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Open Web Weekly…(week 1)
This is a short round-up of some Mozilla news from the last week I put together for a different project but thought I’d publish here as well.. Extending our Reach: Many Layers of User Sovereignty Chief Lizard Wrangler Mitchell Baker outlines a vision for Mozilla beyond Firefox and Gecko where Mozilla develops additional offerings to…
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Leaving fingerprints on the web
While I was researching a cookie-free diet for my websites I came across the idea of ‘browser fingerprinting’ which seemed have been a bit of a story last summer but one that completely passed me by. According to the EFF disabling cookies only actually protects your privacy so far and that; “When you visit a…
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ReMo: Unarmed and [not very] Dangerous
A couple of weeks ago I saw a tweet from the @mozpub account that introduced the Mozilla Representatives (ReMo) program and being a nosey sort I followed the link. It turned out that ReMo; aims to empower and support volunteer Mozillians who want to become official representatives of Mozilla in their region/locale and wherever they…
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WikiMedia UK recruiting a Chief Exec
Seems like it is all go at WMUK these days. Since the Annual Conference back in April not only do they seem to have ramped up the outreach events but now they are recruiting for a Chief Exec for the organisation (and are applying to be a ‘proper’ charity.) This is all exciting stuff –…
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Revisiting the BBC’s Fifteen Web Principles
Back in 2007 I arranged for Tom Loosemore to give the closing keynote at the JISC conference. At the time Tom was Project Director for BBC2.0 and it was a classic case of inviting someone because I wanted to hear what they had to say 🙂 In my opinion it was a great talk…