- This a precursor to the forthcoming "Chris & Ponzi Time" podcast
Thursday, June 30, 2005
The best presentation was by Millie Garfield
Dr. Ron Lasky says: 
"Every one agreed, however, that the best presentation was by Millie Garfield. Her blog is called My Mom's Blog. It contains a chronology of the humorous and heartwarming challenges of being a successful 79 year old. The photo at the right shows her in her blog classic, 'I Can't Open It.'Nice job Mom!
Rick and I were so relieved that we did not have to give our talk right after hers!"
Bloggers are Cyber Dissidents
The Connection.org : Cyber Dissidents:
"Bloggers have recently been jailed in Asia, Africa and the Middle East for posting material that challenges the government view. Despite this pressure, cyber-dissidents continue posting their online revolution."I called in and talked about video blogging and Our Media.
The citizen media revolution continues.
Video blogging is not rocket science
Jan McLaughlin from Vlog of a Faux Journalist says:
"Video blogging isn't rocket science, but it's not brushing your teeth either."Please brush and vlog regularly. ;-)
Viewers' videos on NECN
NECN will air viewers' videos, post them on Web:
I'm waiting to hear the details on exclusivity and ownership.
Update:
Steve Safran from NECN emails me with the details. Steve says that NECN has built an:
"New England Cable News viewers will get their own shot at becoming broadcast journalists on July 15, when the news network debuts ''Video New England,' a website feature that allows viewers to upload digital video that might then be posted on the website or broadcast on the network."That's what I'm talking about!
I'm waiting to hear the details on exclusivity and ownership.
Update:
Steve Safran from NECN emails me with the details. Steve says that NECN has built an:
... interface for people to upload their video to us, then we take a look at it and if it's good, we post it and put it on TV. We have the right to broadcast and stream, but we're not paying for the video, so the user keeps ownership rights.Cool.
Kong is King is King Kong
Pop Astronaut - Kong!
King Kong Trailer - Frame by Frame:
VOICEOVER CARL: "...a place..."
VOICEOVER CARL: "...thought to exist..."
VOICEOVER CARL: "...only in myth."
VOICEOVER CARL: "Until now..."
"Finally there’s a small glimpse of what promises to be my next favorite movie. The new King Kong trailer is out and it looks AMAZING."Kong is King was the 'news about the movie' website name.
King Kong Trailer - Frame by Frame:
VOICEOVER CARL: "...a place..."
VOICEOVER CARL: "...thought to exist..."
VOICEOVER CARL: "...only in myth."
VOICEOVER CARL: "Until now..."
Stella - a group of people attractively arranged
Comedy Central - Shows - Stella.
Stella is my favorite new TV show!
It's a cross between The Monkees, The Marx Brothers and Fridays.
Best. Show. Ever.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Videoblogging: Meet the vloggers
Videoblogging: Meet the vloggers
Apple Store SoHo
July 8th from 6:00 - 7:20 PM
Presenter:
Steve Garfield hosts videobloggers from around the country including Jay Dedman, Ryanne Hodson, Clint Sharp, Joshua Kinberg, Bre Pettis, Josh Leo, Adam Quirk, Andrew Baron, Christopher Weagel, and Schlomo Rabinowitz.
Topics of discussion:
Videobloggers show their favorite videos and viewing tools, discuss video blog creation, and share tips and techniques.
Hear how you can create your own video blog for free!
Videoblogging is a new form of expression centering around posting videos to a website and encouraging an audience response. It is the next step from text blogging and podcasting.
A community of artists, video editors, podcasters, bloggers, and software developers has formed around this new mode of communication. We are a group of people who use videos as a normal part of our blogging.
Speakers:
Steve Garfield - Welcome
Jay Dedman - I love you all, What is videoblogging?
Josh Leo - Show and tell, showing videoblogs
Joshua Kinberg - Watching video: ANT, iTunes
Ryanne Hodson - How to create a video blog, point people in the right direction, ex: freevlog
Bre Pettis - Show and tell, showing videoblogs
Adam Quirk - Vlogging without video cameras
Andrew Baron - From Rocketboom; How text and audio bloggers can get involved in videoblogging
Christopher Weagel - Videoblogging allowing a much wider variety of content than anything mainstream
Schlomo Rabinowitz - Show and tell, showing videoblogs
Clint Sharp - Links as currency
7:00-7:20 Open for questions, show and tell, audience participation, etc...
Also attending:
Andreas Haugstrup - Quicktime Thingie
Jonny Goldstein - Comic relief
Mica Scalin - Videoblog offshoots of my videoblogging
Store Address:
103 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-3126
http://www.apple.com/retail/soho/
After Party:
After the presentations we are going to go out and have some food and drinks. So stop by, let's meet each other and have some vloggy fun!
Apple Store SoHo
July 8th from 6:00 - 7:20 PM
Presenter:Steve Garfield hosts videobloggers from around the country including Jay Dedman, Ryanne Hodson, Clint Sharp, Joshua Kinberg, Bre Pettis, Josh Leo, Adam Quirk, Andrew Baron, Christopher Weagel, and Schlomo Rabinowitz.
Topics of discussion:
Videobloggers show their favorite videos and viewing tools, discuss video blog creation, and share tips and techniques.
Hear how you can create your own video blog for free!
Videoblogging is a new form of expression centering around posting videos to a website and encouraging an audience response. It is the next step from text blogging and podcasting.
A community of artists, video editors, podcasters, bloggers, and software developers has formed around this new mode of communication. We are a group of people who use videos as a normal part of our blogging.
Speakers:
Steve Garfield - Welcome
Jay Dedman - I love you all, What is videoblogging?
