Mozilla By The Numbers
About six months ago I started working for Mozilla Labs full-time, focusing on Ubiquity, the multilingual natural language interface for the browser. This week marked my last week on contract as I go back to grad school next week. While the work will go on and I hope to continue to stay involved as time allows, here’s a quick bird’s eye view of my activities in my Mozilla tenure:
Time working for Mozilla: 6.5 months
Mozilla-related blog posts written: 69
Academic papers written on Ubiquity: 1
Ubiquity presentations given: 5
Screencasts made: 8
Most popular video on Vimeo: Ubiquity 0.5 日本語紹介ビデオ, the Japanese Ubiquity 0.5 introduction video: 2252 views
Languages Ubiquity commands and parser now support: 6
Commits to the Ubiquity repository: 492
Other web projects started during this period: 2+ (Ten Grand Is Buried There, HookPress)
TechCrunch references: 2 (1, 2)
Countries worked in: 2
Mythical Kiwis worked with: 1
References to bugs I introduced as “glitcho”s: 1
Extremely disturbing homages to me and Django: 1
Friends made; experience gained; lessons on Open-ness learned; personal growth: priceless enumerable
Thanks to all who made this experience amazing, beginning with Aza, Jono, Atul, Blair and the rest of the Labs team; intern extraordinaire Brandon; the always thoughtful and friendly Mozilla Japan team; and of course the fantastic Ubiquity community! Please visit me in Boston—I should be around for a while. 