Hello, my name is Mike Gowen.

I’m a huge Google Reader fan but they lost a brownie point with this little UI blunder. I’ve been complaining (to myself) about the lack of a “Mark as Unread” link for some time. This frustration was further amplified when I noticed one on the iPhone version. Why would they put one in the iPhone […]

Like most people that are passionate about the web industry, I try to attend as many conferences as I can throughout the year. But lately I’ve been questioning the format of the conferences, and wonder if we could do better. Being that I stay current with the community and the web in general, its very […]

I was flying home from North Carolina yesterday and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this (note the remote)