Engagement/Developer Engagement Archives

Developer Engagement
Team Lead: Stormy Peters	Mailing List: engagement-developers@list.mozilla.org
Mozilla is a non-profit organization that exists to make the Web better for people everywhere. As part of that mission, we advocate for the use of open technologies to ensure that anybody, anywhere can create for the Web. We are a group of people who are passionate about the Web and have seen it evolve from simple text pages to complex applications. We help developers learn about, build with and champion open technologies so the Web itself is open.

Team Roster

Note: Email addresses are @ mozilla.com

Name	Contact	Location	Project Assignments
William Bamberg	wbamberg@	Vancouver, Canada	Add-ons SDK (Jetpack) documentation
Mark Giffin	mgiffin@	Los Angeles CA, US	Contractor working part-time on Apps docs
Jeff Griffiths	jgriffiths@	Vancouver, Canada	Add-ons SDK (Jetpack) evangelism
Rob Hawkes	Email: robhawkes@ IRC: robhawkes Twitter: @robhawkes	Bournemouth, UK	Apps & Open Web Gaming, Open Web Evangelism, Ask MDN
Christian Heilmann	cheilmann@	London, UK	HTML5, Open Web Evangelism, BrowserID, Developer Tools
Havi Hoffman	hhoffman@ IRC: havi Twitter: @freshelectrons Flickr: freshelectrons	Mountain View, California, US	Labs & WebFWD Content @mozlabs
Barry Munsterteiger	barry@ IRC: barrym Twitter: @mozbarry Flickr: element56	California, US	Creative Instigator
Tristan Nitot	tnitot@ Twitter: @nitot Flickr: nitot	Paris, France	Mission Evangelism via Mission:Mozilla articles on the Hacks blog (along with PR and Volunteer community development)
Robert Nyman	robnyman@ Blog: http://robertnyman.com Twitter: @robertnyman Google+: Robert Nyman	Sweden	HTML5, Open Web Evangelism, Web Apps
Jean-Yves Perrier	IRC: teoli Twitter: @teoli2003	Switzerland	MDN Documentation
Stormy Peters	stormy@	Colorado, US	Team Lead
Shezmeen Prasad	Email: shez@ IRC: shez	California, US	Developer Events Manager
Eric Shepherd	Email: sheppy@ IRC: sheppy Twitter: @sheppy	Tennessee, US	MDN documentation
Janet Swisher	Email: jswisher@ IRC: jms Twitter/identi.ca: @jmswisher	Texas, US	MDN documentation, doc sprints
Joe Stagner	jstagner@ Blog: http://misfitgeek.com Twitter: @misfitgeek Google+: Joe Stagner	New Hampshire, USA	Apps Developer Ecosystem & Partner Engagement, HTML5, Open Web Evangelism

Team Alumni

Name	Contact	Location	Notes
Chris Blizzard	Email: blizzard@	California, USA	Director of Evangelism, now Director of Product Platform Management
Jay Patel	IRC: jay Twitter: @jaybhai	California, USA	Product Manager for MDN, now working at TiVo as Product Manager for Apps & SDK
Paul Rouget	Email: prouget@	Europe	Evangelist, now in Developer Tools

