- This was so funny that it brought me to tears. Yes. Tears of joy.
Friday, August 19, 2005
Two messages from my mom
I got these two message from my mom, on her birthday, on my answering machine.
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Media in dumpster
I just got this Google Alert sent to me via email:
When I clicked on the link to the story, I found out that the story had changed.
Half-naked woman found at garbage bin behind fast-food restaurant in Miami: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
What's even worse is that the Sun Sentinel features a frame capture from their news partner, NBC 6, with the caption "Woman in Dumpster."
The NBC 6 site continues the hype by writing a headline which doesn't match the story.
When I clicked on the link to the story, I found out that the story had changed.
Half-naked woman found at garbage bin behind fast-food restaurant in Miami: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
What's even worse is that the Sun Sentinel features a frame capture from their news partner, NBC 6, with the caption "Woman in Dumpster."
The NBC 6 site continues the hype by writing a headline which doesn't match the story.
Half-Naked Woman Found In Miami DumpsterThey owe us an apology for this.
Woman May Be Victim Of Sexual Assault
POSTED: 9:12 am EDT August 19, 2005
UPDATED: 10:47 am EDT August 19, 2005
MIAMI -- Miami-Dade police say a woman found half-naked near a Dumpster Friday may be a victim of sexual battery.
A garbage truck operator found the woman by a Dumpster behind the Wendy's along the 7300 block of Northwest 36th Street in Miami-Dade County.
It is balloon
It is balloon by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr.
Balloon rides in Boston start today from Boston Common.
Look, up in the sky, it's a balloon!
Steve Garfield and Amy Carpenter
Steve Garfield and Amy Carpenter by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr.
We had a great Meet the Vloogers get together last night at Rockbottom Brewery in Boston.
Those that came by were Owen Mack and Jesse from obttv.com, Amy Carpenter, Andy Carvin, Jason Crow, and Daniell Krawczyk.
We had far ranging discussions that included talking about the future of Public Access TV, new marketing methods using videobloggers, flash photography using a beer glass, citizen's media, bringing audio and video blogging to other countries, and more.
Everyone had a good time.
Check out the photos.
The Jay and Catherine Show
At last night's Meet the Vloggers get together in Boston, Owen from OBTTV told me that Weber is putting real people on their web site to talk about the experiences with their Weber grills.
Owen calls it Documentary Advertising and he's interested in developing Consumer Generated Media. It's really interesting.
Check out how Weber does it with Jay and Catherine's story.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Happy Birthday Mom!
Rick Short says Happy Birthday Millie Garfield!:
"Millie, your efforts in the blogosphere are tremendous and much-appreciated. Thank you so much for taking the risk, venturing out, and doing us all a great favor. And YOUR mom deserves some thanks, as well. For it was she who advised you, 'If you don't go out, nothing will happen'. Thanks for 'happening' to us - and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"Happy Birthday Mom!
The whole internet is joining in to wish you a happy birthday!
Meet the vloggers in BOSTON tonight
Reminder: Meet the vloggers in BOSTON tonight.
Fifty percent of videoblogging is the continuum, the other fifty percent is the community.
Stop by and meet some Boston videobloggers.
Video: Song For Cindy Sheehan
Candlelight vigils were held all across the United States on Wednesday night to support Cindy Sheehan.
I went down to The Monument on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain, Mass to document the event.
The video is over here: Steve Garfield's Video Blog: Video: Song For Cindy Sheehan.
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
War is not the answer
War is not the answer by stevegarfield, uploaded from flickr.
I went down to The Monument on Centre Street to cover the Vigil for Cindy Sheehan tonight.
Here are some photos.
Video to follow...
How to find vlogs on the web
Here are a few places to help you find videoblogs on the web:
Search:
Yahoo! Video Search
Google Video Search
Directories:
iTunes Music Store Podcast Directory
Videoblogging Universe
FireANT Directory
vlogdir
vlogmap
Hosted Videos:
Blip TV
Our Media
Filtered Sources:
WatchThis tag on Deli.cio.us
Steve Garfield's WatchThis tag on Deli.cio.us
Mefeedia - Tagged video
Grid-like Program Guides
OMN.org - PC now, Mac version coming
MediaTuner
On TV:
Akimbo
Coming Soon:
TiVo
Viewing Tools:
FireANT - Mac/PC based video aggregator and viewer
DTV - Internet TV on your Mac
Search:
Yahoo! Video Search
Google Video Search
Directories:
iTunes Music Store Podcast Directory
Videoblogging Universe
FireANT Directory
vlogdir
vlogmap
Hosted Videos:
Blip TV
Our Media
Filtered Sources:
WatchThis tag on Deli.cio.us
Steve Garfield's WatchThis tag on Deli.cio.us
Mefeedia - Tagged video
Grid-like Program Guides
OMN.org - PC now, Mac version coming
MediaTuner
On TV:
Akimbo
Coming Soon:
TiVo
Viewing Tools:
FireANT - Mac/PC based video aggregator and viewer
DTV - Internet TV on your Mac
A Comment on Om Malik's Broadband Blog
Om Malik's Broadband Blog - Open Media, Meet The VCs.
I found a comment on this post intriguing:
I found a comment on this post intriguing:
"We have a company in our portfolio that I will be writing you about shortly. It has an advanced, scalable, personalized subscription engine that enables intelligent, automatic and real-time delivery of any RSS-published multi-media content to any Internet-connected node, including software and hardware devices. As an example the “My Subscription” feature can now have customized feeds like: First 5 mts of CNBC and Bloomberg news, Traffic Conditions on 680 to Sunol, First 20 mts of Howard Stern, Music & blogs.
