View source for Devrel/Minutes/2016-01-25

== Attendees ==

* sole
* belen
* callahad
* jensimmons
* sandra
* Nick
* potch
* jason

== Standing Agenda Items ==

=== Weekly Team Update from Jason ===

* Get your quarterly goals in!
* Nick is leaving Mozilla at the end of the week. Potch is responsible for giving him a good send-off.

=== 2-Minute Updates ===

''' Potch '''

* PeninsulaJS This week!
** Need to figure out appropriate way to charge/donate for future events
* CfP torrent continues
* DevTools spelunking

''' Sole '''

* helping test out new serviceworkers debugging features in devtools - finding plenty weird edge case bugs, sadly I think the feature will have to be delayed
* also attended meeting re improving console + debugger in devtools, this will be a long process
* the mediarecorder relaunch will be delayed too - still planning on writing the post etc but at a less 'manic' pace
* got accepted for jsconf UY! Also planning another conf in Greece
* recorded session for peer to peer on Web Audio
* helped debug/isolate interesting Web Audio bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1240054
* made an unpublished screencast to show how to use try builds... to learn how to use screenflow better, will add the bumper and render + upload later, if you're all cool with it I can upload it to our youtube channel etc

''' Belén '''

* Created a new example for MediaRecorder (was missing)
* Talk "JS game development with Phaser" at Betabeers BCN meetup
* Been asked to deliver an extended version into another meetup in BCN in late-february
* Finished creating assets for the "HTML 5 game developement" intro videos. They will be published into our Youtube channel once the contractor produces them.
* Preparing talk for Freakend (game dev gathering / unconference in Madrid, in two weeks) about game jams
** I'll release my HTML slides template in  https://github.com/belen-albeza/generator-simple-bespoke
* It seems I'm switching to make VR demos
* Might go to GDC in the end?

''' Sandra '''
* GGJ 2016
* Event Content focus - 2015 was games and VR, same for 2016?
* Role update

''' Dietrich '''

* (See email to devrel list)

''' Havi '''

* (Offline)

''' Jen '''

* started a spreadsheet of CSS Properties that need to be implemented, in order: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i569aRLqWyKhOvny9ldjyDFh8BoZ_cM3fMeJO9b1DvU/edit#gid=0
* working on an email to Platform Engineering Leadership on CSS Shapes and the level of interest. Should go out today.
* started advocating for CSS Shapes tool in Dev Tools: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242029
* stuck not being able to submit Q1 Goals into Workday. What now?
* continuing to make lots of plans for upcoming conferences, emailing with producers — including planning The Web Ahead live on stage, at AEA Nashville, a panel discussion of how web design could change given the new technology for layout
* studying Grid — read Rachel Andrew's new book, http://abookapart.com/products/get-ready-for-css-grid-layout, plus videos, blog posts, the spec itself
* jumping into a debate about whether the subgrid property is key, and if shipping Grid should wait for it, see: http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2016/01/15/subgrids-considered-essential/
* CSS Grid Workshop in NYC, last weekend in Feb. Know someone who should be here? http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/style/events/grid-workshop
* got down into the weeds with the responsive CSS for the redesign of the W3C Spec pages: https://github.com/w3c/tr-design/issues/38 
* two blogs posts published by others based on my work: https://css-tricks.com/print-magazine-layouts-converted-to-web-layouts/ and http://www.emorygriffith.com/shape-outside-a-css-property-that-packs-a-subtle-punch/
* connected Michael Verdi to our team to write posts and make demo for Hacks about Web VR


''' Dan '''

* Visas, DevRel Dashboard, experimenting with Web Push + writing Hacks article on the same.
* Getting up to speed on the Add-ons side.
* Defined Q1 goals. Didn't save them in Workday. I'm that guy. Sorry. (me too! w00t <3 WorkDay, also, grep for workday here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-ideas-in-a-bruising-workplace.html)

''' Nick '''

* Mozllia Fellowship buddy Greg Tatum starts today on devtools!
* 2 sucessful blogs
** https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/01/webgl-off-the-main-thread/
** https://nickdesaulniers.github.io/blog/2016/01/20/debugging-x86-64-assembly-with-lldb-and-dtrace/
* working on 2 YT videos related to WebRTC
* FIN

''' Jason '''

* Push API post
* Reviewed and published Chris (WebSpeech) and Nicks (OMT WebGL)posts of Hacks
* Finished up review cycle
* Finished Q4 accomplishment slides
* GDC Planning

=== Reminders ===

* Add Hacks ideas to https://wiki.mozilla.org/DevRel/Hacks
* Review the CFP calendar

== Other Topics ==

(Try to keep things timeboxed and concrete. E.g., can we actually make a yes/no decision in this meeting? If not, discuss on list first.)

=== Q & A === 

* To add captions to our videos, shall we purchase it ourselves and then expense it?

** Yep, for now.

=== Anything Else? ===