Last week was Mozilla’s first work week of 2015 in Whistler, BC. It was my first visit to Whistler having joined Mozilla shortly after their last summit there in 2010, and it was everything I needed it to be. Despite currently feeling jetlagged, I have been recharged and I have renewed enthusiasm for the mission and I’m even more than a little excited about Firefox OS again! I’d like to share a few of my highlights from last week…
- S’mores – The dinner on Wednesday evening was followed by a street party, where I had my first S’more. It was awesome!
- Firefox OS – Refreshing honesty over past mistakes and a coherant vision for the future has actually made me enthusiastic about this project again. I’m no longer working directly on Firefox OS, but I’ve signed up for the
dogfoxfooding program and I’m excited about making a difference again. - LEGO – I got to build a LEGO duck, and we heard from David Robertson about the lessons LEGO learned from near bankruptcy.
- Milkshake – A Firefox Q&A was made infinitely better by taking a spontaneous walk to Cow’s for milkshakes and ice cream with my new team!
- Running – I got to run with #running friends old and new on Tuesday morning around Lost Lake. Then on Thursday morning I headed back and took on the trails with Matt. These were my first runs since my marathon, and running through the beautiful scenary was exactly what I needed to get me back into it.
- Istanbul – After dinner on Tuesday night, Stephen and I sat down with Bob to play the board game Istanbul.
- Hacking – It’s always hard to get actual code written during these team events, but I’m pleased to say we thought through some challenging problems, and actually even managed to land some code.
- Hike – On Friday morning I joined Justin and Matt on a short hike up Whistler mountain. We didn’t have long before breakfast, but it was great to spend more time with these guys.
- Whistler Mountain – The final party was at the top of Whistler Mountain, which was just breathtaking. I can’t possibly do the experience justice – so I’m not even going to try.
Thank you Whistler for putting up with a thousand Mozillians, and thank you Mozilla for organising such a perfect week. We’re going to keep rocking the free web!