I just spent a couple of days playing around with ideas, words to describe those ideas, and code to make … More
Category: Mozilla
Not Technologism, Alchemy.
A couple of years ago, I was part of a panel with the remarkable Evgeny Morozov, at an event hosted … More
Product Thinking
I have a new job! Still with Mozilla, still doing a lot of what I’ve done in the past, just … More
You are more than your job title
In grad school, I remember a conversation across the campus green with an visiting psychologist from Harvard. I don’t remember … More
Personal computing in a decentralized world: a hopeful direction
I’ve been having a really stimulating few weeks, which is making me feel oddly optimistic, so I figured I’d spread … More
Simple analogies as taglines are dangerous: do better
“It’s like YouTube for ___” For a non-investor, I end up hearing a lot of pitches. I even make pitches … More
Ruminations on front end-centric webapps
I’ve been poking around firebase & meteor, and sparkleshare+github and dropbox+site44. I’m a bit disturbed (in a good way) by … More
Mentoring isn’t worthless after all!
I enjoy talking to young companies (or proto-companies) about their projects. I do that with a few incubators and the … More
Volunteer-powered product development?
Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of working with the small-but-growing team that’s building the software offerings … More
Story telling as a webmaking task
In a new-thing-for-me, I’m working with a group of four students from the Center for Digital Media as part of … More