Josh Leo - Show and tell, showing videoblogs
Joshua Kinberg - Watching video: ANT, iTunes
Ryanne Hodson - How to create a video blog, point people in the right direction, ex: freevlog
Bre Pettis - Show and tell, showing videoblogs
Adam Quirk - Vlogging without video cameras
Andrew Baron - From Rocketboom; How text and audio bloggers can get involved in videoblogging
Christopher Weagel - Videoblogging allowing a much wider variety of content than anything mainstream
Schlomo Rabinowitz - Show and tell, showing videoblogs
Clint Sharp - Links as currency
7:00-7:20 Open for questions, show and tell, audience participation, etc...
Also attending:
Andreas Haugstrup - Quicktime Thingie
Jonny Goldstein - Comic relief
Mica Scalin - Videoblog offshoots of my videoblogging
Store Address:
103 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
(212) 226-3126
http://www.apple.com/retail/soho/
After Party:
After the presentations we are going to go out and have some food and drinks. So stop by, let's meet each other and have some vloggy fun!
JD Lasica's Personal Media Playlist
New Media Musings: Playlist for the personal media revolution.
JD says:
JD says:
Molly Krause, Project Leader of H2O at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, has helped me create a playlist for the personal media revolution. H2O is still in beta, but looking real good.Nice list with a good beat.
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Steve Garfield's Video Blog in iTunes
Now you can subscribe to Steve Garfield's Video Blog in iTunes!
All you have to do is drag this icon into your iTunes, in the Podcast directory.
Once you do that, iTunes will check for a new show each day, and when it finds one, it'll download it to your iTunes for viewing.
Cool.
Easy.
All you have to do is drag this icon into your iTunes, in the Podcast directory.
Once you do that, iTunes will check for a new show each day, and when it finds one, it'll download it to your iTunes for viewing.
Cool.
Easy.
Blogging as Social Tool and Family Lifestyle
Julie Leung at Gnomedex [ mp3 ]
via [ techpodcasts ]
Julie Leung - “Blogging as Social Tool and Family Lifestyle”I hope there's a video at some point.
Julie can help us with the following strategies:
* Using blogs as a tool for family expression, quality time
* How to balance a public blog with a private life
* Dealing with a child’s development and understanding of the Internet
via [ techpodcasts ]
Monday, June 27, 2005
If I had a cat, I'd post it's picture
Blogger now supports free picture posting!
Yay!
Finally an enhancement to Blogger.
Maybe they'll be adding categories next?
via [ Google Blog ] by way of [ Download Squad ]
Speed Test
The Bandwidth Speed Test.
I like the graphics on this speed test.
My results are:
Download Speed 5.58 Mbps
Upload Speed 729 Kbps
via [ Markus ]
I like the graphics on this speed test.
My results are:
Download Speed 5.58 Mbps
Upload Speed 729 Kbps
via [ Markus ]
Blogger adds white space and we don't need it
Over in the Yahoo! bloggerPro2 Group, Bill Lazar has a fix for the new error in Blogger where you automatically get extra white space at the beginning of your post.
Yahoo! Groups : bloggerPro2 Messages : Message 4634 of 4635.
Basically you have to add "div {clear: none !important}" to your stylesheet.
Thanks Bill!
Yahoo! Groups : bloggerPro2 Messages : Message 4634 of 4635.
Basically you have to add "div {clear: none !important}" to your stylesheet.
Thanks Bill!
Akimbo Delivers Video Blogs
Akimbo Delivers Video Blogs:
"Five of the Internet’s most popular video blogs are now available on the Akimbo Service, including Rocketboom, FreshWave.TV, Clint Sharp’s Vlog, Steve Garfield’s Video Blog and “The Carol and Steve Show,” and more are added each week. For the first time, these leading-edge video programs are available on TV alongside those from household names like A&E, BBC, CNN, HGTV and Cartoon Network."I'm quoted:
“Video bloggers are enthusiastic and prolific content providers. We produce unique and sometimes quirky video for an audience who wants to see and interact with us. It’s only natural that many will want to watch our programs on their TVs.
With the Akimbo Service, the ‘Carol & Steve Show’ becomes a part of the Akimbo Guide, right up there with mainstream cable and studio providers, and lets us find a whole new audience that will enjoy our shows,” said video blogger Steve Garfield. “By adding video blogs, Akimbo is democratizing video distribution to the TV and we hope that as more people get to see what video bloggers are doing, they'll join in and participate in the citizens’ media revolution.”
Boston Globe Article Corrections
The Life and Times of Sooz | Boston Globe Article Corrections:
I've asked for this many times and only one reporter has ever let me fact check an article prior to going into print.
Reporters have told me that it's a reporter's 'rule'. They never show a story to someone that they are writing about prior to publishing it in the paper.
No wonder why we are all taking over the media in this personal media revolution.
"I wish I would have had a chance to go over the information with the reporter."You'd think that reporters would run the story by you, for technical accuracy, prior to publishing it?
I've asked for this many times and only one reporter has ever let me fact check an article prior to going into print.
Reporters have told me that it's a reporter's 'rule'. They never show a story to someone that they are writing about prior to publishing it in the paper.
No wonder why we are all taking over the media in this personal media revolution.
Steve as Eric Rice
Steve as Eric Rice by Coccyx, uploaded from flickr.
Beer and a microphone. Mmmm.
Clint Sharp's Gnomedex photos.
Sunday, June 26, 2005
Who is Pete Grondal?
Sometimes you meet someone who is like a force of nature. Their enthusiasm for what they are doing is contagious.
I met Pete Grondal at Gnomedex 2005.
How did we meet?.
He shoved a camera in my face and started shooting questions at me.
