Now she must summon all her collaboration skills in reaching out to the open-source community, where Firefox has thrived. In her spare time — insert deep breath here — she managed to co-write Threat Modeling, an online security guide that's used by software engineers.
Dave Goldsmith, who as president of Matasano Security has worked with Snyder in various capacities, calls her an "online security rock star. For so long, men have dominated the field. Women didn't have an old boy's network. A self-avowed "geek girl" and daughter of software engineers, Snyder says her mom taught her to program Basic, an early computer programming language, on a Texas Instruments PC when she was 5 years old.
Still, Snyder's whipsaw-fast mind and inquisitive nature can be hard to keep up with. No kidding. In between sips of tea at a local Starbucks, Snyder offers a dizzying discourse on abstract algebra, the concept of parallel lines intersecting in space, and the presidential aspirations of Barack Obama, whom she volunteered for in Texas. We have to make sure they know they're being heard," says Snyder, who joined Mozilla last year.
The challenge is to get the public — so aware of security for their homes and cars — to be as vigilant with their PCs. That's where the articulate Snyder and fortified Firefox come in. She is a bright new face in the computer-security field. By most accounts, she is succeeding swimmingly. It's been a steady climb for Firefox, whose roots stretch back to the now-defunct Netscape Communications.
Leading the evangelistic effort is Snyder, whose middle name is Window. Her first name, Mwende — which means "beloved" and is the name of her maternal grandmother — by custom is used only by family members. Such is part of her Kenya heritage, a legacy for her that stretches back to age 9 when she first traveled there. In preparation for that trip, Window learned key phrases in Swahili on her own. She and her mom return every few years.
I was devastated. She said, 'That's OK, Mom. Let it go. Snyder is among the youngest of 30 board members at Choate Rosemary Hall, the private school in Connecticut she attended in the early s. Then she made another and another, and soon she was off and running, creating some of the most used themes on our site.
At one point, Sunset over Water , which features her own photo of locally famous Chuckanut Drive , boasted over a million users.
Within a few years, MaDonna upgraded to Adobe Photoshop, and she has an extensive collection of visuals, all organized at her fingertips. She likes natural scenes with wildlife like bear, elk and deer, but wolves are her favorites.
Not every design makes it from her computer to her theme page. MaDonna primarily uses the Internet for making themes, finding recipes, research and keeping in touch with friends. Hearing from people all over the world about her designs keeps her inspired. Firefox has hundreds of thousands community-designed themes to choose from, with more added every day.
Have a creative flair? Create a theme and join the community of people who make being online a little more fun and personal. Once your design is ready, the final step is to preview and upload through the Theme Submission page.
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