The correlation engine is a patent-pending, in-memory process that employs state-of-the-art algorithms to match vast patterns of personal preferences to media content AS IT IS PUBLISHED. The unique preference matching is coupled with automated delivery of multi-media content, making it the a unique if not only solution of its kind in the market today."
How To Change the Header on a TypePad Blog
Follow these menu selections from your TypePad Control panel to change your header to a custom header:
Design > Change Theme > Custom Theme > Page Banner > Edit This Element
It's not that intuitive.
Note: You need to be a Plus or Pro member.
Design > Change Theme > Custom Theme > Page Banner > Edit This Element
It's not that intuitive.
Note: You need to be a Plus or Pro member.
The Boston Globe: Operators are standing by
If you call the Boston Globe to get their home delivery with the special, Intro Offer 50% Off with a $40 Target Gift Card, they won't give you the offer unless you know the special offer #.
This number is hidden in the URL from a link off their home page, but you wouldn't know that when calling on the phone to get the offer.
So for those of you who want to take advantage of the special, but want to sign up over the phone, the Special Offer Offer # is WW075642.
An interview with E-Media
Nana Siebert from E-Media, Austrias leading magazine about internet, high-tech and multimedia, interviewed me for thier next issue, which will include a big article about vlogs.
Here's the interview, since the resulting article probably won't include all of what I said and won't even be in English:
Here's the interview, since the resulting article probably won't include all of what I said and won't even be in English:
Since when is "The Carol & Steve Show" online?
I started putting The Carol and Steve Show online on January 1, 2005.
What's the idea behind it - and why is it such a huge success?
The idea behind The Carol and Steve Show was to get my wife involved with me in videoblogging. When we watch reality TV shows, she always kids me that I like to think everything is real. So we decided to do our own reality show where everything IS really real. No desert islands and no food challenges. Just real life. We just set out to record our lives and share our experiences through videoblogging.
It's become popular because people want to connect with each other. Video allows others to really get to know you. The intimacy of video gives you a glimpse into our lives. With videoblogging, the people who are watching The Carol and Steve Show on a weekly basis, get to interact with us and other viewers through the comments area associated with each new video. How many TV stars can talk back to viewers?
How many people visit your vlog per day/month?
I average a few hundred visitors per day with some days reaching over one thousand. My videos get between 500-5,000 views each. That's not counting the additional viewers I get on TV via Akimbo, which is delivering my videos to their subscribers and OMN.org which displays my videos to their online audience.
What's your fascination behind it?
The thing that a lot of people don't see when looking at the surface, of videos on the net, is the community that has developed around videoblogging. This community develops through people leaving comments on videos, linking to each other when they watch a video that they like, and joining in on the Yahoo! Videoblogging Group.
I've made real friendships with people around the world. Some of these people I have met in person, and upon meeting them for the first time, it feels like I am meeting an old friend.
Is it difficult to create new content - or why not?
Creating new content is easy. That's because I'm just capturing life as it happens. There isn't any pre-production involved, no script writing and no rehersals. What you see is real life.
A lot of the time I use a Canon S400 digital camera which also shoots video. This allows me to carry my camera in my pocket and shoot video at a moments notice. Also, since I'm capturing video to a compact flash card, there's no delay in getting the footage onto my computer like there is with video cameras that use miniDV tapes.
Why - in your opinion - are Vlogs the next big thing on the internet?
Vlogs give people a voice. Vlogging gives people a distribution method that isn't controlled by others. Vlogging allows people to get feedback on their productions. Vlogging brings people together. Vlogging makes the world smaller.
Vlogging is the next big thing on the internet because it promotes the ability to get to know people in other countries on a personal level.
Vlogging brings pen pal corresponding to a whole new level, and allows the whole world to join in on the conversation.
Which Vlogs do you like - except your own one, of course...
Here's a page where I list a few of my favorite vlogs
These are daily vlogs I watch:
The 05 Project
Rocketboom
Clark ov Saturn
Fat Girl From Ohio
Minnesota Stories
These are my other favorites:
Josh Leo
Chuck Olsen
Eric Rice
Clint Sharp
Melanie Sharp - Mel's Life
Jay Dedman - momentshowing
Raymond Kristianson - DLTQ
Bre Pettis - I Make Things
Johnny Goldstein
Ryanne Hodson
Schlomo Rabinowitz - Echoplex Park
Gabe and Gabe's World
Human Dog Laboratory
Nordark
90 Seconds of Dave
Michael Verdi
The Random Show
Podcasting: Monetize it
Gillmor Gang dissects the emerging podshow:
I'm gonna try, it's 85 minutes long.
"Bloom also said that his podcasting model is different than blogs–he isn't looking for 100 million content creators. Instead, he prefers 15,000 content creators and 100 million listeners, and demand driven programming."Listen to the podcast.
I'm gonna try, it's 85 minutes long.
Friendly and free advice for Dell
Jeff Jarvis writes, Dear Mr. Dell:
"Today, when you lose a customer, you don’t lose just that customer, you risk losing that customer’s friends. And thanks to the internet and blogs and consumer rate-and-review services, your customers have lots and lots of friends all around the world."He then goes on to give Michael Dell some good advice.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
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