WeeklyUpdates/2013-09-09
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Contents
All-hands Status Meeting Agenda
Items in this section will be shared during the live all-hand status meeting.
Friends of the Tree 
Mardi, Kate and all of the Summit team for all of the work you have done for the Summit this year thanks for all of the hard work from all of the Mozillians
A big thanks to Chad Weiner for stepping in to help lead the Product Marketing team
Masatoshi Kimura for removing 1/3 of the enablePrivilege calls in our mochitest suite with an epic 275k patch
600 high-fives for Yousef Alam and William Reynolds, who spent three full days talking with students at Campus Party Europe last week. Over 600 students visited our booth to sign up for our Firefox Student Ambassador program.
Upcoming Events
This Week
Monday, 09 September
Tuesday, 10 September
- MAKER PARTY: West Bengal, India: MakerQuiz@Dgp is an opportunity to review the performance of our participants of Hack Jam @ BCREC. There will be a test on HTML5 and CSS, followed by a quiz on Mozilla and Webmaker to help participants understand where they are strong and where they could use improvement.
- MAKER PARTY: Hama Governorate, Syria: Celebrating course on "ballet" for children is a training course on IT skills for youth and children provided by the Syrian Computer Society, through the Syrian Telecentre project.
- MAKER PARTY: East Java, Indonesia: Maker Party 2013 @ Surabaya - Hive Indonesia is Hive Pop-Up concept that will have workshops from local mentors & communities. About 150 students from high schools will invite by local government to join this event.
Wednesday, 11 September
- W3C CSS Working Group face-to-face meeting in Paris, follow along on IRC #css on irc.w3.org.
- The monthly Air Mozilla sumo mobile meeting will be live https://air.mozilla.org/the-mobile-meeting-sumo-11sep2013/ you can join in the meeting by going to https://etherpad.mozilla.org/mobile-2013-09-11/ please add your questions and notes to the agenda
- MAKER PARTY: Berlin, Germany: Hive Berlin is an opportunity for participants to get to know each other, learn about three exciting projects, present their own projects/learning opportunities, and then exchange/discuss ideas for collaborations and work.
- MAKER PARTY: East Java, Indonesia: STIKOM Firefox Club Webmaker Event is Maker party on how to make a profile from the web using mozilla technology.
- 10:00 AM PST : Sound as Research presentation -- Using sound and design to investigate interaction, collaboration, and the pursuit of happiness.
Thursday, 12 September
- W3C CSS Working Group face-to-face meeting in Paris, follow along on IRC #css on irc.w3.org.
- MAKER PARTY: East Java, Indonesia: UTM Fx Club Party is Maker party on how to make a profile from the web using mozilla technology.
- MAKER PARTY: British Columbia, Canada: A New Hero Emerges (Hack Jam) provides participants a chance to use webmaker tools and talk about open web. No tech knowledge required.
- PERSONA MEET-UP: 1st-ever Mozilla Persona meet-up is happening on Thursday September 12 at Mozilla San Francisco, 5:30pm-9:30pm local time. Dan Callahan, Zach Carter, and Didem Ersoz are hosting the meet-up, which will include a Persona overview, a Q&A, and a mini hack-session for those who'd like to get started with Persona right away. Feel free to spread the word. RSVP: http://www.persona-meetup-sf.eventbrite.com/
Friday, 13 September
- W3C CSS Working Group face-to-face meeting in Paris, follow along on IRC #css on irc.w3.org.
Saturday, 14 September
- MAKER PARTY: Central Region, Uganda: The eight-day Rural Youth TechNet 4 Students (ROUTES) is all about spreading digital literacy and celebrating the amazing things we can make and do thanks to the web by Mozilla. CPAUG will be hosting a Rural Youth TechNet 4 Students (ROUTES) at Masuliita Secondary Sch. in Wakiso District in to empower the youth on how to use social media in Education.
- MAKER PARTY: Athens, Greece: Athens Plaython Maker Party is an opportunity for experienced coders or newbies to get started with remixing the open web. From coding their first line of HTML to building apps that change the world, Maker Party is a chance to connect with a global community of creators.
- MAKER PARTY: Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire: Mozilla Maker Party II is the follow up to the first Maker Event in Ivory Coast and is an Workshop to learn Web Making with Mozilla Webmaker tools.