"Can video on a blog be called a video podcast," he wanted to know.
"Is podcsating a genre or a technology?"
On day two of Gnomedex he had at least 14 interviews from day one all edited to share. I was blown abway by the quality of the content and editing. He really captured the energy of his subjects. Everyone at Gnomedex is passionate about blogging, and Pete captured that passion in his videos.
He put the videos he had edited onto a USB drive and gave them to whomever wanted them under Creative Commons. I know he gave a copy to me, Bre and Clint.
I've uploaded his interview of me to share. It's a classic.
Steve Garfield at Gnomedex. [ Windows Media 22.9 MB ]
Right now Pete has an MSN spaces blog.
I hope that he starts sharing all his videos there so we can subscrive with an RSS 2.0 feed.
Pete Grondal, one of the reasons that Gnomedex 2005 was such a success!
I met Pete Grondal at Gnomedex 2005.
How did we meet?.
He shoved a camera in my face and started shooting questions at me.
"Can video on a blog be called a video podcast," he wanted to know.
"Is podcsating a genre or a technology?"
On day two of Gnomedex he had at least 14 interviews from day one all edited to share. I was blown abway by the quality of the content and editing. He really captured the energy of his subjects. Everyone at Gnomedex is passionate about blogging, and Pete captured that passion in his videos.
He put the videos he had edited onto a USB drive and gave them to whomever wanted them under Creative Commons. I know he gave a copy to me, Bre and Clint.
I've uploaded his interview of me to share. It's a classic.
Steve Garfield at Gnomedex. [ Windows Media 22.9 MB ]
Right now Pete has an MSN spaces blog.
I hope that he starts sharing all his videos there so we can subscrive with an RSS 2.0 feed.
Pete Grondal, one of the reasons that Gnomedex 2005 was such a success!
Boston Globe Gets the story wrong right
In a blow to blogger transparency, The Boston Globe features local blogger Jeff Cutler in a story about bloggers accepting payments for placing ads in their blogs.
The story For a fee, some blogs boost firms says:
So I read down his blog a few pages and found this:
If I was him, I'd be pretty mad and be asking the Globe for a correction.
Update:
Jeff responds:
I usually do not change my original post when I update an item on my blog. I'll post an update to reflect new information, leaving the original so that visitors can see the change.
Note: The online version of the Globe story neglects to link to any of the web sites mentioned, including Jeff's blog. They have repeatedly promised to correct this oversight in their online versions of Globe stories, but have never followed through.
The story For a fee, some blogs boost firms says:
Jeff Cutler has never purchased anything from Dot Flowers, but you might think otherwise, reading the Hingham resident's blog.Well I went to Jeff Cutler's blog to get hte real story. I never believe everything I read at first glance. My motto is seek first to understand.
''No more driving to the corner to buy flowers and hand-deliver them,' he wrote on his Web page. ''Nope. Now I go online to places like Dot Flowers.com and 1-800-Flowers. I like Dot a little better just because of the personal touch.'
Dot Flowers's ad agency paid Cutler $5 this spring to promote the florist and put a link to its website on his blog, or online journal, short for web log. Cutler, who does not disclose the payment on his blog, is one of more than 2,000 bloggers whom marketer USWeb enlisted to hawk products and services.
So I read down his blog a few pages and found this:
... in an effort to avoid sharing, but still making people happy, I've decided to give gifts and compliments to people randomly. For some people I'll send a card, for others a nice present, and for others a bouquet of flowers. And not just ordinary flowers...flowers that take very little effort to send as not to disrupt the rest of my life. No more driving to the corner to buy flowers and hand deliver them. Nope. Now I go online to places like Dot Flowers.com and 1800 Flowers. I like Dot's site a little better because of the selection - but I've never purchased from them. My regular places are Kabloom, 1800 Flowers and the local florist.I've emailed Jeff to get his reaction to the Globe story.
According to their site - Dot Flowers is the easiest way to buy flowers online and send flowers across the country. They also boast of beautiful flowers and quick delivery times and nearly guarantee happiness.
Now, if everyone could guarantee happiness, wouldn't we all be better off?
For more info, visit Dot Flowers for your next gift giving escapade.
If I was him, I'd be pretty mad and be asking the Globe for a correction.
Update:
Jeff responds:
From: jeff [AT] jeffcutler.comSo this exchange brings up an issue of historical accuracy. By the time I went to Jeff's blog, he had already revised his post, which made it different than the one the Globe reported on. The truth changed.
Subject: Re: Your thoughts on the Boston Globe article
Date: June 26, 2005 7:26:19 PM EDT
To: steve [AT] stevegarfield.com
Steve,
I think the Globe article was accurate for the most part. I wasn't as clear as I should have been in my dotflowers-sponsored blog about having never purchased something from them AND that my thoughts about the company were only based on visits to their site and not based on actual consumer experience.
I have updated my blog so there is no future misinterpretation, but Jenn Ableson got it right when she compiled her facts.
I'm not asking for a correction.
Please send me a link to your blog about the Globe article. I would love to read it.
Thanks,
Jeff
I usually do not change my original post when I update an item on my blog. I'll post an update to reflect new information, leaving the original so that visitors can see the change.
Note: The online version of the Globe story neglects to link to any of the web sites mentioned, including Jeff's blog. They have repeatedly promised to correct this oversight in their online versions of Globe stories, but have never followed through.
Chat with Jason Calacanis
Chat with Jason Calacanis… and other bloggers.
Jason Calacanis is trying out a new multi-user Audio/Video multiuser chat application made by Userplane.
It's Flash based and allows you to display video from your webcam inaddition to the standard text chat.
