep better at night?
Lunchtime:
Chris: There isn’t really much good
sci-fi on TV these days.Dan: Hey, Enterprise is
quite passable.Chris: Enterprise? I just keep
expecting Bakula to leap into a better show.
Random passers-by of my office:
Passers-by: [noticing Texas license plate]
Are you actually from Texas, or did you just steal this?Dan: No, I’m not from Texas, but
I went to school there, so this actually came off my car.Passer: Oh, UT or A&M?
Dan: Oh, neither. Rice.
Passer: [aback] Oh. Well. Never
mind — we’ll just keep on walking, then.Dan: Oh, I’m sorry … ?
Passer: [indicating self] A&M,
[indicating companion] UT.Dan: [sheepish]
Erratum: The “guy who runs
WHEDONesque” is not a guy, but in fact Caroline van O. de B. (a girl, who set
me straight personally).
Those clever Dutch! Hey, the Netherlands is a small country; I wonder if Marco, down the hall, knows her.