- MAKER PARTY: Delhi, India: the first and last party ! is an informal and small event trying to gather like minded people from all over the city, at its heart, just for an hour in the weekend evening. Anyone who loves the web and looking for networking, be ready to have some fun with the web with a sip of coffee at the cafe !!
- MAKER PARTY: Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius: Marky party Mauritius continues the month after month Maker Party. The September event will be an introduction presentation to Mozilla and its products together with Webmaker party at the seat of the Global Rainbow Foundation Mauritius. This event was specially requested by the President of the NGO who was very keen to learn about the amazing things that can be done with the Webmaker tools
Sunday, 15 September
- MAKER PARTY: Malaysia: Popcorn Story Camp Malaysia 2013 contains hands on sessions, talks, and hacks*! Revolutions in Media is the selected theme for this event. The event will be focused towards small groups of students and be led by individuals passionate about the web. As part of the Mozilla community, we’re helping build a brighter future for the Web. The concept is fun, interactive and leads to more exposure to the World Wide Web.
- MAKER PARTY: Pittsburgh, PA: SparkFun Electronics Tour Stop: Scratch and PicoBoard gets you started with computer programming by making digital projects that respond to things in the real world, using Scratch and PicoBoard. From games with custom controllers to interactive animations, you can start making and sharing amazing creations. Learn from the pros at SparkFun Electronics, who are driving around the country, teaching workshops and spreading their passion for technology.
- MAKER PARTY: Central Luzon, Philippines: Maker Party 2013 @ Bataan event will be a meeting up, making cool stuff and teaching others at the 2013 Maker Party at Bataan, Philippines. This event will focus on Webmaker Updates, Webmaking and Firefox Student Ambassador Program for College Students within the University Town of Balanga and the Province of Bataan.
- MAKER PARTY: Tokyo, Japan: Mozilla Festival in Tokyo will have more than 25 organizations attend and show off their work, have open discussion and hold workshop etc. Maker Party will be held as a part of the event.
Next Week
Product Status Updates (voice updates)
Firefox Desktop
Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)
- Throw to Devtools!
Dev Tools
Speaker Location: portland (dcamp)
- At this week's Gaia work week we're debuting the full set of Firefox Developer Tools available for apps on Firefox OS. They're tied together by the new App Manager: http://people.mozilla.com/~prouget/appmanager.webm
- Firefox 25 was a great release, and Firefox 26 is addressing our top complaints: pseudo-elements and break-on-uncaught-exception.
- Had a great work week, see the raw output at https://etherpad.mozilla.org/devtools-august-meetup-hacks
- The EmberJS extension was ported to the Firefox Developer Tools in a weekend by Luca Greco: https://github.com/rpl/ember-extension/compare/experimental;firefox_devtools_addon
Firefox Mobile
Speaker Location: remote (mfinkle)
- Problems/Fixes
- Fixing an issue which broke new Nightly updates (bug 913842)
- Fixed a hang/problem in WebRTC (bug 904784)
- Fixed a crash related running WebApps (bug 901426)
- Starting a project to improve that way we build Android UI tests (post)
- Looking for feedback on GeckoView embedding interfaces and APIs (post)
Thunderbird
Speaker Location:
Older Branch Work
Speaker Location:
Webmaker
No verbal update this week
Back to school with Mozilla Webmaker. Create a teaching kit on webmaker.org to help others learn.
Mozilla Reps
Identity
Speaker Location:
Services
Speaker Location:
Firefox OS
Speaker Location: None
- Most of Firefox engineering is in Oslo for workweek hosted by Telenor.
Add-ons
Winners of the Amp Your Firefox add-on contest have been announced! Please cast your vote for the Best Overall add-on, and help us congratulate the winners using the #ampyourfirefox hashtag. Details here: http://mzl.la/1dVC8WO
Grow Mozilla
Speaker Location: San Francisco
Help us build a history of Mozilla told by Mozillians. Please share your memories about this Mozilla milestone:
Note: If you've tried posting to the comments, but your comment didn't show up get in touch with David Boswell. There spam filter can be a bit overly aggressive.
