Happy 15 Years Mozillians,
This
is a big year for Mozilla and for Mozillians around the globe. As you
may have heard, last week began a yearlong celebration of our first 15
years - after all, we couldn't just celebrate 15 years in a single day,
right? What Mozilla and Mozillians have accomplished is cause for big
celebration.
"We
are the Web that has become an everyday presence in the lives of
billions of people. It's made their lives better. Mozilla was a big
part of this."
So, let's celebrate!
Now,
we know that Mozillians love their cupcakes but this is about more than
that (nothing against cupcakes, certainly). Last week, we kicked off
events for Mozilla's 15th. Folks from around the world shared meaningful
moments and memories about Mozilla on Twitter using the hashtag
#webstory. Our collective stories embodied Mozilla's core values and
people across the globe were listening. Conservatively, our
stories--sent out through over 3,600 tweets--generated over 272 million
timeline views on Twitter. (for reference, that's 133 times Firefox's
daily average) in 92 countries! Keep sharing your stories with the
#webstory hashtag!
Now, we'd like to bring the fun a little closer to home. Throughout the months leading up to the Mozilla Summit
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013, each one of our MozSpaces
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/mozilla-spaces/ will host a 15-year celebration event. Folks who attend the events in our spaces will have a chance
to wear their favorite Mozilla t-shirt and to share their #webstory.
We're going to document it all and share back, time capsule-style, at
the Summit in October. If you are nearby to one of our MozSpaces, we invite you to join us for cake (or a cupcake) and toast to the next 15 years of Mozilla.
Events will kick off on Friday,
April 19th in
Mountain View and San Francisco. Then, from May through September each
MozSpace will host an event leading up to a giant celebration at the
Summit. It's 15 years, it's a big deal, and this is just one more
way we are joining the global celebration. Stay tuned for more
information from your local MozSpace for upcoming events - and if you
want to help join in the planning or have questions, email
mozs...@mozilla.com.
Happy 15th Mozillians!
Amie Tyrrel
IRC #mozspaces