One-Line Bio
Software plumber and cheerleader at Apple, China.
Biography
More specifically, I develop Asian input methods and related technology at Apple's R&D department in Beijing since Jan' 2006.
I'm originally from Sweden, which I consider to be a very decent country to live in despite some minor flaws. However, fate seems to have decided that I'm going to spend quite some time in China and the US instead. These countries are all great and flawed in their own distinct ways, and someday I'm going to elaborate on why that is.
I'm a language geek at all times and semi-autistic at times. Chinese has been an interest ever since I discovered characters, 成语 and all that stuff - it's a truly beautiful language with an incredible depth and sense of balance.
Interests
- Linguistics
- Chinese
- Mandarin and old Chinese
- Dialects: Yue, Wu, Sichuanhua
- Other languages: Japanese, Finnish, Icelandic, Welsh
- Unicode
- Objective-C
- Unix: Linux, Mac OS X
- Semi-interests in computer science:
- Functional programming languages
- Garbage collection
- Artificial intelligence
- Window systems
- File systems
- Cryptology and number theory
- Philosophy in general (Heidegger and Wittgenstein in particular)
- History of ideas
- Comics
- Plants and wildlife
