Get Spotify Apps and Spotify Radio Right Now

Get Spotify Apps Right Now, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Update:
If you don't see Spotify Apps you can grab it here: Spotify Apps Preview Version.

Here's the Spotify Apps info page. I could find a link to upgrade. Can you?

Update from KabirH, of The Echo Nest, on twitter:

@stevegarfield The client auto-updates, I think it's slowly rolling out now. I haven't received it either, but the Preview client is stable.

I wanted to get it today to try out the new Spotify Radio that lets you create radio stations like you can in Pandora.


New Spotify Interface


Spotify Radio Stations


Spotify Create a New Radio Station Page

You create a new Radio Station page based on an artist, jut like Pandora. Let's see how this works. :-)

Ugly Deer Christmas Sweater T-Shirt by Vardagen

Ugly Deer Christmas Sweater T-Shirt by Vardagen as seen on a Facebook ad. ;-)

Or you could go all out and be Santa:

2012 Golden Globes nominees - TV - My Picks

USA Today: 2012 Golden Globes nominees - Television

Here are my picks, based on the shows I've seen. ;-)

Drama
American Horror Story (FX)
Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Boss (Starz)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime) - I subscribed to Showtime just for this and it was worth it!

Comedy or musical
Enlightened (HBO)
Episodes (Showtime)
Glee (Fox)
Modern Family (ABC) - The comedy is so smart on this show.
New Girl (Fox)

Actor, drama series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Kelsey Grammer, Boss (Starz)
Jeremy Irons, The Borgias (Showtime)
Damian Lewis, Homeland (Showtime) - Love Homeland.

Actress, drama series
Claire Danes, Homeland (Showtime) - I've always enjoyed Claire Danes. She's great in this.
Mireille Enos, The Killing (AMC)
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife (CBS)
Madeleine Stowe, Revenge (ABC)
Callie Thorne, Necessary Roughness (USA)

Actor, comedy or musical series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (NBC) - Easy choice.
David Duchovny, Californication (Showtime)
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory (CBS)
Thomas Jane, Hung (HBO)
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes (Showtime)

Actress, comedy or musical series
Laura Dern, Enlightened (HBO)
Zooey Deschanel, New Girl (Fox)
Tina Fey, 30 Rock (NBC) - Tough call in this category, but Tina is So good.
Laura Linney, The Big C (Showtime)
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation (NBC)

Supporting actor
Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Tim Robbins, Cinema Verité (HBO)
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family (ABC) - Gotta go with Eric here.

Supporting actress
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story (FX)
Kelly Macdonald, Boardwalk Empire (HBO)
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family (ABC) - Love her.
Evan Rachel Wood, Mildred Pierce (HBO)

Miniseries or TV movie
Cinema Verité (HBO)
Downton Abbey (PBS) - Awesome miniseries.
The Hour (BBC America)
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
Too Big to Fail (HBO) - Great movie.

Actor, miniseries or TV movie
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey (PBS) - Can't wait for more episodes.
Idris Elba, Luther (BBC America)
William Hurt, Too Big to Fail (HBO)
Bill Nighy, Page Eight (PBS)
Dominic West, The Hour (BBC America)

Actress, miniseries or TV movie
Romola Garai, The Hour (BBC America)
Diane Lane, Cinema Verité (HBO)
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey - Love it.
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult (ITV)
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce (HBO)





Masterpiece Classic: Downton Abbey Season 2 DVD (Original U.K. Unedited Edition) (2012)

[Video] Mega Upload Song

Mega Upload Song - Note: Click once to see an ad, then click the play button again to watch the music video.

The Verge: Tech News Today episode censored by Universal:

A clip from Tech News Today episode 391 featuring the MegaUpload "Mega Song" video, which caused Universal to have the entire episode pulled from YouTube.

Megaupload: Join the fight against censorship:

...On December 9, 2011, we re-launched our website, featuring endorsements by top celebrities including P Diddy, Will.i.am, Kanye West and Chris Brown. The campaign includes a promotional song and video containing snippets from those celebrities called the Mega Song. The video became an instant viral online sensation. Within hours, it was the top trending topic on Twitter, and global news media reported about and linked to the video utilizing Youtube's embedded video player.

