WeeklyUpdates/2015-11-02
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- join irc.mozilla.org #airmozilla for backchannel discussion
- Presenters only: Vidyo room "Brownbags". Do not use this room if you're not planning to speak.
- Dial-in: Audio-only conference# 8600
- People with Mozilla phones or softphones please dial x4000 Conf# 8600
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- Gmail Chat (requires Flash and the Google Talk plugin): paste +1 650 903 0800 into the Gmail Chat box that doesn't look like it accepts phone numbers
- SkypeOut is free if you use the 800 number
- If you plan on presenting, please join the Vidyo BrownBags 20 minutes prior to the start of the meeting and announce to the A/V Technicians that you will be speaking so that they can confirm your Audio and Video.
All-hands Status Meeting Agenda
Items in this section will be shared during the live all-hand status meeting.
Friends of Mozilla 
- Thank you to Johann Hofmann for his contributions to the new Web Extensions API!
- Thanks to Shing Lyu from the Taipei office for his excellent first Hacks post on Building an iOS-style Unread Notifications add-on for Firefox OS and to Eddie Lin, Shiqi "Mash" Gao, and Michael Henretty for their support.
- Thanks to Adrian Crespo for being a rockstar phone hacker and app/add-on reviewer.
- Safe travels and big thanks to Mozillians from all over the world who are beginning their travels to be part of Mozfest.
Upcoming Events
This Week
Monday, 02 November
- An Event Apart conference in San Francisco
- Mozillian Jen Simmons is speaking on Modern Layouts: Getting Out of Our Ruts
Tuesday, 03 November
- All day:
- Mozilla's View Source Conference in Portland
- An Event Apart conference in San Francisco
- 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET / 4:30pm UTC Rally For The User - Mozilla Mountain View + Air Mozilla. A lot is happening for our Fall Campaign. This is a chance to see how all the various elements fit together and learn why the work we are doing for users is so important.
- Joining us in MV? We can feed you and even shuttle you from SF - tell us. Did we mention this includes a Barista cart? *** Please bring your Mozilla picture ID to show driver for entry onto the bus.
- If you don't already have a photo on your ID, please have the photo taken at reception on Monday and wear it visibly when in the office.
- Bus will depart SF office Tuesday Nov 3 @ 7:30 AM.
- Joining us in MV? We can feed you and even shuttle you from SF - tell us. Did we mention this includes a Barista cart? *** Please bring your Mozilla picture ID to show driver for entry onto the bus.
- We're collecting stuff about the Fall Campaign on this wiki page.
- Webdev Extravaganza: 2:00 PM Pacific in the Webdev Vidyo (Open to the public)
- Stream on Air Mozilla: https://air.mozilla.org/webdev-extravaganza-november-2015/
- Monthly get-together for anyone in Mozilla interested in web development. Updates on shipped projects, libraries we're working on, and more!
Wednesday, 04 November
- All day: Mozilla's View Source Conference in Portland
Homebrew Website Club Meetup (every other Wednesday)
Be a part of the open web with your own website.
- Göteborg (SWEDEN),
Portland, and
San Francisco (at MozSF 1st floor, host: Tantek Çelik) - 17:30-18:30 Writing Hour
- 18:30-19:30 IndieWeb meetup & hack night
Any questions? See the wiki page for detailsCreate or update your personal web site!
Share what you've gotten working, ask the experts questions.Join a community with like-minded interests.
Bring friends that want a personal site!
or join IRC: http://indiewebcamp.com/irc/today?beta#bottom
Thursday, 05 November
- German-speaking community bi-weekly meeting, 9pm CET (8pm UTC, 12pm PT) AirMozilla, IRC: #deMeeting
- More info: De/Meetings.
Friday, 06 November
Saturday, 07 November
Sunday, 08 November
Next Week
Project Status Updates (voice updates)
Firefox and Cloud Services
Speaker Location:
Firefox OS
Speaker Location: Sandip Kamat, San Diego, CA (remote)
Firefox OS - Add-ons
- Add-ons are coming to Firefox OS with v2.5
- FxOS Add-ons can be built and applied to one or several apps on the mobile device including the system app itself. They use the new extension API called WebExtensions [1] that we announced recently on the desktop browser.
