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Exciting news from Mozilla Foundation, where Nabiha Syed is coming in as new Executive Director! Welcome, Nabiha, and looking forward to future collaborations! Here's something she said that resonated with me: "[T]he technology we have now was once just someone’s imagination. We can dream, build, and demand technology that serves all of us, not just the powerful few. Mozilla is the perfect place to make that happen."

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I recently came across Mozilla's Common Voice, an open-source initiative that's reshaping the future of voice recognition technology. This project stands out because it makes that technology inclusive and accessible to everyone. 🎙️ How does it work? Volunteers from around the world donate their voices, which are then used to build a diverse, multilingual dataset. This dataset is crucial for developing voice recognition applications that understand a wide array of languages, including those less represented in current technologies. 🤝 Why is this important? Voice technology is becoming increasingly integral in our daily lives. By ensuring it recognizes various languages and accents, we're taking a big step towards digital inclusivity. It's more ethical to democratize a technology that works for everyone, not just based on market-driven decisions. 🔍 Want to contribute or learn more? Visit Common Voice and see how you can be part of this unique project. https://lnkd.in/dFq-FEhJ Voice technology can only be truly inclusive with our collective efforts! #CommonVoice #Mozilla #OpenSource #DigitalInclusion

#CSforDetroit is here! In partnership with Google.org, Song Foundation, and CSforALL, learn how we plan to empower #Detroit’s Next Generation through #ComputerScience! CSforDetroit.org

#CSforDetroit is here! In partnership with Google.org Song Foundation CSforALL, learn how we plan to empower #Detroit’s Next Generation through #ComputerScience! CSforDetroit.org

For me, the first step in finding the right job is finding the right fit in terms of mission. This maybe comes from a few years at Mozilla where mission was a word we threw around weekly, or maybe it was these last few years working on Social Impact at Google. In any case, I’ve found the following exercise to be helpful in quickly summarizing the important bits. I don’t believe in burying the lede or forcing you to click another time to get the good stuff, so here it is as a three-sentence fill-in-the-blank. This company (or founder or team) believes the world will be better if __[mission]__. They will help accomplish this goal by __[approach]__. In this role, I will help by __[concrete responsibilities]__. I talk about each of the blanks and how I think about them in the full Medium writeup: https://lnkd.in/gn_JbV6Z

#CSforDetroit is here! In partnership with Google.org, Song Foundation, and CSforALL, learn how we plan to empower #Detroit’s Next Generation through #ComputerScience! CSforDetroit.org

Fascinating holiday read but maybe not for the reasons you’d expect. I never heard the term ‘effective altruism’ before – as a concept, it means dedicating your life to maximising the expected value by which you can serve humanity. i.e. become a doctor and you can directly save many, become rich and you have the resource to indirectly save more. That Alameda/FTX was ostensibly intended to serve this broader purpose was, for me, the most interesting aspect of this story. Super-smart kids going into finance to make money with the intention of giving much of it away. What happened afterwards is well documented but it is perhaps an extreme example of how purpose is a very real deciding factor in where younger talent chooses to work. Google famously lets its staff work on personal projects 20% of the time as a means of harnessing creativity but also as a means of retaining staff. With the demand for four-day weeks growing, might one day a week spent on passion projects potentially provide a better solution – not just for staff but also shareholders and society?