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Mozilla Web Maker Community Call
These weekly calls are open to all. Please join us! :) Tuesdays 8am PST / 11am EST / 3pm GMT / UTC
Dial-in details:https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmakers/Community_Calls
- Weekly dial-in meeting, every Tuesday at 8am PST / 11am EST / 3pm GMT
- Conference Number: 800-503-2899
- Secondary Conference Number: +1 303-248-0817
- International toll-free numbers: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Webmakers/Community_Calls/International
- 7-Digit Access Code: 5435555#
- Back-up agenda, in case of etherpad fail:==================================================================
OCTOBER 09, 2012
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Call Attendees:
(please add yourself to this list)- @iamjessklein
- Chloe @varelidi
- Chris L @chrislarry33
- Matt Thompson (@OpenMatt)
- Angela Plohman
- Dethe Elza (@dethe)
WELCOME! Introductions & new team members
Any first-timers here? :) Please say hello!
<a href="https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker">https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/webmaker</a>
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Reminders- Muting all lines now. *7 to unmute.
- Recording now. This meeting will be recorded.
- (GUNNER: please pause for a sec to allow recording to begin here)
- (GUNNER: please pause for a sec to allow recording to begin here)
- Join us for screen sharing:
Blog posts, press and weekly updates- Video recording of last week's call:
- <a href="http://youtu.be/RvNKj52o4BY">http://youtu.be/RvNKj52o4BY</a>
- Aggregated blog & press coverage:
- Anything missing from this list? Please add:
Mozilla Festival update: only one month to MozFest!
(Michelle T + others)
Registration numbers update:
Grand total: 559
GOAL: 800
Break-down:- Paid registrants: Regular: 164 Youth: 15
- Subtotal: 179 (Goal: 500)
- Staff: 68
- Facilitators: 83
- Partners: 56
- Human API: 11
- Ravensbourne: 53
- Press: 0 [Barbara will get requested press registered this week]
- Teachers w/ class: 0
- Volunteers: 108 + 26
- Reps: 15
Where does that leave us?- We saw an up-tick in registrations last week, thanks in part to some solid outreach.
- (Including a nice tweet from Cory Doctorow
- <a href="https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/254340625015648256">https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/254340625015648256</a>
- Identify missing skills. Gunner + Michelle to highlight skill gaps based on review of sessions.
- Let people know we're filling up quickly.
- <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2o7b0yc1k59cam0/Y5DpPDG6hx/low-res-proof#f:mozfest-metro-ad.png">https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2o7b0yc1k59cam0/Y5DpPDG6hx/low-res-proof#f:mozfest-metro-ad.png</a>
- (Not final)
- (Not final)
- What happens if we go over 800 participants?
MozFest Contest update (Ben S)- UPDATE: First winner!
- [Details go here]
- [Details go here]
- QUESTIONS
- How do we communicate this out this week?
- What's next for the contest?
Towards a Unified Webmaker: Design Team Show + Tell (Jess, ChrisA, Kate) (15 minutes)- Links and context:
- Universal Navigation: <a href="
"></a> - Badges: <a href="
"></a> - Reading: <a href="http://jessicaklein.blogspot.com/2012/10/designing-platform-to-teach-next.html">http://jessicaklein.blogspot.com/2012/10/designing-platform-to-teach-next.html</a>
- Universal Navigation: <a href="
- NOTES & COMMENTS
- Green: List the awesome stuff:
- Yellow: List the things you are unsure about and want to discuss / clarify:
- Red:List the things that don't work and _why_ they don't work:
- Blue: List the things that you wish were here:
- Green: List the awesome stuff:
- QUESTIONS
1) join us on IRC at #mofodesign
2) add pins to the Webmaker moodboard: <a href="http://pinterest.com/iamjessklein/webmakerp-mood-board/">http://pinterest.com/iamjessklein/webmakerp-mood-board/</a> ( *** bonus points for commenting on why you are pinning them ***) right now Doug Belshaw is on top of the leaderboard for most pins
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Popcorn Maker Quality Assurance - contributors wanted! (Brett - 5 minutes)
We are launching Popcorn Maker 0.9 this Thursday - we ned QA help leading up to the Mozilla Festival. We're almost through our known bugs - now we need our UNKNOWN bugs :)- Links and context:
- Laura
- NOTES & COMMENTS
- QUESTIONS
<link>
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Call for Help: Looking for Webmaker Slides (Henrik Mitsch) (5 mins)- Links and context:
- Hi all, I am Henrik, a Mozilla Rep. Next Friday I will participate in the "Barcamp Salzburg" (Austria): <a href="https://reps.mozilla.org/e/exhibition-at-barcamp-salzburg/">https://reps.mozilla.org/e/exhibition-at-barcamp-salzburg/</a>
- I plan to present Mozilla Webmaker at their "exhibition". This is a format that's similar to the MozFest Science Fair.
