Tristan Nitot
Ok, this may seem like a weird headline for this blog post. Let me explain two things that happened this week at Mozilla, and it will hopefully make sense to you. Let’s start with the infographic. Mozilla published a new … Continue reading
Tristan Nitot
I recently had to give a talk at a conference about digital natives, so I went for a walk down memory lane to remember what where my favorite computers back when I was a kid. At the time, the Apple … Continue reading
Tristan Nitot
I have written a couple of times on this blog that what I like about the Web (and the Internet overall) is the fact that anyone can participate without having to ask for permission. The origin of this is that … Continue reading
Tristan Nitot
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the dangers of closed marketplaces when it comes to selling smartphone apps. One can ask what are the alternatives, and how they’re better than monopolistic marketplaces. I had started writing a post to … Continue reading
Tristan Nitot
Mozilla has just published its annual State of Mozilla, along with a very inspirational post by Mitchell Baker that I encourage people to read. Today, Mozilla’s mission remains as important as ever. From Firefox through Firefox OS to our new … Continue reading
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In the spirit of showing what’s (and who) is beyond the code that powers Mozilla technology, I’m interviewing Brian King, a long-time contributor living in Slovenia, with his quite noticeable Dublin accent. Tristan Nitot – Hi Brian, can you introduce … Continue reading
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All of the readers of this blog depend increasingly on the Internet for many aspects of our lives; this is why the security of Mozilla products and services is extremely important, as stated in the Mozilla Manifesto: Individuals’ security on … Continue reading
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I had a really good conversation earlier today with a reporter. We were discussing the tablet craze and how tablets (and smartphones) could replace computers. I agreed that in a growing number of cases, they can replace PCs. Then he … Continue reading
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Earlier this week, a very good article about closed app stores (aka marketplaces) was published by Seattle developer Casey Muratori: The Next Twenty Years: What Windows 8′s Closed Distribution Means. This is a long, thoughtful article focused on the new … Continue reading
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This is how we, Mozilla, define what we do in our Manifesto: We create communities of people involved in making the Internet experience better for all of us. What’s interesting here is that — in this sentence — we don’t … Continue reading