My Samuel Adams Beer for the Crowd Craft Project

My Samuel Adams Beer for the Crowd Craft Project, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I just created my ideal ale. You can let Samuel Adams know what would be in your perfect brew! shar.es/WP4uC

Creating a Book with iBooks Author

iBooks Author is in the App Store

iBooks Author is in the App Store, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

If you'd already opened the App Store, try quitting and reopening.

App Store | Apple Apps

App Store | Apple Apps, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Waiting for iBooks Author to be loaded into the App Store.

My Brass Monkey Video Featured in TechCrunch

Brass Monkey Grabs $750K To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Wii Controller For Browser Games:

Brass Monkey has a free app for iOS that allows you to run one of seven killer games through your browser. In other words, it really turns Chrome, Safari, and Firefox into video game consoles that work in tandem with the app on your iPhone to turn it into your controller. Really, any screen with a web browser becomes your display.

And for developers, Brass Monkey offers SDKs that enable them to create games for the browser that have features similar to Xbox, PS3, Wii, etc. using familiar tools for web games, like HTML5, Unity, and/or Flash.

Sweet!

Disclosure: I'm an investor.

[Video] Thriller - Phillip Phillips

[Video] Phillip Phillips - American Idol Season 11 Audition

I got a Mention in Chris Brogan's Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything

Amazon.com: Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything (9780789749147): Chris Brogan: Books, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

I'm mentioned in Chris Brogan's new book, G+ for Business. Page 120. On the John Herman Page. ;-)

Google+ for Business: How Google's Social Network Changes Everything

Chill | Watch videos from the people you care about.

Steve Garfield's Home | Chill, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Watch videos from the people you care about.

chill.com

Curated by the people whose taste you trust — your friends and the personalities you respect — the best videos from around the Web are tailored to match your interest. Once you sign up, you’ll be following any of your Facebook friends who are already on Chill, as well as some of our team and popular personalities like Jimmy Kimmel, Snoop Dogg, and MysteryGuitarMan from YouTube.

Stop SOPA

Stop SOPA, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

www.google.com/search?q=sopa&hl=en&client=safari&...

Uploaded with Skitch

[Recipe] Cheese Puffs

[Video] Reuters TV and YouTube Channel Launches

Reuters TV Launches on their own site and on YouTube.

Whoa! It's a lot of professionally produced web video.

Here's the 12 second teaser:



Visit: Reuters TV.



Also visit the Reuters TV YouTube Channel.



It's interesting to see how the shows are listed out and accessed.

Will you be watching?

Where will you be watching?

If you took a look, What do you think?

[Video] Behind the Scenes of Portlandia: Battlestar Galactica

Portlandia: One More Episode.

All allergy conditions are represented in Portland's annual Allergy Pride Parade; A couple’s lives spin out of control when they run out of new episodes to watch of Battlestar Galactica; The owner of a knot store (Jeff Goldblum) sees an increase in business after a write-up in the Sunday New York Times; Malcolm and Kris, an upper middle-aged banal couple, install a backyard fire pit; Carrie's romantic life turns bumpy when it turns out the guy she likes has a bad tattoo (Eddie Vedder).

Behind the Scenes of Portlandia: Battlestar Galactica:



It's so good. You have to watch it.

Update:

You can buy Portlandia Season 2, Ep. 2 "One Moore Episode" online at Amazon.com and at iTunes.

Battlestar Galactica obsession.
Directed by: Jonathan Krisel
Runtime: 23 minutes
Original air date: January 13, 2012
Network: Broadway Video Entertainment, Inc.

Update, here's the first part of the Battlestar Galactica segment:

My commentary on TopIdol's 69th Golden Globes Live Blogging

Photo: Adam Levine and Jimmy Fallon present the Golden Globe for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE for “The Artist” courtesy HFPA

My commentary on selected posts from 69th Golden Globes: Live Blogging This Stuff, 2012 JANUARY 15 by TopIdol:

Greetings people of the universe. Starting a bit late tonight but I couldn’t NOT live blog the Golden Globes. And since there’s sure to be tons o’ commercials, I should be caught up in no time.

We should really just start importing every British show. So Downton Abbey is considered a mini-series or TV movie in this instance, yet there is a Series 2 and it won for Best Drama Series at the Emmys. What’s it gonna be Downton?

ME: Yes. We should import every British Show. Plus, I'm joining in and calling Downton Abbey, Downtown Abbey.

