Drumbeat building an Open Web

Posted: 27 Apr 2010 12:13 PM PDT

Mozilla Foundation’s Drumbeat is gaining momentum. Drumbeat.org aims to use Mozilla’s experiences (open source community development and hacker ethic) to support and develop the Web. Their most recent event was held this past weekend was well attended by all different kinds of people from seasoned Internet veterans to average people with a passion for the Internet and the Web.

Drumbeat is a movement combining projects and events focused on making the web better, using open-source DNA and Know-How and focusing on “maker culture” and “building”. Their goal is to engage a wider global audience in the active discussion and participation building an open web. The One Web Day team recently joined forces with Mozilla Drumbeat and at OpenSRS, we’re huge supporters of their initiatives and happy to carry over our support to Mozilla Drumbeat. If you’re interested in the Open Web, you’ll want to consider getting involved.

My OpenSRS colleagues and our resellers are often early adopters and proponents of all things Internet. We are the ambassadors who can engage others in our careers, families and neighbourhoods. A Tucows core values is “the Internet is the greatest agent for positive change the world has ever seen”. Drumbeat is built on that vision too. Will the web still be open in 100 years? What is your vision of the Internet? How can you help build it? In true Mozilla fashion, the brainstorm of “What is the open Web” can be found on their wiki.

About Drumbeat

Anyone can volunteer or suggest a Drumbeat project. Two projects that might be of interest to Resellers are P2PU: creating an Open Web Developer Degree and Web Made Movies: a video series highlighting people who are building an open, participatory Internet.

To spread the word about Drumbeat projects and build the open web movement, Drumbeat includes events across the world. Previous events were held in Rio and San Paulo, Brazil. At the recent Toronto event, the day included small scrum-like discussions on how to explain the open web to diverse audiences and topical discussions ranging from open source activism to MESH networks to HTML5 Video Players to building the Drumbeat.org community.

Drumbeat Toronto, April 24, 2010. Photo by Rokashi

How can you get involved?

Drumbeat projects are open for collaboration. Simply hop onto the Drumbeat site, join Drumbeat mailing lists, or read/subscribe to the Drumbeat newsletter. The next Drumbeat event is in Berlin on May 8, 2010. To attend, you can sign up for free here.

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