Devrel/Minutes/2016-08-22
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Verbal Updates
Jason's Update
(Don't let Jason start talking until someone has agreed to take notes here)
- I need someone to do an initial recording that we can experiment with video editing contractors.
- Speak now or forever hold your peace re: Platform's 2016H2 priorities. https://docs.google.com/document/d/13kb1DK_sAsqaT9RO455zEY2lMH6bgjKngiciVHey5uQ/edit
- It would be nice to have some more time to think and look at these things
Announcements / Requests for Help / Discussion Topics
- [callahad] Kudos again to Salva for setting up the etherpad. But this week he's actually on the call to hear it!
- [callahad] Is rogerroger working? Only Sam, Sole, and I have posted updates for the past three weeks.
- Building habits is hard, let's keep trying and revisit later.
- [belen]: Where can I get a regular t-shirt with mozilla logo on it? Not a "fancy" one like the Alan Turing design or the friends & family. Some t-shirt that is easily recognizable as Mozilla's.
- [potch] Belen I can source you one- we have a supply here in MV. Yaaay! Women/fitted XL pls :)
- [callahad]: Is there a system for this, longer term? Potch's ambient knowledge of things in MV closets isn't necessarily scalable ;)
- [belen] I'm shipping a parcel to Salva and was wondering how should I do it. Must we use a specific courier company? Should I just use the normal post office that is right around the corner? I can't find the right page on Mana with this info.
- [callahad]: Use whatever makes sense and expense it. If you're in an office, use the office's mailing and shipping center.
- [belen]: Ludum Dare is this weekend, and YOU CAN MAKE A GAME 0:)
- [callahad] Interesting links:
- Google is now favoring and flagging AMP sites in search results: http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/08/google-amp-is-about-to-become-a-much-bigger-deal-showing-up-in-everybodys-mobile-search-results/
- Take from Paul Ford: https://trackchanges.postlight.com/were-bullish-on-amp-abfc6e1f10a1
- The Mozilla brand is getting redesigned. Seven proposed directions up at https://blog.mozilla.org/opendesign/now-for-the-fun-part/. Be sure to click through each example for the full proposal.
- I'm reading a lot of bad feedback about the designs on the internet :( I'm not particularly fond of any of them either.
- Google is now favoring and flagging AMP sites in search results: http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/08/google-amp-is-about-to-become-a-much-bigger-deal-showing-up-in-everybodys-mobile-search-results/
- [Jen] a question about Hack blog content — to move or not to move
- [Jen] followup on question about video
- [jason] Ali's comments on videos
Action Items
Last Week Accountability:
- Done!
[Jason] Send list of Platform's priorities to devrel mailing list - Done!
[Jason] Send Callahad list of Sandra's changes to the event form - Carryover [Callahad] Implement those changes
- Carryover [Potch] Get :PCWalton on board for a Hacks post
- Done!
[Jen] Create strawman proposal for video publishing of things we create
This Week's Action Items:
- [name] action
- [Potch] Get :PCWalton on board for a Hacks post
- [Callahad] Implement sponsorship form changes
- [Literally everyone] comment on the Platform priorities
Non-Verbal Updates
( Consider tracking your activity in IRC by talking to the 'rogerroger' bot in #devrel. Logs appear at http://www.standu.ps/project/devrel )
Jason
Last week:
- PTO
- debugger.html - already documented Components, working on Reducers this week.
- Platform Priorties analyzing
- Met with Thomas Elin to get a bit of training how Platform is using Trello
- Developer release planning
This coming week:
- More on debugger.html
Belén
Last week:
- A short week for me, just a few days of work…
- Tinkered with the website (mostly figuring out how to install and configure a Drupal module)
- Answered questions for an interview by Justin Crawford about web compatibility. He's writing a post series on Hacks about the topic, with answers from a bunch of people.
- Submitted a proposal for Render 2017
- Filed a bug which drives me nuts on Firefox for Mac https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1295924
This coming week:
- Input HTML post into Wordpress so Havi can publish it.
- Write a post on my blog with tips for game jams (Ludum Dare is happening this weekend! And yes, I'm joining!)
- Devrel site work
Dan
Last week:
- Failed to get around to Bug 1267347 or Drupal site work
- Prepped for JSConf Iceland, trying to pivot harder into "ServiceWorkers are more than just offline," but it's only a 30 minute slot...
- Got into a small debate about AMP with its creator: https://twitter.com/callahad/status/765543580177801216
- Sent out proposed v2 triage
- Reviewed Platform's 2016H2 goals
- Participated a bit in #compatchat
- Reviewed Hacks post drafts and debugger.html explainer
- Continued discussions with a MOSS grant applicant
- Navigated the new Greenhouse process to submit a job referral. It's not as horrible as Jobvite!
- Researched storing large amounts of data client-side.
- Brotli compression isn't well known, and shows real value for experiences that rely on huge assets
- Quotas are super interesting!
- Basically, Chrome and Firefox will let sites use a total of 50% of the available harddrive space, but any single site can only use 20% of that 50%.
- Chrome has a quota API, so you can see where you're at, Firefox doesn't.
- If the browser needs to free space, it starts dropping entire origins' worth of data. You won't lose half a cache or half an IndexedDB; it should be all or nothing.
- Introduced a few recent bootcamp graduates I met at MidwestJS to Mozilla's mentored bugs
- Responded to a few questions on WebExtensions: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/08/12/webextensions-taking-root/#comments
- DevRel Website meeting, more research in Hacks data migration, etc.
