Engagement/Developer Engagement/Technical Evangelism

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Technical Evangelism
Team Lead: Mark Coggins Mailing List: n/a
Mozilla's Technology Evangelism group engages with developers and the broader web community to:
  • Share the Mozilla mission of openness, innovation and opportunity on the web
  • Encourage adoption of open web standards and open standards-based technology created by Mozilla and others in support of our mission
  • Provide developer enablement resources
  • Collect and champion developer feedback on Mozilla initiatives and technology
  • Understand competing initiatives and technology from for-profit players

Communication Channels

Name Description Location Notes
Hacks Blog Information about open web technology of interest to developers. hacks.mozilla.org Editorial guidelines and calendar
Hacks YouTube Video Channel Videos of talks, demonstrations and how-tos. Mozhacks on YouTube
Hacks on Twitter Tweets about open web technology. @mozhacks

Team: Role & Focus

Name Role Q3 Focus
Mark Coggins Team lead. Plan and lead execution of the Firefox OS developer engagement initiative.
Angelina Fabbro Firefox OS Technical Tinkerer/Evangelist. Recruit developers--and their apps--to the Firefox OS platform.
Frédéric Harper Firefox OS Evangelist. Work his magic to help Firefox OS developers to be successful. Recruit developers--and their apps--to the Firefox OS platform.
Christian Heilmann Principal Developer Evangelist. Making the world love HTML5 and the open web as much as I do. Helping Mozilla folk to speak to developers. Train and recruit speaker reps on Firefox OS, lead myth-busting efforts around HTML5, create Firefox OS developer video series.
Havi Hoffman Content wrangler. Creating developer content, planning developer events and moving information across time and space. Strategy for Firefox OS Workshops and "Phones for App" program.
Christie Koehler Program Manager & Evangelist. Create badge program to recognize Firefox OS app developers, and facilitate a localization ecosystem for them.
Robert Nyman Technical Evangelist. Editor of Mozilla Hacks. Increase readership of Hacks Blog. Lead definition and implementation of a membership-based Mozilla developer program.
Jason Weathersby Firefox OS Evangelist. Recruit developers--and their apps--to the Firefox OS platform.

Key Q3 Goals

  • Launch membership-based Mozilla Developer program, including:
    • Program content on MDN
    • Functioning sign-up facility
    • Developer forums
  • Enable acceptance of a (cumulative) total of 800 Firefox OS apps in the Marketplace from independent developers (aka "long tail developers"), 160 of which were created by developers with whom we have a direct relationship
  • Complete production of seven videos in the Firefox OS developer series

Key Initiatives