Description: This is the website of Molly Mackinlay. It runs on IPFS - a peer-to-peer network and protocol designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open. IPFS powers web3, a resilient, decentralized, local-first fabric to power and connect the world's knowledge.
As Project Lead for the InterPlanetary File System (aka the IPFS Project ), I am responsible for creating direction, alignment and growth for a community of 4K+ contributors whose IPFS-powered projects reach millions of monthly active users. Prior to stepping in to project leadership in early 2019, I started the Local Offline Collaboration Working Group , designed the first IPFS Project Roadmap and yearly planning process, PM'd the go-ipfs working group - the reference implementation of the IPFS protocol, a
Before joining Protocol Labs, I spent 5 years as a Product Manager at Google working on Chrome NaCl , Google Classroom , Google Forms , and mobile Search . After starting my PM career leading the launch and evolution of Portable Native Client towards WebAssembly, I moved to NYC to design and run the Classroom mobile apps for Android and iOS, helping accelerate learning everywhere by saving teachers time. I also led strategy and development for Google Forms, launching the New Forms UI to simplify form crea
Outside work, I spend a lot of time reading (recent favorites include Factfulness and The Smartest Kids in the World ), listening to podcasts (especially Waking Up and Masters of Scale ), and watching youtube videos about math, physics, and the cosmos (highly recommend 3blue1brown , PBS Space Time , and history of the entire world, i guess ). I also recently published a short book about my time spent living and working in New York City called Goodbye To All That , inspired by Joan Didion's essay of the same