Author Archives: atopal

Der erste Mozilla-Stammtisch im Ruhrgebiet

Posted on 3. January 2012 by atopal

Der erste Mozilla-Stammtisch im Ruhrgebiet findet morgen, am 3.1.2012, um 19 Uhr, im Essener unperfekthaus statt. Eingeladen ist jeder, der sich über Mozilla, die Idee, die Organization und die Produkte unterhalten möchte. Es ist keine feste Agenda vorgesehen. Anwender, Helfer, … Continue reading →

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Verbatim contributors no longer need a committers agreement

Posted on 1. January 2012 by atopal

Verbatim is probably one of the least known and at the same time one of the biggest L10n tools at Mozilla. If you see localized text on one of the mozilla.org sites or Mozilla campaigns, chances are it was localized … Continue reading →

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Future calling

Posted on 10. May 2011 by atopal

Isn’t it funny? 20 years ago everyone thought the hardest thing about video calls was the technology (speed of connection), today it’s clear that there is something much more difficult to solve than tech problems: Greed. If we had an … Continue reading →

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How to support 400 million users with 4 people

Posted on 17. February 2011 by atopal

Last weeks FOSDEM was my 7th FOSDEM in a row and my first as part of the SUMO team. And since it’s my favorite tech conference, I wanted to share some of my experiences at Mozilla with my fellow FOSDEM … Continue reading →

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5 Gründe gegen eBook-Reader

Posted on 2. December 2010 by atopal

Seit einiger Zeit denke ich darüber nach, einen eBook-Reader zu kaufen. Das iPad, aber auch Sonys Reader und natürlich der Kindle sind extrem verlockend, aber es gibt noch zu viele Probleme, die mich vom Kauf abhalten. Die wichtigsten 5: Wenn … Continue reading →

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Assembling an Army of Awesome

Posted on 15. October 2010 by atopal

A few days ago we started a new campaign on SUMO, the Army of Awesome. It’s an effort to allow casual Firefox users to get in contact with other Firefox users who have something to say about Firefox, positive or … Continue reading →

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Mozilla in Skopje

Posted on 27. May 2010 by atopal

Last weekend we had a fantastic event in Skopje that brought together almost the whole Balkan in Macedonia. Together with David Tenser we were there to learn more about our community and present SUMO and our big rewrite. Later we … Continue reading →

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Are Americans different from Germans?

Posted on 3. May 2010 by atopal

So, are Americans different from Germans? Or from dutch, or from Brazilians? Okay, they probably are to some point, but the question for the SUMO team is: do Americans have the same questions about Firefox as Germans or Spanish or … Continue reading →

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Power of Support

Posted on 12. March 2010 by atopal

I started as the Support Community Manager at Mozilla two weeks ago and I thought it would be a good idea to share my view of Mozilla and support, so you can see where my enthusiasm comes from Firefox is … Continue reading →

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My first day, after 7 years

Posted on 24. February 2010 by atopal

Hello Mozilla community, today is my first day as the SUMO community manager. I actually do plan to put that on my business card “SUMO community manager”. I guess it will lead to a lot of interesting questions And that … Continue reading →

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