To our surprise, Universal Music Group (UMG) sabotaged our campaign by deleting Mega's creation from Youtube, abusing the DMCA takedown process and unlawfully claiming ownership of the Mega Song. UMG is currently lobbying lawmakers in Washington for legislation that would allow them to not only delete specific content from a website, but to delete entire websites from the Internet. After this demonstration of the abuse of power by UMG, we are certain that such an instrument of Internet censorship should not be put into the hands of corporations.

Let us be clear: Nothing in our song or the video belongs to Universal Music Group. We have signed agreements with all artists endorsing Megaupload. Efforts to reach out to UMG and open a dialogue about this abuse of the DMCA process were answered with unfounded and baseless legal threats and demands for an apology.

Hollywood Reporter: Dispute Over Megaupload's Viral Music Video Takes Another Odd Twist:

Megaupload also has something to say about the takedown notice by Will.I.Am.
According to Kim Dotcom's declaration, he says he spoke to the superstar on Monday, and Will.I.Am "personally advised me that he absolutely had not authorized the submission of any takedown notice on his behalf."

NY Times: File-Sharing Company Sues Record Label, for a Change:

Megaupload, a service for sharing large media files over the Internet that has often run afoul of Hollywood and the music industry, is suing the Universal Music Group for blocking a promotional video from being played on YouTube.

New Facebook Timeline is LIVE: Steve Garfield

New Facebook Timeline is LIVE: Steve Garfield, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

STEP 1:
Go over to my Facebook page and click LEARN MORE to get the new TIMELINE:


Image: LEARN MORE header on Facebook for people without the new TIMELINE

STEP 2:
Scroll down to the bottom of that page to indicate that you want the new timeline

STEP 3:
ACTIVATE the new timeline for your page.

You have 7 days to play with it in private. The one main thing you can do is add a header image for y our page. That's the only thing I did before making my new Facebook Timeline live.

Have fun!


My Facebook page with the new TIMELINE: www.facebook.com/stevegarfield





Facebook Marketing All-in-One For Dummies [Paperback]
Amy Porterfield (Author), Phyllis Khare (Author), Andrea Vahl (Author)

Robert Scoble Testing out G+ Hangouts Live On Air

Robert Scoble Testing out G+ Hangouts Live On Air, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

G+ Hangouts Live On Air



Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything [Paperback]
Chris Brogan (Author)

Complete List of SAG Award Nominations: TV - My Picks

TV

Male Actor, TV Movie or Miniseries
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
James Woods, Too Big to Fail

Female Actor, TV Movie or Miniseries
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Maggie Smith, Downtown Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
Betty White, The Lost Valentine
Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Male Actor, Drama Series
Patrick J. Adams, Suits
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Female Actor, Drama Series
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Glenn Close, Damages
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Julianna Marguiles, The Good Wife
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Male Actor, Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Steve Carell, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Female Actor, Comedy Series
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock TIE
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family TIE
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland

Ensemble, Comedy Series
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
Modern Family
The Office

Ensemble, Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife

Read more: Complete List of SAG Award Nominations

What are your picks?

[Video] SNL's Taran Killam Recreates of Robyn’s ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ at 4:30 Am in the Writer's Room

SNL's Taran Killam Recreates of Robyn’s ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ at 4:30 AM in the Writer's Room.

Here's a compilation video of the recreation and the original.

Awesome!


Robyn / SNL Dance Comparison


Behind the scenes on SNL's writing night. 4:30am. Call Your Girlfriend SNL.mov

Taran Killam and ‘SNL’ cohorts do late night recreation of Robyn’s ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ (Video)

Despite looking like he’s about to collapse from lack of shut eye, Killam gives a pretty impressive performance, even recreating the backward somersault from the Swedish pop singer’s video. Vanessa Bayer, Bobby Moynihan, Abby Eliott and writer Sarah Schneider provide some background lighting effects. Writer Zach Kanin attempts to keep working.

I Work For The Internet

I Work For The Internet, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

iworkfortheinternet.org

Steve Garfield's Keepsy Instagram Photo Book

Steve Garfield | Keepsy Instagram Photo Book, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I'm on a Keepsy kick today. After documenting my experience with Keepsy in making my 2012 Instagram Calendar, I saw that Keepsy also lets you make a book out of your photos.

I saw this over on the Keepsy site where they were highlighting various instagram photographers and their photo books.

So I played around with the Keepsy photo book interface and ended up buying one.



It's so easy to make a book and then click to buy.

