Mike Connor
@mconnor.net
Husband, dad, nerd, & Canadian. Bikes, politics, & snark. Oxford comma absolutist.
ex-Mozilla. I ran Firefox when it was cool.
ex-Mozilla. I ran Firefox when it was cool.
Jeddah and Riyadh have been hosting the Italian and Spanish "super cups" for soccer for a while now.
October 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Jeddah and Riyadh have been hosting the Italian and Spanish "super cups" for soccer for a while now.
This is GenX's Nuts'n'gum.
September 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is GenX's Nuts'n'gum.
Aw, I was thinking that'd be perfect. Maybe I can sneak in a detour. Ajax plays at home the Wednesday before.
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Aw, I was thinking that'd be perfect. Maybe I can sneak in a detour. Ajax plays at home the Wednesday before.
The degree to which Pocket was on an island until 2023 makes me incredibly sad. Separate office (until 2020), Slack, etc. Deep integration couldn't have happened without major culture shifts on both sides.
September 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The degree to which Pocket was on an island until 2023 makes me incredibly sad. Separate office (until 2020), Slack, etc. Deep integration couldn't have happened without major culture shifts on both sides.
That said, I don't think the constraint is "browsers can't do this" but "no one currently making a browser wants to do this" and that's a problem. Someday we need a serious whiteboard session.
September 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
That said, I don't think the constraint is "browsers can't do this" but "no one currently making a browser wants to do this" and that's a problem. Someday we need a serious whiteboard session.
I have so many feelings about what that integration could have been with product alignment and creativity. One of the things I really wanted near the end was for Pocket to build on top of Places and richer, usage driven annotations (like full text). Imagine if every article you'd read was in Pocket.
September 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I have so many feelings about what that integration could have been with product alignment and creativity. One of the things I really wanted near the end was for Pocket to build on top of Places and richer, usage driven annotations (like full text). Imagine if every article you'd read was in Pocket.
My hometown was a three way hub for multiple national railways. Last train was 1996.
August 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
My hometown was a three way hub for multiple national railways. Last train was 1996.
Airline might have their AVOD selection online?
August 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Airline might have their AVOD selection online?
Not Intel, as far as I can see. Their old CEO was gone Dec 1, new one was appointed in March.
August 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Not Intel, as far as I can see. Their old CEO was gone Dec 1, new one was appointed in March.
Because no one believes Trump will do it to companies that bent the knee. If he goes after his inauguration donors in equal ways, then we can talk about whether it's good policy.
August 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Because no one believes Trump will do it to companies that bent the knee. If he goes after his inauguration donors in equal ways, then we can talk about whether it's good policy.
Maybe it's because I'm Canadian and we have a large Sikh population, but that example doesn't quite hit right either.
July 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Maybe it's because I'm Canadian and we have a large Sikh population, but that example doesn't quite hit right either.
That's the perfect description of working on browsers...
June 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
That's the perfect description of working on browsers...
As a Canadian I never quite understood Frys. Especially the really huge one that was in Sunnyvale (I think).
May 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As a Canadian I never quite understood Frys. Especially the really huge one that was in Sunnyvale (I think).
@michaelverdi.com and I were talking this morning about how various "novel browser experience" projects have had a brutal adoption curve. Browsers have existed for 30 years, and the mental model hasn't evolved past the awesomebar. Evolution is hard without a migration path for the masses.
May 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
@michaelverdi.com and I were talking this morning about how various "novel browser experience" projects have had a brutal adoption curve. Browsers have existed for 30 years, and the mental model hasn't evolved past the awesomebar. Evolution is hard without a migration path for the masses.
I don't know if there are docs I can read yet for what you're working on, but I'm very curious. I'm especially curious about how you're approaching the way people would adapt to a "post-browser" UX.
May 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I don't know if there are docs I can read yet for what you're working on, but I'm very curious. I'm especially curious about how you're approaching the way people would adapt to a "post-browser" UX.
It wasn't just hosting, bouncer started there too.
May 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It wasn't just hosting, bouncer started there too.
The date being literally in the photo is the real kicker.
April 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The date being literally in the photo is the real kicker.
Not exactly the same wording but very much the same response.
March 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Not exactly the same wording but very much the same response.
The number of folks who have told me how much of an upgrade my second wife is has made me alternate between awkwardness and pride rapidly enough to power the nation.
March 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The number of folks who have told me how much of an upgrade my second wife is has made me alternate between awkwardness and pride rapidly enough to power the nation.
What does post-browser mean to you? I've taken a bunch of runs at describing user agency and it's always missing something.
February 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What does post-browser mean to you? I've taken a bunch of runs at describing user agency and it's always missing something.