{"id":10898,"date":"2013-12-18T14:49:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T18:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/?p=10898"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:42:11","slug":"webmakers-hottest-issue-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/webmakers-hottest-issue-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Webmaker&#039;s Hottest, Issue #6: Festivals and Festivus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10901\" alt=\"Webmakers Hottest Issue 6\" src=\"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WebmakesrHottestIssue6-600x450.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJust in time for the holidays, we give you Issue 6 of the <a title=\"Webmaker's Hottest\" href=\"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/category\/webmakershottest\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Webmaker&#8217;s Hottest<\/strong><\/a> series fresh off the press, your friendly community showcase of the most <strong>inspiring and irresistible-to-remix<\/strong> creations by makers around the world, displayed on the <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/gallery\">Webmaker Gallery<\/a>. This week, we crawled through <strong>hundreds of Mozfest and holiday makes<\/strong> to find our 12 final gallery features &#8212; and believe us, it wasn&#8217;t easy!<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThis time around, the theme has two parts. <strong>Part one<\/strong> is about a festival that is very close to everyone&#8217;s heart in the community &#8211; the <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillafestival.org\">Mozilla Festival<\/a> &#8212; and <strong>part two<\/strong> is about a &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Festivus\">festivus<\/a>&#8221; to celebrate the time of year we are in, as snow falls outside our windows and we prepare to spend quality time with those we love at home.<br \/>\nAt the <strong>fourth-ever Mozilla festival<\/strong> this autumn, we saw nearly 1,500 open web enthusiasts descend upon London&#8217;s shores to spend an amazing three days building, hacking, and brainstorming <a href=\"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/mozfest_demo_party\">hundreds of new projects and ideas<\/a> together to build the web we want. It felt like a true celebration, and we are still smiling from the happy glow of participants&#8217; accomplishments. And we&#8217;re also smiling about something else this month &#8211; the <strong>festive winter season<\/strong> ahead of us! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Kwanzaa, the Chinese New Year, Malkh, Ano Novo, Chahar Shanbeh Suri or Newtonmas, it is definitely <strong>time for some more celebration!<\/strong><br \/>\nSo, to ring in the festivals of last year, and prepare for those yet to come, we have put together a <strong>concoction of festival-themed makes<\/strong> sure to delight. Here are details on each of the 12 featured <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/gallery\" target=\"_blank\">Webmaker Gallery<\/a> makes<\/strong> and the communities and mentors who built them: <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From webmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/search\/?type=user&amp;q=amrit\">Amrit<\/a><\/strong> at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlswhocode.com\/\">Girls Who Code<\/a> hackjam, a beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/amrit.makes.org\/thimble\/merry-christmas-everybody\">holiday-themed gift card<\/a> complete with Javascript-crafted snow;<\/li>\n<li><strong>From Webmaker Fellow and creative technologist <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillafestival.org\/blog\/stephen-fortune-at-mozfest\/\">Stephen Fortune<\/a><\/strong> out of Ireland, a <a href=\"https:\/\/elsewhere.makes.org\/popcorn\/1if1\">skilled glitch remix<\/a> of the infamous Jurrasic Park line &#8220;Ah Ah Ah, You Didn&#8217;t Say the Magic Word!&#8221; created on a green screen at Mozfest;<\/li>\n<li>Also from Mozfest, a <a href=\"https:\/\/fabspaces.makes.org\/thimble\/how-to-tell-stories-with-animated-gifs\">remixable teaching kit<\/a> on how to tell stories entirely in animated gifs, brought to us by <strong>Canada&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabSpaces\">FabSpaces<\/a><\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>From webmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/search\/?type=user&amp;q=rockhermit\">rockhermit<\/a><\/strong> at an <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillawebmaker.tumblr.com\/post\/69489004910\/join-us-for-the-global-hour-of-code-were-joining\">Hour of Code<\/a> event, a hilarious &#8220;Holipocalypse&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/rockhermit.makes.org\/thimble\/happy-holipocalypse\">interactive greeting card<\/a> about bringing a bit of horror (and a massive monster cat) to the holidays;<\/li>\n<li><strong>From webmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/search\/?type=user&amp;q=juliamac\">juliamac<\/a><\/strong>, a chuckle-inducing <a href=\"https:\/\/juliamac.makes.org\/thimble\/socially-awkward-holiday-penguin\">Socially Awkward Holiday Penguin invitation<\/a> created at another Hour of Code event in NYC;<\/li>\n<li><strong>From community activist <a