January 17th, 2012 by Robert "Bob" Reyes with No Comments »
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
January 7th, 2012 by Eusebio Barrun Jr. with No Comments »
Everyone seemed to be busy on Christmas holidays, also the bad weather that hit the country, hope everyone is now ready for some action in our Mozilla Community. Last year made a new mark in our mission that more volunteers are coming out but still a lot more things are needed to be accomplish. The Mozilla Reps program is one of the great things that make our volunteer efforts with ease in a structured manner.
We’re going to have the meet-up on January 13, 2011 at Racks Restaurant Festival Supermall Alabang at 6pm-8pm. It’s a community event so we’ll just make a small contribution for the food and of course swags will be given away. The delegates from the Mozilla Asia Camp 2011 have a lot to share to you guys that will definitely inspire everyone to volunteer and be part of the community.
The Mozilla movement in the Philippines welcomes everyone to attend, especially college students. This is a limited slot only because of the small space of the venue so if you want to join the fun fill up this form.
December 14th, 2011 by Ren² Gabás with No Comments »
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.
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.
November 25th, 2011 by Ren² Gabás with No Comments »
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.
November 25th, 2011 by Ren² Gabás with No Comments »
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.
November 13th, 2011 by Eusebio Barrun Jr. with No Comments »
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.
September 29th, 2011 by Eusebio Barrun Jr. with 1 Comment »
Mozilla Firefox 7 released with a significant reduction of memory usage for faster browsing. In response to users demanding lower memory usage of Firefox, it now uses 20% to 30% less, and sometimes as much as 50% less according to Mozilla Hacks. Expect more memory usage improvements as Mozilla engineers started the effort MemShrink to the stability of Firefox.
I downloaded the latest desktop version on my machine and made some comparison before and after the upgrade, I did notice some improvements in the decrease of memory usage. One thing is the way it handle PDF files that has a blue loading status bar faster than the previous version in terms of page rendering. How was your browsing experience? please leave it in the comments.
This is my first post as the new community manager of Mozilla Philippines and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Regnard Raquedan for serving the community. Also with the guidance of Gen Kanai, Mary Colvig, and William Quiviger of Mozilla. I’m looking forward to the success of Mozilla Philippines goals and objectives.
