Vlog Soup - iJustine iPhone Bill

Vlog Soup - iJustine iPhone Bill - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Watch the video Vlog Soup - iJustine iPhone Bill.

OpenCoffee Boston 8/17/07

OpenCoffee Boston 8/17/07 - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Lots of Colors in a Garage

Lots of Colors in a Garage - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Stained Glass Woman

Stained Glass Woman - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Happy iPhone Winners in Newspaper

Happy iPhone Winners in Newspaper - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

I went down to BostonNOW yesterday to pick up the iPhone that I won.

Here's the photo that they put in the newspaper today.

IT Conversations: Mike Hudack

Jon Udell interviews Mike Hudack.

This is a great interview with Mike Hudack if you are interested in learning about videoblogging and blip.tv's early development of video hosting and sharing video on the net.

Vlog Soup - Fearless Cooking Pigeons

Grace Piper from Fearless Cooking travels to Paris and ends up buying and cooking pigeons! Yikes!

Wine in the fridge

Wine in the fridge - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

More on the iPhone:

1. I can receive email on my Dreamhost, Comcast and .Mac accounts, BUT can only send email with .Mac. I've read some posts about this. Any help in the comments would be appreciated. Thanks.

2. This photo was finally sent from my iPhone after I made .Mac my default email account.

3. If you want to take a photo and not look at the virtual photo shutter button, you can look at the button, see where to press it, press it, then aim the lens and when you release your finger the photo is taken. This is a good tip for people who like to take self-portraits.

4. I CAN NOT believe how LAME the ringtones are. Please. I would even BUY some better ringtones.

5. My really great headphones can't be used with the iPhone because the jack does not fit. Need adapter.

6. I can watch m4v videos on the web via WiFi. Awesome!

7. VIDEO: How to encode for iPhone by Lan Bui.

OpenCoffee Club Thursday

1st iPhone Beautiful Mistake

1st iPhone Beautiful Mistake - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

First impressions:

Setup was very easy. It's the Apple way of doing things. I transferred my Verizon phone # over to AT&T and the iPhone was activated within minutes. No problems like people had during the initial registrations.

Syncing the iPhone was flawless. The on screen help guided me through deciding what music, photo, email accounts and videos I wanted transferred to the iPhone. Everything worked as advertised.

Learning the iPhone interface was a pleasure. It's very attractive.

I set up desktop wallpaper, browsed the web sith Safari, and checked out the maps feature.

I successfully sent and email and took a photo. One thing I found interesting is that the shutter button for taking photos is a soft button, meaning there is no physical shutter button. That will take some getting used to.

I'm still trying to send a photo to flickr via email...

Update: Sending a photo to flickr worked with .Mac email account.

More info at Apple here: iPhone: Send mail not working.



Watch the video: Unboxing iPhone: Compating iPhone to Nokia N95. In the video I unbox the iPhone and compare the size of the iPhone to Nokia N95.

Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

I spent some time in the Boston Public Library today. It's an amazing building.

John Wilpers Out at BostonNOW

Boston notNow - More Inside Track - BostonHerald.com:

"John Wilpers is out as editor-in-chief of BostonNOW, the upstart freebie newspaper that launched last spring. "

I'm sad to hear that John Wilpers is no longer Editor-in-Chief at BostonNOW. John contacted me early on, and I consulted with him on how to work with local bloggers. To me, John Wilpers was BostonNOW.

I'm looking forward to getting together with him for a coffee.

Vlog Soup - Galacticast: Robo Jew

Vlog Soup: Vlog Soup - Galacticast: Robo Jew.

This episode of Vlog Soup features the Sci-Fi comedy parody Galacticast. My friends Casey and Rudy kick it off with the first episode of Season 2, Robo Jew vs. the Giant Nazi Women of the SS. Funny with one cringe worthy moment. We ask two locals what they think. Caitlin Hennessy, Local Irish Woman Zalman Ben Schultz, Local Jewish Man Watch the full episode at Galacticast.com. "It's been part of my lifelong job to make the world laugh at Adolf Hitler." -- Mel Brooks See how many pop culture refernces you can find in this episode.

Nokia N95: How to Edit Video

Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Nokia N95: How to Edit Video.

This video shows you step by step how to edit video on the Nokia N95 and then publish to a blog.

Video Blogging

Michael Meiser's thoughts on Video Blogging:

We call video blogging "video blogging" and not "video podcasting" because it isn't television and it isn't only about news and entertainment. It's roots and all the things that are important to it come from blogging world and remebering those roots are what keep videoblogging going strong.

Another World is Possible

Go read David Rovics' Letter from Nagasaki, he starts is with this:

"Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution: “Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.”"

A must read.

I am McLovin

Superbad looks funny.

Note: Click the little speaker image above FUN STUFF to turn on the sound.

Are the funniest parts of the movie in this little free player?

Click on "Grab It" and look at all the cool options you have for sharing this little movie player. I posted this from over on Martin's Musings without even leaving his site.

Both Superbad and "Grab It" are cool.

