As I noted in my last status update, Mozilla Drumbeat will continue to be a major priority for the foundation team in 2011. We plan to follow through on our three largest projects from year one, and also to launch three additional large projects. More Status update: MoJo plus Drumbeat 2011
The Next Million Mozillians (redux)
A little over two years ago, I did a bunch of posts about the idea of recruiting ‘the next million Mozillians’. My thinking at the time: we need to grow our community dramatically. We need to build even more creativity, reach and resilience into who we are. This is how we build a 100 year organization for the open web. More The Next Million Mozillians (redux)
Definitions: media, freedom, web.
I had a good conversation with John Udell the other day (thanks!). We were making a list of concepts people need to internalize if they want to think like the web. The next morning, a particular concept jumped to mind: Openendedness. The web is never finished. It’s built to be built on. More Definitions: media, freedom, web.
McLuhan, freedom and the web
If he were still with us, Marshall McLuhan would turn 100 this year. What to get him for his birthday? I’d get him LEGO. Partly because LEGO’s fun. But mostly because it’s a great metaphor for open-ended nature of the web. As a medium, the web has one big message: build me. More McLuhan, freedom and the web
Need your vote: open web art award
In a little over 10 days, I will be giving out the first Mozilla Open Web Art Award at the Transmediale Festival in Berlin. Voting for the winner is currently happening on the Mozilla Drumbeat website. Voting ends February 4. More Need your vote: open web art award
School of Webcraft Charter (draft)
For about a year now, Mozilla has been working with Peer to Peer University to set up a School of Webcraft. The vision is simple enough: a free, community run school for web development. It’s going well, with almost 30 courses on offer for the January term. More School of Webcraft Charter (draft)
Members as advocates for the web?
Earlier today, Bogo did two posts on membership. He said a number of important things including: More Members as advocates for the web?
Join Mozilla: support the web, simply
I think a lot about how to increase the size and impact of the Mozilla community. Both are already impressive: 400 million people using Firefox; 40,000+ Mozillians contributing their time and passion. Awesome.
More Join Mozilla: support the web, simply
Quick clarification on membership
Last week, I posted MoFo 2011 planning slides on my blog, including info about our proposed membership program. More Quick clarification on membership
Status update: MoFo Plans for 2011
In 2010, the MoFo team had one big goal: grow Mozilla’s scope. The core of this was Drumbeat — an effort to move beyond software, getting all kinds of people doing things to help the web. We also applied our elbow grease getting more people to understand and contribute to Mozilla as a cause. More Status update: MoFo Plans for 2011