- So far, we were in the "foxfooding" phase. Now with v2.5, users can find Mozilla-reviewed add-ons on the Firefox Marketplace app from their devices.
- For Contributors, there is a stipulated add-on review criteria on MDN [2].
- If you are interested in learning more about building add-ons on FxOS, please follow us here on MDN [3].
- [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions
- [2]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Add-ons/Review_criteria
- [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Add-ons
Speaker Location:
Peter Dolanjski, remote
General Firefox OS Update
- v2.5 OTA version should be coming soon - watch out for it. File bugs as usual.
- 590 blockers over the 2.5 release! 41 blockers still remain and we will fix them by the next 6 weeks.
- Information on v2.6 coming soon. Focus is centered on quality, quicker OTA updates to foxfooders.
- Don't have a device to try out Firefox OS?
- More to come next week, including Nexus 4 and 5 builds from Mozilla!
CTO Update
Speaker Location:
Content Services
Speaker Location:
MozFest
Speaker Location: Dietrich Ayala, London
MozFest is less than a week away — Nov. 6-8 in London. Visit festival.mozilla.org for details.
- It's not too early to start Tweeting. Use the hashtag #MozFest early and often.
- This year, Mozilla has brought on Medium.com as a media partner. On Saturday night, Medium.com will host a series of conversations with Mozillians about topics like leading in the open, the inclusive web, and advocacy.
- We’re providing every attendee with a cardboard VR viewer based on the V2 Cardboard, with sessions in the Youth Zone for VR storytelling and game development.
- Firefox & Firefox OS will mostly be on the Global Village floor, in the Garage:
- Two Firefox OS televisions running demos and available for hacking, and an app-making workshop to learn how to push your app to the TV for testing.
- Mozilla Japan is exhibiting the MozOpenHard project and the Chirimen device, a Firefox OS developer board with GPIO, I2C and SPI APIs, and also the Fabble project, a hub for sharing recipes for fabrication.
- Mozilla Taipei will be showing how to program Arduinos directly from the Web using Firefox OS and the WoT.js library.
- FlyWeb team will run a workshop and exhibit through the festival.
- Firefox OS team will run a session on building add-ons for Firefox OS 2.5.
- Mozilla Tech Speakers will run a session called "Scaling by Doing: 'Tech Speakers' Starts With You" demonstrating how to start your own Tech Speakers group/speaking practice session on Sunday afternoon in the Participation space
Webmaker
Speaker Location:
Mozilla Communities
Speaker Location:
Speakers
The limit is 3 minutes per topic. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation. If you plan on showing a video, you need to contact the Air Mozilla team before the day of the meeting or you will be deferred to the next week. The meeting is streamed in a 4:3 format in order to allow for split screen. If your slides are 16:9 "widescreen" format, please indicate in the "Sharing" column below.
Presenter | Title | Topic | Location | Sharing | Media | More Details |
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Who Are You? | What Do You Do? | What are you going to talk about? | Where are you presenting from? (Moz Space, your house, space) | Will you be sharing your screen? (yes/no, 4:3 or 16:9) | Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen | Link to where audience can find out more information |
Armen | Engineering productivity | CI scheduling tools | home | yes (4:3) | live slides | QofC: mozci |
Welcome!
Let's say hello to some new Mozillians! If you are not able to join the meeting live, you can add a link to a short video introducing yourself.
Introducing New Volunteers
New Volunteer | Introduced by | Speaker location | New Volunteer location | Will be working on |
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Who is the new volunteer? | Who will be introducing that person? | Where is the introducer? | Where will the new person be contributing from? | What will the new person be working on? |
Introducing New Hires
New Hire | Introduced by | Speaker location | New Hire location | Will be working on |
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Who is the new hire? | Who will be introducing that person? | Where is the introducer? | Where will the new person be working from? | What will the new person be working on? |
Introducing New Interns
New Intern | Introduced by | Speaker location | New Hire location | Will be working on |
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Who is the new intern? | Who will be introducing that person? | Where is the introducer? | Where will the new person be working from? | What will the new person be working on? |
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Notes and non-voice status updates that aren't part of the live meeting go here.