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Mozilla Web Maker Community Call
These weekly calls are open to all. Please join us! :) Tuesdays 8am PST / 11am EST / 4pm GMT / UTC Dial-in details: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmakers/Community_Calls
January 15, 2013
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Roll Call. Who's here?
(please add yourself to this list)
- Matt Thompson (@OpenMatt)
- Me
- Meridian
- Lawrence Kisuuki
- Ross Bruniges
- Mike McCarthy (@drawnalong)
- Jon Buckley
- Doug (@dajbelshaw)
- Sayak Sarkar (@sayak_sarkar)
- Mari (@marimoreshead)
- Keshav (@keshavmishra)
- chloe @varelidi
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WELCOME! Introductions & new team members
Any first-timers here? :) Say hello! (and maybe add your name? ;)
- Hello world
- Hello
- hello to mozilla world -- Keshav (@keshavmishra) from India
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Reminders
- All lines are muted by default. *7 to unmute.
- Join us for screen sharing:
  - <a href="http://mzl.la/screenshare">http://mzl.la/screenshare</a>
- Recording now. This meeting will be recorded.
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Weekly Update
- Video of last week's call:
  - <a href="http://youtu.be/2nBHT_Un7HM">http://youtu.be/2nBHT_Un7HM</a>
- Aggregated blog & press coverage:
  - <a href="http://www.netvibes.com/mozmaker#Mozilla_Web_Makers">http://www.netvibes.com/mozmaker#Mozilla_Web_Makers</a>
- Anything missing? Please add blog posts & press:
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New Webmaker Prototypes! (Brett) (15 mins)
- Links and context:
  - <a href="http://brettgaylor.tumblr.com/post/40547703543/new-webmaker-prototypes">http://brettgaylor.tumblr.com/post/40547703543/new-webmaker-prototypes</a>
- Demo. Follow along via screencasting: <a href="http://mzl.la/screenshare">http://mzl.la/screenshare</a> (then enter any name)
- NOTES & COMMENTS
  - This is seriously awesome. My response = Mozilla Thimble + Popcorn Maker: a productive Webmaking partnership: <a href="http://bit.ly/V1TIwz">http://bit.ly/V1TIwz</a>
- QUESTIONS
How to Get Involved:
- Give feedback. Add comments to this blog post:
  - <a href="http://brettgaylor.tumblr.com/post/40547703543/new-webmaker-prototypes">http://brettgaylor.tumblr.com/post/40547703543/new-webmaker-prototypes</a>
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Game On Competition: update + new gallery just shipped (Chloe) (5 mins)
<a href="https://gameon.mozilla.org">https://gameon.mozilla.org</a>
- Global Game Jam : <a href="http://globalgamejam.org/">http://globalgamejam.org/</a>
  - Wanna make @mozgames? Global Game Jam (#ggj13) is happening on the 25-27th of January in more than 300 locations in 63 countries. Game On is sponsoring a bunch of events <a href="https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/events/&">https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/events/&</a> and we also have a diversifier (secret for now, will be announced Jan 21)
  - What is a diversifer?<a href="http://archive.globalgamejam.org/wiki/achievements-diversifiers">http://archive.globalgamejam.org/wiki/achievements-diversifiers</a>
- More Game Jams coming in January; Hive Game Jam during Indiecade East, Bocoup Game Jam, Kenya, NYU Games & Innovation Lab.
- Competition Entries
  - Getting our first entries (39 so far) <a href="https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/entries/all/">https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/entries/all/</a>
  - Staff Picks :)
    - Robocybe <a href="http://moka.co:443/">http://moka.co:443/</a>
    - Slime Volley <a href="https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/entries/slime-volley/">https://gameon.mozilla.org/en-US/entries/slime-volley/</a>
- Stay Tuned
  - Alice Taylor (Makie.me), Lisa Long (Zombies Run), Daniel Cook (Spry Fox) and a new craffty video for Web-Only Games <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/gameon">https://blog.mozilla.org/gameon</a>
- NOTES & COMMENTS
- QUESTIONS
How to Get Involved:
- join the conversation / ask questions @mozgames #mozgames and the always lively #hackablegames
- Make a game during #GGJ13!