href=\"http:\/\/mozillafestival.org\/blog\/steph-guthrie-at-mozfest\/\">Steph Guthrie<\/a><\/strong>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/stephguthrie.makes.org\/thimble\/girls-in-tech-teaching-kit\">remixable teaching kit<\/a> to get more girls involved in technology, created with a <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1khnv1G\">Build and Teach the Web<\/a> scrumboard team at Mozfest;<\/li>\n<li><strong>From webmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/search\/?type=user&amp;q=estercastro\">estercastro<\/a><\/strong>, a colourful <a href=\"https:\/\/estercastro.makes.org\/thimble\/-happy-new-year\">interactive greeting card<\/a> to say &#8220;Feliz Ano Novo&#8221; in style (Creative Commons thumbnail <a href=\"http:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/4hzMKu\">image<\/a> thanks to photographer Felipe Rebiero);<\/li>\n<li>Again from the creative insanity of the video and gif-making <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/elsewhere.makes.org\/\">greenscreen team<\/a> at Mozfest<\/strong>, a &#8220;Foxy Redux&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/elsewhere.makes.org\/popcorn\/1ihw\">video remake<\/a> of the infamous song &#8220;What Does the Fox Say&#8221; featuring the Mozilla Firefox himself (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1khoLSm\">here<\/a>&#8216;s a sneak preview of the creative process in action!);<\/li>\n<li><strong>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nwp.org\/\">National Writing Project&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Seecantrill\/status\/394480432558796801\">Christina Cantrill<\/a><\/strong>, a wonderful poetry animation <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/starter-makes\">starter make<\/a> created at Mozfest that <a href=\"https:\/\/ccantrill.makes.org\/thimble\/poetry-180-animate\" target=\"_blank\">brings poems to life<\/a> with a bit of code;<\/li>\n<li><strong>From Hive NYC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/explorecreateshare.org\/author\/juliavallera\/\">Julia Vallera<\/a><\/strong>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/juliahivenyc.makes.org\/thimble\/happy-holidays\">interactive Christmas card<\/a> featuring an adorable holiday bunny;<\/li>\n<li><strong>From the talented team at <a href=\"http:\/\/wreckandsalvage.com\/\">Wreck and Salvage<\/a><\/strong>, a video <a href=\"https:\/\/nelson.makes.org\/popcorn\/1igi\">all about Fungal Surfing<\/a> created along with many other <a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/search\/?type=all&amp;q=mozremix\">crazy and wonderful mashup creations<\/a> at Mozfest, including an &#8220;Attenborrowed&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1amyQEV\">Miley Cyrus remix<\/a> which got over 178K views on Vimeo alone;<\/li>\n<li>And lastly, a fun <a href=\"http:\/\/mzl.la\/scrum5\">reverse-engineered digital story <\/a>entitled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/pkittle.makes.org\/popcorn\/1hyl\">I Always Wanted a Cat<\/a>&#8221; created by <strong>educator <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/peterkittle\">Peter Kittle<\/a><\/strong> at Mozfest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget that each of these featured makes are <strong>ready to be remixed<\/strong> &#8212; you can hack them now by clicking &#8220;Remix&#8221; on the top right-hand side of each make. We&#8217;d like to give a last big thanks to all the talented makers, from to Helsinki to Brooklyn to Mexico City, for their wonderful festival creations.<br \/>\n<strong>Good tidings to all, and to all a good night<\/strong> &#8212; and until the New Year, we&#8217;ll see you on the wild web!<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"magicdomid78\"><strong>Get Involved!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"magicdomid79\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Browse all the other featured makes in the <\/span><a title=\"Webmaker\" href=\"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/category\/webmakershottest\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Webmaker&#8217;s Hottest feature series;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Check out the <\/span><a title=\"Webmaker\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/gallery\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Webmaker gallery page;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Create a Make from scratch or remix one of Webmaker&#8217;s Hottest with <a title=\"Popcorn Maker and Thimble\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/en-US\/tools\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Popcorn Maker or Thimble;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/how-to-get-your-make-featured\">Tag your Make<\/a> with #hashtags related to its theme so we can find it!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the holidays, we give you Issue 6 of the Webmaker&#8217;s Hottest series fresh off the press, your friendly community showcase of the most inspiring and irresistible-to-remix creations by makers around the world, displayed on the Webmaker &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/webmakers-hottest-issue-6\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378228],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}