- February 7, 2012: The creation of the Mozilla Antarctica community site brings Mozilla to all seven continents
Speakers
The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. 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.
| Presenter | Title | Topic | Location | Share? | Media | More Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, other info) | Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen | Link to where audience can find out more information |
| Kate Naszradi, Larissa Shapiro, Mike Hoye | Summit Comms | Sign-up! Summit sessions, fairs, site hosts | Mozilla San Francisco/ Mountain View/ Toronto | No. | None | Facilitator sign-up, Site Host sign-up,Summit Fairs sign-up, Mitchel Blog Post |
Roundtable
Do you have a question about a Mozilla Project or initiative? Let us know by Friday- we'll do our best to get you an answer.
Please note that we may not always be able to get to every item on this list, but we will try!
| Who are you? | Area of question | Question |
|---|---|---|
| What's your name? What do you work on? | Is your question about policy, a product, a Foundation initiative, etc. | What would you like to know? |
Welcome!
Let's say hello to some new Mozillians!
Introducing New Hires
| New Hire | Introduced by | Speaker location | New Hire location | Will be working on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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? |
| Byron Campen | Asa Dotzler | Mountain View | Mountain View | WebRTC platform engineering |
| Adam Rogers | Christopher Lee | Most likely in Oslo this week (nonverbal) | In Oslo this week, normally Canada Remote - ON | Product Manager, Firefox OS |
| Lenae Lukens | Alan Chang | Mountain View | Mountain View | Accountant |
| Jeannette Bartolome | Sylvie Brossard | Mountain View | Mountain View | Benefits |
| Randall Barker | Brad Lassey | Remote | Mountain View | Mobile Platform |
Introducing New Interns
| New Intern | Introduced by | Speaker location | New Hire location | Will be working on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Status Updates By Team (*non-voice* updates)
Firefox
Platform
Services
Messaging
Mobile
IT
Release Engineering
QA
Test Execution
WebQA
- Affiliates
- Redesign potentially coming in Q4 2013/Q1 2014
- B2G/Gaia testing:
- Now have two (2) Hamachi devices
- 10 more requested for our automation infrastructure
- Engineering build requested: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912617
- Caught a clock failure, worked with devs:
- Caught the Activities bug quickly in yesterday's build bug 912065
- Caught the Email test failures but did not have time to file it before Manual team. Wish we could review things faster and make the Automation assist the Manual team.
- Coverage restored for Youtube/HTML5 test thanks to our contributor Sasha
- More coverage restored as crashes have been resolved: Bugs 902927, 902878, 900012
- Really want Plivo account, it will device coverage that nobody else can automate
- Engagement Projects
- FirefoxFlicks - code complete by Sept. 6 for results/winner announcements on the 12th.
- Firefox Marketplace
- Weekly release went live 09/03
- Mozilla.com
- shipped weekly release this week
- Mozillians
- Mozillians-dev Elasticsearch indexing often fails on dev - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=906840
- Burning down the new feature list that is slated to land in time for Summit 2013
- Currently bugs that need to be verified - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=phonebook%20%3A%3A%20resolved&list_id=7821330
- MDN
- we'll soon be switching on automation for a pending, already-staged, redesign of MDN
- Socorro
- Weekly meeting notes - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Breakpad/Status_meetings/2013-September-04
- Milestone 57 shipped last week - collectors went down for 20 minutes
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&target_milestone=58&product=Socorro&list_id=7820888
- https://etherpad.mozilla.org/socorro-release-57-postmortem
- SUMO
- continuing to work with the Dev team on their Persona support/implementation, both through manual testing + automation
- Community Members Onboarding
- Nice write up from Rebecca on Ana Hristova!
QA Community
Automation & Tools
We are now running XPCShell tests in parallel on our test slaves. Read all about it here.
Security
Engagement
PR
"Mozilla thinks having 'whimsical' micro-copy and animations will help it retain users, but for the most part, I think its idea to allow users to 'constantly discover diverse content including apps, collections, articles, reviews, videos and more' in the store could be the winning concept here." - Frederic Lardinois, TechCrunch
7 Smart Reasons to Consider Using Firefox, Babble
Security tools and web browsers come together in Mozilla Plug-n-Hack, SC Mag
Cybersecurity Basics: Surf the Web Safely With These Browsers, Entrepreneur
Apple, Microsoft And Google Could Learn Something From Mozilla’s App Store Prototype, TechCrunch
Video: How Firefox OS will avoid the app discovery problems that plague iOS, Android, BGR
