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Women and Mozilla Philippine Kick-off

Mozilla believes that all individuals must have the ability of shape their own experiences on the Internet. Thus, as Mozillans we must aim to give all people, regardless of sex, age and academic background, the opportunity to do so. However, it cannot be denied that as much as there are a lot of women involved in the use of technology, only a few choose to get involved in the IT field, particularly in the open source movement. Hence, the Mozilla… Read the rest
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MozillaPH Supports JFFC 2013

The Mozilla Philippines Community supports the 2013 edition of the Junior Form Function & Class, the only Student Design Conference in the country.   Kudos to the organizers. See you all in JFFC 2014 — but before that, there will be FFC 2013, right? Here are some of the photos taken during the sessions of Mozilla Reps Allan Caeg and Eusebio “Jun” Barrun, Jr. last Saturday (at the De La Salle – College of St. Benilde School of Design &… Read the rest
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Manila Plays Host to Mozilla Firefox OS App Days

Manila, Philippines became part of Mozilla‘s history by being one of the 24 cities worldwide to host Firefox OS App Days. The event aims at: Demonstrating grassroots developer momentum worldwide, especially in launch markets and places where Mozilla has strong a community; Educating and inspiring developers to work on apps and submit them to the Firefox Marketplace; Creating opportunities for local developers to showcase their apps; Driving some buzz in tech press in advance of the Mobile World Congress (MWC).… Read the rest
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Kicking Off the New Year with Mixed Awesomeness

Mozilla Philippines is kicking off the new year with a mixture of campus tours and Firefox OS App Days this January. The first of these events will be on January 12 at the Pamantasan Ng Cabuyao (PNC) in Laguna with over 450 expected participants from the school’s college of engineering studies. PNC Student Reps have been very busy organizing their biggest Mozilla-sponsored event yet. Webmaker, Firefox for Android and Firefox OS are the main topics plus another surprise activity! Another… Read the rest
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Growing Mozilla Student Reps in the Philippines

The Student Reps of Mozilla Philippines played an essential role in the local community’s success this year. Since its ‘soft’ relaunch last 2011 by Mozilla, Filipino Mozilla Reps have been actively recruiting students through Campus Tours, MozCoffees, Open Web Days and other events like Y4IT and Software Freedom Day. To date, there are 135 sign-ups from 40 universities/colleges including the University of the Philippines, De La Salle University in Manila and Ateneo de Zamboanga in the south. Pamantasan Ng Cabuyao… Read the rest
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First Y4IT Cebu Congress & MozCoffee Cebu II

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