{"id":9359,"date":"2013-07-31T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T15:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/?p=9359"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T20:43:55","slug":"webmakers-hottest-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/webmakers-hottest-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Webmaker&#039;s Hottest, Issue #1: Kittens, closeups and self-atomising machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_9360\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9360\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9360 \" alt=\"Webmaker's hottest Makes of the week.\" src=\"http:\/\/webmakerblog.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/WebmakersHottestWeek3-600x344.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Webmaker&#8217;s hottest Makes of the week, made by YOU!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nAs the Webmaker project matures from an <a href=\"http:\/\/commonspace.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/25\/webmakerv2\/\">experiment in teaching the web<\/a> to a <strong>community-driven hub for making<\/strong>, you may have noticed a few changes to the <a href=\"http:\/\/webmakerv2.tumblr.com\/post\/53859487492\/after-9-weeks-of-serious-sprinting-were-proud-to\">look of Webmaker.org<\/a> lately. One of the changes we are most excited about is the <strong>addition of a new Feature Gallery<\/strong> to showcase your 12 most most creative and crazy Makes of the week. Each Monday you&#8217;ll find a brand new set of inspiring Makes ready to share and remix &#8212; and with the release of our new &#8220;<strong>Webmaker&#8217;s Hottest<\/strong>&#8221; series, Webmaker&#8217;s <a title=\"Kat Braybrooke\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kat_braybrooke\" target=\"_blank\">editor<\/a> will make sure each featured Make gets the love it deserves across our global communities.<br \/>\nFor our first-ever installment of <a href=\"http:\/\/webmaker.org\">Webmaker&#8217;s Hottest<\/a>, the focus is on kittens, uncomfortable close-ups and self-atomising machines. From translucent PNG moustaches to Open(Art) gif-making jams to tight white pants, it&#8217;s all about <strong>unexpected and creative uses<\/strong> of the Webmaker toolset.<br \/>\nHere are the details on the makers who created this week&#8217;s best:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From <strong>webmaker Pkittle<\/strong>, a hilarious ode to the classic Will Ferrell-Jimmy Fallon <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/pkittle.makes.org\/popcorn\/1970\">tight pants split<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From the <strong>Webmaker editorial team<\/strong>, the return of a much-loved Starter Make that shows makers how to <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.makes.org\/thimble\/my-magazine-cover\">create their own magazine covers<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> with a bit of HTML,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From <strong>webmaker Ollie<\/strong>, a whirlwind video dedicated to looking at pictures of the <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/ollie.makes.org\/popcorn\/105p\">Internet, on the Internet<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From <strong>this year&#8217;s<\/strong> <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/eyebeam.org\/projects\/openart\">Open(Art) Fellows<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, an ingenious <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/forresto.makes.org\/popcorn\/196g\">gif-based moving image Make<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> to the tune of &#8220;Another One Bites the Dust&#8221;,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From <strong>webmaker Mathmatrix<\/strong>, a <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/mathmatrix.makes.org\/thimble\/heru-gig-mathmatrix\">colourful Heru gig poster<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> remixed from a Starter Make and featuring a diverse lineup of acts (remix your own version <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/thimble.webmaker.org\/project\/1295\/remix\">here<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">),<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From <strong>Persona designer Ryan Feeley<\/strong>, the best and most interactive <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/ryanfeeley.makes.org\/thimble\/png-moustache\">PNG moustache-maker<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> we&#8217;ve ever seen,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From <strong>webmaker Kibarra1990<\/strong>, a chuckle-worthy gif and song remix entitled &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/kibarra1990.makes.org\/popcorn\/18lq\">Let&#8217;s Get It On Cats<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8221; and equally amusing remix of our magazine cover Starter Make entitled &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"\/\/kibarra1990.makes.org\/thimble\/uncomfortable-closeups&quot;\">Uncomfortable Closeups<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8220;,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From <strong>webmaker Jaxon<\/strong>, a lovely educational video all about <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/jaxon.makes.org\/popcorn\/18ty\">Mt. Shasta Lavender Farms<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From <\/span><strong><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\/teach\">Webmaker Mentor<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><strong> Chad Sansing<\/strong>, a fun new <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/chadsansing.makes.org\/thimble\/my-connected-learning-tube-map\">Starter Make<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> created for the <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/communities\/111619469354411254407\">Making Learning Connected MOOC<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> that allows makers to create their own version of a Tube Map,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">From the Bay Area Filmmaking Coalition&#8217;s <\/span><strong><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/bavc.org\/remixes\">Hybrid Filmaking Project<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, a beautiful video entitled &#8220;<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/popcorn.webmadecontent.org\/vtr\">Black Girls Code<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">&#8221; about an organisation that provides technology training for girls of colour,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">And finally, from <strong>webmaker Dogtrax,<\/strong> a hilarious remix of our comic Starter Make <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/dogtrax.makes.org\/thimble\/ok-cats\">featuring a set of very cute kittens<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> (remix your own version <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"https:\/\/thimble.webmaker.org\/project\/3995\/remix\">here<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">)!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;d like to say a <strong>big thank you to each of the brave and creative makers<\/strong> above who dug into the Webmaker toolset and made our first week of the Webmaker&#8217;s Hottest series so fun to create!<br \/>\n<strong>Have a great Make and want us to feature it here?<\/strong> When you publish, add the tag &#8220;#makerparty&#8221; so we can find it. We want to see your best photos, remixes and creations! And stay tuned next week for Makes that walk on the dark side, fly with blackbirds and go &#8220;bump&#8221; in the night.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"magicdomid78\"><strong>Get Involved:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div id=\"magicdomid79\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Check out the <\/span><a title=\"Webmaker\" href=\"https:\/\/webmaker.org\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Webmaker homepage<\/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\">Tag your Make with #makerparty<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Webmaker project matures from an experiment in teaching the web to a community-driven hub for making, you may have noticed a few changes to the look of Webmaker.org lately. One of the changes we are most excited about &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/mozilla-learning\/webmakers-hottest-1\/\">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":[20670,23089,349475],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9359"}],"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=9359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foundation-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}