Projects

Project Name	Description	Primary Contact
Mozilla Developer Network (MDN)	The Mozilla Developer Network is a resource that brings together various developer communities within the Mozilla universe and provides a platform for developers to learn, share, and collaborate. Planning and tracking for MDN	Jay Patel
MDN Documentation Center (MDC)	Within MDN, this is the wiki-based body of documentation, for web developers and Mozilla developers	Eric Shepherd
Demo Studio	A place on MDN for developers to share demos of new web technologies	Jay Patel
Dev Derby	A monthly demo contest on a chosen technical theme	Jay Patel
Documentation Sprints	A document sprint is a short time period when people from the community gather for focused effort on writing documentation for MDC.	Janet Swisher
Ask MDN	A fortnightly Twitter session on a chosen topic, where Twitter users can ask questions to a panel of experts on that topic	Rob Hawkes
Open Web Gaming Developer Engagement	Informing and helping developers with HTML5 & JavaScript game development.	Rob Hawkes
Mozilla Hacks	Mozilla's blog targeted to web developers. It includes technical articles, demos, and news from Developer Engagement members and guest bloggers.
Mission:Mozilla	A Series of interviews of Mozillians targeted at Web Developers, bringing together 3 things: Mozilla's mission, Mozilla's people and Mozilla's technologies. In other words, what Mozilla does, who does it within Mozilla, and why (in relation to Mozilla's mission).	Tristan Nitot
Add-on SDK & Builder	Blogging, Events and community work aimed towards promoting the Add-on SDK	Jeff Griffiths
Add-on SDK documentation	Writing documentation for the Add-on SDK, and maintaining the tools used to generate it.	Will Bamberg
Apps Developer Engagement	Helping developers understand and succeed building and distributing HTML5 Applications.	Joe Stagner
Conference speaking & participation	Mozillians speaking at and attending conferences and meeting the local communities.	Shezmeen Prasad
MDN Events	Blogging, Events and community work aimed towards promoting the Add-on SDK	Jeff Griffiths
Addons Developer Community	Blogging, Events and community work aimed towards promoting the Add-on SDK	Jeff Griffiths
Where Is Mozilla - Global Events List	Centralized events list for where Mozilla is represented	Shezmeen Prasad
Swag Store & Event Request Form	Ordering, tracking and reporting swag merchandise. Integrated event, sponsorship and swag request form.	Shezmeen Prasad

Documentation Drivers

The following table shows the people responsible for driving (not necessarily writing) developer documentation in specific areas.

Product/Release	Primary Contact
Firefox 9	Eric Shepherd
Firefox 10	Jean-Yves Perrier
Firefox 11	Janet Swisher
Add-on SDK	Will Bamberg
Mozilla Labs Apps project	Janet Swisher
BrowserID	Will Bamberg

How can you get involved?

Contact Us!

• Team Mailing Lists:
  • mozilla.engagement.developers: General discussions of anything in the scope of developer engagement.
  • mozilla.dev.mdc: MDN Documentation Center discussion and content production.
  • mozilla.dev.mdn: Mozilla Developer Network website development.
• Team IRC Channels:
  • #devrel: Discussion of anything related to developer engagement (or "developer relations", hence the channel name)
  • #devmo: Discussion of developer documentation in MDC
  • #mdn: Development of the MDN website

Engage Developers!

• Submit demos!
  • Demo Studio is always open. Any type of demo, anytime.
  • Get developers excited about our monthly Dev Derby!
  • If you see a cool demo, encourage the author to submit it.
• Help everyone discover the great content.
  • Add a Promote MDN badge/button to your website or blog.
• Write a guest post for Hacks (for example, a case study or walk-through of a relevant project you're worked on, such as an HTML5 game).
• Tell us about conferences you attend and you want to speak at (currently with the Conference checklist form).
• Contribute to MDC! Look for these tags:
  • NeedsTechnicalReview: Correct any problems, and remove the tag.
  • NeedsEditorialReview: Correct any problems, and remove the tag.
  • NeedsExample: Write a code example, add it to the page, and remove the tag.

• Organise Mozilla events participation
  • Where is Mozilla?
  • If there's a conference you want Mozilla to speak at, sponsor, or support you to attend, please fill out the Conference Checklist, which helps us prioritize all the requests we get.
  • See Speaking and Events for an explanation of our priorities.
  • The Conference Handbook has advice for speakers.

Resources

• Outreach Channels:
  • MDN website
  • Hacks Web developer blog
  • @mozhacks on Twitter
  • Hacks YouTube channel
  • @AskMDN on Twitter

• MDN Creative Assets
  • All the MDN logos and swag creative available here:
    • Logos and swag designs: http://people.mozilla.org/~jpatel/mdn/creative/
    • Promote buttons: http://people.mozilla.org/~jpatel/mdn/promote/buttons/
  • There are .png and .ai version for your various needs. You can use these to create marketing collateral, swag and any other MDN related gear.

• Conference Playbook: tips on attending conferences, from battle-scarred veterans