About Me
Information for finding me via Google
My name is Christopher Finke, and I am a software developer for Mahalo. I live in Chanhassen, MN. I used to live in New Prague, MN. My e-mail address is cfinke@gmail.com. My beautiful wife is Christina Finke (nee Tewes). We both attended Mayer Lutheran High School in Mayer, MN, Concordia University in Seward, NE, and the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis, MN.
What do I do?
Well first, there's my day job at Mahalo. There, I write Firefox extensions like Mahalo Share and develop features for Mahalo.com.
I also have a second "job": I manage the development of ScribeFire, the most popular blog editor for Firefox. We recently launched ScribeFire QuickAds, the easiest way to make money off of your blog.
In any remaining free time, I develop Firefox extensions for fun, not profit. My favorites include Feed Sidebar and URL Fixer, but I also wrote (and continue to update) RSS Ticker, Slashdotter, Links Like This, Auto Auth, YouTube Comment Snob, OPML Support, TubeStop, and NSFW Detector. Additionally, I manage TwitterBar, although I am not the original author.
If there's any time left over, I dabble in Wordpress themes and plugins. I've written three plugins: Feed Statistics, which gives you an overview of how many people are reading your blog via your RSS feed; Social Traffic Monitor, a plugin that tracks visitors from social news or bookmarking sites; and Formategory, a yet-to-be-released plugin that formats posts according to pre-defined templates based on their category. I also released my blog's design as a Wordpress theme called Greencode.
I also do some consulting on the side. I've recently worked with Compete, Me.dium, SearchMe, NEC, and Indeed, plus some others that would prefer not to be named. (Not everyone wants to be associated with a workaholic.)
Oh, and I used to work for Netscape, back when it was still called Netscape. Technically, I suppose that, along with Richard Klein, I was one of the last two Netscape employees, since we worked on the Netscape Navigator browser after Netscape.com was renamed to Propeller.
What are people saying about Chris?
"The template on his blog kicks Safari in the nuts, runs like a coward, and leaves it writhing in pain without help." - Victor Agreda, Jr.
"Christopher Finke is a funny guy." - C.K. Sample III
"You are a king among kings and a god among gods for creating this glorious extension for us. All praise and glory be heaped upon you." - Lord Rahl
It's All Relative
Here is my little brother Jacob's website. He has entirely too much time on his hands.
My sister Kay blogs here about her family: toddler + funny sayings + cute pictures = worth reading.
Christopher Finke is a software engineer at Mahalo. He is available for birthday parties and bar mitzvahs. 
May 1st, 2007 at 1:20 pm
[...] found some new content for my About Me page, courtesy of Victor Agreda, Jr.: “The template on his blog kicks Safari in the nuts, runs [...]
July 11th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
Hey There,
I don't know you, but I was pleased to find your blog (through a friend-of-a-friend's comment on pownce) I enjoyed your "what people are doing on twitter." post.
Cheers,
Chris Duffy
aka "spinchange" on way too many social networks.
August 23rd, 2007 at 9:04 pm
[...] de Netscape llamado Chritopher Finke mejor conocido como Chris Finke quien anteriormente ha escrito diversas extensiones para Firefox ha escrito una más llamada TubeStop que desde hoy entra en mi lista de extensiones [...]
October 29th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Hello Chris,
I just want to say Congrats! its cool to find people like you, Your plugins and software are very useful to many people, including me.
My best regards.
December 29th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
I arrived at this "leave a reply" page after searching for "ScribeFire" in the search function. No matter what I do, this blog does not provide anymore information than Firefox for the Add-on called ScribeFire for editing, working with, and posting Blog information to my Blog. The Add-on is in the latest version of Firefox, but sits there uselessly occupying real estate.
I would be most happy if the blurb that accompanies the download and written by the author of this blog could be enhanced with an addon to enlighten me. How do you start the add-on? I have full privileges, all functions loaded, no restrictions and a blog with my name on it that can be edited by two means; use Blogger.com control panel or modify it directly from the page on my domain. I know what I am doing, host a number of domains on my own server, design and post websites for others, and maintain a few others. This little bug is bugging me however. It would be nice if I could refer it to some new members to my blog so they could update their material more easily.
Ciao
May 4th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
your wedding photos are really cool mate :)
August 24th, 2008 at 4:47 am
https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=200504292038.j3TKcGVK014938%40qix.software.umn.edu&forum_name=chipmark-users
are you (still) active on the Chipmark project?
http://www.chipmark.com:8082/forum/
bye.
August 24th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Heylo, Chris!
Awesome website, awesome job. =D
-Tirzah
August 25th, 2008 at 5:47 am
What about the Chipmark project?
August 30th, 2008 at 9:24 am
[...] Tech, web two point oh I had been avoiding giving ScribeFire a chance, until I discovered that Chris Finke was the guy behind it. He’s a superstar, so I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a good experience. [...]
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:39 am
May I please have the recipe for the snowballs (white chocolate coated buttercreams? They look wonderful. Thank you, Lin
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:52 am
[...] Chris Finke is the genius developer who made ScribeFire. I have no connection with him. Rated 4/5 on Dec 1 2008 Vote on Dave’s reviews at LouderVoice LouderVoice review tags: blog, editor. software, firefox Like this post? Spread the word: [...]