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I am a design engineer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, working with the Theme Team to address the design concerns of millions of WordPress users.

• August 10th, 2007

  Mahalo Follow

  Tonight at GnomeDex, Jason introduced Mahalo Follow, Mahalo’s first Firefox extension release, and a project in which I’ve invested a fair amount of effort. Follow includes two components: (1) a Mahalo toolbar (with the requisite links and search box) that also sports a dropdown of the Mahalo directory and buttons that let you say whether [...]

• July 17th, 2007

  Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: iLost

  Congratulations to Sean, Ricardo, and Jeff, the winners of Mahalo’s iPhone Contest. I knew as soon as I read it that Sean’s Time Travel SERP was going to be tough competition.

• July 16th, 2007

  The waiting is the hardest part

  Looks like I’m not the only one interested in finding out the results of the Mahalo.com iPhone contest: the top Mahalo search term today is “iPhone Contest Entries.” Seriously, when are the winners going to be — wait, Sexsomnia??

• July 13th, 2007

  Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: Betta Splendens

  Here is my seventh and final entry for the Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: Betta Splendens (aka Siamese Fighting Fish). To recap, here are all of my entries for the Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: Calvin and Hobbes Prime Minister Thatcher NewsRadio Futurama Mall of America OPML Betta Splendens

• July 13th, 2007

  Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: OPML

  Here is my sixth entry for the Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: OPML. I am really gaining an appreciation for the work that Mahalo Guides do.

• July 12th, 2007

  Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: Mall of America

  Here is my fifth entry for the Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: Mall of America. I’ve probably been to the MOA more times (a dozen maybe? could be more) than any Mahalo guide, so this was a natural fit for me.

• July 12th, 2007

  Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: Futurama

  Here is my fourth entry for the Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: Futurama. I couldn’t believe that this page hasn’t been done yet.

• July 12th, 2007

  Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: NewsRadio

  Here is my third entry for the Mahalo.com iPhone Contest: NewsRadio. When contests allow you to enter as many times as you want, I usually take that as a challenge. When I was 14, I filled out over 100 entry forms just to win a 12-pack of Coke and a pizza at the Rock County [...]