March: MozFest ambassador update
I joined MozFest earlier this month as a participant, volunteer, and session facilitator. There are always so many creative things happening at MozFest and after logging my volunteer hours and doing some podcast interviews with participants, I felt energized and connected!
The session I co-facilitated was a podcast series to capture the Voices at MozFest. We had an open call to participants, facilitators, space wranglers, volunteers, and youth leaders to share their story. During the week we interviewed 2 facilitators and we have a couple more interviews lined up post MozFest.
As you'll see at the end of this post, it's not too late to join MozFest and and that includes joining the podcast!
In her interview, Tani Olhanoski, co-founder of Mysilio, highlighted creative ways that their software development team uses curiosity, play, and experimentation as a way to prototype and test out their ideas. During MozFest, they created an interactive exquisite corpse game to help attendees explore Web Monetization.
Our interview with Stella Anne Teoh Ming Hui from the Malaysian Philosophy Society was also fascinating as she explored rethinking the implications of the metaverse through philosophy in the Youth & Futures space.
One of the most creative things I experienced at MozFest this year was the Zine Fair. It was set up in a virtual space called Spatial Chat with a DJ spinning chill tunes. You entered this virtual space with your avatar that you could move around to view the zines and connect with other participants and zine authors. I got to meet Khushbu Kshirsagar, creator of the Zine Machine, a really cool paper-based math tinkering kit. I also found Kelly Wagman’s Gender, Power, and Tech zine very powerful!
Other highlights included joining the Opening and Closing Circles and several Dialogues & Debates including Education in a Mixed AI Reality. I am so glad that many of the sessions I missed will be available on demand until June 25. Tickets are still available and still pay-what-you-can, so you too can get inspired by the hundreds of sessions from folks around the world who are passionate about trustworthy AI, internet health, and digital rights!