Video: New Media Tools you can use to tell your story RIGHT NOW!

Steve Garfield's "New Media Tools you can use to tell your story RIGHT NOW!" session from the Social Media Jungle: Boston.

Thanks Jeff Glasson for taping and posting this!

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.

Talking Politics with Jesus

Cup O Politics' Phil Johnson has a chat with Jesus about the 2008 Presidential Primary election. Who is Jesus supporting? Huckabee, Romney, someone else? Watch 'Talking Politics with Jesus' to find out.

Steve Garfield on Jonny's Par-tay

Steve Garfield on Jonny's Par-tay - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

I had lots of fun on Jonny's Par-tay.

Watch:

Chat With Me LIVE on Wednesday night with Jonny Goldstein

Action! - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Par-tay with Steve Garfield, this Weds, Nov 21, 9PM EST:

Come chat with Steve Garfield, emerging auteur filmmaker, the Paul Revere of Videoblogging, founder of Boston Media Makers, nation trotting evangelist of DIY media this Wednesday on Jonny’s Par-tay.

What: Jonny’s Par-tay, the live interactive web video talk show
Who: Steve Garfield, Jonny Goldstein, and you
How to watch: Just go to jonnygoldstein.com
Interactivity: Interact via the live chatroom and if you have a webcam and an operator11.com account, we can even put you on via video.
When: 9PM EST, Wednesday, Nov 21

Podcast: A Sit-Down With "The Vlogfather"

Jose Castillo was in Boston recently and we made time to get together in Cambridge for lunch. Jose is one of my favorite podcasters. You might know him from his ThinkJose T-Shirts that say things like "Your Podcast is Lame." Ha Ha!

Here is a podcast he recently recorded with me.

Enjoy!



Streamingmedia.com: Podcast: A Sit-Down With "The Vlogfather":

"Jose Castillo chats with vlogging pioneer Steve Garfield. Jose and Tim talk briefly about the upcoming 2008 Streaming Media Industry Sourcebook, and then Jose interviews 'VlogFather' Steve Garfield who explains the difference between a Vlog (video blog) and a video podcast."

What was really fun was listening to the world through headphones with his amazing microphones. Everything sounded so great!

Thanks Jose!

Sunny Gault Propoganda

Sunny Gault Propoganda - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

This screen cap is from Sunny Gault's New Show on Veoh, Propaganda: Podcast Expo, The Husbands, Around the World For Free.

Hi Sunny!

My History of Videoblogging

Joel Mark Witt interviewed me at Podcamp Philadelphia 2007. I think this is a great interview where I talk about how I got started in videoblogging, the importance of community and how easy it is to get started.