Popcorn Maker - Experimenting with Canvas

When you use Popcorn Maker [popcorn.webmaker.org/], 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 you desire. There's a plugin that…

Google 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 of adding a Google Map to…

How to: Popcorn Maker - YouTube Upload Tool

Over the past 2 months, the Popcorn Maker [http://mozillapopcorn.org] 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 from YouTube [https://developers.google.com/youtube/youtube_upload_widget] that lets…

JS-Builder

Back in July of 2012 I created a Node.js app that made custom builds of Popcorn-js [https://chrisdecairos.ca/upgrading-popcorns-build-tool.html]. This app was called the Popcorn Dynamic Build Tool, and was a great proof of concept. Since then I haven't had a chance to hack on it and…

Looking 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 [http://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page] has given me more than just steady…