I just had a fun breakfast with Simona Levi from ExGAE/ / oXcars. What I learned: Learning, Freedom and the Web isn’t the only interesting thing happening in Barcelona two months from now. There are at least seven open internet / open education / free culture events happening over the span of 10 days. More 10 days of freedom in Barcelona
Brett Gaylor joins Drumbeat team
I’m very happy to announce that Brett Gaylor officially joined the Mozilla Drumbeat team earlier this month. He’ll be playing the role of project producer — leading his own Web Made Movies project and helping to find new Drumbeat projects over time. Brett will also be directing a documentary series about Mozilla and the future of the web. More Brett Gaylor joins Drumbeat team
Drumbeat Festival: it’s getting interesting
People and ideas are falling into place for the Drumbeat ‘Learning, Freedom and the Web’ Festival taking place in Barcelona this fall. We released an updated web page with highlights last week: More Drumbeat Festival: it’s getting interesting
MozFdn July 2010 status update
As we pass the midway mark of 2010, we’re starting to see early results from our bootstrap Drumbeat projects. Universal Subtitles and Web Made Movies presented demos at Whistler. And Mozilla / P2PU School of Webcraft has 12+ courses scheduled for September. We also have a clear (and exciting) plan for the first Drumbeat Festival — a 300+ person event on ‘learning, freedom and the web‘ happening in Barcelona this November. Reflecting back on the last few months, it feels like we’ve turned a corner in terms of understanding and excitement around Drumbeat. More MozFdn July 2010 status update
Experiment: badges, identity and you
Figuring out who to pay attention to and who to work with is a big challenge in a community like Mozilla. Using the Whistler Science Fair as example, Les Orchard points out the underlying issue — we don’t have a quick way to parse through all the awesome to find out who’s good at what / who’s contributed what / who is doing things relevant to me. This is a common problem in online life overall. We don’t have an easy, portable and reliable way to represent our skills, achievements and social capital. More Experiment: badges, identity and you
My blogging …
… has been in fail mode for the last two months. Lots of stuff happening in the real world that’s been keeping me away from the keyboard. Drumbeat Festival prep in Barcelona, another amazing FISL in Porto Alegre and, of course, an awesome Mozilla Summit in Whistler. Of course, that’s also the stuff I’d like be blogging about. More My blogging …
Drumbeat: learning + freedom + web
The plan for our first Drumbeat Festival has really snapped into focus over the last week. The theme is ‘learning, freedom and the web’ — connecting people on the radical, disruptive edge of learning with people from the open web world. It’s happening in Barcelona from November 3 – 5. I’m stoked. Really. More Drumbeat: learning + freedom + web
Open web definition for drumbeat.org
A common Drumbeat questions is ‘what do you mean by open web?‘ Having a solid answer is especially critical as reach out to teachers, lawyers, filmmakers and other people new to Mozilla. More Open web definition for drumbeat.org
MozFdn May 2010 status update
Almost five months into 2010, key Drumbeat projects and the Drumbeat local event series are picking up speed. Web Made Movies, Universal Subtitles and P2PU Open Web Career Track have all released new material and gotten more people involved. And additional events have taken place in Toronto, Berlin, Sao Carlos and Florianapolis. We’re also making progress on our overall fundraising and engagement efforts — albeit slower than hoped. More MozFdn May 2010 status update
Crisper Drumbeat messaging. Feedback?
A few weeks back, I posted an updated Drumbeat description. People said it was good, but not good enough. We’ve pushed hard to come up with something better and crisper. These result is a simple set of key messages that explain Drumbeat and why it matters. We’ll use these to write site copy, update our slide decks and drive our upcoming social media campaign. More Crisper Drumbeat messaging. Feedback?