NEW Flickr Upload photos upgrade

I just tried out the new Flickr: Upload photos page. Very cool. When you click on the browse button to select your photos, you can select multiple photos, and the new upload page will upload them all!

Spices of Life: Single Millie, Quick and Easy

Spices of Life: Single Millie, Quick and Easy - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

This is is where I was all day, in this Spices of Life Final Cut Pro timeline. Here's a video capture of me moving through the timeline so you can see the related video.

Watch my mom on Spices of Life:

Click To Play

Head over to Spices of Life, Dinner Doctor: Single Millie, Quick and Easy and leave a comment for Nina.


Check out the Spices of Life's Dinner Doctor: Single Millie, Quick and Easy Flickr photo set.

Vlog Soup - Break A Leg

Vlog Soup - Break A Leg - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

I watched Break A Leg today for the first time. Very funny. Lots of people are taking notice.

I like how they are not afraid to use silence. You don't see that too often on TV.

I decided to have a little fun with this Minisode:
David's Bad Day over on VLOG SOUP. Head over and watch the video.

Break A Leg, Seen Here:

NewTeeVee: Startup Watch: For Your Imagination

Blip.TV: The Jewish Week Cheers ‘Break A Leg’

Blinkx Vlog Soup Video Wall

Vlog Soup - Lan Bui

Vlog Soup - Lan Bui - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

New Vlog Soup - Lan Bui's Picture Videos. See how they were transformed into a cartoon with Toonamation rototooning.

Give Casey McKinnon Credit

Photo taken by Lan Bui: lanbui.com

Give us credit | Technology | Guardian Unlimited:

"Now that the excitement over reality TV is dying down, a new budget-saving television revolution is upon us: internet video reruns. Later this year, many stations across America will be launching shows featuring some of the most popular web videos you've already seen. They'll also be screwing the producers of those videos – people like me - out of royalties, recognition and more."

This is a very important issue for video producers to be aware of. Read the article for more.

Vlog Soup Network: Recent Members

Vlog Soup Network: Recent Members - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Check out the recent members of the Vlog Soup Network over on NING.

Thanks for joining!

Join the Vlog Soup Network today.

Like Facebook? Join Vlog Soup Fans on Facebook.

Steve Garfield on Mogulus.com

Just added today's Vlog Soup and Bre's Make Podcast to my Mogulus.TV channel: Steve Garfield Live.

I'd like to know if viewership statistics are being shared back to YouTube, for the videos that people import from YouTube into their channels.

The response from Mogulus.com:

For the record, we have no relation whatsoever with YouTube. Users are free to upload videos that originate from that site as long as it does not violate our terms of use.

Electric Skychurch

"Heaven" (mp3)
from "Sonic Diary - Mixed"
by Electric Skychurch
(Cyberset Music)
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I'm using this music for a production I'm working on. You should see it soon.

Reviewing the TubeMogul Uploads

I've been trying out TubeMogul to upload my videos to a bunch of video hosting sites to see if they gain any traction.

One thing I've noticed, in addition to the differing quality of the encodes, is how each site handles URL's.

For my most recent Vlog Soup post featuring Bre Pettis of Make Magazine, I visited each site to see the results.

YouTube - Complete text with clickable links. Nice quality letter-boxed video too.


Yahoo! - Complete text and URL's are not clickable. Nice quality letter-boxed video.


MySpace - Complete text and URL's are not clickable.



MetaCafe - Complete text and URL's are not clickable.


Revver

Dailymotion - Complete text with clickable links


Brightcove - Doesn't include the complete text and URL's are not clcikable.


I manually uploaded this video to blip.tv. When you use TubeMogul the URL's don't become clickable automatically, but you'll notice that blip.tv does support wide screen.

I'll have to visit the sites to see if adding HTML will make the URL's clickable, but it would be nice if they were automatically made clickable like on YouTube and DailyMotion.

Conclusion
For my first test, YouTube and DailyMotion win for best text formatting, maintaining all the text of the post, and for making the links clickable.

Blip.tv has the best support for wide screen, keeping the original size, plus they give you access to the original QuickTime file for viewing online and for RSS 2.0 with enclosures downloads. YouTube adds letter boxing to provide the second best video experience.

Bre Pettis Makes a Ring out of a Coin

Bre Pettis Makes a Ring out of a Coin - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

In this episode of Vlog Soup we highlight Bre Pettis who shows you how to Make a Ring from a Coin on the Make: Video Podcast.

Boston Media Makers LIVE

Boston Media Makers LIVE - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

We had a really fun Boston Media Makers meeting this morning that proved once again that the intelligence is in the audience.

Meeting report being updated here...

Matthew Ebel Fauxtobooth

Matthew Ebel Fauxtobooth - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

My Mattew Ebel LIVE pics are over on flickr.