I'll be interested in seeing how you determine which video/audio stream gets the floor when multiple users are in a room.
Maybe people will join in later when it's not so hot. Seattle was less humid!
Redrum
Gnomedex Networking Bash by Laughing Squid, uploaded from flickr.
At Gnomedex, Chris Pirillo announced an exclusive Red Room gathering of all speakers and sponsors.
This took place at the same time as all the attendees were gathered downstairs in the public areas of the Seattle Public Library.
I don't think there should be exclusive gatherings like this, especially going on at the same time as scheduled networking events.
We're at Gnomedex to network with speakers and vendors.
To have them upstairs in an exclisive room seems to go against the un-conference idea.
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Gnomedex 5.0 - Meet the Videobloggers
Gnomedex 5.0 - Day 2 by Laughing Squid, uploaded from flickr.
At the conclusion of Gnomedex, Chris Pirillo invited people up on stage to sit at the red couch and make announcements.
I announced that the handfull of videobloggers in attandence were gathering at the Marriott after the conference.
I encouraged everyone in attendance to try videoblogging this year, so at next year's Gnomedex there would be a lot more videobloggers.
We had a great turnout and a lot of people joined us to learn about videoblogging.
It got a little out of control when Bre, Clint, Eric, Mel, Sean and I were outside doing impressions of videobloggers.
I'm sure it will all be vlogged. Stay tuned.
Update:
Videoblogger impersonations have been vlogged by Bre Pettis. Brilliant!
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
Friday, June 24, 2005
Dave Winer
Dave Winer by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr.
Dave Winer presents The OMPL Editor at Gnomedex Seattle 2005.
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Thursday, June 23, 2005
Videobloggers at Pike Place
Videobloggers at Pike Place by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr.
Videobloggers meeting up prior to Gnomedex!
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Pike Brewery Co.
Clint Sharp has chosen the location for our pre-Gnomedex meeting:
Pike Brewery Co., June 23rd, Thursday, starting between Noon and 1:00.
He has chosen well.
Stop by and say hi.
Boston.com features my video blog
Boston.com is now listing Blogs and podcasts in their Your Life section.
Congratulations!
They are also hightlighting my video blog.
Here's an image of my highlighted video blog.
Congratulations!
They are also hightlighting my video blog.
Here's an image of my highlighted video blog.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Robert Scoble replaced by an algorithm
David Weinberger interviews Robert Scoble in one of David's Blogcasts from Supernova2005.
He's got an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures.
Presenting Videoblogging - a photoset on Flickr
Here are some pictures from my videoblogging presentation at tonight's Boston Final Cut Pro User Group meeting.
Boston Final Cut Pro Users Group
FireANT - Desktop video aggregator
FreeVlog - How to make a free videoblog
Our Media - Free video hosting
Rocketboom - Daily internet news show
Eric Rice - Videoblogger Eric Rice
Out goes the old transformer
Out goes the old transformer by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr.
Out goes the old transformer, in comes the new transformer.
NSTAR is replacing the transofrmer on my street so we won't have so many power outages.
Reality TV is scripted!
Union Takes Aim at Reality TV - New York Times:
'The secret about reality TV isn't that it's scripted, which it is,' Mr. Petrie said in a statement. 'The secret is that reality TV is a 21st-century telecommunications industry sweatshop.'Reality TV is scripted?
Current TV's new submission policy
Found this on JD Lasica's blog, New Media Musings: Current TV's new submission policy:
I'd like to hear more about it, and would like to know if EVERY video submitted goes online. If so, then I'd be able to link to it on my blog.
That's the thing about creating this media, we want it to be available right away online, so if the new submission policy allows anyone to see it right away, that would be attractive to me.
Current License FAQNow Current TV has a sliding scale for videos and it looks like when you submit something it will go into an online screening room for evaluation. That is going to open on August 1st.
Okay, here goes: You upload your video to the Current website. As part of the upload, you give us a three-month option on your piece, which means that you agree to let us (and only us) evaluate it for up to three months. If lots of people in our online Screening Room (opening August 1) like it, there’s a good chance we’ll exercise that option and buy the exclusive rights to broadcast the piece.
If we do, we’ll pay you based on a graduated scale.
If we don’t, after the three months are up you can do whatever
you want with it.
What is this pay scale you speak of?
Here’s a handy table:
First piece: $250
Pieces 2 and 3: $500 each
Pieces 4 and 5: $750 each
Pieces 6 : $1000 each
Print THAT out and stick it on your fridge!
I'd like to hear more about it, and would like to know if EVERY video submitted goes online. If so, then I'd be able to link to it on my blog.
That's the thing about creating this media, we want it to be available right away online, so if the new submission policy allows anyone to see it right away, that would be attractive to me.
We, Reporters
I, Reporter:
Welcome to I, Reporter - a new resource to inspire, guide, and educate citizen journalists and the news organizations that work with them."Cool.
Monday, June 20, 2005
Videoblogging: It's a continuum
Boston Final Cut Pro User Group - June 21st BOSFCPUG Meeting on FINAL CUT STUDIO:
"6:45 PM: VIDEOBLOGGING: IT'S A CONTINUUMStop by and say hi!
Videoblogger Steve Garfield will briefly talk about the advantages of putting your video up on the web in a videoblog. When you put your video in a blog, a whole new audience will be able to see your work. Much like the explosion of audio with podcasting, video on the web is about to explode as more and more people progress through the continuum: Watch, learn, create, teach.
Steve will also mention participating in the joint Tech Superpowers, Inc. and BOSFCPUG 'Going Mobile' booth at Macworld Conference and Expo Boston July 11-14th, in which the BOSFCPUG will launch a QuickTime Streaming Server in which members of the Boston digital filmmaking community can upload content to view on their respective websites and on the BOSFCPUG website.
