: Yak Shaving My Way Back to Blogging It’s been a long time since I’ve blogged very much – or even really tweeted very …
: Currently reading: Foundation by Isaac Asimov Rereading it because I started watching the TV show, …
: Picture of my foot. Sunlit post
: Some Personal News... After 8 years as a General Partner here at Greylock, I’ve decided to step back to be a Venture …
: Time & Tribe I talk & write about “finding your tribe” a fair amount – knowing & …
: 1K Today I hit a milestone which is totally arbitrary, but is a meaningful one for me personally: I …
: It’s Been a Minute Well. So. I mean. It’s been way more than a year since I’ve blogged. I think longer than …
: Figma 2.0 I’ve been interested (and obsessed, really) with design for my whole career, stretching back to the …
: "it all" With the news of Robert Pirsig’s death last week, I’ve picked up Zen and the Art of …
: Our Investment In crew In just a decade since the introduction of the iPhone, our mobile phones have become the dominant …
: Cadence in organizations Not sure whether I’ve posted about this before, but I’ve been having a great time …
: Introducing Verst I’ve been blogging since 2004, and have always loved the freedom of expression and the ease of …
: What I'm Doing The other day I wrote a post about how 2017 has felt to me so far and how I’m trying to manage …
: Persist I haven’t been writing a lot lately. Partly because it’s the beginning of the year and a lot of …
: This Is Water. I had an opportunity this week to speak on a panel to some newly elected members of Congress about …
: Stanford CS198 & Eric Roberts A couple of weeks ago I attended a reunion for Stanford CS198 — the program at Stanford that runs …
: Automation & The Cotton Gin My mom is visiting us this week and we were talking about machine learning and artificial …
: Our Investment in Ozlo I’m extremely happy to be able, finally, to talk about a product we’ve been quietly working on for …
: "Civilized Society" I’m just back from a family vacation in Washington, D.C. It’s one of my favorite places to visit, …
: Now Playing: Blitzscaling Last year at Stanford University, Reid Hoffman, Allen Blue, Chris Yeh & I taught a class on …
: Orders of Magnitude Over the last few weeks I’ve been going back to some of the things we talked about during our …
: iPads, iOS & Focus I’ve been experimenting with using iOS for more and more of the work that I do lately — and for the …
: Figma I’m a day late writing about this, but yesterday Figma launched their 1.0, which included …
: Our Investment in Quip Like a drink of water in the desert. That’s what it felt like to me when I got to use Quip for the …
: Musing on Scale I’m doing a little work preparing for our Stanford class — I’m planning to talk next week a little …
: Our Investment in DWNLD It’s been just 7 years since Apple released the iPhone, but it seems like we’ve been doing …
: 14 Quick Thoughts on the Apple Watch [There are a billion of these on the web. Maybe you care about another one. Maybe you don’t. YMMV. …
: GDocs, the Dancing Bear I’ve told this story a few times the last couple of days, so figured I should write it down. I will …
: On Inevitability & Pendula I saw Chris Dixon’s tweetstorm about open & closed systems over the weekend and meant to write …
: AAPL $750B A little story about Apple. I generally don’t like referring to companies by their stock ticker, but …
: Design like you're right. Listen like you're wrong. [I originally posted this on my blog in 2011; I was reminded of it with DJ Patil recently joining …
: Oliver Sacks Amazing reflection from Oliver Sacks on learning he has terminal cancer, and a very limited amount …
: Fight for the Future There’s a great profile today in the Boston Globe of a group of very important people who you may …
: I Heard the Bells I’m not really a religious guy at all. But I like Christmas a lot, especially with the family. And …
: Wired Interview with Ruchi Sanghvi There’s a great interview up about Ruchi Sanghvi, who I’ve been lucky to know & work with in the …
: Two Americas I’m extremely discouraged and dispirited this week, thinking about Ferguson. Thinking about Eric …
: 101 & University Tonight on the way home from an event in San Francisco, 101 slowed down to a stop right around …
: Kit We should all know how things work. Background: I wrote most of this essay about 4 years ago when …
: How Firefox outfoxed Microsoft A Blow Against the Empire In 2004, it looked like Microsoft would own browsing forever. Then came a …
: Microsoft & Minecraft Sometimes 140 characters isn’t quite enough to have a nuanced back & forth. A few minutes ago I …
: The Revolution Has Not Yet Succeeded Take a look at this quote, from my very good friend & mentor Mitch Kapor: The great and rapid …
: Home, Online Edition I’ve been thinking a lot lately about where I live online. I don’t really mean where I hang out — …
: Mobile in the 'pre-pagerank' phase Benedict Evans has a tremendously good analysis of Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp up that’s …
: Cups of Water My partner Reid has a fun metaphor he uses when he’s describing how companies think about their core …
: Life is Long I say this — “Life is Long” — a lot when I’m talking with people about careers, and jobs, and …
: Going to post some books this week For a variety of reasons, I haven’t been posting much about what (little) I’ve been reading this …
: Home Yesterday, Kathy & I brought home our new baby boy, ZBL. He was born on Tuesday at Stanford …
: IVF N.B.: this post might be in the “too much information” category for some of you. If so, just click …
: Intentionality At TED, I’ve found there are overall themes of each conference that speakers keep coming to again …
: Tips for Entrepreneurs from a First Year VC A close friend of mine likes to joke about how entrepreneurs & operators who become venture …
: 41 Thanks to everyone for the thoughts on my 41st birthday yesterday! I really (& sincerely) …
: Some followup thoughts on my SOPA post The best thing about writing for me is that it helps me figure out what I really think about things. …
: What’s bothering me about the SOPA “discussion” There are 3 things that have really been bothering me about how the SOPA/PIPA discussion has been …
: Being Ned Flanders: On Mustaches Wearing a mustache is a tough gig. Also hilarious, although I think people may not always totally …
: Up Update A couple of weeks ago, my second Jawbone UP failed. I’m bummed about it for a couple of reasons (and …
: The Visible Man, by Chuck Klosterman I read just about anything that Klosterman writes, and while I like his sports & culture writing …
: Mistborn Trilogy, by Brandon Sanderson I like reading Sanderson’s fantasy/science fiction because he invents worlds with super interesting …
: Boomerang, by Michael Lewis This is a collection of essays on the financial state of several countries – I believe most of them …
: Wasting Data As I wrote up yesterday, my new Jawbone Up bracelet died on me. I was bummed, but customer service …
: Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work! by Douglas Coupland A biography of Marshall McLuhan, one of the smartest media thinkers ever, written by Douglas …
: Marshall McLuhan: You Know Nothing of My Work!, by Douglas Coupland A biography of Marshall McLuhan, one of the smartest media thinkers ever, written by Douglas …
: Why I’m Anti-Social on Instagram I really love using Instagram — use it every week to take, process & share photos, use it a lot …
: Why I'm Anti-Social on Instagram I really love using Instagram – use it every week to take, process & share photos, use it …
: On being Very Good I’ve been thinking a bunch about the Stanford-Oregon game yesterday — it was disappointing, because …
: On being Very Good I’ve been thinking a bunch about the Stanford-Oregon game yesterday — it was disappointing, because …
: REAMDE, by Neal Stephenson Liked the latest from Neal Stephenson, but didn’t love it. As per usual, he really needed a stronger …
: REAMDE, by Neal Stephenson Liked the latest from Neal Stephenson, but didn't love it. As per usual, he really needed a stronger …
: The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel, by Dan Sinker This book may not be for everyone. But if you’re in the right frame of mind, it’s laugh-out-loud …
: The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel, by Dan Sinker This book may not be for everyone. But if you're in the right frame of mind, it's laugh-out-loud …
: Joining the board of Code for America I’m super, super excited to announce that I’ve joined the board of directors of Code for …
: My Introduction for Reid Hoffman Last night, Aneel Bhusri, Jeff Weiner and I got to introduce Reid Hoffman for an award called the …
: Quiet Fall Morning Last week in New York I got to attend a fun dinner party – about 16 folks, very diverse in …
: Steve Jobs Like many of us, I’ve been thinking a lot about Steve Jobs the last few days – thinking …
: Buried (but no excuses) As an entrepreneur, I always hated fund raising – I hated not being in control of situations, …
: Announcing Greylock's Investment in ClearSlide We’re very happy to be new investors in ClearSlide, a company that builds tools for sales …
: Announcing our Investment in Tumblr I’m super excited to announce Greylock’s investment in Tumblr. We knew Tumblr was big …
: Managing & Motivating Earlier this week I got to spend some time with one of my favorite professors and thinkers, Bob …
: Just My Type, by Simon Garfield As I’ve written about a ton of times before, I’m a font nerd. Love them. Could talk …
: In the Plex, by Steven Levy I really liked this look at Google by Steven Levy – I’ve always liked his insights about …
: Figure Out Who's On Your Team I haven't written much yet about my experiences during my first year on the VC side of the table -- …
: Mike Shaver: Thanks! Mike Shaver has done as much as anyone on the planet over the last ten years to make and keep the …
: R.I.P. Right at the moment, Kathy’s away, attending the funeral of a close family friend of ours …
: Play Structures Fix All Things Today will not go down in history as one of the most amazing games of U7 AYSO ever. It was our first …
: The Bittersweetness of Parenting It’s been a busy summer for us, one full of change, and I’ve been meaning to write this …
: Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline I really enjoyed this book and really recommend it to anyone who grew up in the 1980 with D&D, …
: The Griff, by Christopher Moore and Ian Corson I generally like Moore's books, so was interested in this graphic novel of his, but found it sorta …
: The Magician King, by Lev Grossman 2nd book in the series being billed as Harry Potter for Adults, although really it's more like the …
: Google & Motorola Very very interesting news about Google buying Motorola Mobility this morning. It’s got so …
: Design like you're right... It’s impossible not to think a lot about data these days. We’re generating it all the …
: Screens, Storage & Networks I've been thinking a bunch about platforms lately, and how they're evolving very very quickly. …
: 50k Yesterday my Twitter follower count ticked over 50,000 for the first time. And while I …
: Announcing Citrus Lane I’ve been at Greylock 6 months now, and have a bunch of learnings and observations I’ll …
: Leviathan Wakes, by James S.A. Corey I like reading a good space opera every once in a while, and really enjoyed this one. Or rather, …
: Couched! On Monday we got back to the house after our 4th of July festivities to see this scene: It’s a …
: A Theory of Fun for Game Design, by Raph Koster I liked reading this -- gave a really strong point of view on one way to think about building fun …
: Bossypants, by Tina Fey Okay, we'll get this out of the way to start: I would read/watch anything Tina Fey writes, ever, …
: My Talk for Adventures of the Mind 2011 I’ll be giving a talk in a few minutes to a conference of high achieving high schoolers called …
: My Shoulder a Year After Surgery This may not be of much interest to folks who usually read my blog, but I’ve been trying to …
: My Interview in Fast Company Fast Company just put up an interview with me done by Kermit Pattison, and I’m really, really …
: The Way of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson I picked this book on the suggestion I saw on Twitter of @mikeyk (one of the co-founders of …
: Alone Together, by Sherry Turkle I've always found Professor Turkle, from MIT, to be both thoughtful and thought-provoking -- she's …
: Lost to the West, by Lars Brownworth I'm a pretty committed Roman History Nerd. I really like reading about all periods of the …
: Recruiting DNA Since coming to Greylock full time in January, I’ve been talking to a lot of people. I did …
: Placeholders I’ve been super busy lately, and haven’t had a lot of time to write here unfortunately, …
: The Master Switch, by Tim Wu This is a fantastic book about how information empires rise and fall -- everyone in technology …
: Regarding Ducks and Universes, by Neve Maslakovic Fun science fiction book about alternate universes, based in Palo Alto & San Francisco. Some fun …
: Kraken, by China Mieville Fun, crazy, near-apocalyptic novel centered around worship of giant squids. It's that sort of book. …
: Me & the Boy I doubt this post will be of must interest to anyone but future-me, and maybe Kathy, and maybe my …
: HCI:20 and me This post is a little bit random -- some reflections on my own past triggered by an event at …
: Parenting, Data & Outcomes I tweeted over the weekend that we learned last week that SPL was accepted into the Mandarin …
: Moonwalking with Einstein, by Joshua Foer Great, fun book -- loved it, and read it in a couple of days. Joshua Foer is a journalist (and …
: TED 2011 for me I’m at the airport waiting for my flight home from TED 2011, my third trip to TED. TED is an …
: The Big Short, by Michael Lewis Great book, and fun to read, like all of Lewis' books. Absolutely, 100% infuriating to read, as so …
: Unconventional Success, by David Swensen Great book on fundamentals of investing by David Swensen, who runs Yale's endowment investing. …
: Homo Evolutis, by Juan Enriquez & Steve Gullans This was an interesting read -- argument by Enriquez and Gullans that any number of indicators (not …
: NY Times on Tweet/Life Balance In today’s New York Times Business Section, there’s a piece on the current state of work …
: Social Artifacts One more post that’s (somewhat) related to books and that’s it for the morning. …
: Ship Breaker, by Paolo Bacigalupi Young adult novel from the author of The Windup Girl , which I liked a bunch. I liked this one, too, …
: Favorite Books List from Twitter The other night I just posted a quick question on Twitter: "What's your single favorite book of all …
: GSB Talk on Mozilla and Scaling Last week I got to attend a class at Stanford Business School taught by one of my favorites, Huggy …
