Hiya! I’m Nick Brosnahan. I have other names, but those are the important two.
I was made in Japan, grew up in Normal, Illinois, spent two years in Shanghai, China when I was ten, went to college in Hanover, New Hampshire, spent a year in Paris, France, and have lived in California since the late 1900s. I consider myself a Californian now, but I’m definitely from “lots of different places”.
My work life has spanned several different companies in Silicon Valley since 1992, but mostly I just kept coming back to work at Apple as a software engineer. I’m in an off-work phase right now. Permanent? Who knows. I still do side-projects. Does that count?
My wife Anne, who has also recently entered into an off-work phase, is the best partner I could possibly have gotten together with. I cook her food and she does my taxes.
We have two grown children: Kellen and Kyra. They are unique and capable people. It’s too bad they’ve left us just as they were getting interesting. Despite our grievous errors raising them, they both turned out fairly well. They are now both in graduate school.
I’ve been into cycling for both exercise and transportation for years now. As a consequence, I’m now also compelled to be into cycling advocacy because the built environment is so freakin’ dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians in the US.
I also run (slowly), lift (light) weights, play guitar (poorly), learn foreign languages (with varying levels of capability), do photography (with some success), read a lot (mostly SF/F), and travel (both new places and favored repeats).
Our newest adventure is in progress. Anne and I have downsized into an Edwardian flat in San Francisco since June of 2025. We’ve said farewell to the suburban lifestyle and have seriously embraced cycling, walking, and taking transit in the city. There are also the three flights of stairs to mount every time we return to the flat. My quads and glutes are well on their way to awesome.
Cheers.
