Ubuntu Summit 2022
My thoughts on the Ubuntu Summit 2022.
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Mozilla
How I started contributing to Open Source and stopped buying t-shirts
In this post, I am going to go down memory lane and talk about my contributions to one of the open source communities I contribute to: Mozilla.
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This week in Firefox: Testing Graphics
On Friday February 17 2017, the Firefox Beta community tested Firefox 52 Beta 7. The focus of this test day was on WebGL. WebGL is a JavaScript API for rendering graphics in the browser without the use of plugins such as Flash or Silverlight. Graphics testing involves testing how Firefox renders websites that use WebGL
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These weeks in Firefox: Testing WebRTC and Responsive Design Mode
On Friday 3 February Mozilla held a test day for Firefox 52 Beta 3. The new features under test were WebRTC components; DTMF and screen sharing. WebRTC is a collection of communication protocols and APIs that enable browsers to provide real time communication services such as desktop sharing, video calling, file sharing and more without
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Meeting with the NUST FSAs
A long overdue post. Two weeks ago I was invited by Zibusiso to the National University of Science and Technology to talk to the Firefox Student Ambassadors club he has been working hard to get off the ground. As this was the club’s first meting, we discussed Mozilla’s goals for the year, our mission and
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Participation Leaders Summit Singapore
I attended the Mozilla Participation Leadership summit in Singapore in January 2016 where strategies on how to build the Mozilla community were discussed, planning was done, coffee was had and Mozlove was spread. Here are some of the pictures from the event.
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Trip to Japan: Day 1
This is the second post in a series of posts about my trip to Japan. In this post, I’ll talk about my experience in Tokyo on Day 1. This post is a continuation of this one. The Hotel I’m staying at the Hotel Okura, a beautiful Hotel. Okura is conveniently located, the Roppongi shopping district
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Getting there
This is the first post in a series of posts about my trip to Japan. In this post, I’ll talk about the preparations I had to make to get to Tokyo. I’m Zimbabwean, which means that I need a VISA to go pretty much anywhere outside the country. Getting the Japan Visa proved to be
2 years at Mozilla– What a ride
2 Years at Mozilla I’ve been contributing to Mozilla projects for 2 years now and it’s been a wonderful journey. It all started sometime in June/July of 2012. I sent an email to one of the Mozilla mailing lists requesting to volunteer and a day or so later, I got a response. I went through
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The challenge of contributing to Mozilla
The last community meet-up was a success, attendance was higher than expected and everyone was excited to join Mozilla and start contributing. Discussions involved translating the browser, building a custom B2G phone, working on addons and growing the community. Everyone seemed interested in taking on a particular functional area.
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