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Mozilla and Badges: where next? 20 May 2013 | 04:22 pm
Open Badges started as a modest experiment: build open source badge issuing software for ourselves and others. As momentum around this experiment has grown, it feels like the opportunity is bigger: we...
Maker Party: let’s spark a movement 7 May 2013 | 08:38 pm
Plans are coming together for Mozilla’s Maker Party 2013. And I’m getting excited. Last year’s party had people making things on the web at 700 local events in 80 countries. This year it’ll be bigger....
5 great things about Webmaker v2 25 Apr 2013 | 06:52 pm
A better picture of Webmaker v2 has snapped into focus over the past few weeks. The current plan builds on the ‘Webmaker as a popular way to make and learn on the web’ vision we set out in December. W...
April Mozilla Board Slides: Q1 Review 22 Apr 2013 | 06:12 pm
At last week’s Mozilla Foundation board meeting, we looked at what we’ve done so far in 2013 and what we need to do next. Key messages from the discussion: We’re making good progress on Webmaker. We w...
Tinkering together 13 Feb 2013 | 11:24 pm
‘Making is learning’ is a big theme for Mozilla this year. It’s at the heart of Mozilla Webmaker. More importantly, it’s the north star idea guiding the grassroots mentor community we’re building arou...
I need help explaining ‘why?’ 17 Jan 2013 | 02:55 am
Last month, Anil Dash wrote The Web We Lost. It struck a chord: making the case that there has been t a subtle but massive shift on the web. Not simply a shift from open to closed. It’s more nuanced. ...
Webmaker 2013 Plans (wrap up) 17 Jan 2013 | 02:30 am
Matt Thompson just posted the Mozilla Webmaker 2013 plan slides from our last board meeting. As he summarizes: Webmaker teaches the art and craft of webmaking to anyone who wants to make something on ...
Webmaker 2013: product + community 4 Dec 2012 | 04:42 pm
‘Webmaker is both a product and a community.‘ This is the conclusion that a bunch of came to last week as we were looking at goals for Webmaker 2013. We need a product that delights, gives people valu...
Making is learning 26 Nov 2012 | 10:54 pm
We started working on Mozilla Webmaker about a year ago with this thesis: inviting people to make, tinker and share things is the best way to teach the world how the web works. Much has changed with W...
Webmaker planning season 25 Nov 2012 | 08:02 pm
It’s November, which means it’s planning season. Last year at this time we developed a plan for our first year of Mozilla Webmaker. Our overarching goal for 2012 was: Roll the best Drumbeat software a...
