Monday, March 15, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Seeing People at SXSW. See Me Today at 1:10.
My main goal at SXSW is to see people.
People who I have connections with online, but only see once a year.
People who I know online, but never have met.
People who have read my book, Get Seen.
People who I don't know.
People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.
;-)
SuperMeetup!
Last night was lots of fun at two events, the first was the SuperMeetup! at Maggie Maye's where I met lots of filmmakers and showed them how to stream live for a laptop.
We did some interviews and and I think the lightbuld went off for a few people. That's me and Dan Berube.
Wiley Author Party
Next up was the Wiley author party at the Cedar Door. It was such a beautiful night and the Cedar Door is a great venue for a party because it's both indoors and outdoors. I met so may nice people and enjoyed talking with everyone.
Here's me and Amanda Congdon.
It's always great to see Amanda. This photo reminds me of the first time we met in NYC, in January 2005, when I became the Boston correspondent for Rocketboom.
Such a long time ago.
Come See Me Today at 1:10
If you are at SXSW, come see me today at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on the 4th floor of the convention center. I'll be signing my book, Get Seen, at 1:10 - 1:30 PM. Books will be available for purchase.
After that I'll be tweeting out for Where in Austin is Steve Garfield?, so make sure you are following me on twitter.
People who I have connections with online, but only see once a year.
People who I know online, but never have met.
People who have read my book, Get Seen.
People who I don't know.
People who need people are the luckiest people in the world.
;-)
SuperMeetup!
Last night was lots of fun at two events, the first was the SuperMeetup! at Maggie Maye's where I met lots of filmmakers and showed them how to stream live for a laptop.
We did some interviews and and I think the lightbuld went off for a few people. That's me and Dan Berube.
Wiley Author Party
Next up was the Wiley author party at the Cedar Door. It was such a beautiful night and the Cedar Door is a great venue for a party because it's both indoors and outdoors. I met so may nice people and enjoyed talking with everyone.
Here's me and Amanda Congdon.
It's always great to see Amanda. This photo reminds me of the first time we met in NYC, in January 2005, when I became the Boston correspondent for Rocketboom.
Such a long time ago.
Come See Me Today at 1:10
If you are at SXSW, come see me today at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on the 4th floor of the convention center. I'll be signing my book, Get Seen, at 1:10 - 1:30 PM. Books will be available for purchase.
After that I'll be tweeting out for Where in Austin is Steve Garfield?, so make sure you are following me on twitter.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Conan Tour Poster Uses Fan Image
I love that Conan's "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour" tour poster was created by a fan.
Tour: TeamCoco.com
More about the tour poster: Conan Announces Tour Dates With A Beautiful Poster
Where in Austin is Steve Garfield?
Thanks to Kodak, I've got a Kodak Zx1 Pocket HD Video Camera and box full of copies of my new book, Get Seen: Online Video Secrets to Building Your Business, to give away at SXSW.
FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
Follow me on twitter @stevegarfield and I'll be sending out tweets each day to let you know when I'm giving away a copy of the book or the camera.
FREE COPY OF GET SEEN
I'll tweet:
"1st person to find me at SXSW gets a FREE copy of Get Seen."Find me first and you'll be seen with your own copy of Get Seen.
FREE KODAK Zx1 POCKET HD VIDEO CAMERA
At some point I'll also tweet out:
"1st person to find me at SXSW gets a FREE Kodak Zx1."Find me first and you'll be seen with your own Kodak Zx1.
Good luck.
;-)
My Plans for SXSW
I'll be heading down to SXSW tomorrow and am looking forward to it. I can't imagine how many people I'm going to meet there. Looking forward to meeting peole who have read Get Seen.
I'd also like to record some interviews for the book's community site.
I like Chris Brogan's post about meeting people at SXSW, where he says, I'm There To Meet You:
I totally agree with the 'Say Hi" part. If you see me, say hi. It might be the only time we see each other.I’m There To Meet You
Don’t be shy. If there are lots of people, just come on up and say hi. It’s why I’m there. If you’re normally shy, PRETEND you’re not shy. Want some hints on how? Here’s my post on how to be sexier in person...The worst thing you could possibly do is tweet me a few days later and say, ” I saw you but didn’t want to interrupt you.” That’s why I’m there. Please come say hi.
That's how it is at SXSW.
TWO EVENTS
If you want to make sure we get to meet, I've got two events that I am scheduled to attend:
SuperMeetup!
Where:
Maggie Mae's Austin
Gibson and Les Paul Rooms and Roof Deck
323 E. 6th Street
Austin, TX 78701
When:
Saturday, March 13th
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Who should attend:
Digital Content Creators who work on a Mac and anyone and everyone who wants to learn something and meet people that are smarter than them.
Food and Drink:
Food (free) and Cash Bar will be available.
Party, Network, Meet Philip Bloom & Steve Garfield and GET SEEN.
Wiley SXSW Author Party
Where:
Cedar Door
201 Brazos St
Austin TX 78701
When:
Saturday, March 13, 2010
9:00 PM - 11:55 PM
Austin's Cedar Door and Wiley Publishing have paired up to host 3 hours of free food and drinks in appreciation of both our social media authors and the fantastic group of fans and readers that support them.
