Posts in chronological order with tag Mozilla

BusinessWeek turns an eye to open source beyond technology

by Chris Grams April 28, 2010

On opensource.com, we aspire to take principles the open source software movement has applied to building better software faster and find more uses for them in business, education, government, the law, and generally in our lives.
So a few weeks back, I was excited to see that BusinessWeek (now Bloomberg BusinessWeek) ran a special report called [...]

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Community-building tip: surprise is the opposite of engagement

by Chris Grams April 8, 2010

In the interview with Chris Blizzard I posted last week, near the end of the article Chris attributes a phrase to Mozilla CEO John Lilly:
“Surprise is the opposite of engagement.”
This may be one of the most simple, brilliant things I have ever heard someone say when it comes to creating engaged, active communities.
When we talk [...]

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Five questions about building community with Chris Blizzard of Mozilla

by Chris Grams March 30, 2010

I’ve always been a fan of the Mozilla Foundation, and not just because of the Firefox web browser. As catalyst for some of the great communities in the open source world, Mozilla is something of a recipe factory for what to do right when it comes to building community. As it turns out, Mozilla’s Director [...]

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