Jay’s Blog

I still have a couple of old copies of the Guinness Book of World Records from 1987 and 1991.  I just can’t let go of those thick little books of random facts and figures about our world.  I have always been fascinated by the amazing feats people have accomplished throughout history…  I just never thought I would have the opportunity to be a part of something that would make it into the Book!

Firefox 3 Download Day is coming and the Mozilla community has a chance to set a new Guinness World Record for “the most software downloaded in 24 hours”.  Mary has already blogged about it, it’s been Dugg, and I’ve put the Mozilla Campus Reps to work.

Though it’s probably not the most efficient way to spread the word now that we have Facebook and MySpace, I thought it would be fun to go old school with a flyer with pull tabs that people can put up around campus and their home towns:

One of our Mozilla Campus Reps came up with the idea last year, and last week we launched the Mozilla “On the Street” interviews project!

With the Firefox 3 release just around the corner, I thought now would be the perfect time to get our Campus Reps out there to: A. find what people have to say about Firefox in general, and B. spread the word about Firefox 3.

It’s a busy time for a lot of our Campus Reps, but we hope to get some great video footage before they take off for the Summer.  We have students from over 30 countries representing Mozilla at their colleges and universities, so it will be great to see their interviews from cities and campuses around the world!

I think this is a project that we can eventually open up to the entire Mozilla community and provide everyone with the opportunity to be a broadcast reporter for a day.