Archive for March, 2008



Bemba.com Daily Video Top 3

Today’s 3 daily links – Most remarkable websites shared on Bemba todayPeople share great websites and videos with friends every day, using the ‘magical’ Bemba button. Every work day we make a selection of all that is shared, and post it here on our blog. This is the Bemba.com Top 3 for March 14, 2008. Enjoy the Web, together!
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Bemba.com Daily Video Top 3

Today’s 3 daily links – Most remarkable websites shared on Bemba todayPeople share great websites and videos with friends every day, using the ‘magical’ Bemba button. Every work day we make a selection of all that is shared, and post it here on our blog. This is the Bemba.com Top 3 for March 13, 2008. Enjoy the Web, together!
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Bemba.com Daily Video Top 3

Today’s 3 daily links – Most remarkable websites shared on Bemba todayPeople share great websites and videos with friends every day, using the ‘magical’ Bemba button. Every work day we make a selection of all that is shared, and post it here on our blog. This is the Bemba.com Top 3 for March 12, 2008. Enjoy the Web, together!
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Bemba.com Daily Video Top 3

Today’s 3 daily links – Most remarkable websites shared on Bemba todayPeople share great websites and videos with friends every day, using the ‘magical’ Bemba button. Every work day we make a selection of all that is shared, and post it here on our blog. This is the Bemba.com Top 3 for March 11, 2008. Enjoy the Web, together!
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Import Contacts 403 forbidden error: fixed!

Import contacts: fixed!The short of this story: the Invite Friends module on Bemba.com gave a ‘permission denied’ for the better part of the first day after launch. But it was fixed really quickly. Read on for more thoughts about this (hairy!) subject.

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Exciting news about the new Bemba!

Exciting news about the new Bemba!We just announced on Dutch radio that Bemba is now in Open Beta! And we have more exciting news. Hint: Polishing for startup competitions pays off!

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Using Rails helpers to hide the cruft

Using helpers to hide the cruftViews are the messiest part of an application. Nested divs, content inside layouts inside boxes inside partials, and a dash of javascript with it’s own ugly syntax. Last week I presented a good way to clean up views using partials with layouts. But the “proper” way to cleanup views is using helpers. (more…)




About Bemba Media

Bemba Media is a new social media company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Founders Aaron Peters and Arne Dibbits are on a mission to offer people the easiest way to share their web experiences with friends and to discover what’s hot on the web right now.

The company launched Bemba.com in March 2008.

Bemba users share their favorite videos and websites on the social platforms they already use with their friends, like Facebook, Twitter and Hyves. More social networks and (micro-) blogs will follow.

Bemba will become a destination for 'funsurfing' the web, providing easy access to web content that people with similar interests have recently recommended to their friends.

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