My book:
www.keepsy.com/9e13fBuVp

Instagram Calendar for 2012 Made with Keepsy

Image: My 2012 Keepsy Instagram Calendar

Keepsy makes it easy to create a 2012 calendar with your instagram photos.

You just drag and drop your photos, with 6 on each month, after connecting keeps to your instagram account.

Making photo albums easy | Keepsy, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Then you preview the layout, edit it if you like, and then order.

Keep in mind, each calendar page is 8 1/2 x 11 which might be a little smaller that your standard wall calendar.

International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) Awards: Nominee Announcement Live Stream 12/14 at 1 E / 10 P

Shira Lazar and Ethan Newberry will be hosting the announcement of the IAWTV Award Nominees live from the "What's Trending" studios beginning at 1:00 pm EST / 10:00 am PST this Wednesday, December 14, 2011.

You can watch it live here:

Watch live streaming video from whatstrending at
livestream.com

A full list of categories for the first IAWTV Awards can be found at http://iawtv.org/awards/categories/.

In this contest I hope to be recognized for SteveGarfield.tv in two categories:

Best Hosted (Live) Web Series
A non-fictional hosted web series with episodes that premier in a live format even if recorded versions are made available at a later date.

Best Host (Live)
Best host in a non-fictional live hosted web series.



We'll see on Wednesday. ;-)

Photos on Canvas by EasyCanvasPrints.com

Getting a photo made into a canvas print has gotten very easy. I've gotten one before, taking my photo on a USB drive down to Costco. They did a nice job, although the colors didn't match exactly.

Now EasyCanvasPrints.com gave me a credit for an 8 x 10 canvas print, so I decided to give them a try.

Here's the photo I decided to turn into a canvas print.



Ordering a print from EasyCanvasPrints.com takes four steps.

Here are the steps:

Step 1 - Order:



When you order you can choose the size and Canvas Wrap Thickness.

Step 2 - Upload:



You can upload an image from your computer, or choose one from one of your Facebook albums. The system will lt you know f the image is a good enough quality for printing to canvas.

Step 3 - Border:



Next you choose if you want it to hang on the wall or have a desk stand. Then you choose a border. I chose to have the image wrap around the edge. The website is very cool in that is shows you exactly how your print and border is going to turn out. I really liked this feature. I played with trying out a mirror image, but for this photo it looked too crazy.

For my previous Costco print, I chose a black border.

Step 4 - Finishing:



Finally, you choose the finishing. I didn't choose to change the color to B&W or Sepia. You can also pay for image retouching. I chose not to.

Here's the final canvas:



Here's what it looks like from the back:



Here's a detailed view:



I contacted EasyCanvasPrints.com to comment on the line I could see that matches the edge of the frame. They are looking into it for me and I'll update this post when I hear back.

Update:

I got a reply from the Easy Canvas Prints Customer Love Team:

Typically this crease comes from shipping, if something heavy was resting on the box and caused the canvas to push down around that frame more. I went ahead and submitted that request for a reprint, which typically only takes a few days to produce.

We'll email you the UPS tracking for this reprint as soon as it ships out next week. One trick to try and salvage the existing canvas, is to run a damp/wet, warm wash cloth over the back of the canvas. The warmth will help to release the crease and once the canvas dries it will usually tighten back up. This is also a good trick to use in case your canvas ever becomes stretch by something in the future, they're more resilient than they look!

Thanks!

Overall I think they did a nice job. I think the colors could have been a little more vibrant.

I liked the finish on the Costco canvas a little more. It was a little more shiny. Not a big deal.

Disclosure:
EasyCanvasPrints.com gave me a credit for an 8 x 10 canvas print in return for this review and a link to: Photos on Canvas.

Update:
Got a replacement canvas and it's perfect.

How to Publish to Google Currents

How to Publish to Google Currents, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

STEP 1:
Go to www.google.com/producer/home

Don't use Apple Safari.

Google Currents producer requires Chrome.

STEP 2:
Agree to the PUBLISHER CURRENTS AGREEMENT


Image: Google Currents PUBLISHER CURRENTS AGREEMENT page

Read the PUBLISHER CURRENTS AGREEMENT here:
https://www.google.com/producer/tos

Item 4 seems to be the most important point and seems reasonable:

4. Brand Features. Publisher grants to Google a limited, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use its trademarks, trade names, designs and logos ("Brand Features"), in accordance with Publisher's usage guidelines, if and as provided by Publisher, solely for use in connection with the Authorized Content, in the Currents Service and presentations, marketing materials, customer lists, financial reports and Web site listings of customers related to the Currents Service. All uses of Publisher's Brand Features, and all goodwill associated therewith, shall inure solely to the benefit of Publisher. Subject to the express license granted herein, right, title and interest in and to Publisher's Brand Features are and shall remain with Publisher.

