<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">On the utility question:<div><div><br></div><div>Our communities have been collecting badges elsewhere and the Backpack's single utility of being able to make badge collections is one that people use. Especially since we previously pushed the use of the backpack (including with partners).</div><div><br></div><div>The “why can’t i put my webmaker badge in my backpack” question is a popular one, 9 times out of ten from people in Southeast Asia, India, LATAM. For reference, here’s the bug: <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=995419">https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=995419</a></div><div><br></div><div>Official badges have more weight in developing countries then elsewhere. Many of our community members in 2nd and 3rd world are using badges as a way to prove their competencies, particularly in job interviews and partnerships (like for events).</div><div><br></div><div>—laura</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:00 PM, <a href="mailto:webmaker-dev-request@mozilla.org">webmaker-dev-request@mozilla.org</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Send Webmaker-dev mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:webmaker-dev@mozilla.org">webmaker-dev@mozilla.org</a><br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker-dev<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>webmaker-dev-request@mozilla.org<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>webmaker-dev-owner@mozilla.org<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of Webmaker-dev digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Fwd: [Webmaker] Upload badges... (Brett Gaylor)<br> 2. Re: [Webmaker] Upload badges... (David Ascher)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:40:32 -0700<br>From: Brett Gaylor <brett@mozillafoundation.org><br>To: "webmaker-dev@mozilla.org" <webmaker-dev@mozilla.org>,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kate Hudson<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><kate@mozillafoundation.org><br>Subject: Fwd: [Webmaker] Upload badges...<br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><CAK9o2_4S-W1E8P=hpcUtXc2YGKH_byCuSNVCt1--gP_Hq0A8hQ@mail.gmail.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br><br>This is something we're going to need to solve or at least address.<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Ibraahiima SAAR <ibrahima.sarr@pulaagu.com><br>Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:32 AM<br>Subject: [Webmaker] Upload badges...<br>To: "webmaker@lists.mozilla.org" <webmaker@lists.mozilla.org>, Matt<br>Thompson <matt@mozillafoundation.org><br><br><br>Hi all<br>I would like to have my badges in my badgepack at openbadges.org<br>but I don't know how to move them/copy from Webmaker.org. What does the<br>"upload" feature mean?<br><br>Please help.<br>Cheers<br>Ibrahima<br>_______________________________________________<br>webmaker mailing list<br>webmaker@lists.mozilla.org<br>https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker<br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/webmaker-dev/attachments/20140822/12ed8a69/attachment-0001.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:41:58 -0700<br>From: David Ascher <da@mozillafoundation.org><br>To: Brett Gaylor <brett@mozillafoundation.org><br>Cc: "webmaker-dev@mozilla.org" <webmaker-dev@mozilla.org>,<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kate Hudson<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><kate@mozillafoundation.org><br>Subject: Re: [Webmaker] Upload badges...<br>Message-ID:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><C14A2E7C-C3D4-4909-A095-2D1C703187F5@mozillafoundation.org><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br><br>I?d love to understand the user motivations for that. Currently the backpack doesn?t provide much actual user utility ? but at least this user thinks it does ? can someone followup with a bit of an in-depth conversation?<br><br>?da<br><br>On Aug 22, 2014, at 9:40 AM, Brett Gaylor <brett@mozillafoundation.org> wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">This is something we're going to need to solve or at least address.<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Ibraahiima SAAR <ibrahima.sarr@pulaagu.com><br>Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:32 AM<br>Subject: [Webmaker] Upload badges...<br>To: "webmaker@lists.mozilla.org" <webmaker@lists.mozilla.org>, Matt Thompson <matt@mozillafoundation.org><br><br><br>Hi all<br>I would like to have my badges in my badgepack at openbadges.org<br>but I don't know how to move them/copy from Webmaker.org. What does the<br>"upload" feature mean?<br><br>Please help.<br>Cheers<br>Ibrahima<br>_______________________________________________<br>webmaker mailing list<br>webmaker@lists.mozilla.org<br>https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Webmaker-dev mailing list<br>Webmaker-dev@mozilla.org<br>https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker-dev<br></blockquote><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>URL: <http://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/webmaker-dev/attachments/20140822/14ab54be/attachment-0001.html><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Subject: Digest Footer<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Webmaker-dev mailing list<br>Webmaker-dev@mozilla.org<br>https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker-dev<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>End of Webmaker-dev Digest, Vol 16, Issue 13<br>********************************************<br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>