Garfield is the Boston Correspondent with Rocketboom, a daily internet videoblog. His videos are also featured on the video blog channel of Akimbo, whose set-top box connects your broadband Internet service to your television set."
The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 26 - In the Bedroom
In this episode hilarity ensues when, while packing for a business trip, Carol discovers that Steve has hidden a video camera in the bedroom.
Well, maybe not hilarity.
Watch this episode over on my video blog.
Well, maybe not hilarity.
Watch this episode over on my video blog.
Sunday, June 19, 2005
Thumbs Up Team Oracle
Thumbs Up Team Oracle by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr.
Here I am with Team Oracle pilot Sean Tucker and Carol.
FeeVlog: Pay to play
I've started filling up my new site FeeVlog, with information about making a videoblog (vlog) using paid blogging services such as TypePad, Audioblog, BlogWare, WordPress and hosts like 1and1, and Dreamhost.
I've collected a lot of information over the past year and a half, and want to put it all out there to help people learn about videoblogging hosting options.
Comments are appreciated.
Saturday, June 18, 2005
Polaroid-o-nizer™
Use the Polaroid-o-nizer™ to turn an online photo into a 'Polaroid' picture.
via [ Quick Online Tips ]
JournalismJobs.com -- Job Listing
MSN is hiring bloggers:
I've already got too many posts flowing into my Bloglines aggregator as it is.
Why impose an artificial requirement?
I'd prefer to read a blog where I get 1 or 2 really interesting posts, then one where I get 10 average posts EVERY DAY!
There isn't any trust in that requirement.
via [ Lost Remote ]
Blog for MSN!OK, here's the thing.
Contributing editors will be responsible for:
*Writing and producing five-10 daily posts for their blog, drawing material from user submissions, the MSN network and the wider Web
I've already got too many posts flowing into my Bloglines aggregator as it is.
Why impose an artificial requirement?
I'd prefer to read a blog where I get 1 or 2 really interesting posts, then one where I get 10 average posts EVERY DAY!
There isn't any trust in that requirement.
via [ Lost Remote ]
Friday, June 17, 2005
Boston Videobloggers Dinner: Monday night in JP
I'm arranging a Boston videobloggers dinner on Monday night at Dogwood Cafe in Jamaica Plain at 7:00.
If you'd like to join us, let me know.
You don't have to be a videoblogger, we'll tell you all about it.
links for 2005-06-17
- ZipZapZop: Clark Saturn = not obvious, I liked that he plays guitar naked, I liked the beat, I like how he sings a song about the news
- Creative and entertaining, very different, PLUS with music created for the video. I like how this piece was edited and music was added.
- Street Fair - Was that a pan flute? I liked how I heard the music before seeing the players
- I liked seeing the problem and how you solved it. In the future I would like to see you go straight to the screen cast and explain the problem while watching the video of the problem instead of watching you tell us what you are going to show us and then s
- I've never played with the Sims so I found this very interesting and fun.
- Ha! So you are highlighting the best vlogs with video. Great! Some of those highlights were of images that stood out for me too! It's fun to see those images show up in your highlight.
- Lots of good editing. I picked a good day to review all the videos in my ANT.
- I liked seeing another country. I liked the in/out edit between clips, that was different. I liked the slow motion eating part
- This video made me go ahead and get going on the del.icio.us tagging links as currency thing.
I love freedom of speech, democracy, and human rights.
RConversation: Screenshots of Censorship.
Rebecca MacKinnon goes to China, online, and creates an MSN Spaces blog with the title "I love freedom of speech, democracy, and human rights."
Rebecca MacKinnon goes to China, online, and creates an MSN Spaces blog with the title "I love freedom of speech, democracy, and human rights."
Where did that video come from?
Webjay - Find link source:
This is a tool to help bloggers who post their own audio and video. The problem to solve is that when other people link directly to the audio or video without a link back to the original blog, there is no way get back the blog features like a contact address, a comments form, the blogger's text describing the audio or video, or the trackback URL.It's a start.
Objectivity is at best objectionable
Kenyatta Cheese on my recent Rocketboom report:
The appeal of the citizen journalist is that when I watch Steve Garfield, I know that I'm just dealing with the person. That person is biased, pointed, anti-something, pro-another thing, sometimes indifferent, and always everything in between. Unlike the objective professional, the citizen journalist does not deny their own humanity. They are not looking to find balance in some mythical equation. They're not looking to find parity in screentime for opposing ideas. They're just sharing what they've experienced and maybe also a little bit of what they thought about that experience. I'll take it for what it is. And if the citizen journalist blogs regularly, I can go to their text blog, read their posts, and get a better sense who they are, what they believe in, and where they're coming from.Sweet!
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Stella!
Lost Remote: Comedy Central premieres TV show online:
'Stella' doesn't premiere on Comedy Central until June 28th, but you can watch the entire first episode on ComedyCentral.com right now.Thanks for the pointer Cory.
This is going to be my new favorite show.
I just watched the first segment.
Brilliant!
Don't be trapped by dogma
Chuck points us to Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement speech:
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
FORTUNE covers the Carol and Steve Show. Sorta.
Peter Lewis has an article in Fortune on Akimbo, Video Un-Demand?.
I read it this way:
I read it this way:
"Akimbo (is) the most beguiling new toy since black lights and lava lamps. ... the most compelling selections appear to be... a couple's homemade video of themselves (fully clothed) debating whether Bo or Carrie would win this year's American Idol competition"Compelling. ;-)
It's an outliner party
Scripting News - Really Simple Groupware:
Users and developers party together. Really simple groupware. Right on.Dave Winer is looking for someone who is "a Frontier programmer who knows MacBird and can even go into the kernel to debug".
