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I am currently a software engineer at Google, where as a member of the Android platform team I build frameworks and user interfaces.

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Archive for February, 2003

There’s a great interview with Cory Doctorow over at O’ReillyNet.

February 28th, 2003


There’s a great interview
with Cory Doctorow
over at O’ReillyNet. (But why is “shit” okay to
print, but “d–k” redacted from the interview?)

“Some blimps are better off dead.”

February 28th, 2003


Some
blimps are better off dead.

Well, so, I guess this is the final word on this quarter’s layoffs.

February 28th, 2003


Well, so, I guess this is the final word on this
quarter’s layoffs
.

Todd wrote recently on the ex-be mailing list:

February 27th, 2003

Todd wrote recently on the ex-be mailing
list:

Eric S. Raymond has a new book called The Art Of Unix
Programming
in draft.
In a section comparing other OSes to Unix (for some definition of
“Unix”), he gives a survey
of BeOS that is quite complimentary
, bordering on wistful. His only
comment regarding BeOS’s non-open-sourceness is the following:

“Entry barriers to BeOS development were low; though the
operating system was proprietary, development tools were inexpensive and
full documentation was readily available.”

Sweet, sweet rain!

February 26th, 2003


Sweet, sweet rain!

[14:12] * ctate has been shopping at REI for 20+ years [14:12] <dsandler> Make a selection, already.

February 26th, 2003

[14:12] * ctate has been shopping at REI for 20+ years

[14:12] <dsandler> Make a selection, already.

[14:13] <ctate> . o O ( i still can’t find the checkout aisle! )

Mark Pilgrim is on the front lines of web spidering hell.

February 26th, 2003


Mark Pilgrim is on the front lines of web spidering hell.

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