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''Welcome to the WikiMo home of Developer Relations (née Technical Evangelism) in 2015!''
''Welcome to the WikiMo home of Developer Relations (née Technical Evangelism)!''


== Current Initiatives ==
== Current and Ongoing Initiatives ==


* Dev Edition Fall Campaign - Early November.
Aside from regular speaking appearances and writing about the Mozilla products/projects and the Web, the Developer Relations team has temporary and ongoing programs. Here are some of our 2016 initiatives:
* Tech Speakers Round 2 - September/ October
 
* VR initial push - Many features are suppose to land in September so we need to be prepared to produce content. We expect content to drop in Nov as well.
* [http://hacks.mozilla.org/ Hacks.mozilla.org]
* Games Zone redesign - Working with MDN. Should be launching Sept/Oct.
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/TechSpeakers Tech Speakers]
* Hacks Redesign Launch - Sept.
* Worldwide event presence
* Progressive Apps - Maybe starting in Nov.
* Code schools, academic programs
* IOT/WOT - Dietrich is meeting in Sept with IOT team. We are also working on getting a porter for RPi2.
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/DevRel/Staff Staff devrel support]
* Asia Evangelism Plan - Still in planning stage.
* View Source Assistance - November


== Team ==
== Team ==
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Our mission is to get people excited about the Web and also showcase all the fantastic technologies Mozilla builds. We’re a mixture of engineers and connectors and here’s who we are:
Our mission is to get people excited about the Web and also showcase all the fantastic technologies Mozilla builds. We’re a mixture of engineers and connectors and here’s who we are:


* [https://mozillians.org/u/jweathersby/ Jason Weathersby] - Our manager, has been evangelising Firefox OS, Dev Tools, and Apps in the last two years and he’s based in South Carolina
* [https://mozillians.org/u/jweathersby/ Jason Weathersby] - Team manager, has been evangelizing Firefox OS, Dev Tools, and Apps in the last two years and he’s based in South Carolina
* [https://mozillians.org/u/callahad/ Dan Callahan] - based in Minneapolis, currently focused on DevTools and Rust
* [https://mozillians.org/u/callahad/ Dan Callahan] - based in Minneapolis, currently focused on WebExtensions and Rust/Servo.
* [https://mozillians.org/u/dietrich/ Dietrich Ayala] - based in Portland, currently focused on Firefox OS and the Web of Things
* [https://mozillians.org/u/dietrich/ Dietrich Ayala] - based in Portland, currently focused on Tech Speakers, academic programs, code schools, IoT
* [https://mozillians.org/u/havi/ Havi Hoffman] - based in Mountain View, Mozilla Hacks Blog managing editor, driving Mozilla Tech Speakers program for volunteer technical speakers (with Dietrich), writes & ships the Firefox Apps & Hacks (developer) newsletter  
* [https://mozillians.org/u/havi/ Havi Hoffman] - based in Mountain View, Mozilla Hacks Blog managing editor, driving Mozilla Tech Speakers program for volunteer technical speakers (with Dietrich), writes & ships the Firefox Apps & Hacks (developer) newsletter  
* [https://mozillians.org/u/jensimmons/ Jen Simmons] - based in New York City, currently focused on Firefox and Web Standards
* [https://mozillians.org/u/jensimmons/ Jen Simmons] - based in New York City, currently focused on Firefox and Web Standards, especially CSS implementations of new specifications, and the coming revolution in web page layout.
* [https://mozillians.org/u/potch/ Matt Claypotch] - based in Mountain View, currently focused on Firefox and games
* [https://mozillians.org/u/potch/ Matt Claypotch] - based in Mountain View, currently focused on Firefox, games, and DevTools
* [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/Ndesaulniers/ Nick Desaulniers] - based in Mountain View, currently focused on MSE, WebGL, Emscripten, webVR, Games, WASM, SIMD, WebGL2, SharedArrayBuffer, WebGL in workers
* [https://mozillians.org/u/sole/ Soledad Penadés] - based in London, UK, currently focused on Platform and DevTools
* [https://mozillians.org/u/sole/ Soledad Penadés] - based in London, UK, currently focused on Platform and Firefox OS
* [https://mozillians.org/u/ladybenko Belén Albeza] - based in Barcelona (Spain), currently focused on HTML 5 game development, Web APIs and CSS
 
We also have a [[Devrel/Resources|guide to resources]] for team members.


