As a volunteer for Mozilla AMO (Addons), Mozilla invited me to MozFest this year. October 25 through October 29 I, alongside other fellow Mozillians, embarked on an adventure through South East London, enjoying all the pecularities the city has to offer and engaging in a fact finding mission.
The task at hand: Discover ways to make AMO more engaging.
This post serves as a short but (hopefully) meaningful summary of the events that transpired.
I arrived relatively late at Ravensbourne University and spent most of the afternoon preparing for my 3 PM pitch. Being so focused on the opportunity to present Anima, I unfortunately missed out on the chance to print free custom stickers or posters. A service (I later found out) was only offered on Saturday 😿.
The pitch itself went rather well, alas I was glad I took down a whole slew of notes on my smartphone. For 30 minutes (10 minutes per judge) I pitched my OS, answered the judges’ burning questions and took notes of the criticism. The main point of contention being the clear lack of a community. A fact that is somewhat disheartening, but sure to change with all the pointers I received in regards to community engagement best practices.
I had a great time at MozFest, met a number of interesting individuals, engaged with other project owners and, overall really had a blast.
I’m incredibly thankful the kind people of Mozilla gave me this immense opportunity. They went above and beyond in taking care of all their volunteers.
Hoping to meet some of you again, at MozFest2019 (fingers crossed). 😻