MozFest: Bringing the Web to Science | PLOS Tech

"In just a month’s time from now, Mozilla will be hosting their annual Mozilla Festival ('MozFest' for short), which for the 2nd year will feature a Science Track. MozFest is where communities working in technology, design, education, journalism, and research come together to innovate in the space of the Web. It’s for coders and non-coders alike. Bring everything from your laptop to knitting needles (and that includes kids—it’s for all ages!). But most importantly, it’s a place for people interested in the Web and science to come together not only to talk about but to hack away at how the Web can help us do more, do better, and connect with like-minded people from different fields around a common cause. Who will be there? You might have heard of the now year-old Mozilla Science Lab and their Software Carpentry program, whose mission is to teach scientists how to code using best practices and how to teach others to code. It’s an initiative that has been greatly needed across the sciences. The Software Carpentry gang will be there as well as Kaitlin Thaney and the two newest members to Mozilla Science Lab (Bill Mills and Abby Cabunoc). The entire Mozilla Foundation will also be there – that includes the people from the Open Badges project to the Web Maker community ..."