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Welcome, Travis Choma
Travis joins Mozilla on Monday, May 13, 2013 as Software Architect for the Apps program. Please help him come up to speed by giving him ways to contact you, things he should know about, and introductions to yourselves.
Tasks
✓ sign mozilla-central contributor agreement and seek level 1 access
- build a "hello, world" HTML App and submit to marketplace-dev.mozilla.org
✓ (ordered) acquire of Android / B2G devices for testing
✓ discover an App at Firefox Marketplace, install it on Android, Firefox OS and one of Mac/Windows/Linux.
✓ do some bugzilla queries
✓ find standing meetings related to Apps
- subscribe to public mailing lists
- subscribe to internal email aliases
✓ fill out your phonebook entry, especially:
✓ your IRC nick
✓ your title (can be humorous)
✓ your manager
✓ your Bugzilla email address (doesn't have to be your corporate address)
✓ what you work on
✓ a picture of you
✓ fill out your Mozillians entry
✓ tell Myk your Bugzilla email address so he can verify/grant your bug editing privileges
People
Bill Walker
I lead Apps Engineering, which includes support for Partners and work on Web Runtime. I'm on irc as bwalker. I read dev-webapps pretty closely, I try to follow dev-planning and dev-identity. I'm on github as wfwalker. My email is bwalker@mozilla.com. I sit on the 2nd floor of the Mountain View office.
Caitlin Galimidi a.k.a PMPCat
Hey there Travis - I'm a program manager for Marketplace / Apps. you'll encounter me on such projects as Payments, Marketplace Features & WebRT for Android. I'm most frequently found in SFO but spend Weds / Thurs in MTV and some times WFH. (How're those acronyms?)
- IRC channels you may find useful: #openwebapps #marketplace #mobile #devecosystem #b2gpay
- Tips I've found useful for Mozilla survival:
- HelpDesk and Desktop Support : go into #desktop and type ' helpdesk '.. someone on the desktop team will get right back to you
- email filters are a survival method here; use liberally
- leverage all the e-communication: Skype, IRC, Vidyo
- don't be afraid of bugzilla :-)
- Tools I love for program management and organization:
- Omniplan
- MindNode Pro
- Wiki Pages I live by
Rick Fant
Vishy Krishnamoorthy
Hi Travis welcome! I am the product manager for the web runtime. Email: vishy@mozilla.com and irc: vishy. I work out of the MTV office.
Myk Melez
Hi Travis, welcome to Mozilla!
I've been a Mozillian since 1999, and currently I hack on Open Web Apps and the Firefox OS Simulator.
Here are some notable communications channels, most of which I lurk in/occasionally attend:
IRC Channels:
- #developers
- #planning
- #sf
- #openwebapps
- #devtools
- #b2g
- #gaia
- #mobile
Discussion Forums:
- dev-webapps
- dev-webapi
- dev-gaia
- dev-b2g
- firefox-dev
- jetpack
- dev-developer-tools
- dev-planning
- dev-l10n
- governance
Weekly Meetings:
- Mozilla
- Firefox/Gecko Development
- Firefox/Gecko Delivery
- Android Web Runtime (Thursdays 8:15-9:30PT in "Mozilla Apps" vroom)
- Apps Show & Tell
And some other miscellaneous resources:
- Brian Bondy's Cheat Sheet
- mozilla-central Git mirror (Which I use instead of the Hg repository for most everything.)
Harald Kirschner
Self-confessed Web Craftsman! Started at Labs in Oct 2011, helped with PDF.js and prototyped the first runtime for Mozilla Apps on Android. Moved slowly into being tech-lead for Partner Engineering where we work closely with business development to get brands from all over the world to submit their apps to Firefox Marketplace. We hold hands, encourage, identify and drive bugs, prototype APIs, make manifests and get teams to implement the bleeding edge features that make the platform awesome. We manage tasks in Trello and huddle in Skype (with BD). I am active in #webapps, #apps-reviewers, dev-webapps, dev-gaia and idle on #b2g, #gaia, #devtools and #devecosystem.
Jonas Sicking
Recently became tech-lead for Firefox OS. Previously tech-lead for WebAPI, which is our effort to add missing APIs to the web (including web apps) to make it competitive with other app platforms. Still involved with a lot of API work, but trying to focus on setting technical direction for Firefox OS.
Fabrice Desré
Lucas Adamski
Marcos Cáceres
Platform/Standardization Engineer on the Web API team. Work mostly on standardization of device APIs and manifest format at the W3C. My IRC username is `marcosc`, and you can find me on #webapi.