http://www.siroker.com/ Because sharing a blog with my identical twin brother seemed like a good idea six years ago en-us dan@siroker.com 2009-12-11T12:56:10-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2009/12/11/keynote_at_ses_chicago.html Had a great time giving the keynote on the last day at SES Chicago this year. Really appreciate the invitation to speak and all the folks who showed up to see me. During the keynote I made the first public... 80@http://www.siroker.com/ 2009-12-11T12:56:10-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2009/10/08/how_we_used_data_to_win_the_presidential_election.html Here is the talk I gave back in May on YouTube: Let me know what you think! I'll incorporate your feedback as well as the lessons we have learned with CarrotSticks. I'm planning on giving two more talks in the... 79@http://www.siroker.com/ 2009-10-08T05:23:54-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2009/06/03/google_wave_on_chromium_on_my_mac.html What a glorious day! Screenshot:... 78@http://www.siroker.com/ 2009-06-03T12:14:05-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2009/06/01/get_chrome_for_mac.html I just downloaded Chromium 3.0.183 for Mac and it's pretty dang good. Chromium is the open source project led by Google to build Chrome (hence the similarity in name). The product is so polished I think it is ready for... 77@http://www.siroker.com/ 2009-06-01T12:11:27-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2009/05/14/obama_lessons_learned_talk_at_google.html Yesterday I gave a talk at Google entitled “How We Used Data to Win the Presidential Election” which is the last of three talks I'm planning on giving on the topic. They recorded it and promised it would be up... 76@http://www.siroker.com/ 2009-05-14T14:12:32-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2009/04/19/upcoming_talks_how_we_used_data_to_win_the_presidential_election.html Update 5/6: Invited to give a talk at Google as well! Update 5/11: Here is the video of the talk at Stanford. Update 5/14: Here are my slides [39.5 MB]. It is a shame that politics is a game often... 75@http://www.siroker.com/ 2009-04-19T14:15:12-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2009/03/25/happiness.html I am truly happy. Today I turned 26 years old. My birthdays have always been days when I reflect back on the path I've taken in life to get to where I am today. I guess that habit started way... 74@http://www.siroker.com/ 2009-03-25T21:30:02-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2008/07/24/oh_hai.html It's been a month and six days since my last post. Oh, wait… two years, a month, and six days. I'm going to be a little rusty at this. The impetus for my return derives from a major change in... 73@http://www.siroker.com/ 2008-07-24T00:21:02-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2008/02/02/an_email_to_my_friends_and_family.html I would normally delete emails like this so I can understand your hesitation. I honestly think Barack Obama is different and deserves your attention.... 72@http://www.siroker.com/ 2008-02-02T17:44:09-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2007/12/31/happy_new_year_from_obama_headquarters.html It is a bit after 9pm. I am on the phone with an Iowa voter asking him who he plans to caucus for and if he needs any help getting to his caucus location or daycare for his kids. Alexander... 71@http://www.siroker.com/ 2007-12-31T21:07:50-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2007/12/22/obama_week_one.html Working in a campaign is a lot like swimming in the ocean: it looks fun on the surface but underneath you are paddling as fast as they can to stay afloat and despite your best efforts you never know where... 70@http://www.siroker.com/ 2007-12-22T22:14:23-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2006/06/18/public_education.html The last time you heard from me was close to a year ago. Obviously a lot has happened in that time. I'm not here to talk about that though. I've stumbled upon a very interesting essay and would like to... 69@http://www.siroker.com/ 2006-06-18T01:28:49-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2006/05/29/graduation.html The tagline of our blog (“a blog by identical twins separated by rival universities”) may soon have to change. Why? We’ve been reunited. Last weekend my brother graduated from Berkeley and last June I graduated from Stanford.... 68@http://www.siroker.com/ 2006-05-29T15:26:50-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2006/05/11/what_would_you_say_you_do_here.html A couple of people have asked me recently what I'm actually going to be doing when I start full-time work at Google on August 7th. My title is going to be Associate Product Manager (APM), but what does that mean?... 66@http://www.siroker.com/ 2006-05-11T02:42:50-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2006/04/18/were_under_attack.html About fifteen minutes ago I heard a loud rumbling noise. It sounded like a helicopter was right outside my window. That's because there was a FRICKEN HELICOPTER RIGHT OUTSIDE MY WINDOW! In fact, four of them. I glanced outside and... 64@http://www.siroker.com/ 2006-04-18T17:09:52-08:00