Tim Bray Lands at Google

When Sun went Nova last year, two of the casualties were Tim Bray and Lauren Wood, arguably two of the most influential people (and without a doubt one of the most influential couples) in the XML Community. On his blog recently, Tim announced that he had found a new home - and a new project: Google's Android.

In his own words:

As of this morning I work for Google. The title is “Developer Advocate”. The focus is Android. Fun is expected.

How? · Google and I have been a plausible match for a long time. Web-centric, check. Search, check. Open-source, check. The list goes on. We’ve talked repeatedly over the years, but the conversations all ended at the point when I said “...and I don’t want to move to the Bay Area”. ¶

Then that changed. The process started with Dan Morrill who led me to Mike Winton who led me through the notorious Google Interview Process. I think I talked to eleven people in the course of my day there, failing one logic puzzle but acing the what-does-a-browser-actually-do test. Then they made an offer and I accepted and here I am. By “here” I mean Vancouver; I’ll be working remotely.

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This is both good news for Tim, and I believe wholeheartedly, good news for both Google and the XML community at large, and wish to offer my congratulations.