Sign-Up

Anyone can follow a study group on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.

Standard Set

This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.

Answers

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  Charles Jeffrey Danoff   April 21, 2011, 1:13 p.m.

  Bio:

  I started my career at The Peer 2 Peer University in cycle 4 (fall 2010) by co-organizing Collaborative Lesson Planning. I have thoroughly enjoyed myself since then and look forward to my further studies here.

  Location: 60093, USA

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am interested in FLOSS video editing, and integrating the web into videos, so I'm excited for this course and look forward to learning and making some smooth web videos.

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  Juanan Pereira   April 19, 2011, 6:16 p.m.

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  • What made you interested in this topic?

  I'm actually working on a video-based open source project to improve the second language oral speaking skills:  babeliumproject.com  .  It has been built using the Adobe Flex framework. Now we are interested in porting the application to HTML5 so popcorn.js is very interesting in that sense.

  • What do you hope to achieve by participating?

  I'd like to know if it's possible or at what extent is possible to rewrite the video manipulation code that we have in Babelium  (using Flex) by a popcorn.js + some more HTML5 magic solution.

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  Pierros Papadeas   April 19, 2011, 11:08 a.m.

  Bio:

  A curious wannabe Architect, Foss enthusiast and Jack of all trades :)

  Location: Athens

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am interested in popcorn.js as I believe that web can be transformed by having interactivity on web videos. We are talking about a world of oportunitis.

  I am hoping to get a great hold of popcorn.js and built an open community website around popcorn.js (and video submission) and also help in its development. Who needs old passive videos (youtube etc) when you have popcorn.js :)

   

  ~p

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  abhishek agarwal   April 19, 2011, 2:03 a.m.

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  I'm a hobbiest game developer and now trying to make a video sharing platfrom only for school

  so I wanted to know more about the videos in html 5.

  The site I'm planing tries to increase the interactive between student on the basis of their hobbies and Itz firstly for india only.

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  channelcapacity   April 18, 2011, 5:04 p.m.

  Bio:

  Location: Texas

  Standard Set Answer:

  Having spent countless hours of my life immersed in film, a desire to participate in a medium I have learned so much from naturally follows. I am currently studying web development (in particular javascript) and this course would appear to be the perfect compliment to my regimine. The concept of new interfaces to the video format facinates me, and I hope that this will be as rewarding an experience as I anticipate.

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  deimidis   April 18, 2011, 3:52 p.m.

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  Location:

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  I have a degree in Communication research and I'm working with the Web in Mozilla and beginning to organize meetup between Journalist and hackers. I always be interested in popcorn.js technology, and wish to learn how to use it to apply in this meetings between journalist and hackers

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  Christopher Wulff   April 18, 2011, 3:44 p.m.

  Bio:

  nonprofit techie, wordpress geek, wanderlusting, sex ed facilitator, apiary starting, cohousing dreamer. have patience and fortitude.

  Location: Toronto

  Standard Set Answer:

  Fascinated by the potential to integrate video and other data, as well as simplify processing patterns. I work with a number of environmental groups who would benefit from being able to use video in a more integrated manner.

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  jesus armando sandoval leon   April 18, 2011, 12:49 p.m.

  Bio:

  ingeniero en electronica y telecomunicaciones.

  Location: bogota, colombia

  Standard Set Answer:

  i like the video streaming technologies, i hope to improve my knowlodge in this area...i hope to help the others one if i can..thank you in advance

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  Brylie Oxley   April 18, 2011, 12:26 p.m.

  Bio:

  I am a Technology Apprentice at the Woolman Semester School, in northern California. I am currently studying web standards, Python programming, and libre/open souce multimedia production and distribution.

  I am dedicated to promoting libre/open  source software and web standard technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

  I am also very interested in Geospatial tools such as Quantum GIS and GRASS GIS.

  Location: Sacramento, CA

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am interested in the next generation of video production tools that are emerging from the open web.

  I would like to gain an understanding of how popcorn.js works and inspect some of the code as well as producing interactive movies with the platform.

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  Jay Henderson   April 18, 2011, 12:11 p.m.

  Bio: My name is J Henderson and my passion is Interaction Design and Web Video Production. I love to research design, implement functional, semantic user interfaces for websites. I also have a secret passion for hip hop dancing too! I am taking a fond interest in HTML5, CSS3, open sourced Geo Location based programming and php. I love this initiative and hope to contribute a bit more during my learning here. Now I shall explain more about me personally:
  
  Growing up creativity along with curiosity consumed my everyday life in Haynesville, Louisiana. My life was quite simple and boring at times so I used my imagination and ADHD to explore new possibilities with a pencil and notepad.

  When I was younger I started drawing creating unique storyboards, comics, and colorful sketches. My family took notice to my thirst for creativity and enrolled me into the Junior High Art Program in school to help guide my development. As technology started to expand into video games, motion pictures, and digital content my love for digital media grew enormously.

  Interaction Design as a profession creates and sustains meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use, from computers to mobile devices to appliances and beyond. I love helping people and problem solving with RESEARCH, DESIGN, and IMPLEMENTATION.

  Location: Dallas Texas

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am interested in this topic because i am currently developing a podcast which will be interactive, and informative. Through javascript and HTML5 game development my podcast will be a heavily fun activity for my subscribers!!

  I understand javascripts basics but not in a video context, im hoping to learn how to move around the programming and functions easily to get creative with my vision.

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  Theresa Choe   April 15, 2011, 6:32 a.m.

  Bio:

  My background is in architecture but currently I'm working on animation.  I've learnt HTML and CSS, some actionscript. I'm taking a Video class this spring and hope to get things loaded onto my website.

