Engagement/Developer Engagement/Hacks blog
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What Mozilla Hacks is - our vision
Mozilla Hacks is one of Mozilla's most important channels for developer outreach and engagement. We want it to be a key resource for people developing for the Open Web, providing news and in-depth descriptions of technologies and features. We will cover both development tips and tricks in general, but also look at features in Mozilla products from a technical perspective - to share our approach and line of thinking, and hopefully inspire other developers and companies to implement what we've built for the Web.
Like MDN (Mozilla Developer Network), Mozilla Hacks is a web browser-agnostic resource, focused on the Open Web and sharing knowledge with all web developers out there.
Mozilla Hacks is not a press release channel and we don't reblog existing blog posts. We publish original content. If we find an interesting blog post, we might highlight it, but always with our own take.
Our goal is also to make as much information as possible about the blog publicly available, such as number of readers, most popular posts and more.
Goals
Mozilla Hacks aims to be one of the key web sites people will turn to for unbiased and expert knowledge about web development and the web platform. Our intent is to have at least three descriptive articles per week, exploring/explaining a feature or technology.
Projects
Writers/contributors
If you know are working on an interesting project that's ready to share with the readers of Mozilla Hacks, please let us know -- we welcome new writers! We can be reached at mozhacks [at] mozilla [dot] com. Members of the Developer Engagement Team often write for Mozilla Hacks, but other Mozillians are welcome to contribute! We are always seeking new technical contributors. We hope that the exposure you will get - as an author and within the Mozilla community - will be good motivation for deciding to write for Mozilla Hacks. Our readership is vast and we will help promote your post!
And if you have the technical expertise and a compelling topic, but aren't sure about your writing, we'd be happy to help put together an article together with you.
We prefer original content, not reblogged: If you want to blog in your own blog we would really like to see different versions/takes on the content. Additionally, we want to release things in Mozilla Hacks the same time as your possible personal blog post - otherwise, it's already on Twitter, Planet Mozilla and more, and some of the "oomph" factor and possibilities are missed.
We would also like to feature guest posts from prominent people within the web business. There are so many talented people out there, and we would love to highlight and share your knowledge!
Author responsibility
Mozilla Hacks is not a billboard or announcement channel. It is a channel to educate, inform, and engage in dialog with our readers; a place to listen for the opinions of developers, address their questions and concerns, and provide clarification regarding Mozilla products and positions. A blog post author is responsible for moderating and replying to comments. Not every comment needs a reply, but questions and similar should be addressed. People take the time to read and to comment, and they deserve the respect to have that communication. Also be aware that comments can be quoted in press, direct questions from journalists and similar, so please reach out to Mozilla press if you want/need to verify your statement.
Being responsive and gracious with readers and commenters creates a foundation for good relations with developers based on mutual respect and communication.
Behavior guidelines
Mozilla Hacks is a place based on mutual respect and understanding, and the way we address each other is supposed to reflect that. We expect anyone writing or commenting to use proper laguage and refrain from insulting other people. We reserve the right to remove anything that doesn't qualify as decent behavior towards other people.
Publishing posts
Blog posts should be added to the Mozilla Hacks blog calendar in good time before - it now resides internally in Zimbra. E-mail mozhacks [at] mozilla [dot] com for access, to have an overview of what is being planned. Everything that is to be published needs to be approved before, by Robert Nyman, Christian Heilmann or Stormy Peters - or Developer Engagement otherwise if they aren't reachable (see contact information above). We would like at least a few days notice before posting, to read through it and ensure it is both on topic and phrased in a way suitable for Mozilla Hacks.
We generally refrain from posts on Fridays, US time, since then the rest of the world have moved into weekend, meaning that we won't be available to reply to comments or handle any other feedback
Writing for Mozilla Hacks
When it comes to more detailed questions on how to format content for a blog post, which plugins are supported and more, read more in the Writing for Mozilla Hacks guidelines.
Metrics
We are currently using Google Analytics, and monthly metrics reports are sent internally.
General focus/topics
These are general topics and areas we will cover
- Open Web
- HTML5
- Firefox OS
- Web APIs
- Mozilla Products (engineer perspective)
- Use cases
- Evaluations and guides to HTML5 Apps & games
- News in the web development world - short links, attention bits and more
Organization and Contacts
Editor: Havi Hoffman (havi@)
Product Manager: Justin Crawford (hoosteeno@)
Review crew: (TBD)
- Chris Mills (cmills@)
- Dan Callahan - FF Dev Tools (dcallahan@)
- Will Bamberg (wbamberg@)
- Janet Swisher (jswisher@)
All email addresses can be reached at @mozilla.com. Please contact any of the people above or mozhacks [at] mozilla [dot] com if you have any questions.
