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Status Update 2011-08-08
Betafarm
Betafarm is an effort to create a single home for Mozilla Innovation projects. It is a website that will promote projects from Mozilla Labs, the Mozilla Foundation, Mozilla Research as well as the larger Mozilla Community. Users of the website will be encouraged to get involved by being able to track Mozilla events and respond to challenges (specific calls to action \-\- see the Knight Mozilla News Partnership). The larger goal being explored is to create a social, engaging web experience for people interested in innovation at Mozilla.
- Github Repository: http://github.com/mozilla/betafarm
- Issue Tracker: https://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/284775
- Staging URL: http://betafarm.mozillalabs.com
- People: Andy Chung, Paul Osman, Ross Bruniges
Next Major Milestone (Goal)
- Public release (Target August 17th)
Done this Week
- BrowserID integration working (using django-browserid)
- Real time blog syndication for projects
- Using UserVoice for feedback
- UI tweaks
Next up
- Enhancements to User profile editing (ability to add links to profile)
- Surfacing featured blog posts to splash page
- Allow users to follow projects and see aggregated blog posts on dashboard
- Work with illustrator on graphics / branding
Want your help with...
- Use the site and provide feedback.
Cherrypicker
Provide people with a fake email address to signup for sites, complete purchases, and other account creation activities where they are unsure or want to avoid using their real email address.
- wiki: https://github.com/mozilla/cherrypicker/wiki
- People: Simon Wex, Andy Chung, Bryan Clark
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Demo Party
Demoparty is an initiative to foster artful exploration of open web technologies, diving into the demoscene culture.
- More info: http://mozillalabs.com/demoparty
- People: Tobias Leingruber, supported by Desigan Chinniah
Next Major Milestone (Goal)
- Get alot of proper submissions, need to directly reach out to more people
Done this Week
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Deuxdrop
Experiment in private messaging between one or more people using encryption and allowing for federation. Focused on mobile first, with shorter on-the-go messaging, but the platform should allow for longer form messaging later.
The mobile target is similar to BlackBerry Messenger or iMessage, but using an encrypted/federated back-end and a web-technologies based "smart" client (eventually PhoneGap style, current targeting a Mobile Firefox add-on).
- More info: https://github.com/mozilla/deuxdrop
- People: Andrew Sutherland, James Burke, Bryan Clark
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F1
Mozilla F1 is a simple and fast sharing service designed to enhance the sharing experience of the browser, Firefox, when sharing web sites.
- More info:
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- People: Bryan Clark, David Ascher, Shane Caraveo, James Burke, Mark Hammond, Ben Adida
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OWA Marketplace
The OWA Marketplace is the place where people can go to install open web apps. Focus is on social discovery and other targeted recommendations.
- Github Repository: http://github.com/21echoes/owa-store
- Staging URL: http://21echoes.github.com/owa-store/
- People: David Kettler, Allen Short, AMO team
Next Major Milestone (Goal)
Done this Week
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Prospector
Explore how people search and discover content by analyzing user behavior and prototyping new interfaces.
- Blog: https://mozillalabs.com/prospector/
- Code: https://github.com/mozilla/prospector/
- Issues: https://github.com/mozilla/prospector/issues
- People: Edward Lee, Abhinav Sharma
Next Major Milestone (Goal)
- Continue experiments with search interfaces in the browser
Done this Week
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WebFWD
WebFWD is an accelerator program where we help and support teams with concrete product ideas to get to a minimum viable product (and further). The programs aim is to significantly increase our innovation throughput.
- More info: https://webfwd.org/
- People: Pascal Finette, Didem Ersoz, Julie Choi, Tobias Leingruber
Next Major Milestone (Goal)
- Get first teams into program
Done this Week
- Team evaluation & selection for first batch of Fellows (nearly completed)
- Finalized first iteration of Fellow curriculum
- Started identification & outreach process to relevant projects
- Submitted speaker proposals to LeWeb [1] & WIRED UK Conference [2]
- Presentation at Bay Area Mobile Meetup [3]
- First round of interviews for Program Manager role [4]
- Setup next CoffeeFWD event [coffeefwd.eventbrite.com]
- Meeting with WSOH winners [5]
Next up
- Select first teams for Fellow program
- Concentrated outreach effort
- More interviews for Program Manager position
Want your help with...
- Send us interesting projects you think would benefit from being part of WebFWD
Labmates
Labmates, a Mozilla Labs Concept Series channel - is a global community of research academics. It aims to engage with the world of academia - to identify, showcase and promote research that makes the web better!
- More info: http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/friend-of-labs-contacts
- People: Desigan Chinniah
Next Major Milestone (Goal)
- Enable Drumbeat.org to allow for user created sub-projects with projects
Done this Week
Next up
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Developer Challenges
The Developer Challenges platform is a experimental new initiative from Mozilla Labs — providing a series of coding challenges — under the Concept Series umbrella. Read more: http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/dev-challenges-content
- Dashboard: http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/dev-challenges-dashboard
- People: Desigan Chinniah