Google Summer of Code 2012

Meemoo is a framework for building creative web apps that are hackable by design. Any app that can be described by a data-flow diagram can be built in Meemoo. Modules are web pages with a little bit of js that defines the inputs and outputs.

We are seeking collaboration and contribution in the following fields:

• app/module ideas
• module/framework design
• UX and graphic design
• community design

One use: live animation

Another (very different) use: economic model

Some specific ideas:

Framework

• i18n
• qunit unit testing
• touchscreen/mobile support + ux
• boot-to-gecko experimentation
• appification with phonegap for device features
• ux and graphic design

Community

• design and build community with Mozilla PlayDoh (Django/Python)
• socket communication to Meemoo apps on your own phone (or across the world)
• sharejs collaborative editing
• view/edit source for a module (like jsfiddle or jsdo.it)
• offline framework and modules

App/module ideas

• Instructional puzzle game based on rewiring modules
• Kaleidoscope with reconfigurable mirrors
• Text-to-song generator with computer generated voices singing in harmony
• Web video sequencer / remixer
• Artistic visualization of data from bio-sensors
• Multi-user photo/animation collage

I’ll be looking for people that can work closely with me for the summer on these challenges. I’m in Helsinki, GMT+2, so we’ll have to agree on common working hours. 1/4 to 1/2 of our time should be spent using the framework to make creative apps, and the rest getting into the nitty-gritty.

The ideal candidate will have some combination of experience with Python, JavaScript, and flow-based programming, and a demonstrated ability to get up to speed with the other fields by the start.

Serious applicants will make a Meemoo module or app, and include a link.

Talk to me: email, mailing list, @forresto, or forresto on irc.freenode.net and irc.mozilla.org