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== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] == | == Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] == | ||
A big thanks to Gavin Sharp, Michael Verdi, Marco Mucci, Matt Brubeck, and Asa Dotzler for helping get the What's New page live for Windows 8 users on very short notice. You rock. | |||
== Upcoming Events == | == Upcoming Events == | ||
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=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} === | === Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} === | ||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> San Francisco, CA: Two-Day [https://webmaker.org/events/1233 Science Hack Day San Francisco] is a 48-hour-all-night event that brings together designers, developers, scientists and other geeks in the same physical space for a brief but intense period of collaboration, hacking, and building ‘cool stuff’. | |||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Montreal, Canada: Two-Day [https://webmaker.org/events/1139 Firefox OS Hackathon] is a look at Mozilla's latest open platform initiative! A hackathon in the true sense of the word, augmented with timely labs throughout the event, presented in collaboration with Mozilla, Mozilla Québec, Startup Weekend Montréal, FACIL and La Commune. Whether you're a javascript enthusiast or a veteran, this is an action-packed event that will be full of pleasant surprises. | |||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Russia, Moscow: [https://webmaker.org/events/772 MakeUS!: A Maker Party] invited Russian youth to participate in a “Hack Jam”-style event at the Moscow American Center focusing on the Popcorn video remixing tool. | |||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Maharashtra, India: [https://webmaker.org/events/1596 Hack Jam Powai] brings together IIT Bombay and Mumbai University to organize a Hack Jam in S.M.Shetty school in Powai. We will be learning about basics of HTML and CSS and try to ensure they have the maximum fun possible learning this stuff. | |||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Toronto, Canada: [https://webmaker.org/events/1598 Girls Learning Code: Learn Programming with Ruby!] is a workshop for beginners, which will cover essential terms in the Ruby language such as: integers, strings, objects, all while focusing on how an everyday computer operates and understands input. | |||
=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} === | === Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} === | ||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Manchester, United Kingdom: [https://webmaker.org/events/2636 Girl Geek Tea Party #35: Show and Tell] is a networking event, talk and hands-on workshops for women and girls with an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). | |||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> London, United Kingdom: [https://webmaker.org/events/1651 Processing and Twitter] will teach how to use data from Twitter in Processing. Work with the Twitter API, including getting a developer key. Passing data from Processing to an Arduino Creating more complicated messages to pass more information, and how to understand at the other end what is in those messages. | |||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Silver Spring, MD: [https://webmaker.org/events/2356 Silver Spring Mini Maker Faire] is a rapid-fire one-day jam, open to anyone and everyone interested in all things game. Are you a coder, artist or audio designer interested in videogame design? Or, are you a gamer who’s curious about how videogames are put together? If so, we’d like to invite you to come join us at Madlab for the next Manchester Game Jam! | |||
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Manchester, United Kingdom: [https://webmaker.org/events/2635 Manchester Mini Game Jam] brings together Makers of all types for a spectacular display of art, science, technology, craft and engineering. This “do-it-yourself” fair invites children and adults to participate in Maker projects and demonstrations, including: Make and race your own lunar Rover with NASA scientists Experiment with 3D printers & vinyl cutters Build a giant marble run Use recycled materials to create new toys Experiment with robotics Make your own computer game And more!! | |||
=== Next Week === | === Next Week === | ||
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=== Firefox Desktop === | === Firefox Desktop === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location: SF (johnath)'' | ||
* We shipped last week! | |||
* A touch-friendly Firefox for Windows 8 is now live in Aurora. Go get your hands on it and help [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/good-news-firefox-now-touch-friendly us test]. | |||
[[File:MetroShot.png|550px]] | |||
=== Firefox Mobile === | === Firefox Mobile === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location: remote (mfinkle)'' | ||
* Work week yielded many new ideas | |||
** Much focus on new ways to share | |||
** Lots of discussion about integration with cloud services | |||
** Ideas for tweaking Firefox to a various specific demographics | |||
=== Thunderbird === | === Thunderbird === | ||
