Month: January 2015

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Firefox OS Workshop PCU-Manila

Robert "Bob" Reyes
For the very first time, Team Mozilla Philippines Community (MozillaPH) visited the Philippine Christian University (PCU) in Manila earlier today to conduct a Firefox OS Workshop to a total of sixteen (16) IT and Computer Science students. The event was organized with the help of Firefox Student Ambassadors (FSA) based in PCU, headed by Anthea Elaine Bonifacio (Firefox Club Lead). This was the very first time Bob Reyes (that’s me!) conducted a full Firefox OS Workshop by himself as documented… Read the rest
Mozilla Reps

MozillaPH holds its first Open House

Faye
The Mozilla Philippines Community for the first time, held its Open House last Jan. 24, 2015 at MozSpaceMNL. This event aims to introduce the Mozilla community to aspiring and new contributors. First, let’s give appreciation to our early birds, the students from the University of Makati! After some welcome remarks, we did an ‘awkward’ mingling session where everyone needs to talk to someone they do not know and ask some questions about him/her. After the mingling session, I started the… Read the rest
Events Regional

MozCoffee Cebu 1Q2015

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Since Kim and I have a day to spare in Cebu City, we hosted a meetup (MozCoffee) with Mozillians from here tonight. It was rather an informal gathering of old and new Mozillians, especially new FSA (Firefox Student Ambassador) recruits. More photos from the MozCoffee here. All attendees will be receiving a MozCoffee badge via Badges.Mozilla.org. A million thanks to The TIDE Cebu for selflessly hosting the meetup. We enjoyed our day at your co-working space (now we know where… Read the rest
Events Localization Regional

Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2015

Robert "Bob" Reyes
I flew to Cebu City late last night together with fellow Mozilla Rep Kemuel Domanog to attend the second day of Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2015. Global Voices is a volunteer community of more than 1,200 writers, analyst, online media experts and translators. Global voices has been leading the conversation on citizen media reporting since 2005. I was invited as one of the panel speakers to discuss “Filipino Indigenous Languages in Citizen Media.” With me in the panel is… Read the rest
Mozilla Reps WoMoz

MozTour at Asian Institute of E-commerce Gapan

Ryan Ermita
Mozilla Philippines Community travelled 91 km from Manila to Gapan City, Nueva Ecija for another awesome MozTour. Our team consisted of Faye Tandog, Tina Verbo, Joshua Rubin, JP Paradeza, and Ryan Ermita(me). This MozTour aims to inform the students of AIE Gapan about Mozilla and its projects: Webmaker, FSA program, WoMoz, and Firefox OS.  Faye Tandog talked about the overview of Mozilla and its projects; projects that aims to promote and protect the open web for the benefits of its … Read the rest