User:Debloper

I'm Soumya Deb - I prefer being called as my last name "Deb" and am also known as Debloper in FOSS community. My interests lie in open-source projects, such as Mozilla, Wikimedia, Fedora, KDE, Kernel, Videolan, LibPurple, Diaspora etc. in a descending order of priority. I have been a technology enthusiast & evangelist for a long time now.

Read along if you're interested. Please note, I lack formalities a little - you've been warned!

Soumya Deb
Personal Information
City:	Balurghat
Country:	India
Mozilla-specific Information
Wiki-Username:	Debloper
Bugzilla-Mail:	debloper@gmail.com
Mentor:	User:Vineel
Miscellaneous Information
private Mail:	debloper@gmail.com
GPG-Key:	{{{gpg}}}
Website:	Soumya's Website
Twitter:	deblopper
Identi.ca:	{{{identi.ca}}}
Jabber:	{{{jabber}}}
IRC:	Debloper on irc.mozilla.org in
	#firefox #developers #devtools #B2G #extdev

Background

Red Hatter by day & Mozillian by night; I do a lot of web-wrangling and code-compiling day in day out. I'm a consulting-geek(!), and I do whatever it takes to keep up to it. None the less, I'm also a kinda-sorta multimedia junkie too!

Monthly reports

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Interests and Evangelism

• I love transparency, meritocracy, documentation, optimism and valor.
• I like everything in it's naked/raw/pure/untouched form.
• I keep it short and simple. I try not to repeat myself. I like to do it myself.
• I like to share my knowledge to help others to learn from it (even my mistakes).
• I have preferences, but not prejudices. I try not to be biased.
• I make people understand the difference and decide, I don't try to tell them which one is better.
• I'm surrounded with friends, all of them using Firefox as the primary browser of choice.

Involvement with Mozilla

• I lead Mozillia India's Infrastructure, Developments & Operations
• I fix issues, and patch Mozilla-Central on rare occasions.
• I heavily attend open-source coding/hacking events.
• I give talks and listen to people talking about latest technologies.
• I am a Community Builder from South Asia
• I help Community Diversity with embracing chaos & using critical thinking for unbiased standpoints
• [OLD] I lead the Mozilla Community Sites (MCS) project.
• [OLD] I've worked on the "Privacy Icon" project.
• [OLD] I contribute to DevTools', PDF.js & B2G etc. projects.

User : Strategy and Goals

• [Done] Get MCS get on its feet, again.
• [Done] Get Project NeMo rolling with Mozilla Press.
• [WiP] Optimize the Mozilla-Central, reducing code-bloats.
• [OLD] Take initiative in BetaFarm and Mozillian projects.
• [Done] Get more involved with ReMo and make it large for India ( more)

ReMo: Present Goals (2 years OLD)

• Prepare and Rollout Mozilla India Site
  • Try to get hold of mozilla.in, instead of mozillaindia.org
    • mozilla.in is parked by some 3rd party, not under mozila ownership.
    • Get leads (from Paul Osman etc.), to locate the domain-manager.
  • Select the ready made mozilla-site repo, most suitable for community website & work on that.
    • Presently hosting on Drupal, community site isn't properly synced in design and operation.
    • Mozilla-Europe source looks promising - It's on PHP, and l10n friendly - mainly just rebranding & content creation required.
  • Make it to be hosted at Mozilla's WebServer (if possible).
    • Abhisek says, Seth was contacted by Vineel - response negative.
  • Implement BrowserID for user login.
    • Working on the API, it's not *very* stable yet.
    • Not sure whether implement on the present site, or implement on the new upcoming site.
• Update and Enhance the ReMo wiki section
  • Take editor privilege for locked pages.
    • As long my bugs are getting FIXED with my patches - I don't care for privileges.
    • Although it ain't realtime - sucks a bit.
  • Evangelize for /ReMo pages
    • Pierros says, it's tough to implement & not worth the effort.
  • Update the templates and automation system.
    • Yet again, tough to implement (mostly because it's 'not MediaWiki')
• Enlist Mozilla India in Mozilla Asia Community Map
• Categorize contributing ReMo-India w.r.t "Area of Expertise" and "Time Active".
  • Meeting to schedule.
• Distribute the work between the ReMo-India, according to their skill and time-contribution.
  • Meeting to schedule.
• Make ReMos to be connected to each other and report regularly.