Video: Happy Birthday U.S. Army
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Army Birthday:
There was a celebration of the U.S. Army's 230th birthday in Cambridge, MA on Tuesday. Re-enactors were there, along with guys jumping out of helicopters and anti-war protestors.I happened across this event yesterday and captured it for my video blog and for Rocketboom.
J.D. Lasica: Virtual Book Tour
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: J.D. Lasica: Virtual Book Tour.
In this extended version of a report I filed for Rocketboom, I interview JD Lasica about his new book, Darknet.
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
The 11 Layers of Citizen Journalism
Poynter Online - The 11 Layers of Citizen Journalism:
A resource guide to help you figure out how to put this industry trend to work for you and your newsroom.Steve Outing explains how big media can embrace the personal media revolution.
Blogging is not enough for Eric Rice
Eric Rice :: Milestone: When blogging alone is not enough:
The diary-like semantics of blogging platforms turn the traditional publishing model on its head, which could be confusing to those that have certain expectations when seeking information.Clint Sharp: Eric Rice Mixes His Media.
Looking for Mary
Current TV: Looking For Mary:
San Francisco's Dantia MacDonald submitted a really well-done piece about representations of the Virgin Mary -- on belt buckles, biceps, and brick walls.
So You Warezed The Documentary
ASCII by Jason Scott: So You Warezed The Documentary:
You really have three choices when dealing with torrent sites: accept them gracefully and hope your product is worth buying even when downloaded elsewhere, bitch wildly in an impotent manner about how the world has become somewhere no longer to your liking, or become a complete raging jerknut with swords flailing trying to scare a billion people into buying your production using lawyers and bought-off-laws and subterfuge.
I've opted for the first approach.
Monday, June 13, 2005
Your own home TV channel
The Avcast Media Kit takes the audio/video output from any home entertainment device and broadcasts it to every TV in the home on the selected channel.
Free 46 MB/sec wi-fi in NYC
Rocketboom reports on:
- The new free wi-fi salon in Battery Park, NY which features 46 MB/sec transfers speeds
- Marshall Brown was involved in putting it all together
- Sony location free tv
- and Andrew Rasiej who is running for office in NYC.
I want to see footage of the new “Biergarten”.
BandTrax VidCast
BandTrax VidCast:
Hey CC, nice job directing the video from Now is Now.
It's great to see you branching out to video. I clicked on the earlier posting's .mp4 file, from a Mac, and didn't get the video. Had to download it as you mention in the instructions.
Come join the videoblogging group over at Yahoo! for tips on how to get the .mp4 file to stream. I think your server has to set a mime type for that .mp4 file.
Update:
If you are running Apache, and can use .htaccess files, this might
help:
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg
AddType video/quicktime .mov
Also, on your newest vidcast, providing the file as a .zip won't make it easy to subscribe to and view for people using aggregators such as FireANT. Are those vidcasts supposed to be for PSP only? Can you make an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures made up of .mov files for the band videos?
via [ CC ]
"BandTrax is now VidCasting!"It's like MTV for your RSS 2.0 feed, but without the expensive studio.
Looks like you need to right-click and Save As to download it cuz it won't seem to stream yet - at least on my Mac.
Hey CC, nice job directing the video from Now is Now.
It's great to see you branching out to video. I clicked on the earlier posting's .mp4 file, from a Mac, and didn't get the video. Had to download it as you mention in the instructions.
Come join the videoblogging group over at Yahoo! for tips on how to get the .mp4 file to stream. I think your server has to set a mime type for that .mp4 file.
Update:
If you are running Apache, and can use .htaccess files, this might
help:
AddType video/mp4 .mp4
AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg
AddType video/quicktime .mov
Also, on your newest vidcast, providing the file as a .zip won't make it easy to subscribe to and view for people using aggregators such as FireANT. Are those vidcasts supposed to be for PSP only? Can you make an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures made up of .mov files for the band videos?
via [ CC ]
Sunday, June 12, 2005
No Border
After four years of typing in border="0" to keep borders from apearing around my images, I just found out that I can add this code to my CSS Style Sheet, and voila, no more borders.
a img {
border-width:0;
}
Yay!
a img {
border-width:0;
}
Yay!
Video: Ravi, Sonia and Ortiz
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: The Carol and Steve Show: Episode 25 - Ravi, Sonia and Ortiz
Ravi and Sonia had us over for dinner. Ravi made Paella according to the recipe in Cook's Illustrated. Sonia made Mojitos.
The Downing Street Memo :: What is it?
Mark Frauenfelder points us to an excellent site about the Downing Street memo that shows the Bush administration fabricated the reasons for invading Iraq.
The contents of the memo are shocking. The minutes detail how our government did not believe Iraq was a greater threat than other nations; how intelligence was "fixed" to sell the case for war to the American public; and how the Bush Administration’s public assurances of "war as a last resort" were at odds with their privately stated intentions. When asked, British officials "did not dispute the document's authenticity." and a senior American official has described it as "absolutely accurate." Yet the Bush administration continues to simultaneously sidestep the issue while attempting to cast doubt on the memo’s authenticity.
Google is the new AOL
Jason Calacanis writes The Official Meta Lockin Shame & Short-term Solution List.
For your protection?