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=== Webmaker === | === Webmaker === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location: OpenMatt in Toronto''<br> | ||
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5338/9251977682_4f6d49fae9.jpg | |||
* <b>Winding down Maker Party: success!</b> Mozilla community taught a *lot* of people web skills over the last three months: | |||
** <b>1,694 community events</b> (2x over last year!) | |||
** <b>~58,000 participants</b> | |||
** 330 cities | |||
** 100+ countries | |||
** people learning about web skills, coding and digital making. Learning about Mozilla's mission. | |||
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/favorites/ Have a look at how much fun people had here]. | |||
* <b>Next up: the party doesn't stop</b>. Gonna keep on rolling at [http://webmaker.org/events webmaker.org/events] | |||
[[File:Makerparty-heatmap.png|500px]] | |||
=== Mozilla Reps === | === Mozilla Reps === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location: Romania'' | ||
* [https://reps.mozilla.org/e/mozilla-reps-camp-2013/ ReMo Camp 2013] - a [http://mzl.la/remocamp13-recap Short write-up] ( I'll keep the great [https://secure.flickr.com/search/?q=%23remocamp2013 photos linked]) | |||
* Upcoming Council Elections - 5 candidates - Next: Q&A sessions and townhalls. | |||
* [https://air.mozilla.org/reps-at-your-service/ Check out the Reps brownbag by Pierros & William] | |||
* mail the council: reps-council at mozilla dot com | |||
=== Identity === | === Identity === | ||
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=== Firefox OS === | === Firefox OS === | ||
''Speaker Location:'' | ''Speaker Location: No audio'' | ||
* Version 1.2 is feature frozen. Focus has moved to quality, stability and performance. [https://wiki.mozilla.org/FirefoxOS/OneDotTwoTracking#Key_Milestones Schedule for the rest of the 1.2 cycle]. | |||
* [http://ricaud.me/mozilla/dashboard/ Gaia unit/integration test dashboard] by the dashing Anthony Ricaud and the swashbuckling James Lal. | |||
=== Grow Mozilla === | === Grow Mozilla === | ||
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| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013#Five_Ways_to_Have_a_Great_Summit 5 ways to have a great Summit], [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/95d8dbb0bd/ Sign-up for Open Sessions], [http://mzl.la/summit2013-fairs Participate in a Fair], [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fhE8oVSAkk5gN9-pfoQ-lCJjQEO2My3kup2NcuAagW0/viewform Hockey Sign-up] | | [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013#Five_Ways_to_Have_a_Great_Summit 5 ways to have a great Summit], [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/95d8dbb0bd/ Sign-up for Open Sessions], [http://mzl.la/summit2013-fairs Participate in a Fair], [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fhE8oVSAkk5gN9-pfoQ-lCJjQEO2My3kup2NcuAagW0/viewform Hockey Sign-up], [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlHI_LlmJ9BldDR0RFY4UDNyTFlIRkZYRVQ3S2hSZmc#gid=0 Demonstrate FirefoxOS] | ||
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| [https://mozillians.org/u/williamr William Reynolds] | | [https://mozillians.org/u/williamr William Reynolds] | ||
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| Mozilla San Francisco | | Mozilla San Francisco | ||
| No | | No | ||
| | | [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2013/09/23/mozillians-org-profiles-are-now-even-more-awesome/ Blog post about the new fields] | ||
| [https://mozillians.org/user/edit Edit your mozillians.org profile] | | [https://mozillians.org/user/edit Edit your mozillians.org profile] | ||
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| Amira Dhalla | |||
| Maker Party Manager | |||
| Maker Party Success | |||
| Mozilla Toronto | |||
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| [https://blog.webmaker.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/makerparty-heatmap.png Maker Party 2013 Infographic] | |||
| [https://blog.webmaker.org/reports-from-maker-party-2013 Reports, learning and quotes from Maker Party Blog post] | |||
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| ''What will the new person be working on?'' | | ''What will the new person be working on?'' | ||
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| Nick Grammater | |||
| Winnie Aoieong | |||
| San Francisco | |||
| San Francisco | |||
| Finance | |||
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| Hadley Beeman | |||
| Alex Fowler | |||
| San Francisco | |||
| London / San Francisco | |||
| Policy | |||
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| Chris Riley | |||
| Alex Fowler | |||
| San Francisco | |||
| DC / San Francisco | |||
| Policy | |||
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| Mason Chang | |||
| Mike Lee | |||
| Mountain View | |||
| Remote | |||
| Platform Engineer | |||
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==== Events ==== | ==== Events ==== | ||
[[Category:Weekly Updates]] | |||
[[Category:Meeting Notes]] | |||