Find your way to the corner of Brazos and 2nd Street on Saturday night and celebrate with us! We hope to see you there!
*Must be 21 to be allowed to enter.
**Space is limited and a RSVP does not guarantee entry.
SESSIONS
I've made a schedule of sessions that I'd like to attend.
This is a rought first cut on sessions. Please leave a note in the comments if there's a session you think I'd like.
PARTIES
I've overbooked. There are lots of parties happening at SXSW and this year there seem to be more than ever. I usually have some rough plans made out, then follow the crowd and Scott Beale. I'll also be tracking Gary Vaynerchuk to see where his wine party happens. If I don't die out, some nights I'll end the night at the Gingerman.
Here's a quick cheat sheet:
Friday:
Nokia, 140 Conf, TechSet, Ustream.
Saturday:
SuperMeetup! and Wiley Author Party
Sunday:
Powered, blip.tv Pepsico, MashBash
Monday:
Indie Gogo, Rackspace, Foursquare, Gowalla
Hope to see you in Austin!
How To Use Video SEO and Google Video Sitemap To Jump To The Top Of Google Search Results
Benjamin Wayne writes a guest post on Techcrunch that includes an explanation of Google's Video Sitemap, How To Use Video SEO To Jump To The Top Of Google Search Results:
Have you implemented this?
Submission, Not DiscoveryWith traditional web pages, Google utilizes crawlers to discover and index web content. Unfortunately, Google can’t read Flash very well (although it is trying), and as a result, most video content is invisible to Google’s search crawlers. Therefore, the best way to appear in Google’s blended search results is to submit your video to Google using a Video Sitemap. This is similar to an XML sitemap, but is formatted specifically for video, and only contains information about your video content. It is submitted using Google’s Webmaster Tools.
The most common error in Video SEO is to assume that because you have submitted the web page on which a video resides, that the video content itself is being indexed.You’ll also need to make sure that you have a robots.txt
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Free eBook: Building an Audience and a Creative Career in the Digital Age by Scott Kirsner
To coincide with the South by Southwest film/music/interactive festival Scott Kirsner has made his 2009 book Fans, Friends & Followers available free, in its digital form, for the duration of the festival.
Scott interviewed me for the book, here's a peek:
Also featured in the book are Natasha Wescoat, Michael Buckley, Ze Frank, singer-songwriter Jonathan Coulton, Burnie Burns of “Red vs. Blue,” comedian Eugene Mirman, documentarian Curt Ellis, Nark Day, DJ Spooky and more.
The e-book will be free starting now, until March 21st only.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Steve Garfield Streaming Live from the #KodakRedCarpet at the 2010 Oscars
Watch some of the live stream archive on Ustream and Qik.
I streamed for as long as my battery lasted and archived some of it.
Zadi Diaz was on the Red carpet with me at the 2010 Oscars. It was a blast. Here are her photos.
Disclaimer:
Kodak sent me, I'm an investor in Qik.
Hall of the Secretaries of State at Universal 2010
Hall of the Secretaries of State at Universal 2010, originally uploaded by stevegarfield. CC BY-NC-SA
While waiting for The Simpsons ride at Universal Studios, there are beautiful GD TV showing cartoons and notices.
I LOVED this one.
Monday, March 08, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
George Clooney: Nicest Guy at the Oscars 2010
I was a guest of Kodak on the Red Carpet at the Oscars 2010. We were there all day from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM. George Clooney was THE ONLY person who came over to talk to us and sign autographs. Awesome!
Disclosure: Kodak Sent Me
Oscars® Red Carpet Bleachers
This is where I'll be tomorrow as a guest of Kodak.
Check SteveGarfield.com for tweets, photos, live streams and videos.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Hilton Universal View with Kodak Z950
The Z950 has a panorama feature built into the camera. You take three photos and the camera stitches them together.
Disclosure:
Kodak sent me.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Wordcamp Boston 2010
Web developers Chris Trangos, left, and Jeremy Krantz of Chosen Security. At Right, Joselin Mane of Boston Tweetup, left, with Tamsen McMahon of Sametz Blackstone and Video Blog Pioneer Steve Garfield.
Photo Courtesy: Mass High Tech
www.masshightech.com/
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Secrets in Stereo
I had a great experience meeting Josh Ryan of Secrets in Stereo today.
Love his music. Check it out.
Help Josh make his new album.
Love his music. Check it out.
Help Josh make his new album.
Heading to LA for the Oscars® Red Carpet
Watch for me on TV during the Oscars Pre-Show this Sunday.
Photo Courtesy: The Oscars
I'll be at the Oscars in the Red Carpet Bleachers as a guest of Kodak.
Right now I'm charging up a Kodak EasyShare Z950 they sent me to take pictures with.
If you see me on TV, I'd love a photo of that. :-)
Here's a twitter list of all the Kodak Red Carpet Bleacher Bloggers showing their twitter activity.
Here's who's going:
See more here:
Oscar.com - Red Carpet - The Red Carpet
Photo Courtesy: The Oscars
I'll be at the Oscars in the Red Carpet Bleachers as a guest of Kodak.
