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How to turn Your iPhone into a Video Recorder

Chris — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:45:44 +0000

How to turn Your iPhone into a Video Recorder is a post from Chris Pirillo

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I’m live streaming from my iPhone once again! The latency isn’t bad at all. You know what this means, don’t you? It means I can get up and be on the move without being tethered to a laptop or desktop. At least, when you’re able to download and install this app for the iPhone – which isn’t quite available (yet).

You might remember a few months ago when I did a review of the QIK app for streaming on the iPhone. Well – this isn’t it! This is Ustream’s app! You can use this new app to stream live from your iPhone or iPod Touch as long as you have a wifi connection. The audio is solid, and the picture quality is pretty good.

So, how do you turn your iPhone into a video recorder? Easy:

Download and install this app from the iTunes app store.
Sign up for a Ustream account (free).
Press the Broadcast button.

Unfortunately, Apple hasn’t allowed them to release the app yet – but it should be coming soon!

For this video, I carried my iPhone into my bedroom with me, and stretched out on the bed. You can do pretty much anything with your own stream (within reason). Although this app works well for the most part, there are some bugs, as you would expect. For instance, I cannot switch over to my regular live video feed with any degree of ease. People get stuck in limbo, and aren’t sure what they’re watching. I may have to set up a separate mobile feed for this until Ustream figures out a way to make this work a bit better.

Walking back into my office didn’t go as smoothly as I planned. If you have an iPhone and a live video stream – you can travel! Ustream is a live video community for everyone. Anyone with a computer, an Internet connection and a web cam can set up their own channel and broadcast live.

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What Can a Bowler do With a Webcam?

Chris — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:45:27 +0000

What Can a Bowler do With a Webcam? is a post from Chris Pirillo

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As we do every week, we gave away a web cam on Friday night. Thanks to Ustream.tv for providing the web cams!

The requirements to be eligible for our weekly giveaways are simple. Here is what you need to do:

You must be present in the chat room at the time of the giveaway. We don’t announce it much ahead of time, so you pretty much need to be a regular visitor!
You need to be subscribed to my YouTube channel.
You had to have left a recent comment on any post in my blog.
You must be a member of our Geeks Community.

That’s it! That’s the sum total of the requirements to be eligible. When a giveaway starts, all chatters in the channel lose chat ability. This is to help us be able to see only the winner talking, so we don’t miss out on their pertinent links. Then, our new automatic bot picker will choose a random name. That person has to give us their YouTube link, as well as the name they used to comment on the blog. We then verify the information… and have a winner!

Congratulations to this week’s winner… Bowler4Ever!

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World’s Slimmest Webcam

Chris — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:52:03 +0000

World’s Slimmest Webcam is a post from Chris Pirillo

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Just as we do every Friday night, we gave away a webcam last week, courtesy of Ustream.tv. You must meet all three requirements in order to win! I was starting to wonder if maybe we wouldn’t give one away this week after all.

The requirements to be eligible for our weekly giveaways are simple. Here is what you need to do:

You must be present in the chat room at the time of the giveaway. We don’t announce it much ahead of time, so you pretty much need to be a regular visitor!
You need to be subscribed to my YouTube channel.
You had to have left a recent comment on any post in my blog.

Congratulations to this week’s winner… TheSlimJim!!

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Webcam Problems

Chris — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:33:43 +0000

Webcam Problems is a post from Chris Pirillo

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Every week, we give away a webcam courtesy of Ustream.tv. This week was no exception! Congratulations to our winner, iNorganic.

The requirements to be eligible for our weekly giveaways are simple. Here is what you need to do:

You must be present in the chat room at the time of the giveaway. We don’t announce it much ahead of time, so you pretty much need to be a regular visitor!
You need to be subscribed to my YouTube channel.
You had to have left a recent comment on any post in my blog.

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What Does it Take to Win a Web Cam?

Chris — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:55:38 +0000

What Does it Take to Win a Web Cam? is a post from Chris Pirillo

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As we do every week, we gave away a web cam on Friday night. Thanks to Ustream.tv for providing the web cams!

The requirements to be eligible for our weekly giveaways are simple. Here is what you need to do:

You must be present in the chat room at the time of the giveaway. We don’t announce it much ahead of time, so you pretty much need to be a regular visitor!
You need to be subscribed to my YouTube channel.
You had to have left a recent comment on any post in my blog.

Congratulations to this week’s winner… Seshan!

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What Kind of Web Cam do you Have?

Chris — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:57:51 +0000

What Kind of Web Cam do you Have? is a post from Chris Pirillo

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Every week, we give away a web cam, courtesy of ustream. With the advent of our nice new script, things usually go pretty smoothly when we randomly choose our winner.

