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'''Title of Session (should also be the title of your Wiki page)''':
'''Title of Session''': Introducing the Firefox Social API


'''Facilitator(s)''':
'''Facilitator(s)''': Jared Wein, Gavin Sharp


'''Are you paid or volunteer staff?''':
'''Are you paid or volunteer staff?''': Paid


'''Area of Contribution (Team Name)''':
'''Area of Contribution (Team Name)''': Firefox team


'''How are you currently involved with the community?''':
'''How are you currently involved with the community?''':
* Jared: Mentored 25 bugs with over 12 contributors and have worked with a semester long student-project for a new version of the Firefox preferences.
* Gavin: Firefox module owner, have been involved with l10n and development community since 2004.


'''Location of Work (where do you reside?)''':
'''Location of Work (where do you reside?)''': Mountain View


'''Talk Length (please choose between 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes)''':
'''Talk Length (please choose between 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes)''': 60 minutes


'''Summary''':
'''Summary''': We'll discuss the overall goals of the Social API project, the current state of development, and our future plans for the feature. We'll go over the current state of the UI, and the back-end architecture that enables those features, and then take questions.


'''How your session furthers the MozCamp Goals (https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/Tracks)''':
'''How your session furthers the MozCamp Goals (https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/Tracks)''': The SocialAPI is one of our tools for increasing the growth of Firefox desktop usage, and teaching developers and the community about the new SocialAPI, as well as how to build with it can grow its adoption and further grow Firefox' adoption.


'''Expected Outcome or Deliverable''':
'''Expected Outcome or Deliverable''': Increased understanding of the new SocialAPI and a room full of evangelists who can help defend any potential privacy-related criticism that may come about from the new API.


'''Desired Audience Type or Skill-set''':
'''Desired Audience Type or Skill-set''': Web developers and technology enthusiasts, also helps if they are interested in social networks :)


'''Equipment Needs (Video projector already included)''':  
'''Equipment Needs (Video projector already included)''': wifi or ethernet connection for attendees


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Place your name here if you would like to attend this talk:
Place your name here if you would like to attend this talk:
* Axel Hecht
* Mark Capella :capella
* Paolo Amadini
* Magnus Melin
* Oskar Ivanić
* [[User:KaiRo|Robert Kaiser]]
* [[User:Henx|Henrik Mitsch]]
* Szabolcs Hubai
* [[User:alina.mierlus|Alina Mierlus]]
* Florian Quèze
* Elad Alfassa
* <insert name here>

Latest revision as of 21:18, 5 September 2012

Title of Session: Introducing the Firefox Social API

Facilitator(s): Jared Wein, Gavin Sharp

Are you paid or volunteer staff?: Paid

Area of Contribution (Team Name): Firefox team

How are you currently involved with the community?:

  • Jared: Mentored 25 bugs with over 12 contributors and have worked with a semester long student-project for a new version of the Firefox preferences.
  • Gavin: Firefox module owner, have been involved with l10n and development community since 2004.

Location of Work (where do you reside?): Mountain View

Talk Length (please choose between 30, 60, 90, 120 minutes): 60 minutes

Summary: We'll discuss the overall goals of the Social API project, the current state of development, and our future plans for the feature. We'll go over the current state of the UI, and the back-end architecture that enables those features, and then take questions.

How your session furthers the MozCamp Goals (https://wiki.mozilla.org/MozCampEU2012/Tracks): The SocialAPI is one of our tools for increasing the growth of Firefox desktop usage, and teaching developers and the community about the new SocialAPI, as well as how to build with it can grow its adoption and further grow Firefox' adoption.

Expected Outcome or Deliverable: Increased understanding of the new SocialAPI and a room full of evangelists who can help defend any potential privacy-related criticism that may come about from the new API.

Desired Audience Type or Skill-set: Web developers and technology enthusiasts, also helps if they are interested in social networks :)

Equipment Needs (Video projector already included): wifi or ethernet connection for attendees


To Be Completed by the Audience-

(If you would like) Submit a Question for the Speaker(s) or indicate what information you hope to gain by attending this talk here:

Place your name here if you would like to attend this talk: