The B-log

Good day folks.

Well, tomorrow is another test day.  We will be running a series of tests against a release candidate for Firefox 2.0.0.10.  While the event technically runs from 12p – 8p EST, feel free to stop by any time during Friday.  Even if you want to just stop by and run a quick 5 or 10 tests.  Every little bit helps.

While we won’t be occupying our normal room at Seneca, you can always stop by #clubmoz and #testday on IRC.  I will be hanging out there most of the day running tests and writing some howto articles for clubmoz.ca.  If you want to pop in and find out what test days are all about, or if you need someone to guide you through the process; don’t be shy, just ask.  I am more than willing to help out anyone in need.  There are also many people on IRC that can surely help you out as well.

Test days, in my opinion, are one of the easiest ways to get involved with the Mozilla community and to allow yourself to be bitten by the Mozilla bug.

I hope to see you there.

Anthony Hughes,
Your Club Moz President

Update – 22 Nov 2007 1410 EST
I have added forums to the Club Moz website. Go to www.clubmoz.ca/forum to check them out.

Well folks, it’s that time of the week again. Time for another Club Moz session. This week we will be meeting in our usual spot; room S2119 in the SEQ building at Seneca@York. I will be there from about 430 until 6. Do not worry if you cannot stop by. You can always make an appearance remotely by using IRC to connect to irc.mozilla.org and join the #clubmoz channel.

We do not have any set agenda this week, however there are some activities that you may want to take a part in:

• Firefox 2 Bugday (UNCONFIRMED | QAWANTED)
• Brainstorm about potential Club projects
• Work on Mozilla Course projects
• Anything else we can think of…

I will personally be working on a Litmus and Bugzilla tutorial in a similar fashion that I wrote the IRC tutorial. If you want some help with the Bugday, I will be more than happy to provide you with assistance. So don’t be shy. Stop in and see what we are all about.

On Friday we will be taking part in the Mozilla Testday for the upcoming release of Firefox 2.0.0.10. While we won’t be in a room on campus, we will be available on IRC in #clubmoz. Feel free to come online and run a few tests. I will be posting more details about the testday later on this week.

See you then, and happy testing.

Well, after many hours of work, Club Moz now has our own web space. The purpose of this site is to provide a way for members to collaborate when they are away from the school and to give us a portal to communicate what is happening with the club. Since we have had a slow following of members to come out, I am planning on trying to get people to come out virtually. What I mean by this is to let people know that they do not have to come to the class room if they do not want. If they are either too busy, or cannot make it to the class room, then I want to let people know that they can hang out remotely on #clubmoz. This way they can still collaborate, contribute and get support for whatever they want to work on. I am hoping that clubmoz.ca can be used as another tool to help with that. I discussed the idea of having virtual members with Dave Humphrey and he expressed concern about people not knowing IRC and being a little scared to dive in. To help combat this fear, I will be putting up detailed and simple tutorials on clubmoz.ca.

Some of the content that we have set up so far is a news aggregator for RSS feeds. So far it is only set up for feeds from my blog, but it could certainly be expanded easily to get a broader range of community blogs. This feature will make announcing to the community what we are doing a lot easier. I have also added an Important Links section, where I have posted a handful of useful links. Finally, I have added a Tutorials section that will be used for guides and walkthroughs which should be helpful for our newest members. There is already an IRC guide posted.

This is just the beginning. I am hoping to expand the functionality of the site as the club matures. I encourage any feedback.

I would like to thank Tiago, Club Moz Financial Officer, for providing the domain and getting the skeleton site set up for us. I would also like to thank Dave Humphrey for all the guidance and advice he has given me in taking the club to where it is today. Finally, I would like to thank everyone in the Mozilla community who has supported me and pushed me along. Without any of you, both myself and the club would not be where we are today. Thank you.

Stay tuned for weekly Club Moz updates.

Cheers!

Anthony Hughes, your Club Moz President.