I recently left my job at Mozilla to start a company. Before I do that, I wanted to work on some fun, quicker projects. Hulu With Me lets you watch TV shows in sync with someone else.
A few random notes:
* I wanted this to be frictionless as possible. Click the HuluWithMe button, get a link to send to a friend, and done. Let me know if you have problems or get confused.
* Debugging meant Firefox and Chrome, each running a flash video, each with an extension, and each with Firebug/Inspector open... it's amazing my computer survived. And each time I needed to test something, I had to watch commercials. So, debugging was a bit slow overall.
* This uses node.js + socket.io.
* Sorry non-Americans :(
* If you want to test with yourself on one computer, use Chrome + Firefox (not Firefox twice, etc).
* I couldn’t do Netflix for technical reasons, but would love to. If you know someone at Netflix that can help, I’d love an intro!
* Work at Hulu? Say hi!