The requirements to be eligible for our weekly giveaways are simple. Here is what you need to do:

You must be present in the chat room at the time of the giveaway. We don’t announce it much ahead of time, so you pretty much need to be a regular visitor!
You need to be subscribed to my YouTube channel.
You had to have left a recent comment on any post in my blog.

Congratulations to this week’s winner Alpha!

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Computer Giveaway on March 15th!!

Chris — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:56:05 +0000

Computer Giveaway on March 15th!! is a post from Chris Pirillo

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Every week, we give away a Web Cam, courtesy of Ustream. Not only did I give one away this past Friday, I also announced that I will be giving away another computer!

The requirements to be eligible for the giveaways are simple. Here is what you need to do:

You must be present in the chat room at the time of the giveaway. We don’t announce it much ahead of time, so you pretty much need to be a regular visitor!
You need to be subscribed to my YouTube channel.
You had to have left a recent comment on any post in my blog.

This week’s winner was Cameron_R. Congratulations!

After the giveaway was over… I decided to tease my next computer giveaway! Here’s the deal:

IF we receive 20,000 subscriptions to our Podcast by Kat’s birthday, which is March 15th… I will give away that Spider Computer system!! You must, of course, be subscribed to the Podcast, and be present to win!

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To Give is Better than to Receive

Chris — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:24:09 +0000

To Give is Better than to Receive is a post from Chris Pirillo

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I’ve got my iSobot Robot sitting here! I’m going to use him for a future giveaway! However, I’m going to let him help me do tonight’s WebCam giveaway!

The requirements to be eligible for our weekly giveaways are simple. Here is what you need to do:

You must be present in the chat room at the time of the giveaway. We don’t announce it much ahead of time, so you pretty much need to be a regular visitor!
You need to be subscribed to my YouTube channel.
You had to have left a recent comment on any post in my blog.

Tonight, the first name chosen by our bot is frozzted. He’s a regular in chat, and is tonight’s potential winner! Unfortunately, he’s been idle almost an hour. Poor Frozzted!

The next name chosen was KrazyBox. Idle 7 hours. Next up is Alendar! Another person idle for over 7 hours! Let’s try again. Now we’ve chosen mazzter123. Mazzter, are you here? He’s subscribed to the YouTube channel! He’s also left a comment on the blog, and is from the United States. Congratulations, mazzter123 for being this week’s winner!

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Giveaway Night

Chris — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:46:22 +0000

Giveaway Night is a post from Chris Pirillo

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Just like every week, we recently gave away another web cam… courtesy of ustream.tv. We do this every week, and the requirements to be eligible are simple. What are you waiting for? Join us, and you could win something, too!

The requirements to be eligible for our weekly giveaways are simple. Here is what you need to do:

You must be present in the chat room at the time of the giveaway. We don’t announce it much ahead of time, so you pretty much need to be a regular visitor!
You need to be subscribed to my YouTube channel.
You had to have left a recent comment on any post in my blog.

After a couple of misfires, due to people not being at their computer, we finally have a winner! Congratulations to pyroza!!! Pyroza is a regular in our channel, which is great!

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The Giveaway That Almost Didn’t Happen – Rigged?

Chris — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:31:50 +0000

The Giveaway That Almost Didn’t Happen – Rigged? is a post from Chris Pirillo

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This past week, it seemed nothing was going right for our giveaway. However, we do have a winner. I was saying “GO!!” and Allan took that to mean that the bot was supposed to choose a winner. Since the person had their links ready…

modhacker had their links ready. He is indeed subscribed to the YouTube channel, and has left a few good comments on my blog. Therefore… shortest giveaway yet to date! What a crazy video, and night this was.

Congratulations, Modhacker on your win! Join us next week for YOUR chance!

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Video Stream

Chris — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:45:56 +0000

Video Stream is a post from Chris Pirillo

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BrandonN is one of the regular visitors to the chat room at live.pirillo.com. He sent me his top five tips for having a successful live video stream. Thanks, Brandon… I’ll keep these in mind.