“I know that God and my agent have the same amount of input into my career…it’s gotta be done.”

ME: Loved this.

Ok. Now pairing Adam “Moves Like Jagger” Levine with Jagger-imitating Jimmy Fallon was a mild stroke of brilliance.

ME: Jimmy Fallon on Awards shows, or anywhere on tv, even commercials = Always great.

Quit. Trying. To. Make. Katherine. McPhee. Happen.

ME: It's gonna happen.

Clare Danes will never win an Oscar. You also should not look that old. You should not look like Nicole Kidman. Nicole Kidman has 15 years on you. Clare Danes, please stop talking.

ME: Leave Claire Danes Alone!

Note to self: See The Artist. Soon.

ME: Agreed.

You could conceivably just give the award to Meryl Streep every time she’s nominated and then give another to someone else and it would still be okay.

ME: Ha!

Read all the original commentary over at 69th Golden Globes: Live Blogging This Stuff, and keep following TopIdol for new the American Idol season starting Wednesday night!

Updated: KODAK PLAYFULL Dual Camera Announced at CES Might never Be Releaed

KODAK PLAYFULL Dual Camera



Linking to the KODAK PLAYFULL Dual Camera here to keep track of it.

Looks like a great replacement for the Kodak Zi8.




Update 2/9/12:

Looks like this camera might never come out. :-(

Update on Kodak's Transformation
Kodak plans to phase out of the market for dedicated capture devices – digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames – during 2012 to focus its Consumer Business on desktop inkjet, online and retail-based printing – areas that offer the most significant opportunities for profitable growth. Kodak will continue to offer camera accessories and batteries, which are universally compatible with other brands.
We appreciate you choosing Kodak products. Please be assured that we will continue to honor all warranties, and provide technical support and service for our cameras, pocket video cameras and frames.

Questions:
Will Kodak still provide me with technical support and honor my warranty?

Yes. Kodak will continue to honor all warranties and provide technical support and service for its cameras, pocket video cameras and frames.

Kodak just introduced new digital cameras and a pocket video camera at CES. Will those still be available?

Kodak will work closely with its retail partners to ensure an orderly transition for the benefit of consumers and our partners. However, it is likely that some of the products announced at CES will not be launched.

Can I continue to purchase Kodak cameras, pocket video cameras and frames?

Yes. Kodak will continue to sell its remaining inventory of cameras, pocket video cameras and frames.

Will you continue to support the Pulse digital frame solution and Share Button software for customers who did and will purchase those products?

Yes, Kodak will maintain the Pulse network solution and Share Button solution for customers who purchased the products as legally required by local country regulations. Kodak will continue to honor all warranties, and will continue to provide technical support and service for its cameras, pocket video cameras and frames.

This new camera had some cool features.

Maybe dedicated pocket HD video cameras are being supplanted by devices like the iPhone?

What do you think?

Chris Brogan's New Web Video Series: SHHH! The Secret Show

Chris Brogan is starting up a new show for 2012, it's called SHHH! The Secret Show

The thing I like about SHHH! The Secret Show is that it's a work in progress, and Chris isn't afraid to make a show that's not perfect.

During the show he asks for suggestions and happily shows things that go wrong.

Chris Brogan: A Stand Up Comic who does Social Media
For Chris, I think this is a good way to go. The other day I described Chris as a Stand Up Comic who does Social Media. I like to see the fun side of Chris, and it comes out here.

A good example of a similar type of show was one by Loic Le Meur when he was starting his company, Seesmic (I'm an investor). Loic brought you through his thoughts on each step of building his company and we were along for the ride.

Here's a video by Loic from 10/5/2009 where he casually gives an update on Seesmic:


It doesn't take much to get started with web video.

Now let's take a closer look at Chris' first show. Chris asked for feedback, so here's my take on a moment in the show when the lights turned on and off.

Lighting
Chris mentions lighting a few times, and promises to get better at it, but you can really notice the lighting issues he has when out of nowhere, his Fancierstudio 500 LED Video Light (affiliate link) turns on in the middle of a sentence.

This is how it looks with the light on:



Direct Link to 26m42s with Lighting:
youtu.be/M2iTxFaFrV8?t=26m42s

Whoa! That looks so much better.

It's funny that Chris didn't mention the light magically turning on like that.

Then, a moment later, the light shuts off:



Direct link to 26m51s without lighting:
youtu.be/M2iTxFaFrV8?t=26m51s

See how much better the image looks with light added?

