As I was recently appointed Localization Lead for the Firefox Aurora Tagalog translation efforts of the Mozilla Philippines Community. Two (02) weeks ago, I called for a MozCoffee event to all interested individuals to participate in the Tagalog Firefox project. The meeting was actually held this afternoon at McCafe Greenbelt 1; iced (or hot) mocha was on us!

Upon registration, each of the attendees received their coffee stub, which entitles them to a free hot or cold McCafe Mocha …

It was a very fruitful initial meeting, seeing old and new faces within the local IT circle. Most of them were not that aware of the localization (translation) efforts being made for Mozilla products, more particular: Firefox.

Thanks to the awesome people of McDonald’s Greenbelt 1! They managed to reserve a corner of their busy branch to accommodate the meeting attendees.

All those present during the meeting went home with some swags sent by Mozilla HQ (you are all awesome!).

We are now in the planning stage for the next meeting sometime middle of February this year. I’m thinking of having a hands-on type of walk-through about the Narro. Please do watch out for this event. Details will be posted in this blog soon.

If you want to be part of the Mozilla Philippines Localization Team, you may join our Facebook Group {tagalogfirefox@groups.facebook.com} and be sure to follow @TagalogFirefox in Twitter. Mabuhay!

Having two hour time  for a business meeting would be enough but not with our community meet up that we have to continue the discussion online in the mailing list. The first meet up of the year last January 13, 2011 at  Racks Restaurant in Festival Supermall, Alabang started by 6:30pm until 9:00pm.

We defined three areas to concentrate this year, and these are: localization, developer and engagement. I consider these to be the Power of 3 for our success this year. Here are the roles accepted by those in attendance during the meeting. My apologies for not being online during the meeting, two of the USB broadband sticks has no signal in the area.

This is just the initial list of volunteers so you can join any of these based on your interest, for our shared goals you can check out the minutes of the meeting  on Google Docs prepared by Kevin Ventura for more information. If you have any suggestion on how to contribute please feel free to contact us.

Indeed a very fruitful meet up with positive response to all the challenges coming this year.  Thanks to all who attended the meeting and supporters of Mozilla Philippines.

Interested to be part of the localization (translation) efforts of the Mozilla Community Philippines? Please join us for an afternoon of coffee while we talk about the following:

• Meet & Greet (see the faces behind the names in the L10N)
• What happened in Mozilla Camp Asia 2012 (Kuala Lumpur)?
• Current status of the PHL Mozilla Localization Project (L10N) | Localization of Firefox Aurora
• Plans for 2012
• Kwentuhan

Sign-up page is now online at http://phlmozcoffee2012.eventbrite.com

Please do not hesitate to contact me via robert.reyes@gmail.com or SMS 0939.914.2860 for inquiries. Thanks!

BTW, did I mentioned that Mozilla HQ is sending some swags for the meeting attendees? See you!

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Mozilla Philippines attended the Mozilla Asia Camp 2011 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last November 18-21, 2010. Mozilla Asia Camp is a gathering of the most active contributors of the Mozilla Asia community, and was the first Mozilla Camp held in the region. The event lasted only two days, but it was such an intense weekend of presentations, discussions, brainstorms, workshops, hackathons, BOF, impromptu gatherings centered around the Mozilla projects, with a special focus on Asia.

The Philippine delegation was led by Eusebio “Jun” Barrun, our local Community Manager. He was accompanied by Joell Lapitan, Allan Caeg, Robert DC Reyes, Juned Sunido and Renren Gabas.

“We expect to meet new friends, as well as HQ guys,” Jun said. “We want to network with our Mozillians and learn new things about Mozilla.”

Joell added, “My most unforgettable moment was the sharing with Mitchell Baker during one of the breakout sessions when we were asked about how we became part of Mozilla.”

Some fellow kababayans who were part of Mozilla were also there, notably Grace Jimenez and William Quiviger. Will previously visited the Philippines for a meet-up at the UP Ayala TechnoHub last August.

The delegation was most impressed with the new “Boot2Gecko” technology where a phone was demo’d to use HTML5 technologies. In addition, the Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) was also introduced as an authoritative replacement for the W3Schools site. MDN is an online resource where developers can find tutorials and references about web technologies.

Other technologies and programs that were highlighted included the Web Forward initiative, Test Drivers program, and the Aurora and Beta Tester programs.

As the delegates returned from the Mozilla Asia Camp, some of them have already programs in mind for 2012. “For me, it will be about localization, developers and a solid action for recruitment,” Jun concludes.

The PUP Technology Festival 2011 is a 2-day University event that focuses on ICT and how it can be used as a tool to improve human processes and systems. It features plenary and parallel seminars, exhibits, an academic competition, technology appreciation, and interactive sessions.

Mozilla Philippines will talk about HTML5 and CSS3 on Tuesday, November 29 at 10am during the Technology for Employment track.

Mozilla Philippines will be attending the last MiniFFC event of the year. This event will be held this Saturday, November 26 at 4pm at the US Auto Parts office in Mandaluyong.

This MiniFFC will feature the best minds of the web design industry. Speakers for this event are James Florentino from Wishbone Media, Andrei Gonzales from Hugo Manila and Allan Caeg from US Auto Parts.

MiniFFC #9 is organized by the Philippine Web Designers Organization (PWDO). Check out the event details on Eventbrite. Come and join us as PWDO reveals their newest events for 2012.

We are very pleased to be invited to this great event of Mozilla that will prepare us in the next year and beyond. The 2 day event is packed with activities that will cater to the Mozillians in Asia with the theme “Many Voices,One Mozilla” acknowledging the diversity of regional communities.

Just after the EU MozCamp 2011 in Berlin, Germany which is happening now, the Mozilla staff will be very busy again for the MozCamp Asia 2011  in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 19-20 that requires a lot of preparation. Excitement meeting in person other Mozillians whom I just know online like Mitchell Baker is a great opportunity to exchange ideas. Also learning other cultures and how Mozilla communities face the challenges of making the web better for the public benefit.

In response to the competition on browser market share here in the Philippines, this event would surely help us gain knowledge to be shared to the local community. We are always open for volunteers that are passionate in making a difference for a better web.

Just a quick update on the meet-up with Mozilla’s William Quiviger: the final venue is at the TechPortal at the UP-Ayala TechnoHub in Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman Quezon City. The program will start at 6pm.

Since slots are limited, please register at the form below:

Or you can visit http://mozillaph082011.eventbrite.com.

Thank to Ayala Foundation for sponsoring the venue, as well as the food and refreshments at the event.

Last June 16, 2011, Mozilla joined the Philippine Web Designers Organization‘s (PWDO) Mini FFC June 2011 at the Exist Techbar. Representing Mozilla was Madhava Enros, Firefox Mobile UI Lead and he gave a remote presentation about designing the user experience (UX) for mobile. He also shared some of the Mozilla UX team’s philosophies in translating the great UX of Mozilla Firefox into the small screen.

The Mini FFC events of PWDO are short talks for the web design community and they are events that build up to the major Form Function Class (FFC) event. This year’s FFC event will be on September 10, 2011 at the Asian Institute of Management.

Here are some of the photos from the Mini FFC:

Thanks to Exist for hosting the event.

Mozilla’s Madhava Enros will be remotely presenting at the Philippine Web Designers Organization‘s Mini Form Function Class June 2011 on June 16, 2011.

Madhava is Mozilla’s Firefox Mobile UI Lead and he will be talking about mobile user experience. Web designers and developers who are looking to increase their mobile mojo should attend the event.

The event will be held at the G2iX Techbar at the 5th floor of the Orient Square Building at the Ortigas Center in Pasig City.