A brief update
Things have been pretty exciting at CDOT over the past several months. I have fell far behind in keeping my blog up to date. I’m going to take some time today to summarize the major events that have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PDF.js & Popcorn Maker
In the weeks after MozFest, the Popcorn team has been focusing on fixing up as many crash bugs ( crash = app breaking script errors ) as we can. In the down time between bugs we were given some free...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Moar PDF.js and Popcorn Maker
Last week I wrote about my addition of a PDF.js plugin to Popcorn Maker. I took some time today to hack on it some more and I figured it was worthwhile to outline what I have accomplished thus far. I...
View ArticleLooking Back at 2012
Another year has come and gone, seemingly in the blink of an eye. For me, it’s been one to remember. 2012 was a year of great learning for me. My position at CDOT has given me more than just steady pay...
View ArticlePopcorn Core Test Changes
On Friday of last week I found myself hacking on a peculiar bug that I stumbled upon in Popcorn.js. The particulars of that bug aren’t very important, the only important thing to mention right now is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
JS-Builder
Back in July of 2012 I created a Node.js app that made custom builds of Popcorn-js. This app was called the Popcorn Dynamic Build Tool, and was a great proof of concept. Since then I haven’t had a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to: Popcorn Maker – YouTube Upload Tool
Over the past 2 months, the Popcorn Maker team has been working really hard to develop new and exciting features for the app. Recently part of this work has involved trying out an experimental feature...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Update Function
Today I landed a patch I had been working on for roughly 3 months. Now, it’s not like I worked on it every day, but it has taken a lot of work to get it done, and I think it really makes the experience...
View ArticlePopcorn Maker – Experimenting with Canvas
When you use Popcorn Maker, you get a suite of events that let you do some really fun things with video and audio on the web. We’ve got a plugin that lets you type in some text and place it wherever...
View ArticleDeploying the MakeAPI to Heroku
For the past three weeks I’ve been working on a new tool for Mozilla Webmaker. It is called the Make API. As Webmaker grows and more tools and more people create awesome content, we need a way to help...
View ArticleClik here to view.
API Key Authentication using Hawk
I’ve spent the better part of my last two weeks working on implementing a new form of authentication for the Make API. This post is going to detail what has changed, how it works, and how you can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Solving Hard Problems is Hard: Third Party MakeAPI Publishing
A majority of my work on Webmaker has been dedicated to something we call the Make API. It is a service for storing meta data about things people create online and making that meta data publicly...
View ArticleHacking on Appmaker
This past week, I traveled to Revelstoke, BC for an Appmaker workweek. Appmaker is an application designed to enable anyone to create mobile web apps without needing to learn about coding. By combining...
View Article
