[Adapted from a presentation given at iThink Therefore iLearn? conference in Manchester, UK; 27 February 2014. Slides here.] We’re perhaps best known as the makers of the Firefox browser, and now we’re breaking into the mobile space with FirefoxOS. We … Continue reading
We sent a total of 7,679,300 email appeals during Mozilla’s year-end fundraising campaign. This post outlines top-line results and compares metrics from 2013 with this past year’s campaign. Like many large organizations, Mozilla uses email to communicate to a variety … Continue reading
You helped us kick off the Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund in Chattanooga and Kansas City – now it’s time to submit your great ideas! The application window for the Gigabit Community Fund’s Spring Pilot Period is now open. Applications must … Continue reading
“My whole work life the last two years has been trying to achieve what git does”, Daniel Falster on Twitter, quoting feedback from the workshop he taught this week at the University of Technology Sidney. What’s happening next week We … Continue reading
I was interviewed about Software Carpentry earlier this week, and the interviewer’s second question was, “Don’t scientists all learn how to program these days as part of their education?” The answer, even today, is “no”: the average scientist might know … Continue reading
We had our monthly community call last week. (If you missed it you can read the Etherpad notes from the call.) As usual, we asked participants to let us know what they’re excited about — upcoming events, links of interest, … Continue reading
Earlier this month, we launched the Gigabit Community Fund in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Kansas City. In both cities, the Fund will support a growing Hive community of teachers, informal educators, nonprofit leaders, and technologists engaged in building new, connected learning … Continue reading
Earlier this month, we launched the Gigabit Community Fund in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Kansas City. In both cities, the Fund will support a growing Hive community of teachers, informal educators, nonprofit leaders, and technologists engaged in building new, connected learning … Continue reading
Keith Marzulo, Director of the CISE Division of Computer and Network Systems (CNS) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) discusses US Ignite and the benefits of gigabit technologies for the kick-off of the Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund in Kansas City. … Continue reading
What’s happening next week Greg Wilson will be doing a walk-through of the GitHub repository for our lesson materials, this Thursday, February 20th, at 10am, 2 pm, and 7pm, all Eastern time. Everyone is welcome, specially those planning to teach a workshop in … Continue reading
