noise from a mozilla IT/Operations wrangler
Last week Lukas blogged about her thoughts on David Eave’s community lifecyle audit. I jokingly told her that I felt she called me out. Until we require Directors to create annual and quarterly goals that include measurable goals around volunteer growth, retention, participation, and effectiveness we will only see people (like myself) trying to do… Read more
On November 28 I posted about our efforts to get more volunteers into Mozilla IT. A lot has happened in the background since and I want to let you know what’s happening (and why it’s taking so long!). O. M. G. The response and interest has been overwhelming. I listed five different positions volunteers could… Read more
In most ways, right now at least, you can’t. We’re too closed. It’s like I said in my first blog post, IT is generally closed. Mozilla is not. There’s a incredible disconnect there. How do we leverage the expertise of the Community in running some of the busiest websites in the world? In my travels… Read more
What. A. Weekend. My first real stay in London was punctuated by Mozilla Festival. And what a weekend it was. Radically different DNA than any other Mozilla event I’ve been to. In many ways it reminded me of the Hacks/Hackers meetup I was at last spring in Buenos Aires. The combination of the open web… Read more
We are just about two weeks away from MozCamp Europe (Nov 12-13) and three from MozCamp Asia (Nov 18-20)! As I talked about in Step 1, we want to figure out how we can leverage our resources and expertise to support the entire Mozilla Community and build a better, stronger Mozilla. At each MozCamp we’ll… Read more
Mozilla. Get Involved. Do IT. Do you have a penchant for wearing black? Were you in the AV club in high school? Did you (or do you) run lights/sound in high school? (Are you a thespian and not afraid to admit it?) Take your involvement with Mozilla to the next level! Be part of the… Read more
Continuing the conversation I started a few weeks ago and Step 1, I want to focus on one of the most powerful tools we have to engage the Mozilla Community and facilitate participation. What is Air Mozilla? Air Mozilla is different things to different people. The original wireless network at the 1981 Landings office The… Read more
“Help me… help you. Help me, help you. ” ~ Jerry Maguire Last week I blogged about our efforts to be radical and pivot. The first area we’re focusing on is what I’ve started calling Community IT. Mozilla’s IT/Infrastructure & Ops team is very adept at supporting the large and complex environment needed to support… Read more
I’ve been at Mozilla for 5.558 years (or 2001 days but who keeps count?). Over that time I’ve seen my role within Mozilla change from a network engineer on a team of three to helping orchestrate a team of 38. While my role and job title has surely changed, I don’t think my job actually… Read more
Musica cerca de Av. Corrientes y Av. 9 de Julio. Last week, for eight days, I was able to step outside my normal role managing Operations and wear an entirely different hat. I had an amazing opportunity to interact with the vibrant Mozilla and Open Source community; I got to interact with those who I… Read more