Author: Robert "Bob" Reyes

Mozilla Rep | Localizer | Aviation Professional Bob is a Mozilla Representative (ReMo) Mentor from Makati City, Philippines. He is the Lead Localizer for the Tagalog Firefox and Firefox OS Projects. He is a graduate of BS Computer Science and was an aviation professional. He is currently an IT Consultant to big companies in the field of telecommunications, broadcast and aviation in the Philippines. He is the General Manager & Chief Technology Officer of TurfSite Web Services. He plays the piano, develops desktop & mobile applications, does plane spotting (photography) during his free time. He is dad to Robyn Andi Xeon and Bea Gaia Haswell.
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Mozilla Philippines at the Lipa City Colleges IT Convention 2012

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Team Mozilla Philippines traveled some 170 kilometers today from the National Capital Region (NCR) down south to Lipa City in the province of Batangas to participate in the very first Lipa City Colleges (LCC) IT Convention organized by the Phil-IT.org. In attendance during the event were some 600 students from different colleges and universities all around Lipa City. The day started at around 0530H (for me, at least) as I will have to fetch fellow ReMo’s (Mozilla Reps) and Student… Read the rest
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First Y4IT Cebu Congress & MozCoffee Cebu II

Robert "Bob" Reyes
I am both humbled and honored to be invited as one of the speakers in the recently concluded Youth for IT (Y4IT) Cebu Congress — the very first time the event is brought in the Visayas Region. So I tagged along Mozilla Philippines Community Manager Eusebio “Jun” Barrun, Jr. for a late night flight to Cebu City last Thursday, 22 Nov 2012. Y4IT Cebu was a 2-day affair, and my speaking slot was last Friday — the last day of… Read the rest
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Mozilla PHL Celebrates Firefox’s 8th Birthday with WebFWD

Robert "Bob" Reyes
The Mozilla Philippines Community celebrated the 8th birthday of Firefox during a simple get-together earlier today at the Valero Telepark, Makati City. Gracing the event is Ms. Didem Ersoz, Program Manager of Mozilla’s three-month business creation program for startups around the world, WebFWD. The WebFWD program consists of weekly training sessions & exercises, office hours with industry experts, ongoing coaching and guidance from the world’s best technologists. Upon graduating, teams can qualify for follow-on funding from Mozilla. After Didem’s workshop… Read the rest
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Infographic: Celebrating 3 Billion Mozilla Firefox Add-ons Download

Robert "Bob" Reyes
Mozilla Firefox reached another milestone after the 3 billionth (yes, it’s the big letter “B”) add-on download was registered in July 2012. In celebration of this feat, we had come up with an infographic about Mozilla Firefox Add-ons, which was translated to Filipino — thanks to our fellow Mozillian from Hungary Kálmán Kéménczy! A high resolution version (best for printing purposes) of the infographic in Filipino can be downloaded from here. Mabuhay!… Read the rest
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Mozilla Philippines in Flickr

Robert "Bob" Reyes
If you’re a photography buff (just like some of the Mozillians we know), please add us in Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mozph/sets/ Who knows, the photo that you had taken (or even your own picture) might be featured in our website soon?! For the mean time, here’s the group pic during the recently-concluded MozCoffee Photo MNL at CBTL Two E-Com Plaza, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City:… Read the rest