Just a quick note to ask if any of the SUMO Community will be coming along to MozFest 2015 (November 6th to the 8th in London)?
I have never been to a Mozilla Festival before, but will be a volunteer on the Saturday (possibly also the Sunday). If anyone is also coming along, whether as a volunteer, running a session or visiting the event (or all three) it would be great to meet up.
Hi
Just a quick note to ask if any of the SUMO Community will be coming along to [https://2015.mozillafestival.org/ MozFest 2015] (November 6th to the 8th in London)?
I have never been to a Mozilla Festival before, but will be a volunteer on the Saturday (possibly also the Sunday). If anyone is also coming along, whether as a volunteer, running a session or visiting the event (or all three) it would be great to meet up.
Finally caught up with a few things and thought I would jot down a few notes about MozFest.
First thing I should say is that I was there as an event volunteer. My job was to help those that were there to run and attend the various sessions. I was not there as part of the participation cohort, but was there to move things, find things, direct people, and make sure the event went smoothly.
Whilst the volunteers were encourage to attend a session, I did not manage to, but I did make use of spare time talking and meeting people. A common misconception is that this event is filled with Mozillians, and whilst there were a number present, the vast majority of people were there to make and code and hack everything from Raspberry Pi and 3D printed robots, to timelines and open badges. The venue was filled with clever and creative people, making use of the opportunity to learn and share and work together.
The event is very much focused on the work of the Mozilla Foundation, helping people to learn and make on the web and is made up of lots of different sessions in all sorts of rooms and spaces throughout the Ravensbourne College building (which has no connection to Harry Potter). People were learning how to write Fx OS apps (for phone and TV), teaching youngsters how to code, discussing data privacy and how to increase participation in open source communities. The eight floors of the building were filled with lots of different sessions, vaguely arranged by subject with people moving between them. There were also people curled up in corners discussing projects or just quietly hacking away on their laptops.
My experience as a volunteer was a little different to the participants of the event, if only in that we were in the building tidying it up late on Sunday night. It was a great event to work, with a good team, and experienced event management.
Key things I came away with;
A reminder that talking to people at events introduces you to new ideas and ways of seeing things.
One person from SUMO can do what five people from Remo struggle with.
Madalina really should top up her Oyster card before trying to use the Jubilee underground line.
After the event, I had a really good idea to increase participation at Mozilla (my idea has since been shot down, but I still think it was good).
There are no good reasons for barriers to involvement in the tech industry such as gender, language and age should exist - they did not at Ravensbourne that weekend.
I am seriously thinking of migrating completely to Linux (Ubuntu) when I get a new laptop next year.
Drink more water when at the event (I got a bit dehydrated).
The event was very popular. I personally hope to work at the event next year, but I also hope that more MozFests happen in other countries so that more people can take part.
Hi
Finally caught up with a few things and thought I would jot down a few notes about MozFest.
First thing I should say is that I was there as an event volunteer. My job was to help those that were there to run and attend the various sessions. I was not there as part of the participation cohort, but was there to move things, find things, direct people, and make sure the event went smoothly.
Whilst the volunteers were encourage to attend a session, I did not manage to, but I did make use of spare time talking and meeting people. A common misconception is that this event is filled with Mozillians, and whilst there were a number present, the vast majority of people were there to make and code and hack everything from Raspberry Pi and 3D printed robots, to timelines and open badges. The venue was filled with clever and creative people, making use of the opportunity to learn and share and work together.
The event is very much focused on the work of the Mozilla Foundation, helping people to learn and make on the web and is made up of lots of different sessions in all sorts of rooms and spaces throughout the Ravensbourne College building (which has no connection to Harry Potter). People were learning how to write Fx OS apps (for phone and TV), teaching youngsters how to code, discussing data privacy and how to increase participation in open source communities. The eight floors of the building were filled with lots of different sessions, vaguely arranged by subject with people moving between them. There were also people curled up in corners discussing projects or just quietly hacking away on their laptops.
My experience as a volunteer was a little different to the participants of the event, if only in that we were in the building tidying it up late on Sunday night. It was a great event to work, with a good team, and experienced event management.
Key things I came away with;
* A reminder that talking to people at events introduces you to new ideas and ways of seeing things.
* One person from SUMO can do what five people from Remo struggle with.
* Madalina really should top up her Oyster card before trying to use the Jubilee underground line.
* After the event, I had a really good idea to increase participation at Mozilla (my idea has since been shot down, but I still think it was good).
* There are no good reasons for barriers to involvement in the tech industry such as gender, language and age should exist - they did not at Ravensbourne that weekend.
* I am seriously thinking of migrating completely to Linux (Ubuntu) when I get a new laptop next year.
* Drink more water when at the event (I got a bit dehydrated).
The event was very popular. I personally hope to work at the event next year, but I also hope that more MozFests happen in other countries so that more people can take part.