- So far, I thought about showing Thimble, Popcorn + Popcorn Maker, and sign people up for MozFest.
- In order to reuse existing material, I am looking for slides (HTML5, PDF, PPT, etc) about these projects.
- Any help is highly appreciated!! Please post your links to the Notes&Comments section.
- NOTES & COMMENTS
- Mark Surman's Webmaker slides (from Aug 1)
- Slidecast. Video recording of Mark presenting in Mozilla Webmaker call. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6AsO2ZTuc&t=1m44s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6AsO2ZTuc&t=1m44s</a>
- PDF: <a href="http://rebeccahmullen.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/july-2012-board-slides-community-call.pdf">http://rebeccahmullen.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/july-2012-board-slides-community-call.pdf</a>
- SlideShare: <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/MattThompson/mozilla-webmaker-plans-for-2012-and-2013">http://www.slideshare.net/MattThompson/mozilla-webmaker-plans-for-2012-and-2013</a>
- Flickr: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/sets/72157630858423178/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/sets/72157630858423178/</a>
- Mark Surman's Webmaker slides (from Aug 1)
- Laura: Henrik send me an email, I have Popcorn slides, overarching Webmaker slides, Webmaker in German slides, all locally. But I know where they are :)
- <a href="http://michellethorne.cc/wp-content/uploads/webmaker_slides.zip">http://michellethorne.cc/wp-content/uploads/webmaker_slides.zip</a> (mostly images, great for creating your own special arc)
- <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/erinknight21/mozilla-webmakers">http://www.slideshare.net/erinknight21/mozilla-webmakers</a> (slightly outdated, but helpful I bet)
- QUESTIONS
Hackable Games Update: We are setting up a Game Arcade at Mozfest! W00t!! Help us spread the word (Chloe ) (5 mins)- Links and context:
- What: Two days of game demos, learning labs, design challenges and playtesting sessions showcasing the latest and most hackable web and other game technologies. There will also be a real sized hackable-games arcade made out of cardboard ! Just sayin'
- Where: Hackable Games Track <a href="http://mozillafestival.org/schedule/themes/hackable-games/">http://mozillafestival.org/schedule/themes/hackable-games/</a>
- When : The Game Arcade sessions will run Saturday (starting at 13:00) & Sunday(all day) with a playground (demo hour) at the end of every day.