: Congrats to SayNow It’s been a busy January for the companies I know the best – first TripIt was acquired …
: Drobo S I've been meaning to pick up a Drobo for our house for quite some time -- thanks to Aneel I finally …
: Cleopatra, by Stacy Schiff This biography of one of the most controversial women in history is on a lot of folks' top 10 lists …
: TripIt Congratulations This morning TripIt announced that it’s signed an agreement to be acquired by Concur, a …
: Books As part of the move to a new house, we’ve got about thirty boxes of books in the basement …
: The Bed of Procrustes, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Pretty much as advertised on the cover of the book -- a very short set of hundreds of one and two …
: The Broken Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin 2nd book in the trilogy (the final book hasn't been published yet). Read it in spite of misgivings …
: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, by N.K. Jemisin New epic-ish fantasy book that's gotten a lot of positive reviews. Some interesting, sorta unique …
: My favorite books of 2010 Each year I look back on the books I’ve read and highlight a few of my favorites. Looking back …
: Slowing down my clock It’s been a very busy past 45 days or so. I’ve been thinking a lot about changes & …
: The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi Several people suggested this book as one of the best science fiction books of the year, and I have …
: Ohlone Letter to Palo Alto School Board The main reason we moved to Palo Alto is for the public school options for SPL; the most compelling …
: SVc2UK I’m late in posting this, but wanted to write something about a tour I was involved in a …
: Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman It would not be an overstatement to say that this book, along with Postman's other book, Technopoly, …
: The Half-Made World, by Felix Gilman It's a little hard to describe this novel -- a sort of alternate history, Western, war, kinda …
: Next Generation Democracy, by Jared Duval I read this book on my way to the UK last week, and it really helped inform my remarks at the House …
: Nothing to Envy, by Barbara Demick I've been interested in understanding a little bit more about North Korea for a while -- have read a …
: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk, by David Sedaris A short collection of folk tales by Sedaris -- he heard some African folks tales a while back and …
: Chronic City, by Jonathan Lethem Honestly, I have no idea what this book is about. I love Lethem -- some of his books are my very …
: Last Day at Mozilla I’ve always been bad at leaving. Today’s my last day at Mozilla (as a full time employee …
: My Talk at the House of Commons I’m currently in the middle of an extremely interesting trip called Silicon Valley Comes to …
: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe, by Charles Yu Once I saw the title, how could I not get this book, honestly? And the ray guns on the cover sealed …
: CS198 I’ve made countless decisions in my career since first arriving at Stanford in 1989, but one …
: Endings & Beginnings In the next few weeks, we’re planning to move from the house we’ve lived in for 7 years …
: Room, by Emma Donoghue This book is on a lot of "best of the year" lists, for good reason. While it reminds me a bit of The …
: Kill the Dead, by Richard Kadrey The 2nd book in the Sandman Slim series -- I liked it, but not as much as the first book, which I …
: Introducing Gary Kovacs, Mozilla's New CEO I’m very happy to introduce Gary Kovacs as our new CEO for the Mozilla Corporation. I think …
: Sharded Year I've had this post rolling around in my head for some months now, but until a couple of weeks ago …
: The Hunger Games Trilogy, by Suzanne Collins When I posted about the Percy Jackson books (verdict: meh) and how I like reading YA fiction, a …
: Elsewhere, U.S.A., by Dalton Conley I've known Dalton for a year or two -- have met him at gatherings of awesome people -- and have …
: The Chronicles of Amber, by Roger Zelazny From time to time, I go back and read some of the most memorable and influential books I read while …
: The Education of a British-Protected Child, by Chinua Achebe Things Fall Apart is probably the most important book I read when I was in school at Stanford -- I'd …
: Two Days in August As I’ve been writing lately, my grandmother Gigi died a couple of weeks ago - I’m on a …
: Resistance As of this week, I'm 8 weeks past my shoulder surgery, and doing great. As I've posted before, rehab …
: The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin I really liked this book a lot. The author decided to go through a year's worth of month-long …
: Cheating Death, by Sanjay Gupta I liked this book by Sanjay, but didn't love it. Interesting medical survey of the ways we think …
: Rush As followers of my tweets know, I was really excited to see Rush in concert this week at Shoreline. …
: Four Fish, by Paul Greenburg I really liked this book a lot -- it's a look at our relationship with the 4 main "food fish" that …
: Percy Jackson books, by Rick Riordan I'm an unapologetic lover of children's literature -- really liked the Harry Potter books, grew up …
: Glass House Conversation: Transparency v Clarity This week I’m moderating an online conversation at the Glasshouse Conversations site – …
: The Roles We Play Over the past few days I’ve been thinking a lot about the various roles I play in life – …
: May Pearce Korb My grandmother, May Pearce Korb, died Friday, August 6, 2010 at the age of 87. She died in a …
: The Matching Family I always used to view parents who dressed their kids like them at places like Disneyland with …
: Johannes Cabal, the Detective, by Jonathan L. Howard I liked the first book in this series, Johannes Cabal, the Necromancer, pretty well.This book was …
: The Family Trade, by Charles Stross I've heard a lot of people talk about how great Stross is -- I think this was the wrong book to …
: Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer This book is a full-out assault on the ethics and principles of eating meat. Foer is one of the most …
: Books & eBooks A few days ago, I tweeted an article from TechCrunch about how Amazon reports that last month, they …
: Good Boss, Bad Boss, by Robert I Sutton It's no secret that I think incredibly highly of Bob Sutton and his work. I've always found him to …
: Rehab This the third in my series of posts about my recent left shoulder injury and subsequent surgery to …
: Post-op My shoulder repair surgery was 11 days ago now, and things seem to be going pretty well. 17 more …
: Reset: Iran, Turkey and America's Future Kinzer's written two of the most influential histories that I've ever read: All the Shah's Men, an …
: Reality Hunger, by David Shields I picked this book up because it's mentioned in an online correspondence between Jonathan Lethem …
: Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life, by Steve Almond I have a weakness for Steve Almond's non-fiction work. I loved Candy Freak, a fantastic book in …
: The Passage, by Justin Cronin This book reminded me a LOT of Stephen King's The Stand. Some sort of vampire-creating virus gets …
: These Children Who Come at You with Knives, by Jim Knipfel Billed as a book of modern fairy tales, I found this book pretty middling. The writing style did …
: Rock Paper Tiger, by Lisa Brackman Sort of a post-Iraq War spy thriller set in Beijing and other Chinese cities, with a little dose of …
: Divine Misfortune, by A. Lee Martinez I seem to be on a bit of a modern fantasy streak, reading a lot of books about gods that crash on …
: My Shoulder [This is mostly for my own future-self edification than for general interest, but might be useful to …
: What's Next for Me (But Not Yet!) I just announced internally that after 5 years at Mozilla, and a couple as the CEO, I’ve …
: Reading Books on iPad and Kindle: A Comparison I’ve now had my iPad long enough to read a couple of books all the way through and compare to …
: The Imperfectionists, by Tom Rachman This is a very unusual novel -- I picked it up because of an incredibly glowing review in The New …
: Drive, by Daniel H. Pink I really liked the main topic of this book: motivation. In particular, Pink looked at why people do …
: Sandman Slim, by Richard Kadrey This is another quick read that I picked up at Al Billings' suggestion while I was home sick last …
: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, by Jonathan L. Howard I was looking for an easy read while I was home sick, and this was recommended by Amazon when I was …
: A Fire Upon the Deep, by Vernor Vinge Fantastic,fantastic book. The first really original science fiction that I've read in some time. At …
: More on Net Neutrality Today FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski issued a statement that articulated a new jurisdictional …
: Born to Run, by Christopher McDougall This book was recommended to me by about half a dozen people, but I'd been sitting on it for the …
: White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga Liked it, didn't love it. It's about an Indian driver-for-hire and how he got to where he is. A bit …
: Kit I’ll explain the significance of the picture later, but for now, here’s the background: …
: The Sword of Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks I made a serious error in rereading these books. I don't know why I picked them up -- I remember …
: Browser Choices On the occasion of Microsoft starting to roll out tests of the Browser Choice Screen in parts of …
: Daemon, Freedom (TM), by Daniel Suarez Since I read this two book series back-to-back (in about a week and a half -- have been home sick), …
: Cooper's Virgil I’ve been thinking a lot about books lately – obviously because of the developments of …
: Too Big to Fail, by Andrew Ross Sorkin I think it's a little too early to really understand the history, and certainly the implications, of …
: Reading In the main, this isn’t a post about the iPad, although there’s a bunch of relevance …
: Flaky I’ve been very flaky over the last month – hard to schedule, rescheduling meetings & …
: iPhone & Android I’ve had a Nexus One for a couple of weeks now, and think that with Android 2.1, it’s a …
: Zeo Followup A few weeks ago, I blogged about why I returned my Zeo sleep tracker – I liked it, but …
: Calendar Okay, so I’m about 5 days into my experiment with Android on the Nexus One. Mostly I agree …
: Lots to write... I’ve had lots of things I want to write about lately, but no time or mood to write. But …
: Generation A, by Douglas Coupland Douglas Coupland is one of my most enduring favorite authors, along with Jonathan Lethem and Haruki …
: Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome, by Anthony Everitt I've got a huge interest in the history of Ancient Rome, and Everitt has written 2 of my favorite …
: How I Deal with Email Deb sent me a note a few days ago wanting to know how I deal with all my mail each day – one …
: Defenders of the Faith, by James Reston, Jr. Fantastic book; loved all of it. It's a history about the early 1500s, when Charles V and Clement …
: Rome I’ve wanted to visit Rome for a long time – since high school when I learned about it in …
: Zeo Thoughts As I blogged a bit ago, I recently picked up a Zeo – it’s a sleep monitor for tracking …
: Jennifer Government, by Max Barry A fun, quick read -- sort of science fiction but could be present day -- an alternate reality where …
: Eating the Dinosaur, by Chuck Klosterman I really love reading Klosterman's essays, and this is a great collection, as always. Includes …
: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson The story of this trilogy is a peculiar one -- Larsson meant for the series to be longer -- …
: Open Letter Supporting Proposed Net Neutrality This morning, I’m a signatory on behalf of Mozilla on an open letter to FCC Chairman Julius …
: Juliet, Naked, by Nick Hornby Hornby's writing is incredibly charming, as always, and that helped the book move along, but I never …
: Manhood for Amateurs, by Michael Chabon I've tried reading Chabon's novels, but never been able to get past the first 100 pages or so -- …
: Remix, by Lawrence Lessig I've been extremely influenced by Larry's thinking and work and writing over the last several years, …
: The Invention of Air, by Steven Johnson I enjoyed this story about Joseph Priestly -- scientist & minister & close friend of …
: Sleeping with the Zeo, Night 1 I just got my new Zeo sleep monitor system. I was excited to order it for a couple of reasons …
: After the Prophet, by Lesley Hazelton It took me a few times to get into this book, but I'm really glad that I stuck with it -- very …
: Thoughts on FOCAS 2009 & Journalism This is my 2nd post about the Aspen Institute event on the future of journalism – more on what …
: How to Build a Dinosaur, by Jack Horner I met Jack Horner a few weeks ago, at Adventures of the Mind, and completely enjoyed my time talking …
: The Magicians, by Lev Grossman Sort of a post-modern Harry Potter -- set in current day New York -- about a kid who grew up with …
: The Sheriff of Yrnameer, by Michael Rubens Sort of a fun, Hitchhiker's Guide type of book -- a space opera comedy -- written by one of the …
: That Old Cape Magic, by Richard Russo Russo's one of my favorite writers, but I found this one a slog. A little too New England-y for me, …
: The Black Unicorn, by Terry Brooks 2nd book in the Landover series, which I read first about 20 years ago. Not that good; not as fun as …
: The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown Let's just say that this was not the best book ever (shocker!), and it's best consumed, as I did, on …
: Magic Kingdom for Sale - Sold! I'm sort of a sucker for books like this -- Terry Brooks was a bit of a Tolkein knock-off that I …
: Mornings I really love walking in the morning in the cities I'm traveling to -- I think I'll never get tired …
: Adventures of the Mind I’m in Princeton, NJ, at the Institute of Advanced Studies (home to many amazing people & …
: The End of Overeating, by David Kessler I’ve read several books about how we get our food and how we eat – books like …
: Pygmy, by Chuck Palahniuk I really liked a lot of Palahniuk’s earlier work – especially books like Fight Club …
: Why I'm Attending FOCAS 2009 As I mentioned, I’ve been in Aspen this week at The Aspen Institute’s Forum on …
: What would you say to yourself 20 years ago? This is an unusual week for me – I’m at the Aspen Institute sessions on the future of …
: This Is Where I Leave You, by Jonathan Tropper I loved this book; highly recommended. Not the most generous book ever -- it's about a family under …
: Future of Journalism I’m heading to Aspen Sunday to take part in a Knight Foundation-sponsored gathering on the …
