April 8, 2011
Posted by beltzner
On Monday I’ll be starting my new job at DownUnder GeoSolutions working on some really fascinating software products which will help geophysicists interpret massive amounts of seismic data to understand what’s underneath their feet. As I’ve said before it’s an entirely new challenge working in a space I know very little about, and I’m really [...]
February 26, 2011
Posted by beltzner
Isla likes when Daddy sings songs at bathtime, so:
You can find me in the tubwaitin’ for the bubs,look mami, I got the time if you’re into givin’ scrubs,I’m into bein’ clean, so go on and grab the Dove,and come gimme a rub if you’re into washin’ mugs!
With thanks to my inspiration!
February 14, 2011
Posted by beltzner
Often, as T.S. Eliot wrote, words are inadequate. I’ve recently decided that Firefox 4 will be my last release working for Mozilla. Like Eliot’s lover, let me struggle to find the words explaining why.
Almost six years ago, when I left IBM Canada for Mozilla, my manager assured me I’d be back at Big Blue [...]
September 22, 2010
Posted by beltzner
Apropos of nothing, my mother forwarded me an email today that I sent her back in 1999. Setting aside the fact that this was eleven years ago and that my mother apparently decided to spend her day reading my decades-old missives, it turns out that there’s a lesson in the story that I was relating [...]
September 21, 2010
Posted by beltzner
A few months ago Virgin America opened up a SFO-YYZ route, and I was immediately asked by American colleagues why on earth I’d choose to fly any airline other than Virgin, and why I kept booking on Air Canada. Even setting aside the benefits I reap flying Air Canada as a Star Alliance Gold member, [...]
September 8, 2010
Posted by beltzner
For the past few months Mozilla has been alpha testing “Texai” telepresence robots built by the fine folks at Willow Garage. The Mountain View offices play host to two of these robots, which are essentially dedicated Skype machines (webcam, cpu, monitor, speakers) on wheels. Add in some (web based!) software to control the login / [...]
August 23, 2010
Posted by beltzner
I am now a big fan of soapy ham hocks.
Brian King recently wrote about a very significant change to the Firefox user interface which will be seen by all Windows Vista and Windows 7 users when they upgrade to Firefox 4. Designed by Alex Faaborg and the UX team based on community feedback from Test [...]
August 11, 2010
Posted by beltzner
Today we’re going to release the third beta revision of Firefox 4. We’ve been keeping close to our scheduled cadence of a beta release every two weeks, and putting our changes in front of users early and often has yielded – as we’d hoped – fantastic feedback.
We’ve actually gotten so much great feedback from users [...]
August 5, 2010
Posted by beltzner
When I plugged my Mac into an external monitor yesterday, my nightly build of Firefox “beachballed” and became non-responsive. I was experiencing a browser hang.
I wanted to do what I could to help our engineers understand what caused the problem, and my colleague Jeff Muizelaar showed me what to do. I figured that I’d share [...]
June 29, 2010
Posted by beltzner
As sent to our Mozilla colleagues, and for the benefit of the wider community, from Madhava and me:
Hello everyone,
A friendly reminder that your Canadian colleagues (aka: “Team Elizabeth”) will not be at work on Thursday, July 1st in order to bring our annual tribute of maple-cured beaver pelts to Her Royal Highness, Elizabeth II (not [...]
