I love deserts. Maybe it’s because I grew up in a swamp. Maybe it’s because of the rock, the hard-edged faces, the difficulty of the landscape. I think it’s because of the absolute silence in the desert. It is perfectly quiet, perfectly still. Not all the time, but most of …
I met a guy tonight that’s spent a bunch of money (more than I’ve ever spent on a new car) on his dream. His dream? To combat apathy and empower people. Pretty cool, eh? I’ve always had this wild distrust of money, like it’s some unbroken horse that’s going to …
I think this was a great conference. Thanks to the folks from Mozilla Europe for organizing it. I’ll have more to say about it later, but I wanted to dash down a few thoughts before running off into the internet free lands for vacation. We had an amazing audience of …
Yesterday was my first day in Spain. I walked through the Barri Gotic and Catalunya Square, and was completely lost from about 5PM to 7PM when I finally found my way to Sagrada Familia. I have never been in a big city where I’ve seen so many people laughing. Everywhere …
There was some response to my earlier post asking for volunteers to help with the QA Companion tool. I’ve started to get the tools together that we’ll need in order to start working on this add-on. There will be a project page on the up-coming final release of the quality.mozilla.org …
Calling all Add-On developers and would-be-Add-On developers! The QA Companion Add-On could use your help! Zach Lipton and Ben Hsieh created the QA Companion Add-On. This is an extension that sits in a little window outside Firefox or Thunderbird and helps you to run litmus tests against the application. It …
In uncertain two-year-old shuffles, my niece followed my sister through the Super Wal-Mart where they were buying groceries. When they came to the checkout-line, my niece turned to the woman in line behind them and said, “My house is broken. Is your house broken?” The woman behind them said no, …
I just read Secretary Paulson’s plan for fixing the economic crisis. I don’t know whether or not it would fix the economy, I tend to have my doubts, considering his history. But, I do understand politics, and I know a power grab when I see one. This is really just …
I am in Toronto, Canada this week, and haven’t had much time to follow anything. I think there is lots of news coverage relating to the fledgling recovery. Gabrielle posted a link to some pictures. I really wish I could head down there and pitch in along side everyone else. …
Today, I flew from San Francisco to Dallas to Toronto for the Mozilla Developer Days. Halfway through my flight, I glanced out of the window and found myself face to face with Ike. The monster of wind and water that ravaged my hometown concealed itself behind ragged gray clouds and …