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 like, and I consistently find it rewarding. I find myself always trying to tweak...
View ArticleSaaS as a Service?
If you haven’t been paying attention (and really, most people shouldn’t), there’s what feels like a real trend where startups are breaking down common tasks for web & app development, and solving...
View ArticleRuminations 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 what feels to me like a sea change that’s happening there, and it seems...
View ArticleSimple 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 of my own (not for companies, but for product ideas — same basic idea). Around Mozilla, we tend...
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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 the cheer. It’s been somewhat quieter than usual in my little corner of Mozilla, as...
View ArticleYou 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 much about the conversation except that he introduced me to Isaiah...
View ArticleProduct Thinking
I have a new job! Still with Mozilla, still doing a lot of what I’ve done in the past, just hopefully more/better/faster. The group I’m joining has a great culture of active blogging, so I’m hoping...
View ArticleAny advice on how to get back into blogging?
I haven’t blogged in over a year, and that seems a shame. Any advice for how to break that bad habit?
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Not Technologism, Alchemy.
A couple of years ago, I was part of a panel with the remarkable Evgeny Morozov, at an event hosted by the Museum of Vancouver. The event wasn’t remarkable, except that I ended up in a somewhat...
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Appreciation for the builders of the web
Happy Willy Wednesday! by Valerie I just spent a couple of days playing around with ideas, words to describe those ideas, and code to make those ideas come to life. It had been quite a few months since...
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Things I’m thinking about
I realized that I forgot to cross-post here when I posted on Medium, so in case you didn’t know, I’ve left Mozilla and am exploring possible future scenarios. Thinking it’s probably a good idea to...
View ArticleSaaS as a Service?
If you haven’t been paying attention (and really, most people shouldn’t), there’s what feels like a real trend where startups are breaking down common tasks for web & app development, and solving...
View ArticleRuminations 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 what feels to me like a sea change that’s happening there, and it seems...
View ArticleSimple 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 of my own (not for companies, but for product ideas — same basic idea). Around Mozilla, we tend...
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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 the cheer.It’s been somewhat quieter than usual in my little corner of Mozilla, as...
View ArticleYou 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 much about the conversation except that he introduced me to Isaiah...
View ArticleProduct Thinking
I have a new job! Still with Mozilla, still doing a lot of what I’ve done in the past, just hopefully more/better/faster. The group I’m joining has a great culture of active blogging, so I’m hoping...
View ArticleAny advice on how to get back into blogging?
I haven’t blogged in over a year, and that seems a shame.Any advice for how to break that bad habit?
View ArticleClik here to view.
Not Technologism, Alchemy.
A couple of years ago, I was part of a panel with the remarkable Evgeny Morozov, at an event hosted by the Museum of Vancouver. The event wasn’t remarkable, except that I ended up in a somewhat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Appreciation for the builders of the web
Happy Willy Wednesday! by ValerieI just spent a couple of days playing around with ideas, words to describe those ideas, and code to make those ideas come to life. It had been quite a few months since...
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