New York Times, Mozilla and ME

1,000,000,000+You Walk-about at Charminar.

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Mozilla Community meet @ Ameerpet

Date: 19th july 3.0pm,ameerpet,A.P. INDIA

We started with  discussing each others favorite features of Firefox,

*Cbrao said that he is unable to open multiple Gmail accounts at the same time in Firefox, where as he can do so in IE8, using the 'Start a new session' feature. Veeven told him that he can use multiple profiles. (But, afterwards by Googling, he said found Gmail Manager.)

*veeven talked about the awsomebar and recent improvements like restricting the matches to bookmarks (*) and to tagged (+), etc.

* Manish enquired about a way to install/uninstall add-ons without restaring Firefox. Veeven told him that the Jetpacks can meet that requirement.

*Me & Sireesh proposed to start a community website for Firefox users in Andhra Pradesh. Manish suggested it would be better we conduct meetups about all free software's.

A gathering about Firefox without talking on Add-ons? Never.  We spoke about our favorite add-ons.

here are few:

* Aardvark: you can use it to clean up (remove ads, or other things on the that you do not need on) a web page before printing

* Tree Style Tab: organizes tabs in a tree structure. If you open multiple tabs by clicking on links on a page, all those tabs become children of the tab that you opened them from

* S3 Firefox Organizer: Helps you manage your files on Amazon S3

* FlashGot: use your external download manager in place of Firefox's

* Zotero: helps you manage your research sources

* Weave: a service from Mozilla. Sync your bookmarks, browsing history, and saved passwords.

* Indic Input Extension: type in Indian languages

* Window Resizer: resize your browser window to standard resolution sizes

* Firebug: debugging tool for HTML, CSS and JavaScirpt

* FoxyProxy: Use multiple internet connections? Make your life easy.

* FoxClocks: Have current time of multiple locations on your status bar or toolbar.

* DownThemAll: a download manager cum accelerator for your Firefox

* Cooliris: browse photos and videos on the web or on your computer

* Padma: read Indian language local newspapers in Unicode

link to gallery : http://picasaweb.google.com/pindivineelreddy/LaunchPartyCommunityMeetAmeerpet#

Firefox 3.5 Mega launch Party @ Hyderabad-Super Success & super fun !!!

Mega 3.5 Launch Event/Party :

Where ?
A.I.T.U.C Auditorium,Hyderabad.

When?
July 11th

How ?

* Panel Members and guests.
* Technical Supporters -Bhuvan Krishna, FSF,India( www.Swecha.org) ;Srikanth P- change Manager,Infosys.
* Media Partners - The HINDU,93.5 SFM radio,Vidyouth,Saakshi news.
* Chief Guest : Dr.Sudhakar garu,AIPSO general secretary.
* Target Audience-all Mozilla Firefox and Open source Developers,enthusiasts,Activists.

Campaigning and messaging that are used :

* http://www.meetup.com/cities/in/hyderabad/groups/
* http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=events&rt=1&rollup=&...
* Backdrop/Banners
* Brochure
* Posters and Sign boards

Firefox Promotional Activity and contests :

* Swag distribution -Stickers,wrist bands,Party caps,Batches etc
* Flaunt your Tattoo contest
* Video testimonials
* Live Browsing and experience of new Firefox 3.5 features (Wi-fi computer zone)

How do we Measure the success as ??

* Surveys and Response from the participants and attendees
* Video Coverage,Photos.
* Blogging ,Publishing an article,Video testimonials.

The complete event details we posted at spreadfirefox.com : http://www.spreadfirefox.com/campusreps/success0910#comment-9147

There are news articles published relating to the event :

1)The HINDU,National newspaper main edition,3rd page
http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/12/stories/2009071259040300.htm

2)Saakshi regional newspaper,july 12th local edition ( please look for the attachment)

3)Vidyouth, weekly magazine : http://www.vidyouth.com/2009/07/12/welcome-to-a-foxier-net/

We also did One more event held on 19th july( http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/4408 ) !!!
here is the link to photo gallery : http://picasaweb.google.com/pindivineelreddy/LaunchPartyCommunityMeetAmeerpet#

The Making of 3.5 Video Ad...

This Video would not have been made with out the support of my friends, its an experience. This freaking 'concept' struck me one night and i decided to work on it. Goutham Reddy Sama my friend, a movie maker with experience of many short films. With the concept on paper i approached Goutham and asked if he could help me with making the Video. He said, as there are many graphics involved we'd be needing a professional editor and a good video camera.

Goutham introduced me to 'Venk'at reddy, a Professional editor who works for Tollywood movies. we discussed the script and told him that we are doing the project with our own interest and passion for Non-profit organization Mozilla. He loved the idea of spreading Firefox in such a creative way & agreed to do the project :)

We used a 3CCD Panasonic camera(rented from a studio), a handy-cam, a digital cam, and flash light.

We used two cars for the shoot.! one Ford Fiesta, My friend Rakesh Tiruveedula's car and the other  Pramod Reddy Manda's Volkswagen Jetta (used for interiors). Mandeep Singh & Rohit Reddy Suday helped in arranging the equipment and car's on time and were very patient driving the car for numerous 'takes' while shooting. The 100% organic scene was shot at my uncles fuel station"Sai ram Gas station"-Thanks to my cousin Sandeep Reddy Gajjala.

The shooting was done at four different locations. The opening sequence at the Outer ring road construction site. The shoot was risky and bit dangerous as the car need to come and stop at the end, (for the "Safety" sequence)...even though the car was not that fast as the mud was newly pressed... surface was bit loosening up at the edges and that was one of the reasons we could not use the other car for all the sequence.

