http://www.siroker.com/ A blog by identical twins separated by rival universities en-us dan@siroker.com 2008-02-02T17:44:09-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 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 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2006/03/18/i_signed_with_google.html I finally decided. I am going to forgo finishing my master's degree in AI at Stanford to start work at Google. After spending two summers as an intern at Google I couldn't imagine working for another company anywhere in the... 56@http://www.siroker.com/ 2006-03-18T19:03:54-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2005/08/26/in_memoriam_of_my_opa_frans_kortie.html Last week hundreds of friends and family came to say their final goodbye to my grandfather, my Opa, Frans Kortie. I flew to the Netherlands from San Francisco and stayed with my mother and uncle for four short days in... 51@http://www.siroker.com/ 2005-08-26T06:35:11-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2005/07/15/stewardessing_across_europe_part_3_barcelona.html I have the rather enviable task of describing what might possibly prove to be the most memorable leg of our European vacation: Barcelona. I'm attempting to do this like I spent a good deal of my time in Barcelona: drunk.... 49@http://www.siroker.com/ 2005-07-15T22:31:52-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2005/07/02/stewardessing_across_europe_part_2_paris.html Our first real stop on our Tour de Europe was Paris, France. We arrived in the evening just long enough to check-in to our hostel, the Woodstock. Without having much frame of reference, we started off liking the hostel. That... 48@http://www.siroker.com/ 2005-07-02T00:07:00-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2005/07/01/stewardessing_across_europe_part_1_amsterdam.html It's midnight and I'm sitting on the patio at Villa Saint Exupery in the city of Nice, in the south of France. This is where I will write the beginning of our story. What follows will be the first in... 47@http://www.siroker.com/ 2005-07-01T23:59:00-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2005/03/28/22.html Despite my best efforts, I turned 22 three days ago. At that time, I happened to be in Las Vegas. How I got there and what I did there is a tale of intrigue and suspense, but who wants that?... 45@http://www.siroker.com/ 2005-03-28T23:29:48-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2005/03/06/keys.html We live on the third floor of our apartment complex, so when we have visitors, we're usually very hesitant (read: lazy) to come downstairs to open the gate for them. In fact, we only go downstairs if the visitor is... 46@http://www.siroker.com/ 2005-03-06T17:07:30-08:00 http://www.siroker.com/archives/2005/02/22/top_five_google_services_you_probably_dont_know_about_but_should.html I’ve been very hesitant to talk about anything Google-related over the past year since I didn’t want to end up like Mark Jen, a Google employee fired for saying too much on his blog. I'll try to be more careful…... 44@http://www.siroker.com/ 2005-02-22T02:49:52-08:00