Blake Ross, Firefox Co-CreatorBlake Ross, Firefox Co-Creator

photograph by Jeffery Salter/Redux Pictures;
location: Felt Billiards, Miami

1

Incognito
"At my favorite coffee shop, I sit within inches of a competitor who brazenly discusses company strategy week after week. He probably thinks I'm doing math homework."

2

Ah, To Be Young
"It's hard to be taken seriously after you tell a VC that you can't meet for drinks because you're under age. But [being young] is also an enormous competitive advantage, since people underestimate you or write you off entirely."

3

How I Got My Start
"I stumbled across the art of programming years ago and subsequently devoured every online coding example I could find. I thank God every day that I didn't accidentally discover calligraphy first."

4

What's Next
People "want a corner of the Web they can call home, not one of these cookie-cutter sharing portals--a palatable, personal space that they can mold in their image."

5

If I Weren't A Coder
"[I'd] write novels, then direct the film versions. I love telling stories, and there's only so far you can go with code."