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Husband, dad, nerd, & Canadian. Bikes, politics, & snark. Oxford comma absolutist. ex-Mozilla. I ran Firefox when it was cool.

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That was always how big changes to Firefox have been received, even before 1.0. Visual redesigns especially! Just ask any of the OG UX folks.

That said, I tend to read "not listening to users" as "the product hasn't noticeably improved" rather than a feedback problem.

02.03.2026 14:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The short version is that they don't need to catch it or even fully avoid it, just deflect it. Presumably easy enough to passively defend by not squaring up.

04.01.2026 22:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jeddah and Riyadh have been hosting the Italian and Spanish "super cups" for soccer for a while now.

17.10.2025 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is GenX's Nuts'n'gum.

27.09.2025 03:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aw, I was thinking that'd be perfect. Maybe I can sneak in a detour. Ajax plays at home the Wednesday before.

08.09.2025 15:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The degree to which Pocket was on an island until 2023 makes me incredibly sad. Separate office (until 2020), Slack, etc. Deep integration couldn't have happened without major culture shifts on both sides.

08.09.2025 15:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That said, I don't think the constraint is "browsers can't do this" but "no one currently making a browser wants to do this" and that's a problem. Someday we need a serious whiteboard session.

08.09.2025 15:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have so many feelings about what that integration could have been with product alignment and creativity. One of the things I really wanted near the end was for Pocket to build on top of Places and richer, usage driven annotations (like full text). Imagine if every article you'd read was in Pocket.

08.09.2025 15:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My hometown was a three way hub for multiple national railways. Last train was 1996.

31.08.2025 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Airline might have their AVOD selection online?

25.08.2025 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not Intel, as far as I can see. Their old CEO was gone Dec 1, new one was appointed in March.

23.08.2025 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Because no one believes Trump will do it to companies that bent the knee. If he goes after his inauguration donors in equal ways, then we can talk about whether it's good policy.

23.08.2025 21:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 53 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al

You sure about this, Google?

09.08.2025 01:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 40775 ๐Ÿ” 5697 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1185 ๐Ÿ“Œ 471

Maybe it's because I'm Canadian and we have a large Sikh population, but that example doesn't quite hit right either.

06.07.2025 13:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Captain general - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain... goes even deeper.

Bonus: emuseum.vassar.edu/objects/5366...

26.06.2025 04:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's the perfect description of working on browsers...

04.06.2025 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a Canadian I never quite understood Frys. Especially the really huge one that was in Sunnyvale (I think).

30.05.2025 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@michaelverdi.com and I were talking this morning about how various "novel browser experience" projects have had a brutal adoption curve. Browsers have existed for 30 years, and the mental model hasn't evolved past the awesomebar. Evolution is hard without a migration path for the masses.

30.05.2025 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know if there are docs I can read yet for what you're working on, but I'm very curious. I'm especially curious about how you're approaching the way people would adapt to a "post-browser" UX.

30.05.2025 20:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It wasn't just hosting, bouncer started there too.

01.05.2025 18:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The date being literally in the photo is the real kicker.

27.04.2025 13:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is a great thread for anyone traveling to the US. Do not make assumptions about what is and isn't allowed.

In 2011 a CBP officer decided my answer (unchanged in six years of travel) meant I was doing work, and I ended up needing a work visa for the next seven years.

24.04.2025 18:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not exactly the same wording but very much the same response.

16.03.2025 00:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The number of folks who have told me how much of an upgrade my second wife is has made me alternate between awkwardness and pride rapidly enough to power the nation.

15.03.2025 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Chicago- Cell Block Tango
Chicago- Cell Block Tango YouTube video by Naruto Fan

"You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic."

youtu.be/AM5p-VolRrA

28.02.2025 02:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt is asking what a week huh ? ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a blue shirt is asking what a week huh ?

I've told a bunch of people the story about learning to drive the year we had snowbanks taller than me. TIL that year was the all time record for my hometown. By tomorrow we'll have broken the all time February record in 16 days, after coming close to the all time January record.

15.02.2025 21:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What does post-browser mean to you? I've taken a bunch of runs at describing user agency and it's always missing something.

03.02.2025 20:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Phoenix pay system - Wikipedia

Phoenix Pay, but for the entire US government.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix...

03.02.2025 19:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Super jealous, that sounds like a great time. Maybe next year I'll have an excuse to go to FOSDEM!

02.02.2025 01:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AA 587 and Comair 5191 also happened under W. Plus Colgan 3407 under Obama.

31.01.2025 19:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0