Acts of Volition

I use a few Firefox extensions that I thought might be useful to others. Here’s a quick overview of the extensions I use and why I like them.  •  Linky  •  I’ve written about Linky before, and I still use it regularly. Linky is a simple extension that adds the ability to open a group of links in …

The latest episode of The West Wing features weblogs breaking a news story before the mainstream press. It’s a cute episode in which weblogs pick up a story of a White House staffer test driving a huge SUV right into a brand new Toyota Prius hybrid.

I’m looking for some help with an issue I’m having with the Mozilla.org website and the Norton Personal Firewall product.  •  If you have the Norton Personal Firewall installed and a bit of knowledge about web-browsers (knowing what a web browser is should suffice), and are willing to help me test …

Download the interview: Firefox Interview on Canada Now (33MB 5 minute DivX)  •  The crowning moment of my recent Firefox local media blitz was an interview on Canada Now, the local CBC Television evening news. Local anchor, Bruce Rainnie (brother of Matt Rainnie, who conducted my recent radio …

Being as humble as I am, it can be difficult for me when I’m showered with praise. However, it does soften the humility blow when the praise is written cleverly and with wit. Such is the case in my selection as Volunteer of the Week at SpreadFirefox.com.  •  SpreadFirefox.com, is a community site …

CBC Radio’s head geek, Tod Maffin, did a great piece about Firefox for CBC Radio today. I was invited into the local evening CBC Radio show, Mainstreet with Matt Rainnie to talk about the local connection we have to Firefox.  •  Today, Mainstreet played Todd’s piece and followed up with my …

It's up! The new design for Mozilla.org by Daniel Burka, myself, and the others here at silverorange, working with the brilliant and patient people at the Mozilla Foundation has just gone live.  •  Here's the CVS checkin:  •  “  •  dbaron%dbaron.org - 2004-08-31 14:31  •  Landing …

There has been lots of helpful feedback to our public beta of the new Mozilla.org website.  •  We’ve fixed many of the issues that arose during the beta and we’re aiming to launch the new site tomorrow evening (Tuesday, Aug 31). This is a final call for critical issues before we launch. Feedback …

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