Adam Gaffin writes in today's Boston Globe, For your protection?:
Steve Garfield of Jamaica Plain wondered why the state inconveniences motorists by letting people park on Storrow Drive for concerts, so he wrote the state Department of Conservation and Recreation. He got back a letter stating that the policy protects the lives of concertgoers: ''The line of cars protects the thousands of spectators at the Hatch Shell from any auto accidents that would occur with passing traffic.' So now Garfield wonders whether there has ever been a case in which a car has careened out of control, jumped the curb, avoided all the trees, and wound up on the lawn in front of the Hatch Shell when there isn't a concert going on.Please contact the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and ask them to stop this misguided policy.
Saturday, June 11, 2005
I'd listen to this guy read a cereal box
Deathwatch:
"A eulogy for an HD satellite network, with some comparisons to the deaths of Terry Shaivo, John Paul II and RCA."
I might have posted this before, but it just showed up in ANT and I listened again.
"A eulogy for an HD satellite network, with some comparisons to the deaths of Terry Shaivo, John Paul II and RCA."
I might have posted this before, but it just showed up in ANT and I listened again.
Death To All Panel Sessions
Marc Canter on Death To All Panel Sessions: Corante > Get Real >
"Conferences of the future will be on-line, and 24/7/365. A brand. An IRC channel, a Wiki and a marketplace. It's a new paradigm of conferences."
technorati Tag: deathtoallpanelsessions
via [ Rebecca ]
"Conferences of the future will be on-line, and 24/7/365. A brand. An IRC channel, a Wiki and a marketplace. It's a new paradigm of conferences."
technorati Tag: deathtoallpanelsessions
via [ Rebecca ]
Origin of Podcasting
Dave Winer posts, People with erasers, about being removed from the Wikipedia entry on podcasting.
So I added him back.
Wonder how long this will stay up until someone deletes it.
Podcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The entry for vlog is a mess.
Please note:
On January 1, 2004, Garfield made a New Years resolution to make putting video on the web easier, and documented it with a new video blog, and his video post, "2004: The Year of the Videoblog."
So I added him back.
Wonder how long this will stay up until someone deletes it.
Podcasting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Using RSS, David Winer helped former NPR host Christopher Lydon attached audio files to his weblog.I know how you feel Dave.
The entry for vlog is a mess.
Please note:
On January 1, 2004, Garfield made a New Years resolution to make putting video on the web easier, and documented it with a new video blog, and his video post, "2004: The Year of the Videoblog."
Videoblogger Videoconference: Today at 3:00 PM EDT
Videoblogger Videoconferences - Voxmedia Wiki:
Check it out even it you are not a video blogger. You might want to become one after the conference is over.
We are scheduled for 12 noon PDT = 3pm EDT = 7pm GMT video conference.This is a very cool technology that lets anyone with a webcam/video camera join in on a video conference to both see and talk to each other.
All are welcome.
room is open ten minutes prior for newbies and sound and audio testing please see wiki for agenda and add the items you want to discuss - also other details, archives, participant lists, etc
please add yourself to the participant list: name, vlog, IM, rank and serial number please (if you are new to wiki, just click edit and make like everyone else - register if you like).
Conference NEWBIES Please Note:
1. This is kinda like a walkie-talky. You press the big bar to add/remove your self from queue when wanting to speak (a hand icon will appear/disappear).
2. You MUST press big button when finished speaking to let others have turn.
3. There is a chat tab. Use it please. If you are not sending/receiving audio or video, people can let you know.
4. Do NOT encourage Clint to put his cat on top of his dog.
5. Know that it is ok to drop in anytime during the conference if you can't join at the start.
Check it out even it you are not a video blogger. You might want to become one after the conference is over.
Microcasting, videocasting and Multimedia Blogging
Michael Sullivan writes about video and blogging - Yahoo! Groups : videoblogging Messages : Message 13778 of 13787:
I have a videoblog and I syndicate my video content using RSS2 (with enclosures) which allows me to broadcast media on the Internet, though in actuality I am microcasting since I have a small audience/subscriber base.
Friday, June 10, 2005
Video of an Art Mob
Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Art Mob:
The Berkman Blog Group formed an Art Mob and stormed the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston and ruthlessly blogged the current art exhibit, Getting Emotional, with text, audio, video, and pencils.It's like you were there.
I love getting comments
Yesterday Jack emailed me to say that my comments link was going to the same page as my permalink.
I checked it out and it was true.
That made me think that my comments were broken.
Turns out that you could still leave comments, but you have to click TWICE, to be able to leave them.
Now, when you click the comments link, you'll be sent right to a page where you can read other's comments and add your own.
Have fun!
Here's the code to use on your blogger blog if you still have the old comments code in there:
Blogger Help : Comments Tags
I checked it out and it was true.
That made me think that my comments were broken.
Turns out that you could still leave comments, but you have to click TWICE, to be able to leave them.
Now, when you click the comments link, you'll be sent right to a page where you can read other's comments and add your own.
Have fun!
Here's the code to use on your blogger blog if you still have the old comments code in there:
Blogger Help : Comments Tags
<BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
<a href="<$BlogItemCommentCreate$>"
<$BlogItemCommentFormOnClick$>>
<$BlogItemCommentCount$> comments</a>
</BlogItemCommentsEnabled>
Word plus Photo = Paper
wordPhoto.org - commence visual interpretation please.
Photography is often a battle against motivation. Much like writers block can slow down the best authors, photographers can often get lazy without something specific to shoot.Word.
This site presents photographers with a challenge - take a new photograph specifically for the word of the day, and post it for the rest of us to see. The only description and caption you get to include with your image is the word of the day (which the site does for you).
via [ JD Lasica ]
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Audioblog: Art Mob ICA
MP3 File
Technorati Tags: vlog | ArtMobICA
Art Mobsters:
Andy Carvin Blog Post.
This evening, I joined a group of Harvard Berkman Bloggers at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art for an "art mob." We would all explore the ICA's current exhibit and blog, vlog and podcast our perspectives.