I wonder why Chris didn't mention it... I'm sure he'll let us know what happened.

Watch the full show here:

Andrea Kates, How to Make Chai, and Theme Music – Episode 01



Here's the Fancy 500LED light that Chris uses. Nice price.


Chris Brogan's Google+ Book:


My book on how to do web video:



Update:

VPDigital.com using Viafoura Video Commenting System

VPDigital.com using Viafoura Video Commenting System, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

[Video] Amber MacArthur – Technology Host, Journalist, and Strategist | VPDigital.com

Great interview with Amber. I was also intrigued by VPDigital's inline video commenting system. I like it.

Learn more:
viafoura.com/products

Vimeo Video Embed Widget

This is an easy way to show thumbnails of a selection of your Vimeo videos. It's good because it doesn't embed each video and slowdown the page load time, but it's bad because you have to leave the page to watch all the videos.

A nice compromise might be an embed where each video is loaded on the page when you want to view it.

Create your own Vimeo video embed widget

YouTube - Swap Audio Soundtrack

YouTube - Swap Audio Soundtrack, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

When you swap audio on YouTube with a recommended music track, you have to opportunity to make either the original audio track louder, or the swapped music track louder, or make it equal.

Nice option.

Here's a video where I chose equal.

Note:
I trimmed the video in QuickTime Player 10.1 first, then sent directly to YouTube from within the QuickTime Player app.

Sweet.

One thing to notice is that the clip I selected is only 30 seconds long so, after it plays, the video's original audio plays.

Next time I'll try it with a longer audio.

[Photos] New England International Auto Show 2012

View New England International Auto Show photos on Flickr.

Kogeto DOT 360 Video at New England International Auto Show

IMG_1148, a photo by jeffcutler on Flickr.

Play Brass Monkey

Play Brass Monkey, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Check out the cool Play Brass Monkey Website.

playbrassmonkey.com

I shot and co-edited the video that plays in the background.

The site has been nominated for an FWA award:
thefwa.com/submissions/brass-monkey

Disclosure:
I'm an advisor and investor.

YouTube HD Video Formats: Sizes Width x Height

YouTube HD Video Formats: Sizes Width x Height, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

YouTube HD Video Formats:
560 x 315
640 x 360
853 x 480
1280 x 720

Obama Wins New Hampshire Democratic Primary Election

OBAMA WINS

President Barack Obama won the New Hampshire Democratic Primary Election with 82% of the vote over his closest challenger, Ed Cowen coming in at 2%. Details here.

Following Cowen were five candidates with 1%, Vermin Supreme, Randall Terry, Cornelius O'Connor, John Haywood, and Craig Freis. Seven other candidates came in at a statistical 0% with vote totals under 300 votes.

This is a big win for the President. In 2008, Hillary Rodham Clinton won the New Hampshire Primary and that win signaled the start of a tough and drawn out campaign for the Democratic nomination.

This year will be different.

Let's see how long the Republicans continue to beat each other up on the campaign trail, softening up the preemptive nominee, Mitt Romney, for the general election.

New Hampshire DEMOCRATIC Primary Election Results - Politics - Commitment 2012 News Story - WMUR New Hampshire - Precincts Reporting - 78%

New Hampshire Primary Election Results - Politics - Commitment 2012 News Story - WMUR New Hampshire, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

New Hampshire - 236 of 301 Precincts Reporting - 78%

Read more: www.wmur.com/new-hampshire-primary-extended-coverage/3013...

www.wmur.com/new-hampshire-primary-extended-coverage/3013...

Uploaded with Skitch

Wistia Super Embeds for Video.

Watch until the end to see a customizable call to action!

Click the twitter link to see a custom tweet.

Learn more about Wistia Super Embeds.

How To Download YouTube Videos with MPEG Streamclip

There are many ways to download YouTube videos. This is a browser independent way.

How To Download YouTube Videos with MPEG Streamclip.

Grab the BETA version of MPEG Streamclip.

OPEN MPEG Streamclip.



From the FILE menu, Choose OPEN URL. This dialog box pops up:


In your browser, navigate to the YouTube Video you want to download.



Grab it's URL.





PASTE that URL into the Open URL dialog box on MPEG Streamclip.

Select the Download and HD radio buttons and CLICK Download.

Enter a save location and click SAVE.

Your video is now being downloaded.



Click it open and there it is!

via [ Robin Good ] who linked to it on [ The Editblog ] where there are lots more options explained.

