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tsuiter — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:57:27 +0000

We recently went out and interviewed George Mason University students who were Firefox users, to get their impressions of the FF user experience. We hadn’t been received any video submissions, yet, so it seemed a good way to show off our capacity to host video. Check out a few examples here, here, and here.

Looking through the videos, we realized we had the makings of a good promotional video to try to help get the word out about the Memory Bank. A little bit of video editing later, and we’d put together the first Mozilla Digital Memory Bank Promo Video:

Check it out– send it to anyone you think might be interested in the Memory Bank! Help get the word out!

(And if you really enjoyed the video, a longer version– the “director’s cut,” if you will– can be found here.)

In a similar vein, trying to get the word out, we’ve recently created a Facebook page and a LiveJournal page, in addition to our Youtube page.

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Episode 12 Mitchell Baker

admin — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:06:58 +0000

Last June, Mitchell was kind enough to fit us into her busy schedule and offer some history and thoughts on her experiences at Mozilla. It was an interesting interview, and I highly recommend listening to the full interview which you can find here.

Please take a moment to contribute to the archive.

Running time: 7:44.

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Episode 10 Blake Ross

admin — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:47:40 +0000

Firefox co-founder Blake Ross agreed to meet with us at a California public library last June, for an interview. We didn’t realize, however, the intricacies of reserving space in a study room. Several contradictory answers and one library card later, we finally were able to sit down with Blake. His ideas about Firefox, Mozilla, and open source were truly unique, and I highly recommend visiting the archive to hear the entire interview.

Listen to the full interview here.

Please take a moment and contribute to the archive.

Running time: 8:41

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Episode 09 David Baron

admin — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:24:52 +0000

Longtime Mozilla developer David Baron sat down with us last June, and revealed some fascinating insights into the inner workings of the Mozilla community. In particular, his perspectives on Mozilla’s changes over time and the volunteer process are very intriguing.

Listen to the full interview here.

Please take a moment and contribute to the archive.

Running time: 12:26

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Episode 08 Rafael Ebron

admin — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:32:34 +0000

This week we are excited to bring you highlights from an interview with former Mozilla Product Manager, Rafael Ebron. There are some very interesting observations about Mozilla’s marketing strategy, as well as some entertaining anecdotes about the naming of Firefox.

Listen to the full interview here.

Please take a moment and contribute to the archive.

Running time: 13:52

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Episode 07 Tristan Nitot

admin — Sat, 05 May 2007 00:00:55 +0000

From across the Atlantic we bring you Tristan Nitot, president of Mozilla Europe. Highlights include a very interesting discussion of Mozilla Europe’s history as well as the French unemployment system.

Listen to the full interview here.

As always, please take a moment to contribute to the archive.

Running Time: 10:07

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Podcast Episode 1 Ben Goodger

kalbers — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:32:09 +0000

The Mozilla Digital Memory Bank is excited to announce the launch of a weekly podcast series. This week we feature highlights from an oral history taken from Ben Goodger in March 2006. As always, the full interview and its transcript can be found in the interviews section of the archive.

Enjoy the interview and please contribute your materials and stories to the Memory Bank.

-Ken

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New Interview

kalbers — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:50:14 +0000

The transcriptions have finally begun to come back to us, and we are excited to announce a new oral history has been added to the Digital Memory Bank. A recording of Olivia Ryan’s interview with Mike Beltzner on June 5, 2006 is now available here. We hope to be presenting a new interview every two weeks from now on.

We would once again encourage further contributions. Send us your photos, emails, IRC logs! Since we are still assembling the early history of Mozilla, and pertinent objects related to the decisions to release the source would be greatly appreciated. If you lack the time to upload these files yourself please email me at mozmem@gmail.com and hopefully we can set up an alternate method to transfer the files.

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Code Rush documentary

oryan — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:23:05 +0000

Does anyone have or know how to get a copy of Code Rush, the documentary on Netscape that PBS aired in 2000? It’s not currently available for purchase through PBS or Amazon and I haven’t been able to get through to the producer. We’d like to check it out and (if we receive permission) add it to the memory bank.

- Olivia

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Mountain View

kalbers — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:43:26 +0000

We would like to belatedly thank everyone who took time to meet with us during our trip to Mozilla last month. All of the oral histories were great and will be added to the archive as we receive the transcriptions. For now we are moving into a new interviewing phase, using instant messaging, Skype, and email to conduct both new and follow-up interviews.

We now have a fairly firm date of September 15 for a publicity campaign and broader public launch. So if you have a chance please take a minute to dig up your favorite Mozilla artifacts and add them to the archive!

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