- Also: Bought a YubiKey, re-learned GPG, now all my commits on GitHub have a fun "verified" badge.
- And now I'm on Keybase: https://keybase.io/callahad
This coming week:
- Attempting to clear Drupal site backlog and Bug 1267347 today.
- JSConf Iceland! I leave tomorrow (Tuesday). Falki, Andrzej, and Lin Clark all also be there! 🎉🎉
Dietrich
Last week:
- Techspeakers planning for Berlin continues
- More mozfest session vetting and team coordination
- Helped CD propose a mozfest session
- Closed out years-old bugs in the events queue belonging to rchau
- Worked on adding basic geolocated AR support to A-Frame AR demo
- Did some tests using old FxOS devices for Bluetooth beacon use
- Made a pure-CSS panda - http://codepen.io/dietrich/pen/KrYYdL
- Tried to get some low-cost PM2.5 sensors working, not there yet :/
- Attended the JS+IoT meetup and did a lightning talk about using smartphones for human-centered IoT.
This coming week:
- More techspeakers planning & coordination
- Go India meetup in Pune
- More planning and communication about Genevieve Bell talk on Sept 1
Flaki
Last week:
- Just wrapped up at the Johannesburg PWA event
- Gave a talk - a Service Workers deepdive and pwa stuff
- Been in the post-talks fireside chat as well
- TechSpeakers herding and :)
- Lots of RustFest organizing.
This coming week:
- Joining a Fireside chat tomorrow at Joburg before flying out with other speakers on PWA
- Leaving for JSConf Iceland afterwards (doing ViewSource cross promo and PWA workshop with end3r)
- More TechSpeakers v2 stuff
- More sitting on airplanes :D
Giovanny
Last week:
This coming week:
Havi
Last week:
- Tech Speakers Phase 2: 3rd and final masterclass of summer pilot took place on Monday, CFP workshop w/Technically Speaking. Really well received by the speakers.
- This week: last Lab sessions. Final homework assigned.
- Conversations about graduation/requirements and next steps to 'qualify' - including submitting a CFP and bio
- Tech Speakers Berlin meetup: finalizing the calendar, communications, plans. Met w/Denise Graveline, our guest coach
- Hacks:
- Published Sole's What's new in Web Audio and Jen's Feature Queries article. Tried to round up some more posts.
This coming week:
- Hacks: Publish Belén's HTML tips post, write a View Source promo post focused on speakers, possible Servo post from Sam, others?
- Schwag and shipping for Berlin. T-shirts if possible (still TBD), video recording setup, etc
- Communications to new Tech Speakers and Facilitators about next steps
- Begin thinking about format and speakers for next rev of Phase 2.
Jen
Last week:
- published & promoted article on Feature Queries: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/08/using-feature-queries-in-css/ — 11,800+ page views in just under a week
- my article in Net Magazine is out in the UK: http://www.creativebloq.com/news/20-top-new-tools-for-freelancers
- working on the devrel website
- more research into history of graphic design (over the weekend)
- (recorded an episode of The Web Ahead. Lined up guests for several more to record this week.)
This coming week:
- preparing to leave for Chicago on Saturday, for An Event Apart
Michael
Last Week:
- Phase 2: Masterclass 3
- Confirm Tech Speaker Discussion Corner leaders VS
- Track down BRJS hardware
- Refining “Day of” info letter for Berlin Meetup
- Prepping swag for Berlin & Brazil
This Week:
- Leaving for Brazil JS
- Phase 2: Lab Session 3 presentation
- Email for Tech Speakers (Berlin Meetup Info)
Potch
Last week:
This coming week:
Salva
Last week:
- Set the agenda up for the second PWA Cross Functional Meeting √
- Meet with Belen and Carlos to discuss about the course of video-game programming in interpreted languages √
- Start efforts to fix LibSass √
- Review SW spec for the F2F √
This coming week:
- Catch up with e-mail √
- Catch up with SW spec √
- Review the draft for Belen's videogame course √
- Set the agenda up for the third PWA Cross Functional Meeting √
- Continue efforts on fixing LibSass
- Provide info about the state of SW Cookbook
- Talk to Google about that dev community and try to focus in the same way Jen has her groups in https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.com/d/msg/devrel/qc4BoJkAWEk/jVse8-qBAgAJ (contacted)
Sam
Last week:
- Working on Servo contribution
- Preparing presentation
- Tried out a 'painting' demo
- Improved DIV Mosaics demo so it works even better in Servo
- Servo contribution progress
- Created personal 'site' for linking, http://sam.uk.net
This coming week:
- Hopefully finishing Servo 'double click event' contribution
- Refining demos for use in screen cast
- Rehearsing & recording screencast
Sole
Last week:
- Preparing Servo talk & demos - making sure they work on my "underpowered" laptop
- Article on what's new in web audio published on Hacks: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/08/whats-new-in-web-audio-2/
- Article on how to write a talk: https://soledadpenades.com/2016/08/17/how-to-write-a-talk/
- Released mvsd - minimally viable slide deck - a lightweight modern deck https://github.com/sole/mvsd
- Reviewed IOT code from Connected devices project that uses Web Audio - using <audio> tags to notify users of events doesn't work well in mobile as the browser might refuse to play the sound without 'user intervention'. Web Audio works better for this.
This coming week:
- Some holidays
- Finish writing Servo talk for upcoming conference when I'm back from holidays