Evangelism/MDNPlans/about:hacks

About about:hacks

• Audience: web developers
• Frequency: monthly newsletter
• Tool: MailChimp
• Archive
• Subscribe

To do

• Schedule - launch by 11/9 (5 years of Firefox)
• Create MailChimp template including sign up page (done)
• Define recurring sections and owners
• Draft pilot newsletter
• Announce newsletter (MDC/Hacks/@mozhacks/web-tech/about:mozilla)
• Launch it!

Sections

• Latest Firefox updates
  • release schedules
  • what's in the new release
• Demos/hacks: new cool things to do on the web
• Web & standard news
• What's new on MDC
• Tutorial/challenge/puzzle
• Events (optional if any relevant events)
• Contribute: give us feedback, join documentation sprints, etc

Topic/article suggestions

• 5 years of Firefox (asa/arun)
• Video tutorial: http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/07/video-more-than-just-a-tag/

Pilot newsletter

• Latest Firefox updates
  • 5 years of Firefox
  • Firefox 3.6 schedule - see the latest at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases

• Demos/hacks: new cool things to do on the web
  • Marcio's demo

• Web & standard news
  • file API

• What's new on MDC
  • TBD

• Tutorial/challenge/puzzle
  • how to do user agent detection

• Contribute: fill out the Mozilla Developer Network survey to help us build an MDN that meets your needs