Month: March 2016

Developer Rust

Creation of the Rust (Programming Language) Users Group Philippines

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Rust is a systems programming language that runs awesomely fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. Rust is relatively new and Mozillians love it. Thought that it is time for me to learn a new programming language: decided that it will be Rust. A week ago, I created a study group for Rust via [https://www.facebook.com/groups/rustph] — we are all newbies there. Please feel free to join us. Let’s learn how to Rust.… Read the rest
Events

Philippine Internet 22nd Anniversary MozCoffee

Robert "Bob" Reyes
The Internet first made its connection to the Philippines on March 29, 1994. On that date the Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) connected the country and its people to Sprint in the United States via a 64 kbit/s link [according to Wikipedia via bit.ly/1MrD5bn]. Come celebrate the 22nd anniversary of Internet in the Philippines with an informal get-together (MozCoffee) at the Mozilla Community Space Manila in Makati City on Thursday the 31st of this month at 6PM. Let’s discuss the current… Read the rest
Events WoMoz

WoMoz Meetup at FEU-Makati

Robert "Bob" Reyes
In celebration of National Women’s Month, Mozillians and Firefox Student Ambassadors (FSA) at the Far Eastern University (FEU) – Makati Campus organized a WoMoz Meetup highlighting talks from empowered women: Erika Gatmaitan of Globe Labs Marjorie Duran of Summit Media Publishing, Manila Bulletin, & Philippine Star KC Duco & Achin Honorio, student leaders from FEU-Makati Follow our live blog on this page. //… Read the rest
Events Mozilla Reps

[Event Invite] MozCoffee on Connected Devices in the Philippines

Robert "Bob" Reyes
According to Mozilla’s Senior Vice-President, Connected Devices Ari Jaaksi: “Everything is connected around us. This revolution has already started and it will be bigger than previous technology revolutions, including the mobile smartphone revolution. Internet of Things, as many call it today, will fundamentally affect all of us. We will prototype this future starting right now using technologies developed as part of the Firefox OS project to give us a kick start.” We invite everyone for a MozCoffee session at the… Read the rest