ENTER:

NAME
CONTACT EMAIL
TITLE
ORGANIZATION

CLICK to AGREE to terms and conditions

CLICK CONTINUE

STEP 3:


Create a New Edition

Give your edition a name
Add an RSS feed
Enter your YouTube channel name

Click CREATE

Next your content is gathered and some articles are added.

Click DONE.


Image: Google Currents Basic Setup Complete

Here's what my blog will look like in Google Currents




Here's what my YouTube channel will look like in Google Currents



There are more things to configure and test before going live with my Steve Garfield Google Currents Channel.

This producer app is very powerful. It brings mobile app creation tools, which used to required experienced programmers, to everyone. Everyone who's interested in putting a little time into it.

I'm going to have fun customizing my channel and making it live. Stay tuned.

Update:

There's a lot to customize including content. and look and feel. In Edition Settings it might be a good idea to add an Edition Icon, otherwise you'll have a blank icon.

To make your content visible to everyone, click DISTRIBUTE.



1. Test
Test: Android and iPhone and iPad testing
Test: Verify Content Ownership

2. Distribute
Distribute to Google Currents

Update:

After updating with an Edition Icon, this is what Steve Garfield Edition Icon looks like on an iPad in the Google Currents Library screen:



Update:

Steve Garfield
Official Google Currents Stream for Steve Garfield for mobile, iPhone, iPad and Android.

Source: http://goo.gl/mag/eHWu7

CanvasPop Instagram Contest Stream

CanvasPop Instagram Contest Stream, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

www.canvaspop.com/print-instagram/

CanvasPop Affilate Link:
http://canvaspop.extole.com/a/clk/2SjPc

$30 off your first order of $80 or more.

If you spend $100, I get a $50 CanvasPop credit.

Lifebox - appeal from Atul Gawande | BMJ

Lifebox - appeal from Atul Gawande | BMJ, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Proud that I could be a part of this Lifebox appeal from Atul Gwande for BMJ.

I filmed the video in Boston.

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Greg @Wymer at #BMM

Greg @Wymer at #BMM, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Visit http://bostonmediamakers.com for a recap of Sunday's meeting.

How to use the Dial Coin Telephone #bmm

How to use the Dial Coin Telephone #bmm, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Steve Garfield | Klout Influence Report

Steve Garfield | Klout Influence Report, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Image: My Klout Score on a big decline.

What do I have to do, make more content?

David Meerman Scott - Opening Keynote - BtoB Digital Edge: A Virtual Trade Show for Marketers

David Meerman Scott - Opening Keynote - BtoB Digial Edge: A Virtual Trade Show for Marketers, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I had such a great time working with David Meerman Scott recently to film his keynote presentation for the BtoB Digital Edge: A Virtual Trade Show for Marketers.

It's this Thursday, December 8, 2011 and you can register to see it for free.


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I CNN iReport Because I Can - CNN iReport

I CNN iReport Because I Can - CNN iReport, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I CNN iReport Because I Can

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[Video] Jamaica Plain to Route 9 Driving Directions

Image: Jamaica Plain to Route 9 Web Page from 2002

Back in 2002 I made up a web page to document how to get from Jamaica Plain, MA to Route 9. You know in Boston, you can't get there from here?

Sometimes you need good directions.

I posted three videos, Jamaica Plain to Route 9, to my .mac homepage.

Today I saw from @thatdrew a Peugeot RCZ and Google Maps mashup that combines Google Maps images into a video of any route you choose.

I made a Boston Public Garden to Fenway Park video mashup. Pretty neat.

But not as cool as the actual video I made back in 2002.

So I uploaded it to YouTube and used YouTube annotations to link the three videos together. It's pretty cool and all 2011.

Try it.

[Video] School Portrait (2011)

Short comedy, directed by Nick Scott

Produced by Michael Berliner

As it is used for comment, and criticism, its use in my video is allowed under the US Copyright Act, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section § 107: Fair Use http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml

Longer Edit on Vimeo.

