Hi, there.
I'm from Huntington Beach, CA, USA and I love this board! Great job, PlusMinus!
I have a Bachelors Degree in Spanish and a Masters Degree in Latin American Literature. Nothingwithstanding, my formal education, I've been programming for 11 years now. I program mostly C#, VB, ASP.NET, javascript/HTML, SQL, and MDX, but I LOVE learning other languages (which probably started with my Spanish degrees). So I've also learned Python, Silverlight, Flex/ActionScript and have read books on Assembly, COBOL, and now of course, Java/Android. I also like to surf and play/sing in my rock band.
I am so excited about the Android platform and I have a million ideas for apps that I'd like to build, but I'm just working on them one by one. My first one is a little app to help people who are on diets, specifically (at this time) those using the Weight Watchers system. I wrote a little Google Web Gadget that allows me to track my Weight Watchers "Points" throughout the day (in case you're wondering, I've lost 25 pounds using my own gadget in the past 3 months!

Yay!! ). And I'm now re-writing it for Android with some additional features.
So far this site has the clearest examples, best tutorials, and most relevant questions.
I look forward to reading more.
Thanks