When I read the article on TechCrunch "Xobni Makes Your Outlook Inbox Smarter With New Gadget Store", I thought of developing a gadget using Nimbb. For a while I had this in mind to integrate Nimbb to Outlook to enable video emails. Using Xobni (which I didn't use before), it would make the development process much easier. I knew that using the Nimbb API, I could have this up and running fast.
I went on the following day and signed-up as a developer. I had a look at the Welcome gadget that serves as the only example to get started with Xobni. It was kind of hard to get started, so I put that aside, until I received an email on May 5th with the title "Your Exclusive Invite to Hack for Arrington". I first thought this was spam and almost deleted the thing. On second thought, I had a look and it was the Xobni Contest Hack.
Having a contest plus a few interesting judges -- Michael Arrington (TechCrunch), Joseph Smarr (Google) and David Lee (SV Angels) – made this more interesting, so I went on ahead with the development of a Nimbb Gadget for Xobni. [Note: I think there was also a fourth one, Mark Weitzel]
After a first encounter developing using the Google Gadget framework, I finally managed to complete the Nimbb Gadget in time for the Xobni Hack. I couldn't go to San Francisco, so I did a screencast that the guys at Xobni showed at the event.
In the end, the judges voted for Nimbb as the Best Overall Gadget! Nice, now waiting to receive my prize -- a Xoom tablet:) See blog post from Xobni about the event.
Stay tuned to see the gadget online soon!