Andy Carvin podcast.
Mal Watlington.
What follows is an impromtu interview with some of my blogging peers, during which they reveal a diversity of technique . . . one of the aspects of the blogging culture that makes this emerging form of public conversation a constantly unfolding surprise.Josh Ain:
I'm here in the 'getting emotional' exhibit at the Boston institute of contemporary art, liveblogging with the group from the berkman center. I'm sitting in the middle of the 'feelings portrayed' room, and it is all faces. ... My keypresses puncture the relative silence of the room with staccato breaks. ... The people on the walls are uncomfortable. I'm sitting on the floor, uncomfortable. Yet, this is my favorite room of the exhibit.Shimon Rura.
Lisa Williams.
You can listen to poscasts without an iPod
Clea Simon writes WBZ gears up for podcasting:
Infinity isn't designing custom reports just for iPod listeners. You can listen on your computer too, or any portable media player. I'll explain it one more time.
Customised reports are designed for downloading to your computer via an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures.
These reports are automatically downloaded to your computer by an aggregator such as ipodder, iPodderX, ANT, etc.
You subscribe to the programs that you want to hear, and they are transfered to your computer when there is a new show.
At that point you can choose to listen to the show on your computer OR transfer it to a portable media palyer, of which one option is an iPod.
The Infinity initiative will start next month with New York station WINS. The only other details announced thus far about the upcoming launch is that it will offer customized reports designed for iPod listeners, as opposed to the simple computer streaming of the station's live broadcasts.No.
Infinity isn't designing custom reports just for iPod listeners. You can listen on your computer too, or any portable media player. I'll explain it one more time.
Customised reports are designed for downloading to your computer via an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures.
These reports are automatically downloaded to your computer by an aggregator such as ipodder, iPodderX, ANT, etc.
You subscribe to the programs that you want to hear, and they are transfered to your computer when there is a new show.
At that point you can choose to listen to the show on your computer OR transfer it to a portable media palyer, of which one option is an iPod.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Musical Baton
I saw that Lisa had written about this Musical Baton meme and found it interesting. She then passed the baton to Sooz who passed it along to me.
Here goes:
Music on my hard drive: 1.25 GB, 11.2 hours.
After my hard drive crashed I decided to only load back the songs that I liked the most. Not the whole CD, like I did when I first imported everything into iTunes. So I've got a library, that when played in shuffle mode, always plays a song that I like.
The last CD I bought was:
Dream #29 by Cindy Bullens. I bought it directly from her from her website. I've been a big fan for a long time.
Song playing right now:
None, but it would be anything by Imogen Heap and if I had to pick one song it would be Let Go by Frou Frou (Imogen and Guy Sigworth), which was used on the Garden State soundtrack.
Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
Agenda Suicide - The Faint
Life in Mono - Mono
A Letter From Home - Ulrich Schnauss
Chemicals - The Control Group
Rock You Gently - Jennifer Warnes
How Soon is Now (Smiths Cover) - tATu
Five people I am passing the baton to:
oops.
I dropped the baton.
Let's do this.
I'm passing the baton to the people who read this blog.
If you are reading this, and want to grab the Musical Baton from my hand, go for it and post a link in the comments to your blog post.
Here it is...
Grab it!
Here goes:
Music on my hard drive: 1.25 GB, 11.2 hours.
After my hard drive crashed I decided to only load back the songs that I liked the most. Not the whole CD, like I did when I first imported everything into iTunes. So I've got a library, that when played in shuffle mode, always plays a song that I like.
The last CD I bought was:
Dream #29 by Cindy Bullens. I bought it directly from her from her website. I've been a big fan for a long time.
Song playing right now:
None, but it would be anything by Imogen Heap and if I had to pick one song it would be Let Go by Frou Frou (Imogen and Guy Sigworth), which was used on the Garden State soundtrack.
Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
Agenda Suicide - The Faint
Life in Mono - Mono
A Letter From Home - Ulrich Schnauss
Chemicals - The Control Group
Rock You Gently - Jennifer Warnes
How Soon is Now (Smiths Cover) - tATu
Five people I am passing the baton to:
oops.
I dropped the baton.
Let's do this.
I'm passing the baton to the people who read this blog.
If you are reading this, and want to grab the Musical Baton from my hand, go for it and post a link in the comments to your blog post.
Here it is...
Grab it!
Art Mobs at Boston's ICA
Thursday Meetings at Berkman: June 9 Blogging As Performance Art:
June 9 Blogging As Performance ArtAlso check out today's Rocketboom report on Art Mobs at MoMA.
Moderator: Lisa Williams
This week the Berkman Blog Group will storm the Institute for Contemporary Art and ruthlessly blog the current art exhibit, Getting Emotional.
Note that this week we will be meeting at the Institute for Contemporary Art at 7PM. The ICA is free on Thursday evenings. Afterwards, we will partake of the free Newbury St. wi-fi and eat at one of the neighborhood restaurants. Break out your snazziest blog-pajamas for this one.
Geek My Ride II
I'm working with Tech Superpowers to produce a documentary on the making of the Geek My Ride II installation.
Boston Final Cut Pro User Group - Making Macworld Mobile:
New for the 2005 'Geek My Ride' Lexus are two complete 'backseat' editing suites powered by Apple's Xsan, the shared storage solution that allows for extreme performance with multiple workstations. All of this, made portable by Tech Superpowers, will allow for filmmakers to enter the contest together. With one person working on effects and titling, and the other editing the final video, the emphasis is on team editing in a collaborative environment that has been a staple of the mission and outreach of BOSFCPUG.See you at MacWorld.
