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SCALE 6x: Wrapup - Results
I had a set of goals for SCALE 6x, namely to:
Identify five potential Mozilla Foundation grant recipients.
Find three organizations willing to match some or all of our grants for a specific project or set of projects.
Find three organizations who we can help implement (or improve their implementation) of some or all of the principles of [...]
SCALE 6x: Wrapup - People
While I met a lot of great people at SCALE (Michael, Moose, Sharon and a host more) I had generally interesting non-private discussions with (or observations about) the following:
Allison Randal - OSCON co-chair and Parrot architect - gave a great presentation on Parrot and an excellent low-stress guide to effective speaking. We also spent some [...]
Mozilla Foundation Report for 2008 Week 5
This is my Mozilla Foundation report for February 3rd to February 9th, 2008. See the weblogs of David Boswell, Frank Hecker and Gerv Markham for additional reports.
Much of this week was focused on participating in SCALE 6x, as well as traveling to and from the event, and preparing for other events.
Projects for the Week
Events
SCALE 6x: [...]
Mozilla Foundation Report for January 2008
This is my report on activities related to the Mozilla Foundation for the month of January 2008. In the future, I'll return to posting weekly reports. For more information on the other foundation-related activities, see the status reports published by David Boswell, Frank Hecker and Gerv Markham.
This month has had an unusually strong focus on [...]
Session Abstract: Electronic Ombuds
I've started working on a session on the practice of online ombuds – especially as it applies to Free Software and Open Source communities. The session is based on my work in the Free Software, PHP, Mozilla, MySQL and Open Source communities - in particular, recent work (which I need to get back to) on [...]
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Planning my SCALE 6x Attendance
In about a week, I'll be heading down to Los Angeles to participate in SCALE 6x, the sixth annual Southern California Linux Expo. In addition to visiting the event, I'll be giving my Age of Literate Machines presentation, updated for 2008 and supported by more research. I'll be joining another Mozillion - Chris Blizzard, who [...]
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20000 km, $7000, 7 days and 4 tons of CO2
… or, "Making Event Attendance Count"
Late last year, I gave a keynote at paired Finnish conferences MindTrek and OpenMind. While the events were well worth attending, afterwards I spent a few bleak hours thinking about the actual costs of my attendance. If I had left Canada just for these events (which, thankfully, I [...]
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MoFo Weekly Report 2008-01-04
This week, I:
Finished up the rough plan for new Mozilla Foundation programs in 2008 that will work to support the Mozilla Manifesto. Waiting for review by the rest of the MoFo team and board.
Worked on Mozilla Foundation participation in various events (F2C: Freedom to Connect and an as-yet unnamed tour of Norwegian institutions of higher [...]
MoFo Weekly Report 2007-12-28
This week, I:
Drafted a rough plan for new Mozilla Foundation programs in 2008 that will work to support the Mozilla Manifesto.
Worked on Mozilla Foundation participation in various events (F2C: Freedom to Connect, SCALE 6x, PHP Québec Conference 2008 and an as-yet unnamed tour of Norwegian institutions of higher education)
Polished up the last bit of 2007 [...]
MoFo Weekly Report 2007-12-14
A light week for Mozilla-related activity. I continued to shepherd a few different grants and helped coordinate Mozilla presence at events. Next week, I'll be focused on wrapping up outstanding activities from 2007.
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