== Where to Find Us ==
== Where to Find Us ==
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* We ‘embed’ our tech evangelists in different Mozilla teams every two quarters. We work closely with their engineers so we know what’s up as it happens, and they are able to get faster and better feedback from users and developers. We work so closely that sometimes we are even fixing bugs too, because we’re engineers after all!
* We ‘embed’ our tech evangelists in different Mozilla teams every two quarters. We work closely with their engineers so we know what’s up as it happens, and they are able to get faster and better feedback from users and developers. We work so closely that sometimes we are even fixing bugs too, because we’re engineers after all!
* We’re also closely working with the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MDN MDN] team in projects such as [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Learn/Content_Kits Content Kits] and the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MDN/DeveloperFellowship MDN Fellowships], and of course making sure that the technologies we talk about are brilliantly documented.
* We’re also closely working with the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MDN MDN] team in projects such as [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Learn/Content_Kits Content Kits] and the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/MDN/DeveloperFellowship MDN Fellowships], and of course making sure that the technologies we talk about are brilliantly documented.
* We run [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2015/06/23/mozilla-tech-speakers-a-pilot-for-technical-evangelism/ the first Tech Speakers pilot]--our initiative to Grow Mozilla, with the collaboration of the Participation, Education and Reps teams. In this program, we help grow a community of strongly technical speakers that care about our principles and our mission, by supporting and empowering them.
* We run [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2015/06/23/mozilla-tech-speakers-a-pilot-for-technical-evangelism/ the Tech Speakers program] -- our initiative to Grow Mozilla, with the collaboration of the Participation, Education and Reps teams. In this program, we help grow a community of strongly technical speakers that care about our principles and our mission, by supporting and empowering them.
* Finally, we are also in charge of editing the Hacks Blog and the Apps and Hacks newsletter, and of course we attend conferences and meet-ups, give talks and listen to other developers and communicate feedback back to the teams at Mozilla.
* We are also in charge of editing the [http://hacks.mozilla.org/ Hacks Blog] and the [https://hacks.mozilla.org/newsletter/ Apps and Hacks newsletter].
* And of course we attend conferences and meet-ups, give talks and listen to other developers and communicate feedback back to the teams at Mozilla.


Read what we did in [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Devrel/2015_First_six_months our first six months]!
Read what we did in [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Devrel/2015_First_six_months our first six months]!
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* You work on Firefox products or the Web platform and want help evangelizing your feature or technology
* You work on Firefox products or the Web platform and want help evangelizing your feature or technology
* You want to write a post for the Hacks blog
* You want to write a post for the Hacks blog
* You need a Mozilla speaker or you want Mozilla to sponsor a Web technology- or developer-focused event: [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/form.dev-engagement-event fill in this form] (you will need to be logged into Bugzilla)
* You need a Mozilla speaker or you want Mozilla to sponsor a Web technology- or developer-focused event: [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Engagement/Developer_Engagement/Event_request_guidelines see this] and possibly fill in the request form (you will need to be logged into Bugzilla).
* You’re interested in speaking about Mozilla/Web technologies at an event
* You’re interested in speaking about Mozilla/Web technologies at an event
* You’re speaking about Mozilla/Web technologies at an event, and want support with...
* You’re speaking about Mozilla/Web technologies at an event, and want support with...
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** Speaker coaching
** Speaker coaching
** Technical consultation
** Technical consultation
If you are staff, we can help with funding for your developer events, and things like Meetup.com fees. See the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/DevRel/Staff Staff DevRel] page for more information.


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== Showcase ==
=== Belén Albeza ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Event !! Video link
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| You might not need a CSS framework || WordCamp, London (Apr 2016) || https://videopress.com/v/zc0Z51EL
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| HTML5 game development || Web Progressions, London (May 2016) || https://youtu.be/-FGj50gGFFk
|}
=== Salva de la Puente ===
{| class="wikitable"
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! Title !! Event !! Video link
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| From Web App to PWA in 30 minutes || ExFest 2016 (2016 06 05) || https://youtu.be/tOA7bX8PO90
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| Offline First || BBVA PWA Dev Summit (2016 06 21) || https://youtu.be/z_DTg7xvC9o?t=21m34s
|}
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