Firefox Extensions for Social Change

Firefox Extensions for Social Change Joe Solomon, EngageJoe.com @NorthWestMozDev 11/29/08

Why Firefox? 1 - World's biggest ( untapped ) social network - 60 million daily active users 2 - Direct and intimate way to engage 3 - Unlimited possibilities

My inspiration ...

Attempt #1:

Attempt #2:

Attempt #3:

1,000s use everyday to make more informed purchases.

Lessons Learned: 1 – Be specific 2 – Make your UI invisible 3 - Outsource your data

Other Extensions

SpinSpotter

Fund raising:

Take Action: Collactive

How to Take Action on Any Website

How Can Mozilla Encourage An Explosion of World-Changing Addons?

1 – Add a “nonprofit/causes” category 2 – Give the next add-on contest a social change theme 3 – Expect the unexpected

More Extensions: Facebook Group Tag (delicious): “ FoxForGood ”

Rock Stars: Dietrich Ayala , Danny Brown , Eric Cooper , Asa Dotzler , Dave Dumaresq , Ondřej Doněk , Karl Deaden , Tom Inhaler , Mary Joyce , Kalib Mata , Abimanyu Raja , Alaa Salman , Dossy Shiobara , Seth Wagoner

Me: Website – EngageJoe.com Twitter – Twitter.com/EngageJoe LinkedIn - Linkedin.com/in/JoeSolomon Facebook – Joe Solomon Amazing avatar by Jamey Boje of GraphicsGuru.com !

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Firefox Extensions for Social Change

by Joe Solomon on Nov 29, 2008

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