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Onboarding of 2013 Knight-Mozilla Fellows (Erika, 2013 Fellows Friedrich, Brian, Noah) (6 minutes)
- Links and context:
  - The 2013 Fellows: <a href="http://mozillaopennews.org/fellowships/2013meet.html">http://mozillaopennews.org/fellowships/2013meet.html</a>
  - We had an orientation event last week at MIT Media Lab:
  - Cool stuff people built:
- NOTES & COMMENTS
- QUESTIONS
How to Get Involved:
- <link>
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GenOpen (Global Youth Open Source Project) (Emma 5 min)
- Links and context:
  - Project Wiki: <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/GenOpen">https://wiki.mozilla.org/GenOpen</a>
  - Please help collect responses : The Question to Kids/Youth by Feb 1: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENIWW9jV3ZoVXN3TmhCTXQtek1mY1E6MQ">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENIWW9jV3ZoVXN3TmhCTXQtek1mY1E6MQ</a>
    - Popcorn version for kids: <a href="http://popcorn.webmadecontent.org/e4n">http://popcorn.webmadecontent.org/e4n</a>
    - Already translated to 7 other language (see Wiki) as a truly *Global* project
    - Consider running a Kitchen Table or other Webmaker event to get feedback from kids/youth
    - Question list can help Webmaker w/ project ideas in general
  - Contributor Badges: <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/GenOpen/Contributors">https://wiki.mozilla.org/GenOpen/Contributors</a>
    - I contributed towards the development of the World's first open source project run completely by youth.
  - Into February, through a series of launching back-to-back (global)hackjams we will select our favourite idea (with kids driving of course), brainstorming together, prototype together and have our project ready for contribution/forkable through Github ( 'how to get involved' documented) in time for March 11th Open Education Week.
"First the youth need to answer the question "If you could make anything on the web, what would it be?" the answer becomes the STORY. The vision comes only after you know what the story is.
The tech comes mostly from you (the mentors), but through exchange with the youth ".
- NOTES & COMMENTS
- QUESTIONS
How to Get Involved:
- Join project list: <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#">https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#</a>!forum/mozilla-reps-webmaker-project
- Localize our Wiki page or the Question to Youth form.
- We need answers to the question 'If you could make anything on the Web, what would it be?
  - Ask kids in your life and submit through form: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENIWW9jV3ZoVXN3TmhCTXQtek1mY1E6MQ">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENIWW9jV3ZoVXN3TmhCTXQtek1mY1E6MQ</a>
  - Host a Webmaker event, with a wrap-up activity of answering this question
    - One awesome Webmaker submission so far: <a href="https://thimble.webmaker.org/p/fbd0">https://thimble.webmaker.org/p/fbd0</a>
  - Reaching out to friends in other OS communities we participate in + learn-to-code communities (code club, Coder Dojo, ) who can perhaps can help gather responses.
- We super-need a logo, we really do - surely someone can help us (apparently majority of us are more on te tech side) :) , we can't badge or anything without at logo.
  - There's also need for more graphics work, if anybody is interested.
- We have a task tracker , if you're really keen to help out :) :<a href="http://genopen.lighthouseapp.com/projects/103654-genopen/tickets/bins/563095">http://genopen.lighthouseapp.com/projects/103654-genopen/tickets/bins/563095</a>,
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What's next for Planet Webmaker? (Matt + Ross)
- Planet Webmaker is an aggregated blog for the Webmaker community:
  - <a href="http://planet.webmaker.org/">http://planet.webmaker.org/</a>
- This quarter we'd like to:
  - Tidy it up. Remove inactive users. Make sure all feeds up to date, etc.
  - Make improvements. Make it more readable, more discoverable.
  - Be more amibitious. Think about how we can increase the number of contributors. Invite more community contributos. Eventually turn it into the "Huffington Post" of Webmaking :)
  - How to Get Added to Planet Webmaker
    - List of all current feeds currently on Planet Webmaker
      - <a href="http://mzl.la/Planet_Webmaker_feeds">http://mzl.la/Planet_Webmaker_feeds</a>
    - If you're not already on Planet Webmaker, or would like to update your feed, please:
      - 1) file a bug here: <a href="http://mzl.la/Planet_Webmaker_bug">http://mzl.la/Planet_Webmaker_bug</a>
      - 2) provide the following:
        a) your name. the author of your posts, whether individual or organisation.
        b) your feed URL. The URL of your blog's RSS feed. You may want to use a TAGGED FEED so that only relevant posts appear. (See this post for more details: <a href="http://mzl.la/Planet_Mozilla_HOWTO">http://mzl.la/Planet_Mozilla_HOWTO</a> )
        c) your twitter handle or email.
    - Ross will process additions and updates each Monday. If you've already been in touch, please ensure the correct details appear in this bug:
      - <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=830727">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=830727</a>
- Next steps
  - Draft a Planet Webmaker roadmap. Matt's putting together a roadmap for Planet Webmaker and how we do news and community updates for Webmaker
    - Q1 Wishlist for Planet Webmaker
      - making sure it's up to date with everyone's feeds. with documentation on how to get added.
      - clear documentation for how to follow Planet Webmaker. (Atom / RSS feeds, etc)
      - Twitterbot notification. To make update notifications easier.
      - More discoverable. Easier access from webmaker.org.
      - Styling. making it prettier / easier to read.
      - Categories. (e.g., "Popcorn," badges, etc.) (Not supported by Planet Software. Would need to hack this somehow.)
- QUESTIONS
  - What are the guidelines for who should post on Planet Webmaker?
    - Good question! We need to discuss and draft those up. Perhaps using Planet Mozilla's process as a starting point.
  - What's a "tagged feed?" /
  - How do I make sure only the right stuff from my blog appears on Planet Webmaker?
    - You may write about lots of different stuff on your personal blog -- not all of which you want to appear on Planet Webmaker.
    - We use tagged feeds to help with this. So that only posts that you tag with "Mozilla" or "Webmaker," for example, show up on Planet Webmaker.
  - “How do I figure out what the URL for my tagged feed is?”
    - If you’re using WordPress, there’s helpful documentation on this here: <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Feeds#Finding_Your_Feed_URL">http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Feeds#Finding_Your_Feed_URL</a>
    - A “Mozilla” tagged feed might look something like this: <a href="http://openmatt.wordpress.com/tag/mozilla-2/feed/">http://openmatt.wordpress.com/tag/mozilla-2/feed/</a>
  - Should I be posting to Planet Mozilla as well? What's the different between Planet Mozilla and Planet Webmaker?
    - Planet Mozilla = the entire Mozilla universe. Everything under the sun. If you're a Mozilla community member or staff, you should definitely be posting here.
    - Planet Webmaker = just the Webmaker project.
  - How do I get added to Planet Mozilla?
    - <a href="http://mzl.la/Planet_Mozilla_HOWTO">http://mzl.la/Planet_Mozilla_HOWTO</a>
How to Get Involved:
- 1) Read or subscribe to Planet Webmaker. <a href="http://planet.webmaker.org/">http://planet.webmaker.org/</a>
  - Feeds: Atom: <a href="http://planet.webmaker.org/atom.xml">http://planet.webmaker.org/atom.xml</a>
  - RSS: <a href="http://planet.webmaker.org/rss20.xml">http://planet.webmaker.org/rss20.xml</a>
- 2) Apply to get added to Planet Webmaker. Writing about Webmaker on a regular basis? Add your feed.
- 3) Help think about "Planet Webmaker. 2.0." Interested in how we grow and evolve? Get in touch with @OpenMatt
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NON-VERBAL UPDATES

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- A conversation with Audrey Watters about Web Literacies: <a href="http://bit.ly/XakzFn">http://bit.ly/XakzFn</a>
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Calendar
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NEXT WEEK:
Agenda for next week's call:
<a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Jan22">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Jan22</a>
<a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmakers/Community_Calls">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmakers/Community_Calls</a>

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