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+.
More end-of-year superlatives: Penny-Arcade picks the World of Warcraft online game as #1 of 2004.
“World of Warcraft is so rich that there are almost an unlimited number of things to fight with your wife about.” (See also: today’s comic, and the rest of the year-end game rankings: 1 2 3.)
“Actor Jerry Orbach, star of Law and Order, has died of prostate cancer, a representative of the show said.??? [Update 1/2/05: E! Online has a pretty comprehensive report on the memorial.]
Continuing a tradition, jwz offers a 2004 music wrap-up. “Dear 2005, please try harder. Thank you.” (Warning: still metal-heavy.)
“If you’re like me, virtually all of your time is now spent between two inboxes: your email and your RSS feed…” I usually just snag this sort of entry in my widening del.icio.us net, but I particularly like Blog design in the age of RSS, from the blog for the forthcoming book, The Long Tail.
The authors and editors of Wikipedia are doing a fantastic job of keeping on top of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. All the latest statistics, stories, and links, in Wikipedia’s characteristically easy-to-digest format.