Usuario:Ricardo Meza

About me

My name is Ricardo Meza, I'm founder and manager of the Mozilla México Community
I'm a user of the Mozilla's products since 2001 and a volunteer worker from October of 2007

What I've Done

Conference and talks

Second National Forum of Free Software 2008 (FONASOL 2008) (the website is not working http://www.fonasol.org/)
National Encounter of Linux and free software 2008 (schedule, October 24, pics)
Get two slots to participate at the International Congress of Internet and New Technologies MexicoWeb2.0, one for me and another one for Chris Hofmann
Third National Forum of Free Software 2009 - Tlaxcala (3FSL 2009) (schedule)
National Meeting of Information Technologies 2009 - Puebla (EITI 2009) (schedule)
National Congress of FOSS 2009 - Mexico City (CONSOL 2009), schedule 14 April
Fennec presentation at the MobileCamp México City. News and videos: BarCamp, MarcaBeta, TequilaValley, Forum Nokia México, group photo
FLISOL 2009 - Esime Zacatenco
UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) invited to explain why Firefox is the best option to use in the mexican education in the technology and society seminar. Video (43mins)
UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Faculty of Engineering
FLOSS Installing Festival in Chiapas (FESOL), México Sun, September 27 – Mon, September 28 [1], 2008 photos
2nd. FISOL - FLOSS International Festival in Tapachula, Chiapas, México, Fri, October 2 – Sat, October 3 [2]
6th International Congress of Computer Engineering, Centro Universitario de Ixtlahuaca, Estado de México, Tue, September 29 – Fri, October 2
WordCamp México (wordpress camp), yes, I will talk about localizing wordpress themes and, of course, Firefox, schedule coming soon
Mozilla Conference at the International Symposium on Information Technology (SITI 09) Thu, October 8 – Sat, October 10, Mérida, Yucatán. http://www.simpositi.com.mx/
Mozilla Conference, the future of web browsers. SIECC (Symposium Internacional Estudiantil de Ciencias Computacionales), Wed, October 28 – Fri, October 30, Instituto Tecnologico de Durango, http://siecc09.com
Software libre conference at Internet Day/Día de Internet, May 19, 2010, sponsored by the Mexican Internet Association (http://www.diadeinternet.org.mx/) at Museum of Palace, Monterrey, Nuevo León.
Mozilla/Firefox/Open Web Conference at Instituto Tecnológico del Valle de Oaxaca, May 29, 2010.
Mozilla/Firefox/Open Web in the C4xpo, Thu, May 30, 2010 – Sun, January 24, 2010, Querétaro México http://c4xpo.com/.
Universidad del Valle de México Campus Coyoacán, Mozilla Conference, Thu, Jul 21, 2010. http://ricardomeza.mx/2010/07/23/conferencia-mozilla-en-uvm-campus-coyoacan/
Campusparty México 2010, Firefox 4, Wed, Aug 11, 2010, México City http://www.campus-party.com.mx/2010/Software-Libre.html#firefox4
Campusparty México 2010, HTML5 Roundtable (Firefox side), Thu, Aug 12, 2010, México City http://www.campus-party.com.mx/2010/Desarrolladores.html#html5 and CampusTV interview
ITESM Cuernavaca, Software libre and Mozilla Conference, Sep 24, 2010. http://www.sateconline.net/
2° Congreso de Informática FES Cuautitlán UNAM, October 6, México DF http://informatica.cuautitlan2.unam.mx/cui/

Interviews

IndigoMedia Online Magazine talking about Mozilla, Mozilla Mexico and the Firefox 3 release.
BBC World(Spanish) talking about the localization of the Mozilla' products to the Mexican languages (Zapoteco and Maya)
On National TV at Canal 11 talking about Mozilla, Mozilla Mexico and the localization of the Mozilla's products to the Mexican languages
Monologos de la Cantina's Podcast by Jorge Cocompech, Arturo Garrido and Omar Mendoza talking about Mozilla, Firefox and Mozilla Mexico with Chris Hofmann at MexicoWeb2.0 2008.
BytePodcast by David Ochoa talking about Mozilla Mexico.
Dommo podcast, talking about the Firefox 3.5 México parties
CampusPartyTV México 2010 talking about HTML5 and Campusparty

Localization

Promote the locaization of the Mozilla's product to the Mexican languages (Náhuatl, Zapoteco, Maya, Spanish and many others)
Firefox es-MX owner

Strategic Alliances

INALI (National Institute of Indigenous Languages - México Government). Collaborating as advisers in the localization of the Mozilla's products into languages other than Spanish like Náhuatl, Zapotec, Maya, and many others.
Indigenous without Frontiers as a translators of a derivation of the Zapotec Language.
Mexican Internet Association (AMIPCI) collaborating to spread Firefox in their activities.

Metrics

Since the Mozilla México Community started promoting Firefox in México, the numbers are increasing both in daily users and marketshare, before the release the official version and after. You can check this data with Laura Mesa and Chris Hofmann.

Daily users
- Septembre 2007: ~350,000
- November 2008: ~750,000
- April 2009: ~1,000,000
Marketshare (2009)
- January: ~17.43% (worldwide)
- February: ~16.95% (México)
- April: ~17.77% (worldwide)
- June: ~18.18% (worldwide)
- August: ~19.10% (worldwide)