The Video was posted in more than 80 blogs, twittered worldwide, The ad video link posted on official Firefox Facebook page has more than 2000 likes and 300 plus comments in less than a week. The video played its bit of a role during the launch promotion of Firefox 3.5!

for more pictures : http://picasaweb.google.com/pindivineelreddy/MakingOfMozillaFF35Ad#

Thanks a billion.!!!!!

The fastest, safest and all new Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is now here...!!!

Spotlight Success party @ My home.:D

I was featured as the 'community spotlight' in the homepage of Spread Firefox for all my contributions as a Student rep / volunteer for Mozilla!
Also i was the First community member to be featured on that NEW SFX website :)

Party Time...!!!!!

A New look Everytime...with just a click !!

A blog on Firefox by my friend Sireesh.

Sireesh adimandyam, A Mozilla campus rep for Gurunank Engineering college. As a start i learnt about Ubuntu and other open-source software from him.! I Met Sireesh at a Mozilla Social Networking Group and we got to be friends!
He has something amazing for all the Firefox lovers,A blog with everything you need to know about Mozilla Firefox..

here's the link: http://theunofficialfirefoxblog.blogspot.com/

hope you enjoy...;)

The Open Club Event:

Date:19/02/2009;M.V.S.R. Engg college.

The 'open club went further ahead.....,This time it was bhuvan krishna member of www.swecha.org (free software foundation,india) Swecha is the first organization to translate and make available linux in Telugu language and launched it at recent TANA international conference.

Bhuvan krishna was here as part of the open club event to give his valuable seminar on Freedoms of software,applications,development and many other aspects related to Software.He says "you need not be a genius to be in localizing..even a one word translation by you contributes a lot.."

There were much more topics covered by him in Depth which are related to computer science (sorry, i understand only few..) also He presented an animated video Document which was purely made of software program....!!

The event was celebrated the mozilla way...with mozilla back drop and audience wearing FF3 batches..:)

*****

Special thanks to "ALOKE ANAND" for making the event possilble.

*****

Seminar on Mozilla FireFox By Dev Datta and Aashish:

This seminar was more like an interactive session which covered Mozilla history,facts,features,Definition & working of browser and general Quiz..!!

All the members present for the seminar were given Mozilla swag/goodies which include wrist bands,pens,party caps,stickers,batches....... and Ubuntu cd's as part of the quiz..!!!

As part of the campaigning, an SMS was sent to 2500Plus members of the campus that include students and staff members.The message was sent on 18 & 19 feb.The SMS included events and venue of the event followed with a link to www.spreadfirefox.com ,Thanks to www.mvsrcampusconnect.org for helping us in making the event even more successful.

*****

Seminar on Open source and Ethical Hacking by ANKIT FADIA.

'Open club' of M.V.S.R. Caught hold off Ankit Fadia, Worlds renowned Hacker and author of 11 international best sellers.

A small introduction to Ankit Fadia:

AGE 10 - Gifted a computer at home by his parents.

AGE 12 - Developed an interest in Computer Hacking.

AGE 14 – Published his first book titled The Unofficial Guide to Ethical Hacking which became an instant bestseller worldwide, sold 500 000 copies and was translated into 11 languages.

AGE 16 – After the Sept. 11th attacks, cracked an encrypted email sent by the Al-Qaeda terrorist network for a classified intelligence agency.

AGE 21 - Widely recognized as an Ethical Hacker, Computer Security Expert and Cyber Terrorism guru. Written 11 bestselling books, delivered more than 1000 seminars in 25 countries, received 45 awards, provide certification courses on Computer Security, is writing a script for a movie, runs his own consulting company and is a senior at Stanford University.

To know more about Ankit fadia: http://www.hackingmobilephones.com

*****

Ankit Fadia gave a seminar of about 2 hours which was attended by 300plus members. The seminar included live hacking of a big brand telephone network site..!!.He gave hacking tips and tricks, need of Ethical hackers and open source.

He explained the need to encourage open source and stop piracy. He gave Mozilla Firefox and VLC player as some of the examples and how they have various benefits.

The video recording of this seminar was not allowed as it involved some confidential,live hacking.

Ankit Fadia,Computer security Guru offers A cetification Program on computer security which is high in demand all over the world. Its a one month course of fun learning and those who register get 8 international bestsellers for free. No prior technical background is necessary to enroll for the program, So go register now.!

First step of 'Open club' Successful.

As part of 'Open club' first activity, we installed Firefox in all the computers of common internet room at our campus. Also pasted Getfirefox stickers on all the computers and at Entrance.

A seminar to be given...

Date:21/1/2009.

Firefox Flying high...!!!

Sankranthi, festival of kites.

Preparation for On the Street project.

This was my preparation for 'Mozilla on the street' project. I gave complete box of pens with Getfirefox.com sticker on them.!, the pens surface was so smooth that the stickers were peeling off, so i wounded all the pens with a thread for whole night, next day the pens with properly fixed stickers were looking perfect. People were very happy to have them. Most of them thought they were original Firefox goodies.

Mozilla on the street interviews

Firefox in our campus Computer's

Date:24/10/08;There are total 150 computer's that are connected to internet in our campus. I Insisted and gave all relevant details, features of FF3(including the brochure..) to Respective Lab in- charge to install FireFox 3 in all the computer's. Firefox is being used as the default browser in most of the computers already.

We planned for a separate day to install Firefox in rest of the computers.!

Mozilla@ Internet cafes

Date:23/10/08;This is an internet browsing cafe ,popular in our area. Daily on an average 140-160 people visit this cafe. It has 25 computers connected to net.out of which 17 have already Firefox as default web browser,in remaining systems i installed FF3 and explained to the concerned person about advanced features of FF3. Also pasted Firefox sticker at the entrance of the internet cafe :)

My Campus-M.V.S.R. Engineering College

Mozilla Talk

Me with my classmates...;)
Date 20/10/08.