Category Archives: Design

my thoughts on google’s 3d experiment

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Christopher Blizzard

Google has announced the availability of a plugin that implements 3D technology and makes it available over the web. You can read about the announcement in in the Google Code Blog and in an excellent article by Ryan Paul in … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D, Design, Firefox, Google, Mozilla, Open Web, OpenGL, Performance, Standards | 25 Comments

tobi

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Christopher Blizzard

Last week we had a visit at Mozilla from @tobimcfly [website], who has done what I call “protest” add-ons and artwork for Firefox.  His work can be pretty provocative and has been covered in the press.  He’s also behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Design, Firefox, Mozilla | 1 Comment

privacy is hard

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

I got this dialog on Facebook today and I was completely stumped.  Totally.  I read the paragraph over and over, trying to figure out what I meant.  I read it to friends, didn’t help.  Thought about it some more.  It … Continue reading →

Posted in Clay Shirky, Design, Privacy | 10 Comments

some great quotes from today

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

I’m just going to post some stuff I found on the web and I really like.  Here goes. 1. Aza Raskin has a good overview of how people use the web in China.  There’s a service over there called QQ … Continue reading →

Posted in Communities, Design, Geek, It Came From The Internet, Lessig, Open Web, Politics, Regulations | 2 Comments

Fennec Alpha 1

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

Fennec, which is the code name we’re using for the lead-up to a mobile version of Firefox, has reached an important milestone: Alpha 1.  Mark has details up on his blog, including some good feeedback from people trying it out. … Continue reading →

Posted in Beta, Design, Fennec, Firefox, Mobile, Mozilla, N800, N810 | 4 Comments

some clay shirky for your enjoyment

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

Updated February 22nd, 2009. I was inspired by one of Gen’s posts and I thought it would be worth it to make a post that contains some links to some great Clay Shirky talks. Clay Shirky on institutions vs. collaboration … Continue reading →

Posted in Clay Shirky, Design, Mozilla | 4 Comments

competing for an open (generative) web

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

John Lilly pointed people at a really good article in the New York Times by John Markoff about the Olympics as a hook to get Silverlight onto people’s computers. It’s a good overview and is worth reading. The article covers … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Design, Firefox, Freedom, Google, Mozilla, OGG, Open Web, Video | 15 Comments

intelligence, modernism, communities and a little bit of fun

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

Some good stuff in my whoisi stream today. Enough of a pattern in order to draw some interesting lines between different posts. Fred Wilson posts some excerpts from an essay on what comes after post-modernism (tiny link). A little bit … Continue reading →

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some random mozilla-related links for your enjoyment

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

Ari Jaaksi talks about Linux on Phones and what’s going on at Nokia. He mentions that he’s working with us at Mozilla – very true. And good fodder for another post on another day. He also touches on an important … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Firefox, GNOME, Google, Linux, Mobile, Mozilla, Open Web | 1 Comment

helvetica

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Christopher Blizzard

On John’s great review I added Helvetica to my Netflix queue and watched it late last night. What a fantastic documentary! As a movie I felt it was really well done – great pacing, great interviews and felt like it … Continue reading →

Posted in Design | 6 Comments