Webcam Greeting Cards
January 8th, 2008Welcome to Bubble Joy Video Greeting Cards
The brains behind this site are found in the head of a brilliant guy I worked with in the late 90s, early 00s in San Francisco. He’s figured out a way to use your webcam/iSight camera and include a video message in a virtual greeting card. Really clever stuff. It just launched yesterday and he’s making tweaks as he goes. Congratulations, Kevin!
It’s a long way from spitting out still frames from video and importing them into Flash. o
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January 8th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Thanks for the link! That is a pretty neat idea.
January 8th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
very, very neat!
The idea is so brilliant..
January 8th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
I’m still splitting still frames, Jon.
January 8th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
This seems awesome but I’m having troubles. Do they have a help desk? The sound keeps cutting out on me. Brand new iMac too!
January 8th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
I can’t get it to see my iSight camera. How do I change my iSight settings to record with flash? The only link for technical support I can find takes me to Adobe’s site.
January 8th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
@+nirav, that hurts me!
@others, I’ll see if Kevin will take a look at your comments. I would guess that since he just launched, the site is getting slammed. But I could be wrong.
January 10th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Hi all, if any of you are still having issues recording, you might be interested in try again, as I just made a few UI improvements that should help you out.
Thanks very much for those of you trying out the service and I appreciate your feedback at this early stage.
January 10th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Thanks, Kevin. It works!
January 11th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Great site, but….
To be viewed by my iSight camera, I followed the Mac hint and chose the USB video option. Now everytime I choose a card, I show up, but the Allow button that activates the recording and sound is nowhere to be found.
It would be great if you had a FAQ or some sort of help link on there.
I bookmarked it, because great idea, but it is not working for me.
January 12th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Hi Salome,
If you check back to the site, the error you are receiving should be fixed now.
Also, if any of you have issues with the Bubble Joy service, just email me at:
feedback@bubblejoy.com
and I will be happy to review your issues personally.
Thank you all for trying out my new service and take care for now.
January 18th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
The Fixes worked! Thanks Kevin for being so attentive. I successfully sent a card today after Kevin contacted me and advised he had updated the site.
Oh Joy for BubbleJoy!