As many of you probably have heard, there were big layoffs at AOL on Tuesday. My whole team, those working on the Netscape browser, and I were laid off along with many other browser engineers. A sad day for some, a happy day for others. The end of the Netscape browser. This day had been coming for quite some time and I don’t think many people were suprised by it. The only real suprise to me was that the layoffs were project based and not performance based. A lot of great people lost their jobs and I really hope they are able to find new jobs they loved as much as they loved Netscape. While I’m sad to leave behind the place I spent so much time over the last 4 years, I am ready to move on and find a place where I can really make a difference.
Archive for July, 2003
The End
July 18, 2003The Hulk’s Willy
July 9, 2003Apparently some company made a Hulk doll with a rather large package according to this article in The Sun. The pictures had me laughing for quite some time.
Britney admits she’s not that innocent
July 8, 2003Britney Spears admits she had sex with Justin Timberlake. What a suprise.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
July 6, 2003I sat down last night and finally started reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and sometime around 9am I finished it. It was a most excellet book! I liked this book better than the last four books. Each book has gotten better and better. I’m ready for book 6 and book 7 right now.
Incase Mrs. Rowling is reading this: WRITE FASTER.
4 Year Anniversary
July 1, 2003I’ve been at Netscape for 4 years now. I was hired just after I turned 18 and straight out of high school. (plug: See me in the Netscape/Mozilla documentary.) Moved from my little town in Georgia out to this big, new, and exciting place. Sunny Silicon Valley. Moving 2000+ miles from my family and friends to a place where I didn’t really know anyone was tough, but the people here were great and treated me like family.