: 20th High School Reunion I’m not really sure what I expected from my 20th high school reunion last week in San Antonio …
: More on Printers, from Bigelow A couple of days ago, I posted something about how I’m playing around with @font-face (and …
: Remembering and Celebrating Teachers, For the Record Just got back from a fantastic, if ridiculously hot, 20th high school reunion -- I've got some …
: Why I'm messing with fonts If you come to the web-based version of my blog instead of reading it in a feed reader, and you use …
: How Rome Fell, by Adrian Goldsworthy This is not a book for everyone. It was barely a book for me, and I'm a bit of a nerd about Rome. …
: The Age of the Unthinkable, by Joshua Cooper Ramo I'm pretty interested in people who are really trying to make sense of the modern world around us, …
: The Player of Games, by Iain M. Banks The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks My review I liked this book best of the Iain M Banks books …
: The Shia Revival, by Vali Nasr The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasr My review This is a …
: Dune, by Frank Herbert Dune by Frank Herbert My review What can you say about Dune, really? A classic of science fiction …
: Onward (photo credit: Jay Goldman) To tell you the truth, I didn’t know what to expect 4 summers ago …
: Sunnyvale in 2010 As some of you know, I’m on the Board of Library Trustees for the City of Sunnyvale, where I …
: The Glass House A few weeks ago I took a trip to the East Coast – it wasn’t really the best week for me …
: Teaching as a Subversive Activity, by Postman and Weingartner Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman & Charles Weingartner My review (rating: 4 …
: B is for Beer, by Tom Robbins B Is for Beer by Tom Robbins My review About the best thing that can be said about this book is …
: Poetry & Pragmatics: Mozilla All Hands 2009 This week we had about 250 employees & contractors from across Mozilla-land out to Mountain View …
: Another great 2009 TEDTalk from Nate Silver One more talk that I really enjoyed, even though he was remote in Palm Springs. Nate Silver, of …
: Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks Loved this book -- it's just a great, fun, creative SF story, of the capture-the-flag variant, set …
: Glass House Conversation: Transparency Next week I’m traveling to New York to participate in a conversation at the Philip Johnson …
: Moving to Higher Ground, by Wynton Marsalis I think this book will be of limited interest to most people -- but Marsalis has always been a bit …
: The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell [This is a long post, with lots of longish excerpts from the book -- these excerpts really resonated …
: Great Ted Talk: Bonnie Bassler Another of my top 5 TED talks, this time profound science from Bonnie Bassler, a microbiologist, who …
: Walking in the footsteps of giants Mike Beltzner and I had a neat experience today – we got to give a talk at Stanford’s …
: The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, by Hooman Majd Great look at modern Iran life, culture & politics by an insider. A bit of cultural exposition, …
: The Ascent of Money, by Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson is an undeniably smart guy -- he's written about a broad range of global topics quite …
: The Return of Depression Economics, by Paul Krugman Like everyone, I'm learning a lot about our global finance system lately. While Krugman has his …
: Use of Weapons, by Iain M. Banks Got this sci-fi recommendation from several friends -- took me a long time to read & get into, …
: Kindle & Kindle-on-iPhone I was pretty sure that the iPhone Kindle app would be sort of neat, but not ultimately very useful. …
: Obama's Challenge, by Robert Kuttner Not sure why I picked this up -- have been thinking a bunch about what it means to lead, how to do …
: Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Tracy Kidder Many, many people have recommended this book to me -- a story about a great human (Paul Farmer), …
: The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson I really liked the first book in this posthumously-published trilogy by Stieg Larsson -- it was a …
: kindle for iphone installed Kindle app on iPhone; have downloaded some of my books & synced to furthest page read. …
: Awesome TED Talk #3: Willie Smits on Rainforest Regeneration I mentioned I had 3 TEDtalks that really stood out for me: Elizabeth Gilbert & Jose Antonio …
: kindle 2 thoughts coming got my new kindle 2 last night – played with it a little bit, but not enough to have really …
: Coraline, by Neil Gaiman Inspired by the movie trailers & John Hodgman's tweets, I downloaded Coraline to my Kindle this …
: TED Prize Performance Video The folks at TED are on fire – hot on the heels of Abreu’s TED Prize speech, …
: TED Prize: Jose Antonio Abreu Another great event from TED 2009: the TED Prize talk from Venezuelan teacher/conductor Jose Antonio …
: Murakami receives Jerusalem Prize [via Gen – thanks!] One of my very favorite authors, Haruki Murakami,received the Jerusalem …
: Miro 2.0 Released Today Yay for PCF! Nicholas Reville just announced that the new Miro 2.0 is available today. Tons of …
: Elizabeth Gilbert's Outstanding TEDtalk One of my 3 favorite TEDtalks – really incredible and moving. …
: TED Overload All the awesomeness fuses in my brain are blown from sheer overload of the awesome, so not sure …
: Sunlight I’m still getting used to the rhythms of our new government – the pace of the first two …
: American, Abroad It is about 1000 times happier traveling as an American this year than it has been in the past 6 or …
: The Naked Sun, by Isaac Asimov As I mentioned, the Robot books by Asimov are comfort reading for me -- have read them a bunch of …
: RConversation on changing the administration's China frame RConversation: Dear President Obama: in talking to China, remember its people. One of my favorite …
: Lessons from Mozilla talk at Heise Here’s the talk I gave today at Heise in Nuremberg. Good attendance, good participation. 7 …
: Very Important WSJ Op-Ed Larry already pointed this out, but IBM CEO Sam Palmisano’s Op-Ed in today’s Wall Street …
: 7 things Okay, here goes. Was trying to ignore it, but now can’t escape. Was persuaded by the words of …
: The Caves of Steel, by Isaac Asimov I've had a cold that's kept me at home the past few days -- have had a hard time focusing on …
: The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman I have a bit of an indifferent relationship to Neil Gaiman's writing -- he's great with high …
: 1 year of Kindle A few quick thoughts on my Kindle now that I've lived with it for a year. I've purchased 46 books on …
: Outliers, by Malcom Gladwell Gladwell is a fantastic writer, and always writes interesting & thought-provoking pieces. The …
: My Favorite 8 Books of 2008 It's been fun for me to look back over the lists of books I read/blog about each year -- I always …
: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson I really enjoyed this mystery -- it's a very traditional, straight-up locked room mystery, and very …
: Pigeons, by Andrew D. Blechman This was an unexpectedly fun book -- I noted (with some amusement) Johnathan's pigeon fascination …
: Numerati, by Stephen Baker Read through this very quickly this week -- my father-in-law brought it with him for his visit. I …
: The Man Who Loved China, by Simon Winchester Winchester has written a number of masterful books -- most notably (the oustanding) The Professor …
: Hot, Flat and Crowded, by Thomas Friedman I like Friedman a lot. He's written several exceptional books, and has made some important themes …
: running A couple of months ago I ran in the San Jose Rock & Roll Half Marathon for the 2nd year. Ran in …
: The Tales of Beedle the Bard, by JK Rowling Meh. It's okay. I would've felt incomplete if I hadn't picked it up, so I guess I'm glad I read it, …
: waking up naked in a strange inn... That’s a picture of my WoW character, Frink. For the uninitiated, that’s not what …
: Ender in Exile, by Orson Scott Card Embarrassing but true: I'm still a sucker for books in the Ender's Game "series." I know it's an …
: Asymmetric Follow Great post by James Governor at RedMonk about something I’ve been thinking about for a while …
: categories v tags in WP? anyone have good pointers on how to collapse tags & categories in WP? seems like the admin UI in …
: playing around with theme again I’m playing around with my WordPress theme again – I really like the basics of this one …
: disqus v wordpress threaded comments (intensedebate) anyone have an opinion on whether to use disqus for comments versus the embedded threading for …
: change.gov changed to Creative Commons license In a fantastically great development, change.gov changed its license to a Creative Commons by …
: The Audacity of Hope, by Barack Obama I read this over the summer, trying to get to know the thoughts of Obama better, and came away …
: Market Rebels, by Hayagreeva Rao Huggy Rao is a very smart guy who teaches and writes at Stanford -- I've gotten to know him a little …
: Born Digital, by Palfrey and Gasser I liked this book -- it's a comprehensive look at the range of issues that are starting to become …
: modernity, revisited? Briefly, then gotta get started on working in an abbreviated Thanksgiving week… Every so …
: lessig on charlie rose Worth watching the whole piece. Fantastic and articulate, as always. Remix is on my nightstand now. …
: Kid concert We’re at our first kid concert - it’s a bit of a mass of kidmanity. There’s even …
: Extraordinary Letter from Stanford's President Along with (I think), thousands of Stanford alums, yesterday in my in box I found an extraordinary …
: Distance I’ve had the good fortune to visit the Stanford CS department twice this week – on …
: Downtown Owl, by Chuck Klosterman Not a bad novel -- quirky look at a quirky town somewhere in North Dakota. Entertaining enough, but …
: Chandler Changes I’ve been involved with OSAF since before its inception – my relationship with Mitch …
: a few more berlin pictures IMG_9848 Originally uploaded by John Lilly I'm posting a few more pictures from Berlin now that …
: Madrid Holy cow, Madrid is, so far, unlike any place that I’ve been. We got to our hotel after …
: Why I Voted Against Proposition 8 This is a political post that’s more candid than most I do that aren’t Obama-related …
: Brandenburg Gate Lit Up I've been in Berlin the past 2 days for a community event, some press meetings, and a talk at Web …
: new eyes A few months back, my grandfather Monte (my mom’s father) and his wife Myra came to visit us …
: A Storm of Swords, by George R. R. Martin 3rd thousand page book in the series, liked it well enough, although at the 3k page mark, feeling a …
: The Big Picture -- Days of Autumn The Big Picture does it again, with amazing, amazing photos of the Fall Season. I should just set up …
: remembering Every once in a while Pandora brings up Kathy’s Song, by Simon & Garfunkel. Always makes …
: harvey's post on Yandex Harvey’s got a post up onYandex & some potentials for moving defaults in Russian language …
: Mozilla Chief Innovation Officer: Chris Beard Hopefully by now you’ve caught the news that we’re lucky enough to count Ben and Dion, …
: VP Engineering, Mike Shaver I posted a couple of months back that we’d made Mike Shaver Mozilla’s Interim VP …
: map fivethirtyeight.com is my favorite election tracking site, from the Nate Silver who invented PECOTA …
: tina fey so, so good. tina fey as palin.
: Jimmy in China An amazing meeting in Beijing – Jimmy Wales seeing Chinese officials at the State Council …
: The sapphire mines of Madagascar - The Big Picture - Boston.com The sapphire mines of Madagascar - The Big Picture - Boston.com. As alwys, the Big Picture has an …
: one of my favorite software design blogs Cultured Code on their design for Things Touch. I really like reading the Cultured Code blog about …
: my friend bryan I’m just incredibly lucky to have a friend like Bryan. So proud of him.
: Meme(me) From Lori: Take a picture of yourself right now. Don’t change your clothes, don’t fix …
: The Future of the Internet (and How to Stop It), by Jonathan Zittrain Read this a few months ago, but haven't posted, which is a little weird, considering how much it's …
: Supreme Courtship, by Christopher Buckley I always like Buckley's books, all the way back to Thank You for Smoking. Lots of funny current …
: A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin 2nd book in the series -- didn't like it as much as the first, but liked it enough to get the next …
: Progress on Firefox license issues After a bunch of work the last couple of days, I think we’re in a much better place with …
: Mitchell’s Blog » Blog Archive » Ubuntu, Firefox and License Issues Mitchell’s Blog » Blog Archive » Ubuntu, Firefox and License Issues. Anyone who’s interested …
: Joining the TripIt Board Very happy to write that I joined the Board of Directors of TripIt this month. Simple story – …
: mozilla talk at stanford I gave a talk yesterday morning at Stanford to a set of folks – slides below. Much inspiration …
: Well, I'm Back: Chrome Well, I’m Back: Chrome. Rob says it perfectly in just a few words. :-)
: Brendan's Roadmap Updates: TraceMonkey Update Brendan’s Roadmap Updates: TraceMonkey Update. update from Brendan on our JS engine work. …
: Thoughts on Chrome & More Interesting developments in the browser world lately. Between the new beta of IE8 and Google …
: The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria A terrific book, and everyone should read it. A great analysis of what's happening in the world, not …
: metacool: From Obama to Pink to Oprah In life, pick where you want to go as much as you can, work like hell to get there, and be …
: How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity Great article on helping & supporting creative organizations by Ed Catmull, one of Pixar’s …
: The Big Picture - Boston.com The Big Picture - Boston.com. Great photos as usual, from an outstanding blog.
: Mad Men I wasn’t too excited about the first couple of episodes of Mad Men this season, but finally …
: A Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin Not sure why I picked this one up -- it's a sorta typical epic fantasy book (although for about the …
: Personality not included, by Rohit Bhargava Meh. Run of the mill business book. Sorta skimmed it.
: The Drunkard's Walk, by Leonard Mlodinow Eh, it's an okay book. Not wonderful. Doesn't know whether it's a history of probability or a primer …
: web site on blocks for a while okay, i’m ready to change my blog around a bit, so i’ve changed the theme as a signal …
: trying out disqus for comments trying out disqus for comments, both because i’d sorta like to see threaded comments on my …
: watershed day for open source big (and very good) news today for open source licensing; lessig comments on it. so does joi.
: Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts I received this novel unsolicited from Suneel Gupta, who's coming to work for Mozilla in a few …
: Congrats to Chandler Team A belated congratulations to the team behind Chandler, for getting to 1.0! It’s been a long, …
: Nagi and other stories The recent Mozilla Summit we held in Whistler was amazing to me for a lot of reasons, but maybe my …
: Mike Shaver, VP Engineering After 3 years at Mozilla, our VP Engineering Mike Schroepfer, is moving on to other opportunities …
: Thanks, Mike As MIke mentioned over on his blog, after 3 years at Mozilla, he’s moving on to new …
: great idea over on TechCrunch Mike’s put up a great idea & discussion on TechCrunch about their idea for an Internet …
: Dr. Horrible New web trilogy called Dr. Horrible by Joss Whedon. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Go watch Act 1 right …
: Global Voices Rebecca and Joi have each made postings (here and here) about the Global Voices Summit that happened …
: lessig on obama's campaign in june really thoughtful & nuanced piece from Larry on Obama’s campaign in June, and the …
: huh. 3 years. i seem to have blown right past the three year mark for me at mozilla, without even noticing it. …
: storytelling Beautiful storytelling by Josh @ First Round Capital about the invention of the modern mailbox (and …
: FriendFeed Room on Mozilla Futures I’ve just started a FriendFeed room trying to pull together some of the threads on potential …
: Tokyo Another good & full trip to Tokyo -- just got on the Narita Express -- and I have to say that …
: Tokyo Firefox 3 Launch Party Had a very fun time at the Fx3/Mozilla 10th Birthday party here in Tokyo last night – the …
: ShaverDay I hereby declare June 26 “ShaverDay” here on John’s Blog. (Not to be confused with …
: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, by Haruki Murakami This book is a short, wonderful, gem of a book, by one of my favorite authors, about something I'm …
: Mark Vonnegut on his dad, Kurt One neat thing about the Kindle is that it lets me keep track of passages in books that I …
: The thing about life is that one day you'll be dead, by David Shields In my parade of writing about books I've finished in the last few months but not had enough time to …
: on the road On my way to Tokyo for a few Firefox 3 launch festivities -- I'm looking forward to seeing everyone …
: Firefox 3's First 24 Hours It’s been a very busy 24 hours for Mozilla folks around the world – as our 24 hour …
: Hometown paper I think everyone involved with Mozilla is humbled by the worldwide attention and coverage …
: Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy A beautiful, hulking, brute of a book -- a novel about life on the border between US & Mexico in …
: Up the Organization, by Robert Townsend A very quick business book that'll be good to reread every now & then. Robert Townsend was the …
: Liberty & Security Anthony Kennedy wrote the 5-4 Supreme Court ruling today saying that even Guantanamo detainees have …
: 3 is coming... …on Tuesday. Yay! :-)
: Living on the Black, by John Feinstein Interesting look by John Feinstein at 2 of my favorite pitchers in MLB: Mike Mussina and Tom …
: Walt Mossberg Calls Firefox 3 the Browser Champ http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/452319854 Great, great video & …
: Cool It, by Bjørn Lomborg I liked Lomborg's TED Talk back in 2005, and I liked this book pretty well. It's a relatively …
: American Nerd, by Benjamin Nugent Such a promising title: American Nerd: The Story of My People. I was super-excited to get this book …
: The Chinese, by Jasper Becker A relatively comprehensive overview of Chinese culture, life & government, but felt a little …
: The Watchmen, by Moore & Gibbons I picked this up at Reid's urging, like The Dark Knight Returns -- like that one, I liked this well …
: Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk This is a hard book to love, really -- just feels a little over the top, even for Palahniuk. His …
: Armageddon in Retrospect, by Kurt Vonnegut Vonnegut is a giant in American literature, there's no question. A Mark Twain for the 2nd half of …
: The Raw Shark Texts, by Steven Hall I picked this book up on a lark -- was recommended to me on Amazon, and looked good, so I got it. …
: Hybrids & NetSquared I’ve been meaning to write about a John Markoff NYT piece from a few weeks back – …
: Support Firefox Day I’ll be participating in the excellent Support Firefox Day tomorrow – lots of live help …
: Great Firewall Articles Great interview today on VentureBeat, featuring Chinese blogger Isaac Mao. Definitely a must read. …
: Mozilla, Firefox & Data Update 5/22/08: First, I do want to thank everyone for commenting & discussing – this is a …
: beta Google Reader for iPhone is **great** New beta of Reader for iPhone is fantastic – super-AJAXy, and makes my life a ton better …
: Great Article about the Great Firewall Must-read article on the Great Firewall of China for anyone who’s interested in the Internet …
: Brewster Kahle: "Gagging librarians is horrendous" Shameful story (but with a positive outcome) of Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, …
: firedrop! zaplet! In a weird blast-from-the-past moment, TechCrunch reported yesterday that hot mail startup Xobni has …
: some days no specifics to go into, but some days just go a little strange. felt like most things i touched …
: May 1 Innovation Conference @ Stanford d.school [note: the conference is now at Hewlett 201 on the Stanford Campus] [note 2: crossposting to planet …
: heading home rainy in tokyo Originally uploaded by John Lilly great & productive, but fast, trip to tokyo …
: CSSnite in Ginza featuring Kohei! As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I was very lucky to be able to see Kohei's presentation to a …
: helvetica I've long been meaning to watch Helvetica, a documentary about fonts, design, and modernism more …
: World Without End, by Ken Follet Giant thousand page novel about 14th century England society & the life of a small town -- …
: what Asa said asa says it exactly right. good change! a bit more to do...
: Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely Great, fun, behavioral economics book along the same lines as Stumbling Upon Happiness (itself a …
: The Opposable Mind, by Roger Martin This was a fine book -- but not fantastic for me. Reminds me why I mostly don't read business books. …
: heading to tokyo for a couple of days – am lucky to get to see Kohei give a talk at the Ginza Apple Store about …
: friends I’ve mentioned Adam before – he & I were in 7th grade together, a million years ago …
: OK Go's Andy Ross on Why Miro (and PCF) Matters http://blip.tv/scripts/flash/showplayer.swf?enablejs=true&feedurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmiropcf%2Ebli …
: Great for the Web! Congratulations to Joi (and to Larry, I’d wager), a very good friend who takes over as CEO of …
: thoughts on kindle I’ve been meaning to write this for a bit – I’ve had my Kindle now for about 3 …
: WordPress 2.5 I just upgraded to WordPress 2.5, so let me know if you notice anything wackier than usual happening …
: a little local, a little global Drove up to Marin for a board meeting (for PCF) this morning, and found myself in a really great …
: the gift that keeps on giving (photo credit: wikipedia) Well, hmm. Featured on Fake Steve Jobs today – my dad will be so …
: on competition Lest anyone be at all confused about my motives in writing my recent post about Apple Software …
: Apple Software Update What Apple is doing now with their Apple Software Update on Windows is wrong. It undermines the …
: Best 2 days of the year Spring is springing, daylight saving time has started, and there are 32 basketball games in 36 …
: Bridge of Sighs, by Richard Russo I read Russo's Empire Falls a few years back, and think it's an exceptional piece of work. Since my …
: leadership This is an incredible speech by Obama (here’s the full 37 minutes on YouTube). It’s not …
: 5 years so much wasted, so many assets squandered, so many distractions. a devastatingly bad 5 years for the …
: WTFCNN I’ve been thinking that same thing about CNN – WTF? Here’s a site with some of the …
: MacBook Air I've had my MacBook Air for a month or so now, and wanted to write some things down about it. The …
: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman Par for the course for Klosterman -- great, edgy, pop culture, music & sports essays. Fun to …
: The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller A friend gave me this when I admitted that I've read fewer than 5 graphic novels in my life. I …
: What the Dead Know, by Laura Lippman Mostly picked up this relatively standard mystery fare because Lippman used to write for the …
: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, by Jeff Kinney Picked this up at Borders on a whim -- fun cartoon/diary style novel from the point of view of a …
: RIP, Gary Gygax -- piece in NYT Great writeup of Gary Gygax’s influence on today’s world, since he passed away about 10 …
: #30# Well, that’s it for The Wire – best show on television. Last night’s finale was …
: operator -> activities in an afternoon another reason that the mozilla community and firefox is so wonderful. microsoft demoed activities …
: AllPeers It’s been a busy day, so I’m a little late to get to this, but I’m sad to note …
: webClip2go.com webClip2go.com is a cool new web service from Michael Yuan, a contributor to our Joey project who I …
: The Nine, by Jeffrey Toobin I really like learning about US government and history -- I'm a little obsessed about it sometimes, …
: one more reason to like matt There are a lot of reasons to like Matt Mullenweg, creator of Wordpress (which powers this blog) and …
: 192021.org 192021.org is a promise from Richard Saul Wurman, founder of the outstanding TED Conference, to do a …
: sniff i haven’t logged in in months, so just canceled my WoW account. seems sorta sad. i already …
: half a billion served. Another amazing milestone for Mozilla, with 500,000,000 downloads of Firefox to date. Incredibly …
: Mozilla Messaging Launch Check out David Ascher's blog, where he's launched Mozilla Messaging, the new Mozilla company (a …
: In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan Great book; quick to read; great follow up to The Omnivore's Dilemma. To quote Pollan: "Eat food. …
: The Great Upheaval, by Jay Winik I really enjoyed Jay Winik's last book, April 1865, so was super-excited to see this book come out, …
: traveling for mozilla Traveling for Mozilla is a humbling experience. It’s easy sometimes to look at the rise of …
: Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi I'd been meaning to read this graphic biography for some time now -- finally picked it up yesterday …
: incredible TedTalk (as usual) Another incredible TedTalk – this one by Ben Dunlap, President of Wofford College in South …
: good airport, bad airport Today I'm heading home from a week in Europe -- left my hotel in downtown Copenhagen at 5:30a, and …
: great posts on china & asia & creative commons a couple of slightly old, but great posts on china and asia: - a post on techblog86 (a great new …
: new features on opencongress.org I highly recommend taking a look at opencongress.org, a site put up by some amazing folks I know a …
: pesky congress getting in the way... …and not taking away our freedoms quickly enough. If they could work more quickly, Cheney …
: does this look right? playing around with my wordpress template -- think i'll probably shift to something different before …
: blogging from europe this week I'm spending the week with our team in Europe -- first 2 days here in our Paris offices, then …
: my new job at mozilla Sometimes in life, you find an opportunity to make a difference in something you care about, and it …
: more on why mozilla will not IPO Henry Blodget did a followup on his first post just now, with some further thoughts. There are some …
: small is the new big great writeup of one of the many reasons that we’re working hard to stay independent: …
: Firefox/Mozilla is NOT going to IPO -- here's why There’s been a bit of speculation today about Mozilla on Silicon Alley Insider (and NYT blog), …
: The Black Swan, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb This was a very, very interesting book, and I had a lot of conflicting reactions to it. The content …
: American Creation, by Joseph Ellis I think this was my favorite non-fiction book of the year. Fantastic, fantastic book, and a great …
: 10 years ago today It was 10 years ago today that Brian Roddy and I drove to Sacramento to incorporate Reactivity …
: huckabee and pakistan Bah. The idea that Mike Huckabee floated last week in Iowa on Bhutto's death, that her assassination …
: Terror Presidency, by Jack Goldsmith I don't particularly agree with Goldsmith's politics -- he's a very conservative lawyer who writes …
: Born Standing Up, by Steve Martin I bought this book Christmas Day, as my first Kindle-only content (as an aside, it's wonderful to be …
: Spook Country, by William Gibson Eh, fine. Probably not one I'd recommend. A passable prose effort from Gibson, but without any of …
: Foreign Babes in Beijing, by Rachel DeWoskin I've got a bunch of reviews backed up, so am going to do a few brief ones before writing about a …
: "Firefox is ..." photo credit: Channy Yun Gen’s already picked this up on his blog, but it’s worth …
: How Doctors Think, by Jerome Groopman I've been interested in the ways that doctors model their thinking for a while -- super-interesting, …
: The End of Faith, by Sam Harris I got this book from a friend of mine who I've talked with religion about on and off for the past 15 …
: Giving Notice, by Freada Klein I've known Freada for a long time, and her thoughts and writings and advice and insights into issues …
: The Abstinence Teacher, by Tom Perrotta Perrotta, author of Little Children and Election (basis of the great Matthew Broderick and Reese …
: w00t! Hooray for w00t!! Suck it, facebook.
: The Dream Manager, by Matthew Kelly I don't read a lot of management books, although there will be a few this month on my list -- I read …
: Dreaming in Code, by Scott Rosenberg I actually read this book nearly a year ago, when it came out in January, but wasn't sure how to do …
: Carpe Diem, by Harry Mount I love Latin. What can I say. I took a bunch of it in high school, went to a bunch of Latin contests …
: Mister B. Gone, by Clive Barker An okay book, as Clive Barker books go. From the point of view of a demon trapped in the book in the …
: i love wikipedia I needed to look up something about EU membership today, and went to the Wikipedia artile on it. -- …
: I am American (and So Can You!), by Stephen Colbert Eh, okay. Funny in spots. Not in others. Don't think I'd recommend purchasing it. I'm also finding …
: Kindle: my analysis of title availability and pricing I was curious to see how having a Kindle might make a real difference in my life, so spent an hour …
: Hybrid organizations: Wikipedia paying for illustrations Noam Cohen has an article in today’s New York Times about a new Wikipedia initiative to pay …
: Mozilla & Firefox Market Share This is a super-long post, so I’ll start with the punchlines: We think there are at least …
: The Decline of Reading As anyone around me can attest, I’ve been a little bit obsessed with Amazon’s Kindle …
: more thoughts on kindle; missing the point I’m reading more and more reviews of the new Amazon Kindle that I think are missing the point. …
: kindle well, i think i’m asking for a kindle for christmas. i’ve been dying for an e-reader for …
: The Gum Thief, by Douglas Coupland One of my favorite authors, but I didn’t really care for this book too much. Coupland is one …
: my favorite my favorite, favorite new video. [kid cuteness alert: video is of our son and is probably not all …
: no new library for sunnyvale Last week was election day – and one of the things I was really hoping would pass, Measure B …
: stacks and bins on leopard this is a really beautiful hack to address the unfortunate icon mess that stacks in the leopard dock …
: Tokyo Just got to my hotel in Tokyo, going to take a shower then go to a meetup here with, hey – …
: congratulations Miro!! One of my very favorite software projects, Miro, launches their 1.0 today! I’ve written about …
: uncategorized I’ve been thinking a lot the past day or so about Noam Cohen’s piece in the New York …
: huh. Georgia is in great shape, I’d say. Read all the way through…money quote is at the end.