Boston Media Makers: Sunday Morning in JP

REMINDER: Boston Media Makers

Next Meeting:
Sunday August 5th

When:
10:00 AM

Where:
Sweet Finnish
761 Centre Street
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130
42.31, -71.1152

Actually We Can All Coexist

MediaPost Publications - Will Users or the Pros Prevail? -:

"As Internet video moves from amateur hour to primetime, the question arises whether professionally produced material will begin to crowd out the user-generated clips that have made YouTube a media phenomenon. Already, a new wave of video initiatives promising higher quality production values are popping up on sites previously known for hosting viral clips."

via [ The Daily Reel ]

Flickr to Become the Flickr for Video

San Jose Mercury News - Yahoo revamps video site as it chases YouTube:

"'...Mike Folgner, Yahoo's general manager for video, said in an interview. Yahoo's Flickr photo-sharing site will also be adding video, he said.

One of our strategies is to put video everywhere you are on the Internet,' said Folgner, who joined the Sunnyvale company last year through Yahoo's acquisition of video site Jumpcut. 'We're going to build a much better destination for you to access all this different content.'"

via [ MediaBytes ]

Wonder why it took so long.

Vlog Soup - Picture New York

Conan - Wine Expert

Wine expert Gary Vaynerchuk teaches Conan that wine tastes just like grass, rocks, dirt, and socks.

Irony: Globe in A Box

From YouTube.com via Huffington Post

The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris can't say dick but he can say penis in his review of Andy Samberg's new movie, Stuntman comedy stints on story:

"Samberg, Taccone, and 'Hot Rod' director Akiva Schaffer are part of a short-filmmaking comedy trio called the Lonely Island, and Taccone and Schaffer also write for 'SNL.' Samberg starred in two of their heavily forwarded clips. The funnier and more popular of them, a song that first appeared last year on 'SNL,' deserves a spot on the Mount Rushmore of viral video. It has an unprintable title and, in the style of certain ludicrously explicit R&B songs from the early 1990s, offered instructions for how to gift-wrap your penis for the woman in your life."

That's ironic.

And as always, Morris and the Globe can't take the time to link to Samberg's Dick in a Box video, instead making those who haven't seen it resort to using Google to find it. For those of you who want to see it, here you go:

YouTube Video: Dick in a Box.

Morris also thinks that Dick in a Box was "funnier and more popular" than the unnamed Lazy Sunday.

Dick in a Box shows up in the Videmeter Top 100 all time videos at #8 with 30,208,673 views.

Here's a link to Lonely Island too.

Chip Rowe writes, why I love cuss words:

My favorite example of prudery has to be when Men's Health — a magazine read entirely by people with penises — quoted Robin Williams explaining how to save a stand-up routine. If all else fails, he said, "go for the d—- joke." Can you believe that? A men's magazine afraid of the word dick.

Candy Girls

Candy Girls - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

Vlog Soup - David Wain

Vlog Soup - David Wain - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

I just featured David Wain's new video blog over on Vlog Soup. Take a look. It's so funny.

David Wain has a blog too.

A Duckie View of Boston Harbor

Jason Feifer reports on the legal batle between Boston's two 'duck tour' compamies, Boston Magazine: Duck, Duck Lawsuit!:

"With a new competitor roiling the waters, the business of toting around boatloads of quack-happy tourists has turned downright cutthroat. And the legal fight’s not the half of it."

Feifer ends the article with this about the new tour boat operation:

...the route is solid, the Hydra-Terras are exciting, the views from the harbor beat those from the Charles—but chooses instead to squabble over naming rights, practically insistent on not building an identity of his own.

I never would have considered taking this new duck tour until reading this article. Jason makes a brilliant point. I'm going to take that new tour and report back.

100 Faces

100 Faces - Originally uploaded on flickr by Brooklyn Hilary.

Hilary made 100 faces in honor of Kevin's 100 Songs in 100 Days.

WestAcre as seen on Vlog Soup

WestAcre as seen on Vlog Soup - Originally uploaded on flickr by stevegarfield.

In this episode of Vlog Soup we highlight WestAcre.TV. This series follows the lives of the people who work at West Acre mall. If you're a fan of The Office, I think you'll like it. This clip features two scenes from Episode 1 with Jason Henning as Harrison J. Roberts.

WestAcre http://westacre.tv

This is Season Two of Vlog Soup. Stay tuned weekdays for pointers to some of the most creative video content on the web.

Critically analyzing popular media

I'm headed down to the Woods Hole Film Festival today to see John Herman, Anna van Someren and David Tamés in the panel Media Literacy in the 21st Century.

This seminar introduces media makers to the process of critically analyzing popular media including broadcast television, film, and internet video. Much of the media we consume reinforces stereotypes, distorts the news, and distracts from the critical issues of the day. By learning how to look at the media we consume as well as make critically, we can develop an enhanced awareness of how the messages delivered through media influence ourselves, others, and the society we live in. We can harness media to make positive contributors to society, challenge cynicism and apathy, and serve as agents of social change.

All three are friends and I'm sure I'll meet lots of interesting people prior to the seminar. The cool thing about the Woods Hole Film Festival is that the hallways are outside!

All the best connections happen in the hallways at these things.