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Add a Video Contact Form to Your Site in 5 Minutes

2009-06-22T15:42:40.89-04:00

Using the Nimbb API, I show you how you can let your visitors record a video message using their Webcam in a simple contact form. I'm using very simple HTML code and a few lines of C# to send an email to the Webmaster. You can easily translate this in your favorite programming language.

Click here to view the video tutorial!

In this video, I use Visual Studio 2005 and C#, but you can easily translate this to your favorite programming language.

In this video, I do:

- add Contact.aspx: the contact form with Nimbb Player;
- add Done.aspx: page displayed when the user submit the form;
- send email to the Webmaster with link to the content of form;
- add Admin.aspx: administration page to view the video.

Thank you for watching!

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How to create a Twitter-video site in 3 minutes

2009-04-16T14:32:06.593-04:00

Using simple HTML programming and the Nimbb Player (Flash API), I show you how you can create a basic Twitter-video site. I am using Visual Studio 2005 and C#, but this is very simple code that you could reproduce in any other language.

Click to open the tutorial!

In this 3m45s video, I do the following:

create a new WebSite project;
add a MasterPage (this is only for the layout applied at the end);
create 3 pages: Default, Record, Done
add the recording HTML/Javascript code for the Nimbb Player in the Record page;
create a XML DataSet to store the saved video GUID;
add the server-side code in the Done page to save the videos in the DataSet;
create a repeater to display the list of videos in the Default page;
finally, apply a nice layout to the site by modify the MasterPage.

This video shows just how easy you can integrate the Nimbb Player. All you need is an account, so go grab one. Hope this can help you guys out there looking for a way to integrate webcam recording in your projects without having to mess with Flash Media Server.

Source code for this sample site will be posted soon.

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Digg a little!

2008-12-03T22:24:41-05:00

Feel like digging? Why not digg this story:

nimbb – Free Video Recording Using Your Webcam

good!

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Nimbb: Already Getting Reviews + Vista Gadget

2008-11-17T21:57:56.703-05:00

Well, this is great news! I have not even started to officially announce Nimbb, its already getting its share of reviews. Actually, things seem to go a bit faster that I strategically anticipated. The service is still in Alpha release, meaning we’re still working hard to bring in the initial features for the Beta. But, when bloggers are telling me that they already like the service, this can’t be bad!

In some other news, I’ve been playing around with Vista’s Sidebar (for the second time) and submitted a gadget using Nimbb’s technology. This means recording videos from your Vista without opening your browser is possible! And great news, Microsoft has already accepted the gadget.

Download the Nimbb Gadget now!

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Nimbb.com: a First Look!

2008-11-13T08:42:21.25-05:00

This is a great news today, we have updated our nimbb.com site with a totally new video player/recorder! Recording short video has never been easier.

Before more talk, I show you an example (in french):

This video took me 10 sec to put in this post. I used nimbb with my webcam, clicked Record, then Save, and finally got my HTML code to insert here. Bravo!

Try it now for your blog!

This site is still in beta. We have some great features comming.

PS. Send me a video with your comments on using this new service!

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Stockholm Loves IRateMyDay!

2008-09-17T23:11:28.233-04:00

In the last two days, there have been a great number of new users signing up on IRateMyDay. I couldn't not retrace the origin (it wasn't web), only that the users were from Sweden. Thanks to a user, I was able to retrace a small article in the Metro Newspaper.

Hello to all new Stockholm users!

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Windows Mobile 6.1 - Not compatible with ActiveSync

2008-08-25T13:44:05.233-04:00

Well, just updated my HTC Touch (Bell) from Windows Mobile 6.0 to 6.1. And now, I'm realizing that it's not compatible with XP and ActiveSync 4.5. I quick search on the Net shows that 6.1 is now only working with Windows Vista. To work, the Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 for Vista is required.

This is bad, as I wasn't noticed by the installer to this issue. The good news is that I can still synch using Exchange ActiveSync over network. However, I'm stuck on how to do my next ROM update...

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Alpha: NimbleBall

2008-07-31T11:03:18.483-04:00

Hi all,

just to let you know that if you have a webcam, then we need you to test our little site: NimbleBall.com. Head over there and record your free video and share it.

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IRateMyDay.com: 100 000 ratings!

2008-06-25T17:52:36.207-04:00

Just a quick note to let you know that IRateMyDay reached 100000 ratings last week!

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Game Review: No More Heroes (Wii)

2008-06-25T17:50:06.457-04:00

No More Heroes is a good mature game. It's a very original title, and in fact, I think I haven't seen a game on a Nintendo console displaying that much blood before! Using your Wii Remote, you control Trevis Touchdown in a fun and twisted story where you aim to go from 11th-ranked assassin to the top. Using jedi-like laser swords called Katana, you slash your way to the top of the United Assassins Association. And talk about originality: you save your game by using the toilet!

I completed the game in about 11 hours. I would say that the first hour of game play, I wasn't sure to continue on. But when the story got more interesting, I actually couldn't stop playing. The combat system using your laser sword is really cool, and doesn't get old. I really liked the cartoon style of the game and the many “insides” to the oldschool games (like the ranking system displayed as an old Atari-like scoreboard). The game has GTA-like play style, where you can drive in the Santa Destroy city using your bike. You can do many side missions to earn money, buy equipment and outfits, train your character or find hidden stuff.

This brings me to the drawbacks of the game. Make no mistake; this is nowhere close to the GTA quality you are used to. Driving is often frustrating and the collision detection system really sucks. Also, since you have to earn money to progress with the main missions, you have to get jobs. However, this means a lot of driving from A to B. Then, repeat again. And again. And if you fail a side mission, you have to go back and drive again. If driving was more fun, this could have been less painful.

Another thing that I noticed in the first few main missions, the levels are often repetitive. It's like you are doing the same level twice before seeing the end-boss. This annoyed me, but hopefully, in the last few missions, they stopped using this level design and went for more originality.

Overall, this is a great Wii title. I would have given it a 9/10, but given the problems and few bugs, I'm giving it 8/10. This is one really original title for the Wii you must really try!

Tags: game, wii, review

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ASP.NET 2.0 Web User Control: Generate Custom Event

2008-06-10T11:00:44.327-04:00

Here's one cool little tip you might need, if you're coding in ASP.Net using the .Net Framework 2.0. Here's what you need:

- a Web User Control that contains a button;
- you want to trap the button click's event from your page.

Code for the Web User Control

Let's suppose your button has the ID "DeleteButton". First, you need to create a Delegate and an Event, like this:

public delegate void OnDeleteButtonClick();
public event OnDeleteButtonClick DeleteButtonHandler;

Now, add the following method to the OnClick event of the button:

protected void DeleteButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Check if event is null.
if (DeleteButtonHandler != null)
DeleteButtonHandler();
}

Code for your Page

Include your Web User Control into your page, let's suppose the ID "MyControl". First, simply create an handler to receive the event in your Page_Load method:

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Create the handler to access callback from DeleteButton.
MyControl.DeleteButtonHandler += new MyControl.OnDeleteButtonClick(MyControl_DeleteButtonHandler);
}

And define the target method to run when click occurs:

void MyControl_DeleteButtonHandler()
{
// do stuff here!
}

That's it. You can now enjoy events coming from your own controls.

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