MITX: Internet Video

MITX: Internet Video - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Qik Live streamed video archives are here:

qik.com/video/19659
qik.com/video/19663
qik.com/video/19667
qik.com/video/19669
qik.com/video/19676
qik.com/video/19677

Dear Comcast: AT&T is smarter than you

Media 3.0 and MediaBytes With Shelly Palmer - Technology, Media and Entertainment News and Opinions:

"STARBUCKS has dropped T-MOBILE and will use AT&T to supply WiFi to its coffee shops. Customers will be given free access when making purchases on a Starbucks card. In addition, AT&T’s 12 million broadband subscribers will have free access to the networks"

Dear Comcast,
Please provide your broadband subscribers free access to the Comcast WiFi network at Logan International airport.
K Thx Bye,
--Steve

Reporting by cell phone

TwinCities.com - Twin Cities / Newest anchors report by cell phone:

"UpTake cut to Steve Garfield, another phone-packing correspondent, reporting from a Boston bar near Fenway Park.

It was a seminal Web-video moment. UpTake viewers could participate during the live webcasts by sending text-based queries and comments, which Barnett and Garfield could see on their handsets and answer."

Blog entry: The UpTake pushes online-journo envelope

Here's some more background on my Massachusetts Primary coverage by cellphone over ATT via Qik to Mogulus:

I got a call on my iPhone tht Corrine was ready to have me go online from Boston, so I put the ear buds in and listened to her over the phone while I started the Qik software on the N95 and got my first guest ready to join me outside.

I went out side and turned n the stream and started reporting from Boston. Then I interviewed my first guest and then towards the end of the interview when I spoke with Corrine it seems like there was an issue and she had to switch to Chuck Olsen and go live with him since the battery on his laptop was dying.

So that stream was saved on Qik, but not stream at the same time to Mogulus. We tried again, and this time I went live and reported for 23 minutes from the streets of Boston out side Boston Beer Works near Fenway park.

The guests spoke about the election and viewers could chat directly to my phone and ask questions.

Throughout the interviews I propped up the N95 with both arms to keep it steady and also used the building as a pseudo tripod.

Having years experience using these small cameras I know where to hold it to get myself in the frame and then turned to my interviewee to get them in the frame.

The sound was good both inside and out.

When I got home I was able to watch the streams and see how they looked. Pretty clear for both audio and video.

Then I turned on The UpTake to see what was online, and it someone was doing a microphone check, so I went to bed nad turned on CNN for election results.

Ironic.

Reporting for The UpTake: Massachusetts Primary

Here's a 23:41 video of my LIVE broadcast from Boston Beer Works on Primary night 2/5/08.

It was the first integrated LIVE broadcast between Qik and Mogulus. I was excited to be able to work with both companies to make this happen. Thanks a lot. It gives us a glimpse of the future.

You can go to the page on Qik for this video and see all the comments I was getting while broadcasting live from my Nokia N95-3 cellphone over the 3G network to Qik. Comments people make while I am online get streamed to the phone where I can read them while shooting the video.

The stream was then directed to Mogulus which broadcast my stream live to The UpTake viewers.

After I ended the stream the video was posted to Seesmic, where people could post video replies around the video and have a conversation about it.

Featured:
Qik Blog: Super Tuesday with Steve Garfield

The UpTake: Massachusetts Primary Qik Cam Coverage

Mashable: Mogulus Integrates Qik Mobile Streaming–Super Tueesday Coverage

Obama Rally Boston 9/4/08

Obama Rally Boston 9/4/08 - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Head over to qik.com/stevegarfield to watch the ten videos I broadcast live from the Obama rally last night in Boston. I started out using the ATT 3G network and then switched to the free WiFi.

People how were watching live could chat with me live as I streamed and I could ajust my coverage based on their comments.

Best moment, when the viewers guided me over to the C-SPAN camera nd I talked to the C-Span cmaera guy for a moment and tehn got my N95 on C-SPAN... Ha ha. When I got home and listened to the audio, I was amazed at the good quality. Steve-Span!

My Super Tuesday Coverage Plans With The UpTake

Get a detailed look at my diagram, Happanstance Broadcasting.

via The UpTake: Steve Garfield’s Super Tuesday Coverage Plans With The UpTake

Cross posted to techPresident: Steve Garfield's Super Tuesday Coverage Plans With The UpTake.

Also on YouTube.

Twitter Meetup in Boston on 2/5.

More coverage:

Mogulus.
Jeff Pulver.
Lee Stranahan.
Milk and Cookies.
Sarah Meyers: Super Tuesday Live with Qik and Mogulus

MacBook Pro Leopard Bluetooth Connected ATT 3G Speed Test

Speakeasy - Speed Test
1,091 kbps Download speed
271 kbps Upload speed

Connect MacBook Pro Leopard to Nokia N95-3 ATT Modem

After tethering my Nokia N95-3 to my Macbook Pro over Bluetooth, here are hte settings I used to get my Nokia N95-3 running on the ATT 3G network to be a modem for my MacBook Pro.

Didn't need to download any scripts at all.

It just worked.

Note:
Account Name: WAP@CINGULARGRPS.COM
Password: CINGULAR1

via Bluetooth tether N95-3 to Mac OS 10.4.10

Qik Video Conferencing :)

qik stream with cashhustleinc - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Bhaskar from Qik writes:

Today I was amazed by what Steve Garfield and CashHustleInc did - live 2-way video conferencing usig Qik.

How you ask? It was ridiculously simple - now that I think about it. Steve had 2 browser windows open side-by-side one with his video stream and the other with the stream from CashHustleInc. and CashHustleInc had the same. It was amazing to watch as they started this and then invited their Twitter friends to chat and all of a sudden we we were all chatting and experiencing the video conference going on between the two.

Here at Qik HQ, we talk about the million and one uses of Qik. Well, thanks to Steve Garfield and CashHustleInc we found yet another one. Pretty darn cool!

Yay!

My Macworld Keynote Predictions

Might as well get my Macworld predictions written down so we can look back at them later and laugh...



Here's what I'd like to see announced at Macworld:

1. Video Camera with WiFi and ATT service.
Combine the experience of the Nokia N95 video camera with ATT service, and include that in a video camera that has an audio in jack and a regular tripod mount. Partner with Nokia on a phone that's more video camera than phone? I guess what makes more sense is a video iPhone. Is that something too obvious to predict?

2. Ultra Portable Computer with WiFi and ATT service.
Now that we've seen the life changing results of the iPhone, let's see if some of the functionality of being able to carry around a device that's both a micro laptop and a phone can be designed into something between the iPhone and MacBook Pro.

3. HD TV with a Macintosh built in.
I predicted this a few Macworlds ago, but it didn't happen, so it's fair to predict it again. Instead of trying to attach some kind of add-on box to a TV to give it access to the internet, why not just take a Macintosh and shove it inside a TV. A partnership with Sharp would be sweet. You really don't even need the TV part anymore since it'll end up being connected to a service provider any way. So how about a 42" Cinema Display Macintosh HD TV?

Primary Election Day in New Hampshire

I did some live coverage out at a polling place in Merrimack, NH today...

Here are the reports:

Merrimack, NH Polling Place


Hillary Suporter


Barack Obama Supporter


Duncan Hunter Supporter


Ant-War Protestor/John Edwards Supporter