- Design Challenges
- Build Hackable Games, Mozilla <a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/s8ot5ycIBy">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/s8ot5ycIBy</a>
- Game Design= System Hacking, Greg Trefry <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Game_design_is_system_hacking">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Game_design_is_system_hacking</a>
- Games Without Graphics, Dan Schultz, OpenNews <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/NonGraphicalGames">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/NonGraphicalGames</a>
- The_Art_of_the_One_Button_Cardboard_Arcade Kaho Abe & Syed Salahuddin, NYU Games&Innovation Lab, Babycastles <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/The_Art_of_the_One_Button_Cardboard_Arcade">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/The_Art_of_the_One_Button_Cardboard_Arcade</a>
- Mash Up with Mind Candy, Mark Baker, Moo Yu, Simon Hill from Mind Candy <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Mind_Candy_Mash_Up">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Mind_Candy_Mash_Up</a>
- ParticleQuest: Hack and Slash at CERN, Alejandro Avilés (@OmeGak)
- Scratch + Thimble: Create webpages with interactive games and animations
- {TBA title}Javascript Card Game, Joe Dytrych, Youth Mentor from Decoded <a href="http://vimeo.com/48797359">http://vimeo.com/48797359</a>
- {TBA title}Hacking levels with Little Big Planet by Media Molecule
- {TBA title}Narrative Games, Ainsley Quest to Learn
- Learning Labs
- Build and publish games within the browser! with Joseph Lenton by Play My Code <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Play-My-Code">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Play-My-Code</a>
- Remix Games with Craftyy, Nicklaus Liow & Jason Church <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Remix_games_with_Craftyy">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Remix_games_with_Craftyy</a>
- Seamless 3D and the web: Frictionless and speedy game development for browsers by Alex Schwartz, Owlchemy Labs <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Seamless_3D">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Seamless_3D</a>
- Digging for Pedagogy in a Virtual Sandbox - MinecraftEdu, Santeri Kovisto <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Digging_for_Pedagogy_in_a_Virtual_Sandbox_with_MinecraftEdu">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Digging_for_Pedagogy_in_a_Virtual_Sandbox_with_MinecraftEdu</a>
- <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Scratch_and_Thimble">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Scratch_and_Thimble</a>
- {TBA title} Makie Makie, (toy hacking) by MakieLab
- {TBA title} Building games with Firefox OS
- {TBA title} Hacking Browserquest
- Fireside Chats
- Zombies, Run! Technology in iOS and Android development, Luis Ibáñez - Smartphone developer at Six To Start <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/ZombiesRun">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/ZombiesRun</a>
- Your Code sucks and it's ok, Alex Schwartz, Owlchemy Labs <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Jam_It">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Jam_It</a>
- Absurdly cross-platform game development: Code once. Deploy everywhere. Alex Schwartz, Owlchemy Labs <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Absurdly_cross-platform_game_development">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Festival2012/Submit/Absurdly_cross-platform_game_development</a>
- {TBA title} Building online communities of game makers by Media Molecule
- {TBA title} Buliding the next generation games for the browser, Martin Best, Mozilla
- {TBA title} Game Design 101, Greg Trefry &Chloe Varelidi
- {TBA title} Game On II- Q&A, Ben & Chloe
- NOTES & COMMENTS
- QUESTIONS
1) Invite your gamer peeps (devs, designers, youth) at Mozfest <a href="http://mozillafestival.org/schedule/themes/hackable-games/">http://mozillafestival.org/schedule/themes/hackable-games/</a>
2) Join us at #hackablegames on IRC
3) Join our weekly call Wednesdays 12pm ET / 5pm BST / 9am PT <a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/hackablegameslab">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/hackablegameslab</a>
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NON-VERBAL UPDATES
ITEM- Thanks for all the feedback on v0.8 of the Web Literacies white paper - keep it coming! <a href="http://bit.ly/weblit08">http://bit.ly/weblit08</a> (Doug)
- Mozilla and Eyebeam launch joint initiative Open(Art) to support creativity at the intersection of art and the open web. Reminder: the deadline for the call for proposals is October 12th! More details about the program and how to apply can be found here: <a href="http://eyebeam.org/blogs/roddy/openart-call-for-proposals">http://eyebeam.org/blogs/roddy/openart-call-for-proposals</a> Thanks for helping to promote the call!
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NEXT WEEK:
Agenda for next week's call:
<a href="https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Oct16">https://etherpad.mozilla.org/Oct16</a>
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