[Video] IKEA Happy Inside - Herding cats advertisement and Making of Video

Love this video.

Here's how they make the Ikea Happy Inside Commercial.

YouTube - New Channel Design Choices: Creator, Blogger, Network, Everything

YouTube - New Channel Design Choices: Creator, Blogger, Network, Everything, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

YouTube has just rolled out a major design change. You've got a lot of things to look at and customize the way you view and share videos.

One thing that you can change is the way your YouTube video page looks.

Which new view do you like?

I like the Blogger View.

It shows my most recent videos in reverse chronological order.

Violin Girl in Window

Violin Girl in Window, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Boing Toy Store JP First Thursday

Someone is WRONG on the Internet.

Someone is WRONG on the Internet., a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Get the comic here: xkcd: Duty Calls

This is what my day feels like today.

If Your Website is Down, Don't Run Ads on Spotify

Bonobos.com is down., a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I heard a great ad for Bonobos.com on Spotify, so I clicked the link and headed over there.

Bonobos.com was down. They had a great 404 page though, and asked me for my email.

I entered my email so I could get notification when the site was back up.

Later on I heard another ad for Bonobos.

I went to the site and it was still down.

I searched twitter and saw that the site had been down for days.

So I sent out a tweet to Bonobos:

"@Bonobos Tell @Spotify to stop running ads, unless you want to keep acquiring email addresses."

It's hard to get the point across in 140 characters, but what I meant was that the 404 page asking for email addresses is actually a good marketing technique to acquire emails, but not so good when the site is down.

They replied:

"Bonobos: @stevegarfield Is it just our ads you don't like, or the ads in general? Any recommendations of ads you do like?"

I needed to write this explanation here for them so it'll be clear.

If your site is down, you probably shouldn't keep running ads that drive traffic to a 404 page.

Dear Boston Magazine, Please link out to the subject of your story.

Boston Magazine has a nice article about my friend CC Chapman, Dawn of the Dad.

The problem with the online version is that they don't link out. They don't link to the main subject of the article, CC's blog post about Ragu.

I commented:

Why don't you have links to the original blog post by C.C. Chapman?

The whole point of the article is to talk about his blog post, but how can a reader go back to the original source to see what CC actually wrote?

Google, I guess.

Here, I'll help:

Ragu Hates Dads
http://www.cc-chapman.com/2011/ragu-hates-dads/

My Final Word on Ragu
http://www.cc-chapman.com/2011/my-final-word-on-ragu/

Update (One more link from CC):
The Secret Sauce – Free Advice for Ragu
http://www.cc-chapman.com/2011/the-secret-sauce-free-advice-for-ragu/

There, that wasn't too hard.

Please link out to the subject of your story. Makes sense. Thank you.

Update:

My comment is still not appearing on the Boston Magazine site. They must have people that need to approve comments before they are made public. Not sure why it's not there yet.



Update - Where did my comments go:

Now I know why my comments never ended up on the Boston Magazine website, they were posted to my Facebook page.

Seriously.

Let's see why.

When you click to add a comment, you are presented with this dialog box:


Image: Boston Magazine comment Dialog Box

So, like every other comment box on the internet, I clicked FACEBOOK, to, as I thought at the time, LOG INTO THE COMEMNT SYSTEM with FACEBOOK.

I left a comment.

Then I left.

I just went back to see if my comment had been posted. Nope. But another one had.

So I looked into it some more and read the comment dialog box more carefully.

It says:

Share your comments with your Facebook friends.

So the comments are posted to your own Facebook Page.


Image: My Facebook page

That's not right.

The dialog box makes you think.

You've got to decide if you want your comments on the Boston Magazine page or not, AFTER you click the comment button.

Makes no sense.

Update:

Now there are 10 comments. How am I supposed to see them? Go over to the article and try to see the comments. All I see is one.


Image: Boston Magazine 10 Comments

Update 12/2/11:

They added two links:


Image: Boston Magazine story with two links

Constant Contact : File Not Found

Constant Contact : File Not Found, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

After you send an email with Constant Contact [ affiliate link ] and then try to share it with their SIMPLE SHARE tool, on Twitter, the link that's generated goes to a 404 page.

The link only works LATER, after 'the email is sent."

My suggestion:
Make the link work immediately.

If you can't do that, add text to the page saying that SIMPLE SHARE isn't so simple and that you need to wait until the email is sent for the link to work.


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