: vote Today is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, so that means Voting Day in the US. …
: strike looks like the writers' guild strike is happening. i think my most basic emotion is that i’m …
: data detectors in leopard I'm really happy that something called "Data Detectors" has shown up in mail.app (at least) in …
: slam, by Nick Hornby I seem to be super-bloggy today -- probably just procrastinating, which is particularly dumb this …
: oh, and if you're using Firefox 3 builds... …to look at this blog, apologies. something weird going on with something in my wordpress css …
: first thoughts on leopard so far so good. i put one of the last developer releases onto my macbook pro last thursday and have …
: little dragon just a quickie for this morning – my son SPL (trying not to use his name in public blogs …
: Overthrow, by Stephen Kinzer I read Kinzer's All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror a few years …
: California, by Kevin Starr I've had this book on my shelf for maybe a year now -- it's part of the Modern Library Chronicles …
: Mozilla, Firefox, and China (谋智，火狐，中国) We have so many things going on at Mozilla that it’s tough to keep track of them all – …
: sigh. some weeks, you want to call “do over” on and try them again – but not this week. …
: Gophers! Okay, the good news is that we don’t actually have moles in our front yard. The medium-to-bad …
: The Omnivore's Dilemma, by Michael Pollan Great, great book. I didn’t really mean to read this – but I was at Logan a couple of …
: awesome blog on china i’ve been reading rebecca mackinnon’s blog since meeting her in Dalian a couple of …
: scooba As all regular readers of this blog know, I’m an unabashed fan of robots. (The Isaac Asimov …
: Miro in Wired There's a nice article about Miro on wired.com today -- it's ostensibly more about their executive …
: (Not That You Asked), by Steve Almond I really, really enjoyed Almond's recent book Candy Freak -- so was excited to see this at Borders …
: sometimes sometimes i don't really know where the week goes. it's getting close to 7p friday night, and i'm …
: drowning i'm not sure what's happened these last few weeks....i'm generally a high media-rate guy -- i …
: iWork 08 I've been trying to use iWork 08 for the past month or so -- and here's what I think so far... …
: To remove yourself from the Do Not Call list, press 1 not kidding: DirecTV just did an automated call to my house to remind me that I'm on their Do Not …
: fan-friggin-tastic about time for DRM-free mp3 downloads. how long until an itunes plug-in that makes this all …
: fall it's going to be hot again this week, back up into the 80s, but this weekend was a little chilly, …
: China Road, by Rob Gifford Great, great book. Everyone interested in China should read it. Written by an NPR correspondent …
: ZOMG. Moles. We have moles in our front yard. Ugh. That's not some sort of weird metaphor -- Kathy & I (and, …
: welcome to the web, NYT about time for the new york times to open up. welcome to the web. now i can go back to reading some …
: ringtone robber barons Pogue writes what I’ve been thinking. It takes a fair bit to get consumer-me worked up (like …
: amazing It’s funny the way these things go. Today was an extraordinary day for me here at the WEF …
: Breaking my brain In the space of 2 hours this morning at Dalian, my brain is broken. 3 people whom I think very …
: SeaMonkey at the World Economic Forum I was one of the discussion leaders in a session yesterday (at the World Economic Forum meeting here …
: Dalian, post 1 I'm here at the World Economic Forum meeting in Dalian -- the first of these annual meetings of …
: it's called a guitboard favorite quote from this week’s season finale of the now-renewed-for-a-second-season Flight of …
: Eudora & Penelope This’ll be a little bit short, as I’m in Beijing at 3a trying to fight off jetlag …
: working from Mozilla China I'm blogging from the office of Mozilla China now -- it's really amazing to see. I'll put up some …
: walking in Beijing Just went for an early morning walk in Beijing -- got in yesterday afternoon, so am still a little …
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test post from ecto3; heading to China
Just doing a test post with ecto3 alpha, from SFO on my way to China. Hoping to blog a bunch during …
: IV, by Chuck Klosterman Killer collection of writings by Klosterman, who’s written for SPIN. He likes AC/DC a bunch; also …
: i loves my interweb i know i’m late on this, but holy cow this is fantastic. [youtube www.youtube.com/watch
: After Dark, by Haruki Murakami The newest novel from one of my top 5 favorites, Haruki Murakami, After Dark is sort of an Eyes Wide …
: More on VMWare Fusion v Parallels CNet’s Crave has a great writeup on performance of Fusion versus Parallels for Windows …
: Awesome opportunity mixing mission, impact & business Nicholas Reville, executive director of one of my favorite non-profit tech companies, the …
: Reading Harry Potter 7 I’ll refrain from writing a review of HP7 (I liked it quite a bit), but wanted to note a new …
: Heart Shaped Box, by Joe Hill I can’t really remember why I picked this book up – I think maybe Stephen King …
: iWork '08 i’ve been playing around a bit with the new iWork for a few minutes to get first impressions, …
: Nerd Muppets Doesn’t get much better than this, really. [youtube www.youtube.com/watch
: fantastic i have to say that this video just makes my day. hard to explain why. ironic? kitsch? retro? creepy? …
: get together in London? Paris? chris beard & i are traveling this week to europe – will be in London Monday and Paris …
: iPhone photos app I’ve got about 15 different posts half-written in my head about my first 3 weeks with my …
: A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah I have to say tat this is a tough book to and a tough book to really know what to make of it. The …
: Miro! Couple of days delayed, but the very good folks at the Participatory Culture Foundation have just …
: days like this one of my favorite van morrison songs from his recent set is “days like this” – in …
: posting from my iPhone trying a post from safari on my iPhone - wordpress seems to work pretty well. It’s a little …
: time I’ll tell you that time is a tough thing for me to figure out these days. The 90 minutes we …
: 2 notes on Murakami I’m in the middle of reading After Dark, a novel by one of my half dozen favorite authors, …
: Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, by JK Rowling In preparation for HP7 coming out in a couple of weeks, I re-read the 6th book in the series – …
: cables! ugh. something possessed me today to go through all my milk crates of old power adapters & …
: Everyware, by Adam Greenfield The whole title of this book is Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing – it was …
: iPhone keyboard After about a week with my iPhone, I’m going to start writing up a series of thoughts about …
: The Creation, by E O Wilson This is an important book, by an extremely important guy – a Harvard biologist who happens to …
: kid time I’m taking a few days off to spend with my family, as SPL is getting ready for his 2nd …
: iPhone battery problem Weird problem today – I was watching a bit of video on my iPhone, then stopped & went away …
: Bambi vs Godzilla, by David Mamet I really love David Mamet’s work, but I have to say that this series of essays about the movie …
: Better, by Atul Gawande Picked this book up after really enjoying Gawande’s first effort, Complications. He’s a …
: iPhone battery life my first full day of use suggests that battery life is gonna be a problem for me. it’s 8:45p …
: couple of quick iPhone thoughts this morning 3 things about the phone this morning: i really miss a few things from other devices – even …
: early thoughts on iPhone [i’m going to categorize this with “mozilla” category as i think it’ll be of …
: I Love You, Beth Cooper, by Larry Doyle Picked up this book as a recommendation from EW Magazine (piece of JOL trivia you don’t care …
: iWait thanks to justin; got my iphone this morning. seems cool; screen looks great. activation not so …
: EDGE Network Speed “EDGE Network Speed” is a bit of an oxymoron, but this morning, in advance of the iPhone …
: iHmm... the iPhone hype is starting to get to me. :-) i had pretty much decided i’d get one, but …
: NYT Editorial on Bush Administration Secrecy Scathing editorial in the New York Times this morning. Everyone should read it. Here’s how it …
: Glubble Well, now that I’ve posted a video to She’s So Hot (BOOM), I’ll post something a …
: Boom King Our favorite new show is Flight of the Conchords, on HBO, about a struggling New Zealand band (well, …
: All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy McCarthy is one of my favorite writers, as I’ve written about here and here and here. His …
: The Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Rosen I keep circling back around to reading books about the US Supreme Court – it’s a topic …
: New Library for Sunnyvale? This is something I’m very excited about: at Tuesday evening’s Sunnyvale City Council …
: firefox add-ons: allpeers & me.dium This week I’ve met with 2 great founding teams this week, both building their businesses to …
: The "messy" version Well, getting digged makes for an exciting week. :-) In case there was any doubt, Digg can drive a …
: A Picture's Worth 100M Users??? Steve Job’s keynote at WWDC this year inspired some and was disappointing to others – …
: Parallels 3 & Coherence (plus Fusion Beta 4 & Unity) I’ve been using the beta of (now-released) Parallels for about a week now, and I’m …
: 3 random, unrelated things 3 random thoughts for the morning: i’ve been cool towards getting a first generation iPhone, …
: lebron lebron james has arrived. best basketball player on the planet – incredible game tonight. …
: Colbert @ D5 Great intro to the CEO of Viacom by Stephen Colbert at D5. Even a shout out to open source. …
: news.com article about Li Gong Short blog article on news.com about Li joining us as the CEO of Mozilla China, which Mitchell also …
: The Wild Trees, by Richard Preston I picked this book up not because I wanted to read about trees, but because I really enjoyed …
: Firefox share in busiest Internet countries We’ve been working over the past couple of months with a some students in a Stanford class in …
: this is supposed to be a good thing? in yesterday’s Financial Times, Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, says: Eric Schmidt, Google’s …
: akismet is fantastic i have to say that since turning on askismet for blog spam filtering, life’s been great. …
: might be over-caffeinated huh – i just looked at my desk & realized that i’ve had 4 diet cokes & 3 coffees …
: that's my boy for some reason, he loves gardening gloves (even while napping). goofy kid. :-)
: growth around the world We have a few things we keep an eye on here at Mozilla – one of them is where in the world our …
: hearts on sleeves It’s been an interesting week in the Mozilla blogosphere. So much conversation, explanation, …
: Rant, by Chuck Pahlaniuk I’ve enjoyed Pahlaniuk for several years, since I (finally) read Fight Club a while back. …
: leverage I’ve been thinking a lot the last few days about the debate that’s been going on about …
: Letter Perfect, by David Sacks I’ve had this book around for 2 or 3 years – I kept reading a chapter or two, then …
: microsoft & silverlight I’ve been thinking for a while about Silverlight, the new tools+browser plugin+platform stuff …
: learning i’m struck today, for like the millionth time, how much there is to learn, how much there is …
: attack on the web ray’s speech today about silverlight is a full-on attack on the web, on open tools, on …
: Letter Perfect, by David Sacks I’ve had this book around for 2 or 3 years – I kept reading a chapter or two, then …
: dual booting into Vista experiences i may have mentioned this before, but i’m going to try pretty hard to start booting into Vista …
: still monkeying starting to understand wordpress, css & this particular theme a little better. definitely not …
: Made to Stick, by Chip & Dan Heath I've said this before, but I really don't read many books that would be categorized as "business …
: Suck it, Mountain View! Sunnyvale taunts rest of South Bay: “We’re #8!” - Topix Powered by ScribeFire.
: colors, layout in flux lots of monkeying around with layout & colors still. the blog is going to be unstable for a …
: my favorite picture Similar smile Originally uploaded by khowe.kathy’s great with the camera, and this is my …
: civic life i attended a city council meeting today for the first time – and spoke on behalf of something …
: Blogging from ScribeFire Experimenting with ScribeFire, which is the new instance of a Firefox extension for blogging, …
: Letter H goes there :-) Letter H goes there :-) Originally uploaded by khowe. Great puzzle time with Sam lately. Learning …
: In China's Shadow, by Reed Hundt Well, this was okay, but not great. Really 2 separate books: (1) a critique of American …
: test post for wordpress just putting in a test post to see how things look on the hemmingway theme – there are clearly …
: great day at the d.school IMG_2210.JPG Originally uploaded by John Lilly. Visited the Stanford d.school yesterday, where …
: Diego at the d.school image/jpeg Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: fast. i have these moments periodically, when i’m flipping between iTunes, Firefox, mail.app, …
: reinstalled osx i just replaced the disk in my mbp with a larger (but slower) one: now it’s a 5400 rpm 160 GB …
: the road wins pulitzer The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, just won the Pulitzer for fiction. Couldn’t have gone to a …
: AMT. bah. such a confusing tax code. double bah.
: so it goes. (pic jaked from vonnegut.com)
: goodbye blue monday kurt vonnegut died tonight at 84. america loses one of its best, most authentic authors – …
: Blogging from Texas Bjr and dan Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: not exactly the Kaos Computer Club computer club Originally uploaded by John Lilly. my friend adam, whom i mentioned here a few days …
: Google china image/jpeg Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: Street corner image/jpeg Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: Iscas Home of mozilla china foundation Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: Oak interactive Saw these folks yesterday. Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: IMG00035.jpg image/jpeg Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: Lunch Fish soup Yum Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: Outside the hotel Coming out of the hotel Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless
: moblog test Testing out moblogging from Beijing, as I’ve turned on data access this time around. …
: best e-mail i've gotten in a long time does anyone remember this: it’s an old infocom game called Enchanter – sort of the …
: being a dad kathy’s got class tonight, so it was just sam & me, spending time together, listening to a …
: futura I was editing a spreadsheet yesterday and accidentally shifted some of the text in the grid to be in …
: daylight saving time 2007 Doing a quick search of my blog, I seem to be sort of obsessed with Daylight Saving Time. With this …
: numbers we’ve been grappling with data a lot lately at mozilla, trying to understand more and more …
: sigh. well, some weeks are better than others, i’d say. this has been a long week at work for a …
: OpenCongress Check out OpenCongress.org – an exceptionally important site brought to you by the same folks …
: Frances Allen Wins Turing Award This is an important event – first time a woman has won the Turing Award, the ACM’s …
: reconnections Yesterday was a fun day – between Mozilla & Reactivity, there were dozens of news reports …
: West Coast Wakes Up We roll a little later in the day here than most – it’s a left coast type of thing. But …
: Cisco acquires Reactivity Cisco is announcing today that they’re acquiring Reactivity, a company that I co-founded with …
: kid privacy i seem to be talking a bunch about moving my blog over – and in fact, i think we’ll move …
: jub.net? seems to be either lillyhowe.net or jub.net. i sort of like JubNet (spelled jub.net). any opinons …
: it's a horse race... …for the dumbest politician in Washington, and, as usual, it’s a close one. Ted Stevens …
: domain name so the main reason that i’m stuck on moving my blog is figuring out a domain name. all my …
: blogging from flickr DSC00415 Originally uploaded by John Lilly. i’m pretty sure i’m the last person in the …
: 3 things for your morning. a reuters article about our plans for china this year. it’s not 100% …
: some china thoughts I’m doing a series of posts on our China trip – some that are particularly politically …
: Starbucks, with Chinese Characteristics “With Chinese characteristics” was a phrase that we heard a lot in China – as in, …
: The Night Gardener, by George Pelecanos I’m not generally a big mystery reader – not like my mom or grandmother, certainly, who …
: moving to wordpress okay, i’ve decided to move from typepad to wordpress (hosted at dreamhost, which seems …
: posted some pictures from shanghai on my .mac site…
: South Korean tech monoculture Great post by Gen on his experience in South Korea last fall. He & I were just in China together …
: More pics from China I’ve put a few more pictures from our trip to China here…
: 24 Kathy & I were sorta thinking of not watching 24 this year, after the horrendous season last …
: sigh. worst attorney general ever.
