Kirk Meets Uhura

CNN.com/LIVE 04/30/09

CNN.com/LIVE 04/30/09, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

I was on CNN.com/LIVE today talking about Obama's 100 days press conference, Biden's Today Show comments, and the H1N1 virus.

Obama gets an A for style like American Idol's Adam Lambert and a B for content like Danny Gokey.

@joebiden needs to check out @cdcemergency for official recomendations on travel.

Me: Worry is the worthless emotion.
Naamua Delaney: Guilt and Worry.
Me: You read the same book I did!

Dr. Wayne Dyer
Your Erroneous Zones

CNN.com/LIVE Blogger Bunch

CNN.com/LIVE Blogger Bunch, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

I'm going to be back on CNN.com/LIVE today at 12:00 with Rachel Campos-Duffy and John Robb talking about Obama and possibly H1N1.

Follow me on twitter for live updates and converstion while I'm live.

How to Watch
When you go over to CNN.com/LIVE, you'll see four thumbnails on the left hand side of the page. Each of those thumbnail images indicates a LIVE CNN video stream.



At noon, those will change and you'll see one of the thmbnails that says something about Obama.

The user interface of this page could be improved to make it more clear that the images on the left will lead you to a live stream when clicked.

Simply adding text would help.



Update from CNN:

They are workign at improving this. Also, at noon there will be a banner at the top of CNN.com’s main page that will send people to the live stream.

Video: Adam Lambert sings Feeling Good on American Idol

Happy to see how American Idol makes it easy to share performances online.

via [ Rickey.org ]

Social Media Breakfast at Puma City Boston

I was back at Puma City yesterday for the Social Media Breakfast. I took the Orange line in, stopping at Downtown Crossing and then wandering around there for a while trying to decipher the directions to the Silver Line. Took the Red Line to South Station, and got on the Silver Line for one stop to the Courthouse.

Got there early at 8:05 and mingled with so many great people, I won't be able to list them all.

Next up were some presentations on Puma, Saving the Bay, Getting a Job, passion and clickable videos. I used the time to shoot some photos while listening.



Went to lunch afterwards at YadaYada, 34 Farnsworth Street. Great place. I had a cabbage sald with feta and beans. So good.

Here are some twitter names from the lunch crowd:

@jeffcutler @cmajor @stuartcfoster @yiseowl @bostonmarketer @ariherzog @mikelangford @kevinpalmer @jessica_kane @Mathurrell @richsands

Jeff Cutler grabbed a quick Qik video:



Yes, the camera is close to your face. Good audio.

Ford Fiesta: Chased down the street

This IS hillarious!

Here's the photo Kevin got.

Follow Kevin on twitter.

Follow me too!

How to Get A Job at HubSpot

In my final lecture of the semester at BU I talked about how to get a job. The example I used was for a Paid Summer Audio/Video Internship that's available at Hubspot.

Here are the contact details:

Rebecca Corliss
HubSpot
617-401-2815
Blog: www.rebeccacorliss.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/repcor

You could just call over to Hubspot and ask to speak with Rebecca, but I think there's a better way.

Show HubSpot that you can already do the job and that you understand what the company does before you call.

This will take some work, but it'll be worth it.

1. Visit the company's website.

Head over to HubSpot.com and read about the company. Learn about the products and services that they provide.

Hey, they've got a blog. What are they writing about? Oh look, there are some videos there. What kinds of videos are they currently making? Music Videos?



You Oughta Know Inbound Marketing.

Yes.

2. Learn and understand what they do.

Figure out what the company does and be able to explain it to someone.

3. Do the job.

Think about it. Who are they going to be interested in hiring, someone who knows nothing abot the company, or someone who has spent some quality time getting to know what HubSpot does and what they are about?

This is a video job. Be able to point them to your website where you can show off your video production skills. Make a video that they might be able to use on their site and post it to the web. Show them that you have the skills needed to do the job.

4. Get to know people from the company.

Visit Rebecca's twitter feed and blog. See what she has to say about the company.