I’ve seen good and bad streams. Many times people like to just buy a web camera and think it’s great even though they spent 20$ on it! Even sometimes the Microphone is cheap.
Tip #1 – Make sure when you buy a web camera make sure you see that it does 30FPS (They all should by now). The logitech quickcam 9000 is a great camera. Yes it does cost a bit but the quality is great. If you own the latest gen of the iMac or Mac Books it may already have a web camera! They are great to use for streaming on the go and just in your home.
Tip #2 – Put a decent length between you and your camera! Putting it right up in your face isn’t good. It’s called Cam Whoring and it gets boring when you can’t see anything but your face. If anything try to use the entire cable to show your entire desk and if you can’t buy a extender, may seem a waste of money for the extra extender cable but it’s all worth it in the end.
Tip #3 – The site you use to stream! There is of course Ustream, StickAM, Justin.Tv and other small ones. Ustream is great for 24/7 streams as they have great servers to handle the load and they pump out great quality. StickAM is mostly for group chats. Yes people do stream 24/7 but the quality on StickAM lacks a bit. Justin.Tv has a wide community and is fully based off it. It produces great quality like Ustream.
Tip #4 – Talk to your users! When someone is watching you they expect for you to talk back. If you ignore them you get them bored and they leave. You don’t need to talk them while your on but answering questions from them or just a plain chat can boost your viewer count when it comes to people recommending.
Tip #5 – Good internet, If you have anything under a good broadband/cable connection forget it. Streaming live does take up bandwidth. Chris streams 24/7 and it sucks so much bandwidth he needed a second internet connection just for the stream!
~ BrandonN in your chat

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Giveaway of the Day

Chris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:15:50 +0000

Giveaway of the Day is a post from Chris Pirillo

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We used a GoToMeeting again last Friday during our webcam giveaway. GoToMeeting is an excellent way to have a meeting with desktop sharing online. You can receive a discount if you want to try out GoToMeeting for yourself!

After a couple of false starts, our winner this week is kamikazi4

You too can win a webcam in our weekly Friday night drawing. There are three things you must do in order to be eligible to win:

Subscribe to my YouTube channel.
Leave a good quality comment to a post on my blog. The comment must be thoughtful and intelligent, showing you actually read a post. Dont’ just say things like “OMG HAI!”, or you will be disqualified.
You must be present in the chatroom at the time of the drawing. Have your YouTube link handy, and the name you left the comment under on my blog. We will check them both for verification.

That’s all there is to it! Once again, congrats go to kamikazi4, and good luck to everyone for next week!

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10000th YouTube Subscriber Webcam Giveaway

Chris — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:00:29 +0000

10000th YouTube Subscriber Webcam Giveaway is a post from Chris Pirillo

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – Every week, I give away a web cam, courtesy of uStream. This week, the giveaway was extra special!
Not long ago, I announced that when we reached the 10,000th subscriber on our YouTube channel, we would give away a computer. During the recording for this week’s Web Cam Giveaway, we reached that goal!! Thanks to everyone who has subscribed, and to all of you who watch our videos, and participate in our live shows. We couldn’t do it without you!
This week, our web cam winner is none other than neoyoshi. Congratulations!!
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All Help Breaks Loose: Webcam Giveaway

Chris — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:00:58 +0000

All Help Breaks Loose: Webcam Giveaway is a post from Chris Pirillo

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – Every week, I give away a webcam to one of our lucky viewers. In order to be able to win, all you need to do is subscribe to my YouTube channel, and be present in the chat room during the giveaway.
This week, I’m using music that was made by community member Acid. Acid took all the common Windows sounds, and remixed them into a really cool beat for me to use.
Be sure to send me your submissions for ORIGINAL music to use during the weekly giveaway.
Hopefully, you heard earlier in the week that I’ll be giving away Ponzi’s Nintendo DS. I’m also planning to give away a computer once we reach 10,000 YouTube subscribers! So… get to subscribing!
Ok… scrolling up and down. Music playing…. pause the music! I’ve landed on rikai. Rikai, are you here? Anywhere? I see you logged in the chatroom. Where are you rikai? Going once… going twice… moving on. Sorry about that, rikai.
Music plays. I scroll. More music plays. My scrolling stops! This time, it’s Harshinator. Harshinator are you here? YES! Give me your YouTube link. W00t! That’s a winner folks!
Be sure to stay tuned in every day, so you don’t miss out on your chance to win a webcam, courtesy of uStream.tv.
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Who Wants to Win a Webcam?

Chris — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:38:30 +0000

Who Wants to Win a Webcam? is a post from Chris Pirillo

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – Thanks to our friends at uStream, we get to give away one web cam per week. Watch as this weeks’ winner almost didn’t win.
I’m still working on getting a sponsor to sponsor a giveaway every day. There are two conditions you must meet in order to win. First, you have to be present in the chat room at the time of the drawing. Second, you need to be subscribed to our YouTube channel.
The name chosen tonight is Dennin. He was so shocked, he actually said he wasn’t subscribed to our YouTube channel! I started to move on to choose another name, and he pasted his link into the channel. As I was moving on looking for a new winner, everyone went crazy re-pasting the link until I saw it. Finally, Kat sent me a message on Yahoo to say that Dennin did indeed have a valid link. I went to check it out… and he IS subscribed! Several people in the channel felt it wasn’t ‘fair’ for some reason, so I asked Dennin to send me a message on YouTube from that account. He sent the message within a minute!
We have a winner, folks! Congratulations, Dennin!
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