: Professional Jerk-buster My friend Bob was featured on a segment of The Today Show (annoying non-embeddable video means you …
: back from china back in the office now, recovered from our china trip. trying to find time to post some thoughts …
: flying to china hour 3 of my flight to beijing with Gen & Chris – should be an exciting week for Mozilla …
: scary i'll do a post on my way to china about the last year & how good it's been. i've been feeling …
: cold hard light of day 3 things i think now, a day after MacWorld: Steve is as good at what he does as Tiger Woods is at …
: um... ...no offense -- the iphone is really cool & all, but i was sort of hoping for some stuff to …
: life without IM huh. i've accidentally been forgetting to turn on my IM client (adium) for the past few days, and …
: CES & MacWorld I think I'll write some more about how I feel about Apple lately tonight if I can find some time, …
: Parallels vs VMWare Fusion vs Crossover vs BootCamp I've really enjoyed having my Intel-based MacBook Pro this last year or so -- while it's a bit of a …
: Augustus, by Anthony Everitt Fantastic, fantastic book. I read Everitt's Cicero a while back and really enjoyed it. I've also …
: The Camera Eye Kathy & I have each been using the Nike+ipod system for our runs lately -- 2 gizmos: one that …
: pearl A couple of weeks before Christmas, Dad helped me procure a Blackberry Pearl for my Cingular …
: Best game of 2007 The most exciting football game you're likely to see in 2007 was last night, on the very first day …
: cold in YYZ schrep says it's cold in toronto. [posting this here to teach him a lesson for not reading my blog …
: You, Dead to me, and Freezing Cold Well, Time Magazine has announced their Person of the Year, and it's apparently you. So …
: sam...as seen on tv check out this Firefox fan-generated video (aired in SF & Boston on ESPN & MTV & such …
: tough to watch i'm not an overly emotional guy in terms of reacting to news on the web or tv. but the story of …
: Sam's on board From Sam's blog (what a team player!): Last night while John was getting Sam ready for his bath, …
: The Starfish and the Spider, by Ori Brafman & Rod Beckstrom Like HCI books, lately for some reason I’ve been reading more business books. Not totally sure …
: A Spot of Bother, by Mark Haddon I was really looking forward to this book -- as I've mentioned before, his first book, The Curious …
: New baby for Seal and supermodel Heidi Klum Has to be my favorite headline of the day. Probably my favorite since the first announcement of …
: Beautiful Evidence, by Edward Tufte It’s a beautiful book, of course. Tufte doesn’t really do anything that’s not …
: There's a Wocket in my Pocket, by Dr. Seuss It turns out I'm reading a lot of board books lately. Just sayin'. I'll spare you the whole list, …
: iWoz, by Steve Wozniak & Gina Smith You know. Fluffy. Probably not really worth reading. I did find out that Woz basically funded the …
: Dragon Rising, by Jasper Becker As I'm anticipating my trip to China in January, I'm going to start doing a lot more reading about …
: OJ um, what? among the weirdest things ever.
: High School Confidential, by Jeremy Iversen I was pretty excited to read this book -- it just showed up near me at my house one day (Kathy had …
: typepad i'm finding typepad harder & harder to love lately. the web-based UI seems like it's always …
: creepiest picture ever. i'm just sayin'. creepy.
: About time... ...for this. Wonder if things would have gone differently yesterday if they had done this a couple …
: Simplicity, by John Maeda John's a very smart guy -- I've not met him personally, but know many folks who know him and have …
: powersong Kathy & I got the little "nike + ipod" thingys last week -- they're a cool addition to our nanos …
: reminders Last night I had my monthly meeting for the City of Sunnyvale Library Board -- as I've noted before, …
: Untitled hi – take a look at sam. test post from flock.Blogged with Flock
: The Sunset Limited, by Cormac McCarthy This is a new play by McCarthy -- I guess it played off Broadway this year. Sort of formula, seems …
: State of Denial, by Bob Woodward I’ve got a lot of thoughts about this, none of them good. Kathy & I just watched a show …
: totally sidetracked today... sometimes it happens. 2 from john maeda's blog (which i stumbled on from diego's): - on …
: mainstream? amazing firefox review in time online.
: metasmart Man, I'm lucky to have some very smart and very articulate friends. Here's a really thoughtful post …
: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy Bleak. That’s the word for this book. It’s a post-apocalypse story of a man and his …
: Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert Interesting book -- really worth reading. Goes into a lot of conventional wisdom and studies on how …
: lizard in the house about the only under-reported thing about the Firefox 2 release is that in the minutes before …
: 2 A couple of hours ago we launched Firefox 2 – something that I’m very proud of from an …
: showtime been watching a few series on showtime lately: brotherhood, weeds, and dexter. they're all great. …
: the little things Adjusting to Tokyo time a little bit now – was able to sleep until 5a this morning. Went to …
: big in japan i know, i know. i’ve used that post title before. too tempting. anyway, press conference …
: testing zoho spreadsheets That's a graph that's linked in one of the spreadsheets that I just created in Zoho Office. Seeing …
: working from Mozilla Japan Working on our presentation for this afternoon’s Tokyo press conference now from the Mozilla …
: Democracy Player Over the last couple of months, I've gotten to know Nicholas Reville, one of the founders of the …
: SJC -> NRT headed to tokyo now – about an hour into an 11 hour flight. we were a little late getting into …
: Shorties in the house. This weekend, Al & Lori came over with their boy -- stayed over on Sunday night with us before …
: Huh. I agree with... …Steve Ballmer? WTF? Here’s what he said in a BusinessWeek interview (italics are my …
: YouTube. Google paid $1.65B yesterday for YouTube. I’ve been thinking about it a bunch since then; …
: The Blind Side, by Michael Lewis I've always liked Lewis' books -- Moneyball, his most recent, was just terrific. This book is about …
: and this: all you people out there had better start watching Studio 60. you know who you are. if you don't …
: Stuart: A Life Backwards, by Alexander Masters I picked this book up because it had a quote on the front by Mark Haddon, who wrote The Curious …
: coat hanger yesterday was sort of freaky. everything ended up okay, but a few scary moments. i was taking care …
: Great new stuff from Cormac just got The Road, Cormac McCarthy's new book, and on the first page i'm hooked. (No Country for Old …
: Giant bug terrorizing Germany This is fantastic. I love the web. :-)
: coup in thailand Wow. The Prime Minister is in NYC at the UN and so the military stages a coup. You think this sort …
: life's different now projects around the house have a little higher degree of difficulty these days than they did before …
: discourse on the way home from my library board meeting, NPR was playing a talk by bill clinton. i was …
: test of google web albums trying out google web albums -- just want to see how their default embedding looks. Test Album …
: labor in honor of labor day, here's a favorite quote of mine from eugene debs, a labor leader from …
: Talk Talk, by T.C. Boyle I run sort of hot & cold on Boyle -- really enjoyed The Tortilla Curtain, for example, but have …
: The Ruins, by Scott Smith Fun summer thriller by Scott Smith, who's other book, A Simple Plan, came out more than a decade …
: The Wages of Wins, by Berri, Schmidt & Brook Glibly called "Freakonomics meets ESPN," this book is neither as fun to read nor as provocative as …
: The Moon is Down, by John Steinbeck Every time I get down to Monterey I find myself thinking about John Steinbeck, who's one of my very …
: Crappy People versus Crappy Systems Great post by one of my favorite guys, Bob Sutton @ Stanford, about how you can have all the great …
: television Well, 4 season finales this week, for Entourage, Deadwood, Rescue Me and 30 Days. all 4 were superb, …
: sigh. a friend of mine sent this to me a few days ago. so disappointing. things like this are no doubt …
: mozilla Some of you know this already, but I’ve been at Mozilla a bit more than 14 months now, and …
: what phone? okay, i'm ready to get a phone with e-mail capability again. which one? treo700p? i like the palm …
: Winkie, by Clifford Chase To be honest, not as good as you'd expect a novel about a teddy bear who becomes sentient and is …
: Survivor, by Chuck Palahniuk > Really enjoyed this novel -- writing style is strongly, strongly reminiscent of Fight Club, …
: archives hmm. so i'm finally getting around to cleaning up some old files that have been accumulating -- just …
: poor pluto looking like maybe pluto will get to keep it's planetary status. and we might even get three new …
: driving a hybrid So far, driving a hybrid has been an interesting experience for me. the first "aha" that I'm finding …
: A Crack in the Edge of the World, by Simon Winchester Fantastic book, as usual, from Winchester. 3 main story lines: (1) how plate tectonics work, with …
: The Big Oyster, by Mark Kurlansky Every once in a while I get interested in the history of New York & Manhattan -- think it's just …
: that living with a 1 year old is great. mostly great. better during actual daylight hours, than, say, at …
: grants@mozilla About 3 weeks ago, Seth Bindernagel started working at Mozilla on building out some sort of …
: 30 days 30 Days, on FX Network, is a fantastic show by Morgan Spurlock, who did SuperSize Me! It's a show …
: quality comedy Last night when I got home, I decided to show Sam what a "double take" is -- a fundamental for …
: no such thing as a perfect car other than my rental Toyota Matrix, i mean. so here's the thing: when you decide you want/need to …
: The car I'm not buying Here's what I'm driving at present: Wahoo! But probably not what I'll be purchasing. Now thinking …
: hooray for judge walker at least the AT&T/DOJ domestic eavesdropping case will get a hearing. hooray for judges like …
: 1 year doc appt Sam had his 1 year doctor appointment today -- everything reports back great. He's 31.25 inches and …
: language I'm working with the Mozilla Japan folks here in Tokyo this week, and I have the feeling I always …
: car okay, so now that i'm over the whole getting my car bashed up thing, i'm ready to hit stage 2: …
: Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk Great book. Movie's great, too. Not as good when you know what's happening from the start, but …
: crash told ya i'd have new stuff to blog about. today driving past google, a googler t-boned my audi …
: one one year with sam. today's the day. best year ever.
: back to blogging okay, it's been about 3 weeks since i've written anything, but i'm going to try to write a bunch …
: pong Silicon Valley is so great. A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to sell our old CRT television, so I put …
: My Friend Reid My good friend Reid Hoffman was just named as one of the "50 People that Matter" by Business 2.0. …
: yes on 81 if you live in california, go vote today! and consider voting "yes" on proposition 81. it's a $600M …
: Experimenting with Vox Just trying out a new blogging offering from SixApart (makers of Typepad): Vox. Started a new blog …
: big night Kathy & I watched one of our very favorite movies this weekend, for maybe the third for fourth …
: wow Stanford played the best weekend of baseball that i can ever, ever remember seeing this weekend in …
: priorities i have to say that if the members of the house of representatives cared 1/2 as much about the …
: edges take a look at this blog post. it's great. i need to spend some time when i'm not at work & read …
: new patent updated: the link below is to the actual patent declaration at the uspto -- only click if it's okay …
: international lately i’ve been going through an interesting work transformation. since january, i’ve …
: anger shifting. okay, so while i was angry last week at the president and the NSA about the massive data collection …
: Television Thoughts Obviously, blogging seems to be a nervous twitch for me when I'm in an audience -- I have a hard …
: It's raining men. This industry get-together about AJAX that I’m attending is almost completely male. Not a huge …
: Dogs of God, by James Reston Wow. Let me just say this: Spain in the 1400s really sucked. A lot. Unless you were Catholic, I …
: A Dirty Job, by Christopher Moore So another zany supernatural book by Christopher Moore. Not bad, although I found myself reading …
: A Crack in the Edge of the World, by Simon Winchester Fantastic book, as usual, from Winchester. 3 main story lines: (1) how plate tectonics work, with …
: Hammer Over in Sam's blog, Kathy put up a video of Sam's first word, "Hi!" As she notes, it's a great one. …
: user experience I’m at an industry meeting today about AJAX – basically the collection of technologies …
: new camera as you may have noticed, we take a number of pictures in our family, and as a result, we have a fair …
: testing flock just trying out flock again. they’re doing lots and lots of experiments in the user interface …
: Angry. I'm exceptionally angry about the revelation today of the NSA program to buy 4.5 years of records …
: Built to Win, by John Schuerholz This is not a book for everyone, but I liked it. It's a pretty run-of-the-mill book by a sports …
: Sunday in Paris Another nice day -- here are some more pictures.
: in paris put up some pics of my 1st day in paris. great time so far -- heading over to the Louvre to spend …
: You Gotta Have Wa, by Robert Whiting BJR gave me this book a few years back, but I finally got around to read it, prompted by the World …
: Heading to Paris Somewhere over the East Coast at the moment, heading towards Paris to visit Mozilla Europe for the …
: Apex Hides the Hurt, by Colson Whitehead Colson Whiteheaad had a brilliant debut with The Intuitionist, a novel about race relations in …
: Thief Just watched the 4th episode of Thief on FX. It's on a 6 episode arc for this first season, and …
: 0.75 Just did Sam's 9 month checkup -- other than a cold that he's had (and given me and I've given …
: concerns of man here's a quote from gilgamesh that prefaces a new book i'm reading (it's christopher moore's new …
: citizen This is a post that I've been meaning to write for a few weeks now, but just haven't had the time. …
: great day at the d.school Snap above is a pic from my camera phone of the fantastic d.school trailer at Stanford, where Asa …
: blogging with sam vacation day for me, so blogging from home with sam...
