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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

Nothing to add about the nickname...here's some boring work details instead.

I tend to make software. Used to work for Google as a software engineer. Most notably, in my spare time, I started Google Reader. It only became a real product thanks to the care and effort that came from a great group of dedicated people that are much smarter than myself.

Later I worked as a project lead and consultant at Twitter and began a feature known as retweeting and then afterward co-founded and sold a social media company. Later, I started or joined several more software companies and then helped a couple after that. Recently started Myxt 'cause I love music and I hate sleep, I guess.

Occasionally I make music, movies. I also eat (with some reservations.)