[Video] School Kills Creativity by Ken Robinson

[Video] School Kills Creativity by Ken Robinson, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

"We're penalizing (students) for getting distracted from boring stuff."

Video:


school kills creativity - ken robinson
youtu.be/hkPvSCq5ZXk

via
cccc.posterous.com/school-kills-creativity-ken-robinson

Uploaded with Skitch

Press!

Press!, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Heading up to the Raddison Hotel in Manchester NH to do some reporting by wandering around. #nhprimary

What would you like to see?

My CNN iReport on the media I saw up in Manchester NH at the Radisson Hotel on 1/9/12 to cover the NH Primary Election.

Emeril Lagasse True Bolognese

Emeril Lagasse True Bolognese, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

Awesome!

First recipe I made from Sizzling Skillets and Other One-Pot Wonders





Thanks Kim and Matt.

How To Embed A Playlist of Your YouTube Videos

Here's how to Embed A Playlist of Your YouTube Videos. It presents the most recent video first, and plays your videos in order. A pop up scroller let's you pick and choose which videos you want to see.

STEP 1:
Go to your YouTube page and pick a playlist that you want to embed.

I'm choosing all uploaded videos.



STEP 2:
Click that playlist, and the first video will show up.

On the first video, CLICK SHARE, OPTIONS, INCLUDE PLAYLIST.



STEP 3:
Copy your unique Playlist ID after "?list="

STEP 4:
Make a new blog post and paste in this code, changing my playlist ID code to yours:



Code:

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=UU6GypOlaNw_4nBGUeXy-_vA"
width="853" height="480" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Here's what it looks like with the most recent video first. Click the little screen icon, it's red in the image below, to have a list of videos come up to select from.



Note:
If you've got a WordPress blog, there are many plugins that give you lots of options to do this.

I did a Google search for this and couldn't find much help. This was the best post, How to Embed YouTube Playlists in a Website, where I found the embed code.

Please leave a comment with any other ways you have found to embed YouTube playlists.

Thanks!

Want a good read for making web video? Check out my book, Get Seen:

Your Personal YouTube Digest - Jan 7, 2012 — Inbox

Your Personal YouTube Digest - Jan 7, 2012 — Inbox, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

This is a very cool email. Is it new?

Here's my book about making web video:

[Video] Iowa caucus voters tell how they made their decision

Kat Keene Hogue and Guardian in America interactive team guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 3 January 2012

I really like this.

Might try to record something similar up in NH next week.

Telestream Wirecast Error -4024 | Broadcast Settings

Telestream Wirecast Error -4024 | Broadcast Settings, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

If you get Telestream Wirecast Error -4024 you probably don't have your broadcast settings entered correctly.

Telestream support says:
Often we see that error if the address for streaming is incorrect. Please check those export settings and destination address and verify that they are correct.

Which CDN are you broadcasting to? Check with them to verify the address. The name of the channel needs to match what is registered with the CDN exactly.
---
That's right.

This is a user interface problem with the Broadcast Settings dialog box.

See how it asks for Channel and Username?

Normally, that configuration is asking for Username and Password.

I'd add a line under Channel, and then add a spot for Password under username.

I've got lots of live streaming tips in my book, Get Seen:

Massachusetts "Death with Dignity" Initiative (2012)

Massachusetts "Death with Dignity" Initiative (2012):

The Massachusetts "Death with Dignity" Initiative may appear on the November 6, 2012 general election ballot in the state of Massachusetts as an indirect initiated state statute. The measure was filed with the Massachusetts Attorney General and would establish an "Act Relative to Death with Dignity". The petition number for the initiative is 11-12, and was filed by Michael Clarke.[1]

According to reports, the proposed measure would allow for a terminally ill patient to be given lethal drugs. A terminally ill patient would be defined as a patient being given six months or less to live. However, the patient looking to obtain the drugs must be coherent enough to make those medical decisions while consulting their respective doctor. Patients must be required to submit their request in writing twice, and those requests must be fifteen days apart.[2]

Dignity 2012: Supporting the Massachusetts Death with Dignity Initiative.

Dignity 2012 Facebook

Dignity 2012 Twitter

Dignity 2012 Google Buzz - huh? Wheres G+?

Dignity 2012 LinkedIn

Dignity 2012 YouTube

Dignity 2012 Tumblr

I've got an email in to them. They need some help with social media.

Boston.com TNGG: OPINION: Why the Mass. Death with Dignity Act should appear on the November ballot.