: Macintelindows. Great writeup on Apple's move to support Windows dual-booting on their new Intel machines. As they …
: Japanland, by Karin Muller Interesting memoir that's relevant to some of my work lately -- it's about Karin Muller's six …
: Arrested: Arrested Final cut: they've canceled Arrested Development. They apparently had offers from Showtime to …
: Rooting for Cuba (and other bits) I'm rooting for Cuba tonight in the finals of the World Baseball Classic. My great experiences …
: Star Wars or Web 2.0? This is great. Quick quiz on how much you know about your SStar Wars Characters and Web 2.0 company …
: Google Mars This is super-neat. Google Mars. It’s like Google Maps, but with the elevation, visible …
: Proving we're the best... Well, the US baseball team is finally showing those treacherous Canadians who’s best in the …
: USA! USA! USA? I'm more excited about the World Baseball Classic than I thought I'd be, and sitting at home feeling …
: cough. cough. the other pretty hysterical thing that sam has started doing is coughing to imitate kathy & me. …
: 5 well, the upside of being sick at home is that i get more time with kathy & the kiddo. and in 2 …
: Sick, with kid. ugh. having stay-at-home colds when you’ve got a kid in the house is doubly toughh. a lot …
: Articles about our talks in Tokyo Sort of fun: coverage or our talks yesterday in the Japanese press...I have to say that everyone …
: Why blog? I'm reading a lot of blogs these days, and a lot of my good friends are pretty well known bloggers …
: Big in Japan I'm sitting in the audience of a Mozilla Japan seminar here in Tokyo at the moment -- listening to …
: Sleeper Last night I grabbed a few episodes of Sleeper Cell (Showtime) and Battlestar Galactica (Sci Fi …
: SJC -> NRT Heading back to Tokyo for the week -- giving a talk on Thursday for Mozilla Japan -- will be to a …
: The Cold War, by John Lewis Gaddis Loved this book -- just loved it. It's an extremely readable account of the Cold War, written by one …
: Alexander the Great, by Norman Cantor Pretty disappointing account of Alexander the Great -- I was really interested in reading this book …
: The Japan Book This is a great little book about Japan that Hinata-san gave me on my first trip (I think the …
: Eldest, by Christopher Paolini Total junk. I'm giving up, about 200 pages in. I sort of liked the first book, although it wasn't …
: Great posts about Mozilla & Firefox Two great things to read about Firefox written by folks I work with every day. First, take a look …
: Library stats Susan Hildreth, the State Librarian of California, is speaking now -- talking about what's happening …
: In the Cupertino Community Hall I'm at a workshop this morning in Cupertino -- it's a workshop for library board members in the …
: Posty. Posting a lot today cuz I'm stuck in a longish management meeting. Here, I'll show you something …
: Blade Runner Wasn't kidding in my previous post -- i actually have started using the new Gillette Fusion razor. 5 …
: Privacy Privacy is slipping away. A little bit more every single day. I don't say this to be alarmist -- …
: Google Pages I'm a little mystified by this one. Take a look here: http://pages.google.com -- it's basically a …
: Good news? Bad news? Not sure if this is good news or bad news, but finally figured out today that my World of Warcraft …
: Long weekend Nearly every Monday when I come in to work (or Tuesdays after a long weekend, like this one), …
: SiteAdvisor Here’s a neat Firefox extension:SiteAdvisor. Watches what you’re browsing, throws an …
: Unwatchable Okay, with this latest episode of 24, I’m just about prepared to call it unwatchable. Ugh.
: Big in Japan Check out this page: イベント情報 - Mozilla Japan 第 2 回セミナー it’s a seminar/couple of talks that Mike …
: Performancing I’m going to try out this new Firefox extension called Performancing – lives inside the …
: Garden State What a great movie! I’d been meaning to watch this Zach Braff (Scrubs) movie for a while now …
: test mozilla post testing...
: IM Overload I find myself with 2 sources of overload these days (in addition to all the meetings that are …
: Complications, by Atul Gawande Really terrific book written by a surgeon in Chicago about his experiences learning to become a …
: baseball! stanford baseball opens friday, against fullerton. yippee! got to figure out when to get sam to his …
: spell with flickr neato! here's a fun little webapp that lets you spell things with images from flickr. sort of a new …
: Harry Potter 4 I watched HP4 on my way back from Tokyo -- I liked it. I did feel like this was really the first of …
: Four things sort of a trendy blog meme lately, but I've got some time on the train on my way home, so here goes: …
: The Office Okay, I'm now a fan of "The Office" -- the US television version, I mean. I resisted it for a year …
: Nice day in SF Rode the train up to San Francisco today to spend some time with Mitch talking about various & …
: Hey! Another new patent for Mike & me. Hmm. Apple filed this one in 2000 -- it issued about 6 months ago. Weird.
: Tough road for books No secret, I think, that books are under assault from any number of modern threats. Rich media …
: 6 months. Still tall, still enormous noggin. Took Sam in today for his 6 month checkup -- he's doing great, natch. 70th percentile weight, 90th …
: Geeks good dads? Hey look! This says Geeks make good Dads. I prefer to think of myself as a nerd, but that's sort of …
: Firefox #8 on list of top global brands This article is astonishing -- says that according to a BrandChannel survey, Firefox is the #8 most …
: Japan Blogging with iWeb I'm in Tokyo, slowly adjusting to the time difference and starting to think about how much I'd like …
: Another Run Around the Sun With credit for the title to Ben Taylor, I've been meaning to write this post for a while now -- …
: My Mac My Mac crapped out last week -- backlight died, which made it a little tricky to use. I was without …
: Sigh. I'm at the San Jose Airport, waiting for my flight to Narita -- I'll be in Tokyo all week. Just saw …
: Holy cow. iLife is amazing Here's a site that I put together in literally under 10 minutes with Apple's new iLife software. …
: RSS Readers versus the browser I'm starting to notice some behavioral shifts in the way I get my Internet content lately. About 10 …
: Books Worth Reading (2005 Edition) I've been posting a bunch of books on my blog today -- I think I've finally cleared out the queue -- …
: Wicked, by Gregory Maguire This is a fun book that tells the backstory of the Wicked Witch of the West. But not as fun as it …
: No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy Terrific, terrific book. Well written, fast-paced, thought-provoking. But not for the faint-hearted. …
: Dealing with Darwin, by Geoffrey Moore It's been a while since I really wanted to read a book by Geoff Moore -- living in Silicon Valley, …
: War and the American Presidency, by Arthur Schlesinger This book by eminent historian Arthur Schlesinger is a blistering critique of the Bush …
: Great Tales from English History, by Robert Lacey This book is not great. Lots of little 2-3 page stories about bits & pieces of events in …
: George Washington, by Paul Johnson I'm a sucker for books about the Revolutionary War, its causes, its implications, and the people …
: The Devil's Teeth, by Susan Casey This is a book that Mom sent in one of her highly fantastic semi-regular shipments of books that she …
: The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis With the movie coming out and all, plus Kathy & my somewhat reduced mobility these days (named …
: Heading to Jacksonville We're about to take our first trip with Sam -- we'll be heading to Jacksonville tomorrow morning …
: Mozilla in The Economist Great article about Mitchell & Firefox in The Economist this week. Very nice reporting. Lots …
: Coyote Blue, by Christopher Moore Eh, it's an okay book. Not great. I liked "The Stupidest Angel : A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas …
: Wild Ducks Flying Backward, by Tom Robbins I like Tom Robbins a ton -- really liked Skinny Legs and All and most of his other books. This is a …
: Firefox 1.5 & what I've been up to lately heya. today's the day for the 1.5 release of firefox and some partnership announcements. the stuff …
: Life is short Just reading an essay by a friend of mine, Bob Sutton (he's a lot more interesting than this page -- …
: working up my thanksgiving list Driving into work today, I found myself starting to compose a post for Thursday about the things …
: sleep I really like sleep. Or I used to, anyway. Sam's doing great great great, in general, but isn't …
: Sam's First Basketball Game Cool slideshow of Sam's first Stanford basketball game. Apologies for the sideways pictures. Still …
: Bah. More genius canceled. Bah. Fox just canceled "Arrested Development," aka "the best show on television." Rats. Well, …
: doofus don't know why, but my favorite word lately is doofus. here, i'll use it in my most common recent …
: Sam's First Basketball Game Kathy, Sam & I went to the first Stanford basketball game of the season last Saturday, and had a …
: A History of the World in Six Glasses, by Tom Standage I picked this book up because I read a book by Standage called The Victorian Internet, about how the …
: Traveling I’m currently in Pasadena for the day – making this my first business trip for Mozilla, …
: Busting Vegas I read "Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for …
: Meet You in Hell, by Les Standiford I've been reading this book over the past 6 weeks or so -- although it's not a long book, it's just …
: Blown away So much is happening on the Internet today. I’m totally blown away & can’t keep up. …
: 5 Last week was our 5th anniversary. Hard to believe that it was more than 5 years ago now that we …
: supreme court problem At the gym this morning in total darkness, I listened a bunch to NPR and watched the various news …
: Motivation not very motivated today for some reason. don't know why. most days, time flies by and i barely have …
: One more question One other thing this morning -- I just got an external monitor to use with my Powerbook (it's a Dell …
: Something wrong with Gmail? Anyone else having trouble using pop3 with Gmail for the last week or so? My mail client (apple …
: New, confusing mixed feelings about Daylight Saving Time I wrote a while back about how the first day of DST is my favorite day of the year, because it seems …
: Ecto I'm trying out a blogging tool called Ecto -- it's a rich client app that lets me post to Typepad …
: Pyongyang, by Guy Delisle I've been a little interested in North Korea for a while now -- interested in the difference between …
: Datapower, posting, waiting for meetings Well, I'm at work now, but waiting for a meeting to start, so I figured I'd post a little bit. (It's …
: Posting from Flock This is just a test post -- I'm testing out Flock -- a new web browser based on Mozilla …
: Weird! Google Tooth update: this looks like it's a hoax. pretty good joke. ---- I've got a bunch of posts queued up …
: More on Banned Books some stats from my mom for Banned Books week... from Sept. 26 issue of Publishers Weekly: 547: …
: A Man without a Country, by Kurt Vonnegut Listen: "...While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous …
: Celebrate Banned Books Week Everyone should celebrate Banned Books Week by picking up something from one of the following …
: The Search, by John Batelle I know a lot of people that work at Google there; in my work lately I have met a bunch more -- it's …
: .mac or not? Kathy & I have been using .mac for a while now -- it's been really amazingly easy for her to …
: The Emmys and My Favorite TV This is a great piece on who'll win at the Emmys written by my favorite TV critic -- someone I …
: Read This: Divided (by 9/11) we stand... An op ed piece on boston.com written by Carie Lemack, who used to be at Reactivity. Read it.
