{"id":8681,"date":"2019-05-28T08:15:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/?p=8681"},"modified":"2019-08-27T08:56:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:56:32","slug":"friend-of-addons-martin-giger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/2019\/05\/28\/friend-of-addons-martin-giger\/","title":{"rendered":"Friend of Add-ons: Martin Giger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our newest Friend of Add-ons is <a href=\"https:\/\/mozillians.org\/en-US\/u\/freaktechnik\/\">Martin Giger<\/a>! Martin is a leader and member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mozilla.ch\/en\">Mozilla Switzerland<\/a> community, an <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/user\/466070\/\">extension developer<\/a>, and a frequent contributor to Mozilla\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/discourse.mozilla.org\/c\/add-ons\">community forums<\/a>, where he helps people find answers to their questions about extension development. If you have ever visited our forums or joined one of our channels on IRC, there\u2019s a good chance you\u2019ve seen Martin kindly and patiently helping people resolve their issues. (He has also written a great blog post about <a href=\"https:\/\/humanoids.be\/log\/2018\/08\/getting-help-in-text-chat\/\">how to effectively ask for help<\/a> when you get stuck on a problem.)<\/p>\n<p>Martin began contributing to Mozilla in the early 2010s when he began localizing a Thunderbird extension into German and building his first Firefox extension. He also became involved with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nightingale_(software)\">Nightingle Media Player<\/a> project, an open-source audio player and web browser based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/XULRunner\">Mozilla XULRunner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Martin has contributed to a number of add-on projects, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/addons\/category\/sdk\/\">Add-on SDK<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mozilla\/addons-linter\">add-ons linter<\/a>, the site <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\">addons.mozilla.org<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mozilla\/addons-linter\">WebExtensions API<\/a>. Always interested in finding creative technical solutions to solve problems he encounters in everyday life, he has recently been tinkering with Mozilla\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/iot.mozilla.org\/\">Web of Things<\/a> platform, rewriting a Twitter tool used by the Mozilla Switzerland community, and managing web-related activities for the concert band he plays in.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to spending time with Mozillians online, Martin also enjoys socializing in person with members of his local community. \u201cDoing things with local contributors is meaningful,\u201d he remarks. \u201cNo matter what they contributed to, meeting up with people and talking about things you\u2019re passionate about makes Mozilla something you can grasp (and not just something you spend time in front of a computer on).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin, the entire add-ons team extends their gratitude and appreciation to you for your kindness, willingness to help others, and sound judgement. Thank you for all of your contributions to our ecosystem!<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in getting involved with the add-ons community, please take a look at our<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Add-ons\/Contribute\"> wiki<\/a> for some opportunities to contribute to the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our newest Friend of Add-ons is Martin Giger! 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