Right now I'm charging up a Kodak EasyShare Z950 they sent me to take pictures with.
If you see me on TV, I'd love a photo of that. :-)
Here's a twitter list of all the Kodak Red Carpet Bleacher Bloggers showing their twitter activity.
Here's who's going:
 | sweatpantsmom Los Angeles | |
 | cheekylotus Southern CA | |
 | socalmom Donna Schwartz Mills | Southern California | |
 | misslori Miss Lori | Chicago | |
 | ConsumerQueen | |
 | waynesutton  Wayne Sutton | Raleigh, NC, United States | |
 | stevegarfield That's you! | |
 | Zadi Zadi Diaz | Los Angeles, CA | |
 | rockandrollmama Lindsay Maines | DC Metro | |
 | KatjaPresnal Katja Presnal | New York | |
 | SugarJones Sugar Jones | San Diego, CA |
See more here:
Oscar.com - Red Carpet - The Red Carpet
SXSW SuperMeetup!
SXSW Austin SuperMeetup!
Where:
Maggie Mae's Austin
Gibson and Les Paul Rooms and Roof Deck
323 E. 6th Street
Austin, TX 78701
When:
Saturday, March 13th, 6PM - 9PM
Any raffle prizes? - Of course. $2.00 per raffle ticket
or 3 for $5.00
Who should attend:
Digital Content Creators who work on a Mac and anyone and everyone who wants to learn something and meet people that are smarter than them.
Food and Drink:
Food (free) and Cash Bar will be available.
Party, Network, Meet Philip Bloom & Steve Garfield and GET SEEN!
REGISTER for SXSW Austin SuperMeetup!
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Joel Spolsky Tells Us How to Write a Good Blog, Quits Blogging
How Hard Could It Be? By Joel Spolsky: Let's Take This Offline:
"what's the formula for a blog that actually generates leads, sales, and business success? I didn't even understand it myself until last year at the Business of Software conference, when one of the speakers, a well-known game developer and author named Kathy Sierra, blew me away with an incredibly simple idea that explains why my blog successfully promoted my company while so many other blogging founders foundered.
To really work, Sierra observed, an entrepreneur's blog has to be about something bigger than his or her company and his or her product. This sounds simple, but it isn't. It takes real discipline to not talk about yourself and your company. Blogging as a medium seems so personal, and often it is. But when you're using a blog to promote a business, that blog can't be about you, Sierra said. It has to be about your readers, who will, it's hoped, become your customers. It has to be about making them awesome."
Alex Beam Once Again Writes About Something He Does Not Understand: Twitter
Alex Beam does not get twitter because he does not use it.
All a-Twitter? Not:
The pope doesn’t. The Dalai Lama does.Same garbage he wrote in 2008, Twittering with excitement? Hardly:
Jon Stewart doesn’t. Conan does.
I don’t.
I have never knowingly tweeted, and to my 18 loyal followers I say: Don’t wait up. The Globe maintains a Twitter feed for my columns which recently attracted this e-mail: “Fungie the Dolphin would like to follow your tweets.’’ Well, it’s a free country.
Who really cares what I am doing, every hour of the day? Even I don't care, and I certainly don't have the energy to thumb-type little inanities on my cellphoneCommenter TT nails it and writes:
Alex Beam's entire view of Twitter seems to be based on following lackluster twittering politicians and his 1 tweet about turbulence (uh, no wonder he has only 18 followers). With that experience how can he really understand the value of this network? Can he really be informed enough to make a value judgment? If that is what is considered reporting today then no wonder the newspapers are losing money hand over fist to the internet. I'll let the rest of the Twittosphere describe what they value about Twitter, but I suggest that you dig into the medium and then write a real column.
SXSW Austin SuperMeetup!
SXSW Austin SuperMeetup!:
Looking to attend a cool Film Party during SXSW© 2010?REGISTER: SXSW Austin SuperMeetup!
We've got your Film Party on Saturday, March 13th! Join the FCPUG Network, including BOSFCPUG, LAFCPUG and CUTS Austin and The Austin Film Society and other film-related groups during SXSW© 2010 for a special informal SuperMeetup gathering of FCP, Avid and Adobe editors, HDSLR filmmakers and digital content creators!
Featuring Special Guest D.P., Director and Filmmaker PHILIP BLOOM! Meet Philip and interact with other HDSLR filmmakers who will be at the SuperMeetup!
Featuring Video Blogger STEVE GARFIELD, author of "Get Seen: Online Video Secrets" and Founder of Boston Media Makers - Interact with Steve who will share online video secrets and tips and show SXSW filmmakers who want to give fans a behind the scenes look at production how to use cellphones to live stream with apps like Qik and Ustream.
A New Swedish Hero
What is the secret ingredient for the success of this viral film?
The most successful global viral interactive film ever. Over 14 million unique visits within 8 weeks.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Keynote at Video Camp Austin
DSC07868, originally uploaded by daveiam. CC BY
DSC07874, originally uploaded by daveiam. CC BY
Visit: VideoCamp Austin
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