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== Developer world news ==
== Developer world news ==
* [http://mzl.la/VM VisionMobile] is conducting its quarterly Developer Economics survey to uncover the latest developer trends in mobile, Internet of Things, and back-end infrastructure development. We use these results to help plan our developer efforts, so your 10 minutes to complete (and share [http://bit.ly/VMQ314 the survey link] prolifically with your developer peers) is invaluable!
* [http://mzl.la/VM VisionMobile] is conducting its quarterly Developer Economics survey to uncover the latest developer trends in mobile, Internet of Things, and back-end infrastructure development. We use these results to help plan our developer efforts, so your 10 minutes to complete (and share [http://bit.ly/VMQ314 the survey link] prolifically with your developer peers) is invaluable!
* HTML5 - it's now a thing! At least, per the [http://bit.ly/GLvj43 W3C] (h/t [http://bit.ly/hoosteeno hoosteeno]). You can see lots of industry leaders' responses at [http://bit.ly/HTML5Doctor HTML5Doctor].  
* HTML5 - it's now a thing! At least, per the [http://bit.ly/GLvj43 W3C] (h/t [http://bit.ly/hoosteeno hoosteeno]). You can see lots of industry leaders' responses at [http://bit.ly/HTML5Doctor HTML5Doctor], and [http://andreasgal.com/2014/10/28/html5-reaches-the-recommendation-stage/ Mozilla's own] from CTO [http://andreasgal.com Andreas Gal].
 
== App & Web Developer Perspectives ==
== App & Web Developer Perspectives ==
* [http://bit.ly/GLvlJd The Guardian] just launched a new website and how they did it is significant: the site was developed entirely in the open, with the code in a public GitHub repo and the design being refined in a public beta and detailed in a project blog. [http://bit.ly/GuardianOpen This post] outlines approach, tools and philosophy behind this project.  
* [http://bit.ly/GLvlJd The Guardian] just launched a new website and how they did it is significant: the site was developed entirely in the open, with the code in a public GitHub repo and the design being refined in a public beta and detailed in a project blog. [http://bit.ly/GuardianOpen This post] outlines approach, tools and philosophy behind this project.  
* Over three years ago Netscape founder and venture capitalist [http://bit.ly/PMarca Marc Andreessen] declared that [http://on.wsj.com/GLvlZJ software is eating the world]. Things are evolving. Now [http://bit.ly/GLvk87 Andreessen's firm] says "There is no point in drawing a distinction between the future of technology and the future of mobile."  In short, [http://bit.ly/mobileeats mobile is eating the world]. Don't miss slide 5, where the firm predicts that by 2020, mobile and internet access will be interchangeable.
* Over three years ago Netscape founder and venture capitalist [http://bit.ly/PMarca Marc Andreessen] declared that [http://on.wsj.com/GLvlZJ software is eating the world]. Things are evolving. Now [http://bit.ly/GLvk87 Andreessen's firm] says "There is no point in drawing a distinction between the future of technology and the future of mobile."  In short, [http://bit.ly/mobileeats mobile is eating the world]. Don't miss slide 5, where the firm predicts that by 2020, mobile and internet access will be interchangeable.
== Project & Event Highlights ==
== Project & Event Highlights ==
* What's this we are hearing about a Developer Browser? Get a [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/11/03/the-first-browser-dedicated-to-developers-is-coming/ sneak preview] from Mozilla's blog today.
''Lots of [http://mzl.la/ICQSES MDN] newness and goodness''
''Lots of [http://mzl.la/ICQSES MDN] newness and goodness''
* '''New emails:''' Translated welcome emails on MDN launched! And they are kicking butt, driving noticeable differences including 17,000% more edits to articles (6.09% vs. 0.03%) vs. other sources of traffic. See more [http://bit.ly/WelcomeMDNEmailStats stats], published openly in Bugzilla.
* '''New emails:''' Translated welcome emails on MDN launched! And they are kicking butt, driving noticeable differences including 17,000% more edits to articles (6.09% vs. 0.03%) vs. other sources of traffic. See more [http://bit.ly/WelcomeMDNEmailStats stats], published openly in Bugzilla.
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* Following his [http://bit.ly/TEDxLinzCH TEDx talk] about social media, where he describes the dangers of EXIF data in images, [http://mzl.la/CH Chris Heilmann] was inspired to build [http://bit.ly/RemovePhotoData "Remove Photo Data"], which allows browser users to remove all extra info from their photos - even offline. The source is [http://bit.ly/CHPhotoGH on GitHub], as it should be.
* Following his [http://bit.ly/TEDxLinzCH TEDx talk] about social media, where he describes the dangers of EXIF data in images, [http://mzl.la/CH Chris Heilmann] was inspired to build [http://bit.ly/RemovePhotoData "Remove Photo Data"], which allows browser users to remove all extra info from their photos - even offline. The source is [http://bit.ly/CHPhotoGH on GitHub], as it should be.
* [http://bit.ly/TumblrHelp This Tumblr site] collects incidents of web products in 2014 forcing users to specific browsers. What is this? DHTML?
* [http://bit.ly/TumblrHelp This Tumblr site] collects incidents of web products in 2014 forcing users to specific browsers. What is this? DHTML?
* MDN is a huge collection of developer documentation. It's also a reference for others. Check out a broad collation of dev docs at the aptly-named [http://bit.ly/DevDocs DevDocs].
* [http://mzl.la/ICQSES MDN] is a huge collection of developer documentation. It's also a reference for others. Check out a broad collation of dev docs at the aptly-named [http://bit.ly/DevDocs DevDocs].


== Engaging with Developers Together ==
== Engaging with Developers Together ==
* Like the new GitHub log-in on MDN but having problems? Please [http://bit.ly/GitBugs file a bug] under 'Account Help' in the MDN bug tracker if you encounter any issues.
* Like the new GitHub log-in on MDN but having problems? Please [http://bit.ly/GitBugs file a bug] under 'Account Help' in the MDN bug tracker if you encounter any issues.
* Take 10 minutes to complete and share [http://bit.ly/VMQ314 the VisionMobile quarterly developer survey] prolifically with your developer peers!
* Take 10 minutes to complete and share [http://bit.ly/VMQ314 the VisionMobile quarterly developer survey] prolifically with your developer peers!
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