HubSpot opens up their offices every Friday at 4:00 when they broadcast a live web tv show, HubSpot.tv. Go to that. Meet the people. See what they are like and find out more about the company's needs for audio and video.

Let me know when you get hired.

UPDATE 4/28 4:19 PM:
I met my friend Rick Burnes at this morning's Social Media Breakfast, and he told me that he had also just written a post about how to get a job, Ten Tips for Marketing Job-Seekers in the Class of 2009.

Guess what the irony is? He works at HubSpot and interviews people!

Puma City Boston featuring Music by Natalie Gelman

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nataliegelman.com
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Puma City Boston

Puma Ocean Racing

Steve Garfield: Featured on the Ideas Project

Ideas Project: Citizen journalism will break into network news:

"Pioneering videoblogger Steve Garfield says that a combination of technologies will make it possible to stream live reports from the cell phones of citizen journalists to network news. The tremendous advantages this offers in the way of ubiquity, cost-effectiveness, and authenticity will almost certainly bring the kind of disruptive effect to television media that Internet audience dynamics has had on traditional print journalism."

Very cool set of interviews I did with Nokia at SXSW.

There are four parts to the interview:



part 1 Citizen Journalism and tools I use including Mogulus, also references The Uptake and Qik.



part 2 Integration of Mogulus and Qik!



part 3 TV embracing the audience



part 4 NECN, snowstorm, Mogulus, Qik

Social Media Desktop: Twhirl and Tweetie

Social Media Desktop: Twhirl and Tweetie, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

My Social Media Desktop has Twhirl on the left with Friendfeed, then Tweetie with an @stevegarfield search and finally a twitter pane where I toggle two accounts.

Obama shakes hands, does not dine alone.

Noonan: Past, President and Future - WSJ.com:

"Mr. Obama shakes hands with everyone, as is appropriate, for if American presidents dined only with leaders of high moral caliber and democratic disposition, they'd often sit alone at the table of nations."

Nice.

Beer or Wine?

Swan at Jamaica Pond

Shot with a Flip mino and edited with iMovie 09, then uploaded directly to YouTube.

Manny Delcarmen Talks to Regan Youth Baseball Teams

Regan Youth Baseball League

Regan Youth Baseball League, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

Manny Delcarmen - Boston Red Sox PItcher

Manny Delcarmen - Boston Red Sox PItcher, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA

I Can't Open It: The Elevator

Millie comes home from Florida to find her elevator out of service. She can't open it! How is she going to get all her luggage and gorceries up the stairs to her apartment?

Caprica: Watch on Panasonic VieraCast or Tivo HD

I want to watch the preview of next season's Caprica TV show and am looking into streaming it to my TV.

Amazon Video on Demand allows you to view the show online, download to a PC or portable device, and also send it to either a TiVo box or connected device, which in my case is a Panasonic TV with VieraCast.

Once you sign up and register your device, you can watch either way. The differences are interesting.

Let's look at hte specs:

TiVo HD

File Size 3.8 GB
Bitrate 5000 kbps
Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
Audio Channels 5.1

With the TiVo you are downloading the video and watching like you would any other TiVo show. NOte the audio is 5.1.

Pansonica VieraCast

Variable Bitrate
300 Kbps
600 Kbps 480p
900 Kbps 480p
1.2 Mbps 480p
2.5 Mbps 720p HD
Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
Audio Channels 2

With VieraCast you are streaming the video in real time with no wait to start watching. Quality will vary depending on your bitrate.

I'm getting a download speed of 29,728 so I should see the highest quality.

Have you tried either of these methods. I'd love to hear you thoughts.

I purchased this episode on Amazon On Demand and when my purchase was complete, I clicked to Download it to my TiVo.

Got this acknowledgement back.



I like the idea of being able to pause the show with my TiVo.



Update II:

Just watched the Caprica downoad on the TiVo HD. Awesome. Perfect sound and picture qualtiy.

Great show too.

I'm looking forward to next year and the series.

Star Trek: As seen on CNN iReport