  Location: relocated from London to Midwestern US

  Standard Set Answer:

  My interests have expanded from 2D animation via Flash, actionscript, and After Effects (with some 3D, Maya and FormZ) to digital video and filmography. 

  I think it was the power of compositing that made me realize the potential of video.  And it was designing my website that made me realize the problems with flash (which doesn't load on some MACs well,  and not at all on the iPad, or mobiles).

  I'd like to become more conversant with web video and learn how to publish videos to the web without the MAC/mobile problems.

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  Bergby   April 15, 2011, 6:24 a.m.

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  Always been interested in linking videos with additional content.

  New techniques in rich-video combined with alternative media.

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  Ben Moskowitz   April 14, 2011, 10:39 p.m.

  Bio:

  I'm Ben. I work for Mozilla and teach open video at NYU ITP.

  Location: Oakland, CA

  Standard Set Answer:

  I've been teaching popcorn.js to high schoolers in San Francisco, along with Brett Gaylor. Would love to contribute to this study group and learn more about what's possible!

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  Michael McCarthy   April 14, 2011, 12:34 a.m.

  Bio:

  I'm into animation, social justice, education and where it all intersects on the ground AND on the web through HTML5.

  Praxis makes perfect =)

  Location: Providence, RI

  Standard Set Answer:

  • What made you interested in this topic?

  I attended Buttercamp, and have had the chance to work with Brett and Ben @WebMadeMovies on a video for a Mozilla project that will be released soon. I think popcorn.js, and the advancements in HTML 5 video, new formats, and all the Javascript tricks are going to create amazing opportunities for the many change agents who are seeking to innovate the web and hack information delivery

  • What do you hope to achieve by participating?

  I would like to create a basic demo video that will allow devs and creatives to play around with options for chromakeying, augmented reality, and more. Examples of my work (whiteboard time-lapse/stopmotion animation) are available at http://www.drawnalong.com

  Basic questions: What would the features of a good tester video be? Live action sequences, animation/live action interactions (Who Framed Roger Rabbit meets HTML 5?) multiple interactions between techniques and html5 features? The simpler, the faster, the more complicated, the more stark and awesome the results...

  My web-dev credentials are scrawny... I will enjoy learning more so that I will be able to create better and better template videos to assist dev's and project leads to create more interesting demos

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  Storm Basiat   April 13, 2011, 4:04 p.m.

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  Location: UK

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  Amy Donahue   April 13, 2011, 2:50 p.m.

  Bio: i'm a medical librarian with a thing for ultimate frisbee and microbrews.  :)  One of the reasons I love medical librarianship over other forms of librarianship is the fact that it seems to be filled with cutting edge technology.  I am in no way a programmer, but I wish I was (I took comp sci 101 in undergrad, where we learned a language called Scheme...and back in the days of DOS I used to customize the code for little games that came in the back of 3-2-1 Contact Magazine, but that's all I got beyond some HTML playing).  I speak a little bit of Russian (my undergrad major along with math, but I speak no math at all these days).  I'm in the midwest right now, but I grew up in NY/PA and went to grad school in Seattle.   
  
  i'm a sucker for webcomics.

  Location: Milwaukee, WI

  Standard Set Answer:

  I'm interested in web video as a contributor to my organization's intranet site.  Generally, I'm also just interested in keeping up with open tools and I haven't heard of Popcorn.js!

  I'm participating here partially to learn about the new P2PU platform; I've been involved for a little while over on the old one, and wanted to test being a participant before I test having a study group over here.  But I also hope to contribute video to my intranet site as mentioned above, and also be involved with video documentation of my professional org's meetings, so this topic was a good fit.

  Thanks for organizing!

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  Scott McGrath   April 13, 2011, 2:12 p.m.

  Bio:

  some web programming knowledge:

  Rails, JavaScript, Node.js, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3

  Location: Pittsburgh, PA USA

  Standard Set Answer:

  What interested me? I'm always interested in new video technologies. The Popcorn.js demo videos are impressive. I can see this becoming a popular tool, although I hadn't heard of Popcorn before seeing this course listing.

  What do I hope to achieve? Learn something new about web video, and pick up some knowledge about this html5 thing everyone is talking about.

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  lernantatron   April 13, 2011, 12:48 p.m.

  Bio:

  Dan is an electrical and computer engineer located in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA and holds a BSEE degree from the University of Michigan along with MSEE and MBA degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I started my career working with real-time control systems, signal processing, modeling and simulation in the defense, semiconductor and automotive industries. Today I work with a wide variety of web, database and programming technologies and I am interested in helping build up the School of WebCraft. I am very much a self-directed learner, a geek, a hacker and a DIYer. Join me!

  Location: Ann Arbor / Michigan / USA / Earth

  Standard Set Answer:

  The course ogranizer groks the use of jsfiddle based on the open layers course.

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  hvx   April 13, 2011, 12:33 p.m.

  Bio:

  Location: California

  Standard Set Answer:

  What made you interested in this topic?

  As a video editor, I feel that too much time is spent perfecting the product.. and would like to see more participation options in video.  I'd like to see video used/watched non-passively.. and the video & database work using HTML5 looks like a good place to start.

   

   

  What do you hope to achieve by participating?

  I hope to jump-start a new area of interest for me and possibly be able to use in my work.

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  justinstoller   April 12, 2011, 5:43 p.m.

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  I am interested in this study group because of my growing familiarity with Javascript and HTML5. I am continually interested in what the internet and our browsers can do when pushed as far as they can go.

  This group is focused on a topic of Javascript and HTML5 that I haven't yet used and I think learning more about video and interaction on the web would help me become a better web developer/programmer.