: Sam the Lens I wrote a couple of weeks ago about watching the Little League World Series -- and in particular, …
: Eragon, by Christopher Paolini This is the first in a trilogy of books that's an epic fantasy quest in the style, more or less, of …
: Read this: KlepBlog Was catching up on some blog reading during a sleepy-time nap for Sam & caught up on my friend …
: Feels like Fall This is the first morning that really feels like Autumn to me -- it's been coming for maybe 10 days, …
: Entourage One of the best shows on television lately. HBO's hit rate is just phenomenal. I'm getting ready to …
: Little League World Series I watched the Little League World Series championship today -- man, what a game! It had everything …
: Sam's First Game Big day! Sam's about 6 1/2 weeks old now, and the greatest thing happened. I started sticking out my …
: The Geneticist Who Played Hoops with My DNA, by David Ewing Duncan I've been getting more interested in biotech lately -- realized that there are lots of things …
: American Vintage, by Paul Lukacs This is a book about the rise of American wine to world class status. Sort of a boring read, …
: Setting the baby "bar" This weekend, Sam started smiling pretty reliably in response to things that we do -- Kathy, my dad …
: Sitcoms are alive & well I think most of you know that I watch a lot of television. Seriously, a lot. I love it. And …
: Sam's Blog Moving to New URL We're moving all of Sam's stuff over to his new blog, which you can find here: …
: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (no spoilers) I'm not going to talk much about the book here, except to say that I liked it. I was able to avoid …
: A Very Good Year, by Mike Weiss Back to book reviews -- we're going to move Sam's stuff over to his own blog. (About time. He's …
: Sam comes home! We brought Sam home yesterday -- here are a few new pictures for you of his last couple of days in …
: Just checking in Midnight Sunday; just home to do a bit of laundry & clean up a bit. I'm finding that baby hours …
: New Pictures of Sam We just posted a few new pictures of Sam for your enjoyment. …
: Pictures of Sam (and Friends!) Here are some pictures of Sam and his new friends. More soon, but for now, back to the hospital for …
: Sam's Arrival! We're in the hospital now -- just after I got to work this morning around 8:45a, Kathy called …
: A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby I've been a fan of Nick Hornby for a long time -- since I read <i>High Fidelity</i> a …
: Mozilla Well, I’ve started a new job: running business development and operations for the Mozilla …
: March of the Penguins Saw an interesting movie last night: March of the Penguins. Pretty amazing documentary done by a …
: We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are …
: Switching As part of my new job (more on that in a bit), I’ve decided to use a Mac for a while instead …
: New Backyard Pictures I've put up some new pictures of the backyard work we've had done here. Pretty neat to compare them …
: Watching Baseball in Waco While I'm writing this (taking a break from some job-related networking), I've got a window up …
: Don't Get Too Comfortable, by David Rakoff Another of the commentators that I like to listen to on NPR -- David Rakoff is one of the main …
: You: The Owner's Manual, by Roizen & Oz I've been interested in how the human body works lately -- I think basically because of our …
: Lessons in Gratitude, at the Basement Sink - New York Times Link: Lessons in Gratitude, at the Basement Sink - New York Times. I like this editorial by Ben …
: Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut Sometimes I'm overwhelmed by the number of truly brilliant books/stories/novels/works of art in the …
: Jury Duty A happy thing happened this week -- I got called to serve Jury Duty for California Superior Court …
: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer When I read Foer's first book, Everything is Illuminated, a couple of years ago, I was completely …
: Big Bang, by Simon Singh This book took me a long time to read. Big Bang: The Origins of the Universe, is a good history and …
: Formatting issues Sorry for the formatting issues on the The World is Flat and some other upcoming posts. I'm …
: The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century I've followed Tom Friedman for a number of years now -- I think he's just about the most articulate …
: The Polysyllabic Spree, by Nick Hornby Nick Hornby is a fun author who wrote High Fidelity, About a Boy and How to Be Good. This is a short …
: What the Dormouse Said, by John Markoff I've met John Markoff, a writer for the New York Times, a couple of times. He's always seemed to me …
: We wish to inform you..., by Philip Gourevitch I read this a month or so back but waited for a while to post because I couldn't quite find the …
: Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt This is a fun book that grew out of a New York Times article a few years back. Steven Levitt is an …
: Saturday, by Ian McEwan This is, I think, the first work of fiction that I’ve read that is firmly rooted in a …
: Libraries, Take 2 Mom & Adam both posted excellent comments on my Libraries as Endangered Species post, and …
: Are Libraries an Endangered Species? I got a library card for the Sunnyvale Public Library yesterday, after 6 years of living here. …
: The Success of Open Source, by Steven Weber This is an important book for folks in the software industry – it’s the first …
: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling The most current of the series, Book 5 is also the longest & most complex of the Harry Potter …
: Good Design This is a really great article: http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/health/features/11700/index.html …
: Ubik, by Philip K. Dick A fun vacation book to read – wanted to read some of Dick’s work because it’s been …
: Gun, with Occasional Music, by Jonathan Lethem I’ve mentioned here a few times that Jonathan Lethem is one of my favorite authors (most …
: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling The 4th Harry Potter book is my very favorite in the series so far. It’s the first move into a …
: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, by Christopher Moore Just popcorn vacation reading. I read Christopher Moore (a Hawaii resident) on trips when I’m …
: Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe Written in 1959 by a native Nigerian, Things Fall Apart was maybe the first really non-Western novel …
: The Dark Hills Divide, by Patrick Carman This is one of the huge mass of books coming out in the for-kids-and-sort-of-like-Harry-Potter genre …
: Maui Kathy & I just got back from a great trip to Maui – we spent 6 days on the island, and had …
: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling The 3rd installment, and the first book that really starts setting up a world of characters and …
: Daylight Saving Time info Here’s a good link to a CNN piece on DST: …
: Spring Forward, by Michael Downing This coming Monday is my annual favorite day of the year. Why? It’s the first work day (for …
: Delays on the M5 Lately I’ve started listening to Virgin UK radio that broadcasts in London (but I get it over …
: Grass Carpet Well, the backyard is just about finished – they’re laying sod right now. What a …
: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling 2nd installment in the series – a good, solid book that starts to set up a bunch of stuff that …
: Mexifornia, by Victor Davis Hanson This book was suggested to Kathy & me by Kathy’s dad – the full title is Mexifornia: …
: The Math Instinct, by Keith Devlin Also known as “NPR’s ‘Math Guy’”, Keith Devlin runs the Center for the …
: The Disappointment Artist, by Jonathan Lethem The picture on the book jacket for this book is one of my favorite of all times – so …
: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, by J.K. Rowling It’s tough for me to believe that this only showed up in the world seven years ago, in 1998. …
: Flanimals, by Ricky Gervais This is a very peculiar, but funny book for kids & adults alike. Written by the genius behind …
: North Korea: Another Country, by Bruce Cumings I’ve been wanting to understand more about North Korea for a while now, so picked up this book …
: Shadow of the Giant, by Orson Scott Card I’m a sucker for books in the Ender’s Game series by Orson Scott Card – I’ll …
: All the Pope's Men, by John L. Allen, Jr. This is another book that I’ve had on my shelf for a while but just got around to reading …
: John Adams, by David McCullough I’ve been trying to get through this book for most of the three years since it was published …
: Springtime This is going to sound trite, but I really, really love springtime. There’s something …
: Spider outside my window There’s a spider that lives right outside my office window – right in the lower left …
: Who We Are Now, by Sam Roberts This is an unusual book. Who We Are Now: The Changing Face of America in the Twenty-first Century is …
: Regional Advantage, by Annalee Saxenian I’ve had this book on my shelf for a few years now, but didn’t read it until just …
: Blindsided: Lifting a Life Above Illness, by Richard M. Cohen Not all of you know this, I don’t think, but my mom is a librarian. Actually, she currently …
: Ulysses S. Grant, The Unlikely Hero, by Michael Korda This biography of President Grant starts with a quote of his: “I read but few lives of great …
: Painting the outside of the house So the windows project is officially done – this weekend I painted the stucco outside the …
: "To the Best of My Ability", James McPherson ed. This is a fun book with mini-biographies of all 43 American presidents – with pictures, …
: My To Do List This probably gives a not-so-flattering insight into my character, but I don’t know what …
: New Windows Well, the new windows are all pretty much in, painted & operational, and we’re super-happy …
: And the last in our And the last in our series of before & after pictures…this is our living room …
: This is the same old This is the same old door we had there before, but updated with shiny white paint. Makes the room …
: Here's a shot of our Here’s a shot of our bedroom before the new door – there’s an old aluminum door …
: Here's a picture of the Here’s a picture of the baby’s room before the new window… And here’s the …
: one other blog use I almost forgot one of the most interesting pieces of blogging (although one that I don’t …
: "Blog"-iness A week or two ago I posted something about how my blogging is “bursty” – that is, …
: Walking Away [I’ve been meaning to write this post for a few weeks now, but kept pushing it off. Trapped …
: Kafka on the Shore, by Haruki Murakami Murakami is one of my favorite authors, even though he writes in Japanese. I’ve read him now …
: Busytown While I’m at home, I keep thinking of the children’s book What Do People Do All Day? by …
: 1957 As they’re unwinding our house, I feel like we’re peering back into time a little bit. …
: "Before" from the inside. What “Before” from the inside. What happens next: they hammer the stucco away, then get rid …
: our bedroom door "before" our bedroom door “before” the window work.
: Our patio after about 8 Our patio after about 8 days of work on it. Taking a really long time. At this point, it’s …
: A Dream House for 3 year olds... I’ve decided that our house is now the absolute perfect place to live if you’re 3. …
: This is the stepout from This is the stepout from the living room.
: The stepout from our bedroom The stepout from our bedroom – we’re putting in a new sliding door here next week.
: A picture of our A picture of our backyard as they’re putting in the flagstone – backbreaking, detailed …
: one of the pictures of one of the pictures of our backyard flagstone.
: Bursty Blogging For some reason, I mostly don’t ever publish a single blog entry – seems like I batch …
: The American President I thought that George W. Bush’s 2nd Inaugural was a very good speech. I haven’t …
: New Patent! Just got a note today that a patent that Mike Hanson, Brian Roddy, and I submitted a couple of years …
: The Places I've Been For the last 30 days or so, I’ve traveled exactly nowhere. San Francisco is about as far …
: Eleanor Rigby, by Douglas Coupland I’ve mentioned before that 2 of my very favorite authors, Douglas Coupland & Haruki …
: Connectors for Connectors? In The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell wrote that there are basically 3 types of folks you need to …
: Process Story A while back, when The West Wing was fantastic, instead of merely good television, they ran an …
: The Power that Preserves, by Stephen R. Donaldson This is my last Stephen R. Donaldson post, at least for a while. The Power that Preserves is the …
: The Illearth War, by Stephen R. Donaldson The 2nd installment in Donaldson’s The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, the only …
: Hard News, by Seth Mnookin Nikhyl gave me this book for Christmas – the full title is Hard News: The Scandals at The New …
: Bloodsucking Fiends, a Love Story, by Christopher Moore A lot of fun, like Moore’s other books. As you’d imagine, this one’s a wacky novel …
: Last Few Weeks at Reactivity I have to say that my last few weeks at Reactivity were about as good as I could have imagined them. …
: Backyard After 3 Days Well, it’s looking better as of this weekend – they’ve pretty well gotten rid of …
: Radio Activity, by Bill Fitzhugh Sort of like High Fidelity meets Carl Hiassen. A murder mystery set in a small town Mississippi …
: Lord Foul's Bane, by Stephen R. Donaldson I had read this pair of trilogies (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever and The Second …
: Backyard Apocalypse Well, “we” started work on our backyard today, after several months of planning. For …
: Reactivity's Beginnings Since I’m leaving Reactivity, I thought it’d be appropriate to post the note that …
: Muir Woods, Marin Headlands, Salinas & Monterey My dad visited us last week, and we had a great time. It’s the first time that he’s been …
: State of Fear, by Michael Chrichton I’m a sucker. Picked this book up in Boston just because it was this or a boring book that I …
: Electric Universe, by David Bodanis Really interesting pre-release book that Mom sent – it’s about the history of …
: Abraham, by Bruce Feiler This is an interesting book that looks at the common patriarch of the 3 major monotheistic …
: Amazing Prose: The Grapes of Wrath Well, I’m not done with it yet, but this amazing book deserves some “in the …
: Practical Demonkeeping, by Christopher Moore Like Fluke, but about demon possession instead of whales. You get the picture. But a pretty funny …
: Fluke, by Christopher Moore Another slightly fluffy novel for me – quick read from Christopher Moore about whale …
: Nashville in 27 Hours Flat First, let me say that we had a great Thanksgiving, and really enjoyed spending time with Mom, …
: Montreal A couple of weeks back, I had an interesting trip where I had meetings Monday in Toronto, Tuesday in …
: Back Pain Sucks Some of you know that I’ve been struggling a bit lately with back pain – every once in a …
: Men and Cartoons, by Jonathan Lethem One of my 3 or 4 favorite authors, Jonathan Lethem has written a couple of stunningly good books in …
: A History of God, by Karen Armstrong Karen Armstrong is a very interesting woman -- she calls herself a "freelance monotheist." She spent …
: Old picture from Mac Band. Old picture from Mac Band. It’s a nice look for me, I think.
: Me in a hat. Nice. Me in a hat. Nice.
: If this isn't nice, what is? Just thought that I’d write down here that it’s been a very very good week. No one thing …
: E-mail, readers & archives [warning: esoteric nerdism follows. sorry about that.] I'm a little confused about how to deal with …
: Last Reactivity Board Meeting I haven’t written here about leaving Reactivity before – but think it’s getting to …
: The Preservationist, by David Maine Yet another book that Mom sent me a pre-publication copy of months ago that has since become a big …
: Philadelphia: Fat City Spent 11 hours in Philadelphia yesterday. Not exactly enough time to get a real feel for a place. …
: Lamb, or the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore Got on sort of a roll with Christopher Moore after The Stupidest Angel -- this is a very funny novel …
: The Stupidest Angel, by Christopher Moore Heading home from Detroit with a couple of books that I wasn't that interested in, I picked up The …
: Chain of Command, by Seymour Hersh Sigh. This is a tough book to read. Great investigative reporting for The New Yorker, by Seymour …
: Houston, Land of Yuck I've been trying to write a bit about the cities that I visit lately, and Houston is where I'm just …
: Peter and the Starcatchers, by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson This seems to me to be a real Golden Age for children's literature, really fueled by the whole Harry …
: Florence of Arabia, by Christopher Buckley The third posting in my series of not-very-heavy things to read, Florence of Arabia was written by …
: Naked Pictures of Famous People, by Jon Stewart Funny little book by Jon Stewart before he hit it big with his The Daily Show (one of our favorite …
: Box of Matches, by Nicholson Baker I've wanted to read Nicholson Baker for a while now, and with his new, controversial bookCheckpoint …
: Checkpoint, by Nicholson Baker There's no way around it: we're in an unfortunate period in our nation's history -- one that's …
: Aunt Laura My great aunt Laura Lilly McMichael died yesterday afternoon, at the age of 95. She’d moved to …
: Straight Man, by Richard Russo I’d recommend you read anything that Richard Russo writes – he’s fantastic. I read …
: Detroit Took my third trip to Detroit last week (and drove up to London, Ontario for a quick meeting as …
: Vancouver Kathy & I spent last weekend in Vancouver, BC for a wedding of Natalya Eliashberg, a friend of …
: Little Children, by Tom Perotta I was excited to read this new book by Tom Perotta, who also wrote Election, which was eventually …
: Life of Pi, by Yann Martel Your typical boy-meets-tiger story. This is a novel that describes an Indian boy's trek from …
: Candy Freak, by Steve Almond This is a great book! It's a short book, written by a frequent contributor to NPR, all about candy. …
: New Corollary: Flights Without Headphones are Painful Well, I suppose it goes without saying, but the day after I do a post about how great it is to have …
: nice clouds well, i'm a little bit sick of being on airplanes lately, but every once in a while there are some …
: Obvious: Digital Music is Sublime This goes into the obvious file, but I’ve just got to say that the emergence of digital music …
: Dress Your Family in Denim and Courduroy, by David Sedaris I've read pieces of Naked and Barrel Fever before, but never really been able to get through a whole …
: The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum I was pretty blown away by The Bourne Supremacy on the big screen a few weeks ago -- thought the …
: The Bourne Supremacy, by Robert Ludlum Well, sort of like The Bourne Identity, just as long, but a lot more boring, and a lot more tortured …
: Colossus, by Niall Ferguson I finished this book a couple of weeks ago, and it's really affected my thinking about the USA and …
: This is a highland cow. This is a highland cow. Made us laugh.
: Going to start back up on this Okay, enough screwing around. Time to start blogging in earnest. I'm thinking of a couple different …