{"id":3484,"date":"2013-05-28T11:37:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T19:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/?p=3484"},"modified":"2013-05-28T11:37:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T19:37:55","slug":"better-know-a-webdev-jennifer-fong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/webdev\/2013\/05\/28\/better-know-a-webdev-jennifer-fong\/","title":{"rendered":"Better know a WebDev: Jennifer Fong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featuring Jennifer Fong, also known as ednapiranha<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"2013-05-23-09.45\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you do at Mozilla?<\/h3>\n

I am on the Developer Ecosystem team and work on the Developer Hub<\/a>, build reference apps and help developers build apps for the Firefox Marketplace.<\/p>\n

Any fun side projects you\u2019re working on?<\/h3>\n

Yes – let’s see:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Recently created meatspace<\/a>, a node module that supports decentralized microblogging functionality and subscriptions. Think of it like RSS as JSON feeds packaged with CRUD on posts.<\/li>\n
  2. As a result, I made generaltoast<\/a>, which is a Node\/Express app that uses meatspace and Persona to exemplify a web interface for meatspace. You can check out my current microblog<\/a> – left side are my posts, right side are my subscriptions to other posts.<\/li>\n
  3. For a reference app in the Firefox Marketplace, I made generalnotes<\/a> which is a note-taking app that syncs to the server when the user is online and logged in. Check out the accompanying blog post<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. As an attempt to create an interactive fiction game engine, I created generalstore<\/a>, which allows a user to create a game with text files, images, audio files and CSS.<\/li>\n
  5. I am also organizing the remote-friendly NoodleConf<\/a>, which is an atypical one day conference where speakers talk about whatever they want. Likely relating to technology. Or possibly what they ate for breakfast.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How did you get started in web development or programming?<\/h3>\n

    High school – Watcom Basic and Turing if we really want to be technical about it. Web development was during my later years. Something something PHP something – Aphex Twin may or may not have been playing in the background.<\/p>\n

    How did you get involved with Mozilla?<\/h3>\n

    I was riding this unicorn across the great Canadian forests and a rainbow appeared in the sky. I followed to the end of the rainbow and saw a job application to join Mozilla. The unicorn touched the application with its horn. The rest is history.<\/p>\n

    What\u2019s a funny fail or mistake story you can share?<\/h3>\n

    On my first week at Mozilla, I accidentally did a git push -f to master for http:\/\/mozillians.org<\/a>. I felt so bad, but I got over it pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

    What\u2019s something you\u2019re particularly proud of?<\/h3>\n

    Having some really weird friends. And ideas.<\/p>\n

    What\u2019s coming up that you\u2019re excited about?<\/h3>\n

    NoodleConf 2013!<\/p>\n

    Favourite Rob Ford moment?<\/h3>\n

    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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