his new company when featured on the cover of IEEE Spectrum in November 2006. On July 20, 2007, the BBC reported that Facebook had purchased Parakey. In early 2013, Ross left Facebook to pursue other interests. In 2015, Ross wrote a spec screenplay for HBO's Silicon Valley. Personal life Ross has aphantasia, a rare condition preventing him from visualizing things in his mind. In a blog post, Ross wrote:I have never visualized anything in my entire life. I can’t "see" my father's face or a bouncing blue ball, my childhood bedroom or the run I went on ten minutes ago. I thought "counting sheep" was a metaphor. I’m 30 years old and I never knew a human could do any of this. In 2015, he wrote a fan fiction original screenplay for the HBO television comedy series Silicon Valley, which gained attention. References External links Profiles The Firefox Explosion — Wired magazine article by Josh McHugh on Firefox development history (published February 2005) Interviews Firefox ignites demand for alternative browser — interview with Byron Acohido for USA Today (published November 9, 2004) Interview with Firefox developer Blake Ross — interview with Michael Flaminio for Insanely Great Mac (published November 9, 2004) Full speed ahead: Mozilla Firefox browser blazes through globe — interview with Michelle Keller for Stanford Daily Article (published November 16, 2004) Firefox Architect Talks IE, Future Plans — interview with Nate Mook for BetaNews (published November 29, 2004) The Young Turk of Firefox — interview with Keith Ward for Redmond Magazine (published December 2004) Q&A With Blake Ross — interview with Computer Power User magazine (published January 2005) Interview — Blake Ross — interview with Non-Tech City (published May 27, 2005) Firefox Will Be Free Forever — interview with Xu Zhiqiang for OhmyNews (published August 7, 2005) The Firefox Kid — David Kushner's article on Ross and Parakey in IEEE Spectrum (published November 2, 2006) Livingston, Jessica, Founders at work: stories of startups' early days, 2007. Cf. Chapter 29, Blake Ross and Firefox. 1985 births Living people American bloggers Web developers American computer programmers Facebook employees Mozilla developers Free software programmers Open source people Writers from Miami 20th-century American Jews Gulliver Preparatory School alumni 21st-century American Jews