A highly contested ballot measure that will likely epitomize the statewide citizen vote in 2012 may be inching toward actualization. The Massachusetts Death with Dignity Act, a proposal that says terminally ill patients facing imminent death should be allowed to self-administer a lethal dose of medication (also known as physician-assisted suicide), has received more than 86,000 signatures and been sent to the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

If the state legislature fails to act on the proposal, it will go on the November ballot.

That post has a few things wrong.

Right to die:

The right to die is the ethical or institutional entitlement of the individual to commit suicide or to undergo voluntary euthanasia.

Secretary of State William Galvin to file statewide ballot questions proposing 'death with dignity,' medical marijuana and teacher evaluations.

The Massachusetts Medical Society has not taken a position on the death with dignity ballot question. An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that the medical society opposed the question.

BOSTON -- Secretary of State William F. Galvin is moving forward four proposed statewide ballot questions including measures to allow terminally ill patients to self-administer drugs to take their lives and another to create a new system for evaluating teachers.

Galvin plans to file the four ballot questions with the clerk of the state House of Representatives on Wednesday, marking another step in the process for such citizen initiatives. Under the state Constitution, legislators will now have until May 2 to pass the ballot questions as bills. If the bills don't pass or legislators fail to act, supporters would need to gather an additional 11,485 voter signatures to qualify for the Nov. 6 ballot...

According to the "death with dignity" ballot question, patients would be allowed to ask for life-ending medications from a doctor if they are terminally ill. Modeled after a law in Washington state, the proposed law would be available for people with six months or less to live and they would need to take the medications themselves after obtaining a prescription.

Harvard School of Public Health: Healthy Eating Plate

Harvard School of Public Health: Healthy Eating Plate, a photo by stevegarfield on Flickr.

www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/

How to Create a Free Google Search Story Video

Video: Steve Garfield, Get Seen, Boston Media Makers

Here's an easy way to make a video without having to be on camera or using a video camera.

Google has a free application, Google Search Stories Video Creator, that lets you create a video by entering search terms.

You are allowed to enter six search terms which are acted upon and one search term for the final page.

I chose three search terms for Google Search:

Steve Garfield, Get Seen, and Boston Media Makers.

Then I used the same terms with a Google Image Search.

I used "Visit SteveGarfield.com for more" as my final search term.

Here are the steps.

STEP 1


Enter Search Terms

STEP 2


Choose Music

STEP 3


Preview & Upload

This is a great way to make a video.

Seen at [ Sean Malarkey.com ]

My book:

Presidential Reflection

P070711PS-0386, a photo by The White House on Flickr.

July 7, 2011
"The reflection in this photo (since so many people ask me) was taken with my camera just above a small glass-topped table in the Oval Office as the President talked with members of his staff following a meeting with the Congressional leadership."
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

Barack Obama Says Hello

P060911PS-0189, a photo by The White House on Flickr.

June 9, 2011
"The President had attended the fourth grade closing ceremony for his daughter Sasha at her school in Bethesda, Md. As he was departing, he noticed some pre-school children peering out of a window at a child care facility adjacent to Sasha's school so he walked over to say hello to them."
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

President Barack Obama Coaches Sasha Obama's basketball team. Feb. 5, 2011

P020511PS-0239, a photo by The White House on Flickr.

Feb. 5, 2011
"The two coaches for Sasha Obama's basketball team couldn't make it to one of her games, so the President and his then personal aide, Reggie Love, filled in as coaches for this game one Saturday. Here they along with Sasha's teammates react during the game."
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.

My 3 Words for 2012

Following the example of Chris Brogan, here are my 3 Words for 2012.

Broadcast
In 2011 I experimented with the interaction between people formerly known as the audience, and broadcasting, with SteveGarfield.tv. I used twitter and started getting into live video chats using G+.

This year I want to experiment more with real time interaction and branch out into TV. In 2011 I was very close to being a live blogger for The X Factor, but it didn't happen.

If any TV shows are interested in working with me in 2012, I'd love to talk.

Play
This year I want to do more than just take my books on vacation with me without ever opening them. I'm going to focus on reading more. I also want to get back into to sports including tennis and golf.

Invest
As some of you know I'm an investor and advisor to internet startups. I enjoy this, and 2011 was a very good year. I'm excited to help the companies I'm invested in, and I'll be looking for more companies to work with in 2012.

Also note:
I'm going to pronounce 2012 as twenty-twelve.