Live Broadcasting Over Mobile and Wi-Fi Networks Session at Streaming Media East 2008

Here's the full video from my session at Streaming Media East 2008 [ Video 50:49 ]

Session Description:

Live Broadcasting Over Mobile and Wi-Fi Networks
Track C: (C104) 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
While big media tests the waters of mobile broadcasting, many web video producers are already out there doing it live from the street with a cell phone. Others are joining in and experimenting with two-way broadcasts via streaming video over cell phone networks and via Wi-Fi, wherever they are. Viewers can chat while the broadcast is going on and affect and sometimes even direct the content being produced. Come to this session to hear Steve Garfield talk with other pioneers in the live broadcasting space about their experiences on the forefront of this new technology for sharing their stories over the web.

Moderator: Steve Garfield, Mobile Video Journalist, SteveGarfield.com
Presenters: Max Haot, Founder, CEO, Mogulus
Bhaskar Roy, Co-Foudner, Qik.com

Brains from Thunderbirds takes centre stage in drench ad

via [ Zadi ]

Crying tears of joy after watching this. Brains belongs on So You Think You Can Dance.

Watch the Making of the Drench Brains ad.

Drench
Stay Drenched

Tom Acousti

Mobile post sent by stevegarfield using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

Matthew Ebel Livingroom Concert with RED Camera

Mobile post sent by stevegarfield using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

Boston Media Makers: This Sunday

Boston Media Makers, originally uploaded by stevegarfield.

Join us at Doyle's Cafe in Jamaica Plain this Sunday morning at 10:00 AM for Boston Media Makers.

Ignite Boston

Ignite Boston at Tommy Doyle's in Cambridge needs to find a better venue next time.



The place was jam packed with people. Really interesting people, but you have a really hard time listening to the speakers.

I sat in the back at the Microsoft table meeting people and answering questions.



Microsoft gave out one drink ticket per person. I gues that actually matches the description on the Ignite site:

Microsoft is sponsoring the night and there will be a free beer for those of you who check in when you get there.

First time I got the 'special' glass. Nice Summer Ale. Mmm... beer.



Sam Schwartz rocks. Linda Woods from Eons too. I told her to check out my mom.



I think that guy from American Idol was there, but I'm not sure.

Stopped off at Smile Thai to get some take out. Now gearing up for Lost...

Dedham Theatre Demolished

Dedham Theatre Demolished, originally uploaded by stevegarfield.

The lady at Lenscrafters told me that they started demolishing the old Showcase Cinemas this week. She says the whole parking lot is broken up.

I'm sure many people are broken up about the loss of this crappy old movie theatre, but good things are on the way.

The Patriot Ledger reports:

... a 15-screen Cinema De Lux that will replace the old Showcase Cinemas complex will be done by December 2009.

Andrew Congdon gets into Hillary's Head

Brilliant!

Twitter Over Capacity

Twitter Over Capacity, originally uploaded by David Poe.

Steve Garfield leaves the room

My friend José Castillo just posted this video of my Live Broadcasting session from Streaming Media East. He says:

Steve from stevegarfield.com moderated a great panel at Streaming Media East 08 on mobile video. Using both mogulus.com and qik.com to show off his Nokia N95 skills he surprised us all when he left the room mid-panel and went on a tour of the show. This was a highlight of the show for me!

See the footage that Steve was shooting here qik.com/video/82733

This is a great video for me to see. When I left the room and continued streaming live, they really got it that this was a live remote broadcast.

$40 Parking Ticket on Street Cleaning Day!

Warning!

The 1st and 3rd Wednesday is street cleaning day behind Eastern Standard in Kenmore Square. No wonder why I found a spot so easily.

Update:

And the 2nd and 4th Wednesday too. Depends on what side of hte street you are on. Be careful reading the signs.

Alternate version: 3GP

YouTube:

Discussing the Future of Journalism over lunch

I had a great lunch at Eastern Standard in Kenmore Square with Lou Ureneck and Chris Daly from Boston University's College of Communication discussing the future of journalism.

My lunch was Chicken Schnitzel... Yummy.

Add your thoughts in the comments...

Chief Videoblogger at Berkman at 10

David Weinberger and Colin Maclay asked me to be the Chief Videoblogger for the Berkman @ 10 Anniversary.

It was a fun experience. My task for the two days was to do what I normally do.

Usually that means creating short stories and streaming them live. I've been calling it storycasting vs. lifecasting where the camera is turned on for hours.

STORYCASTING
I recently got a call to let me know that there is a storycasting website. It's got nothing to do with videos or news, it's a site that let's you cast actors for novels. Interesting site.

STREAMING SOME SESSIONS

Micah Sifry at Berkman at 10, originally uploaded by stevegarfield.

What ended up happening at Berkman @ 10 was that I ended up streaming some sessions in real time. There were video cameras at most of the sessions, but they were recording to tape for later posting to the web. Much different than the recent ROFLcon where all the sessions were streamed.

When I go to conference, people want to virtually come along with me. Live streaming of conferences is becoming expected.

TO STREAM OR NOT
If I go to a conference, and the organizers restrict live streaming, I won't stream. If it's an open conference and streaming is allowed, sometimes I'll turn on the camera and stream some speakers.

SESSION ARCHIVES
Here are all the streams I did from Berkman @ 10, archived over on Qik:

Berkman @ 10 - Day 1
Berkman @ 10 - Day 2

CHAT
One cool thing about streaming with Qik, is that it allows viewers to chat directly to the camera while I'm live. You don't need to log on to Qik. After the stream ends though, you need to log on to Qik to leave a comment after the fact.

When I stream live using Qik, the live stream also goes out to my Mogulus and Justin.tv channels.

Gary Vaynerchuk is answering questions on Seesmic

Seesmic


Gary Vaynerchuk

How To: Plant Tomatoes - Step 1

How To: Plant Tomatoes - Step 1, originally uploaded by stevegarfield.

See all the tomato planting steps here.

Someone is Wrong on the Internet

Are you coming to bed?

I can't this is important.

What?

Someone is wrong on the internet

I wanted to link to this XKCD comic when I first saw it.

Just came across it again on MWGblog.

I'm on Beet.tv with Andy Plesser

Qik is a service which allow users of high-end Nokia phones to shoot and upload distinct segments to a company server. These segment are saved on a user's channel and can be automatically sent to YouTube, Facebook, Seesmic and various blogging platforms.
The service is being used by leading edge video bloggers incluing Robert Scoble and Steve Garfield and adoption is expanding. Below Steve explains how he uses the service.

It's a nice interview that gives an overview of how I produce live streaming broadcasts with a Nokia cellphone.

Beet.tv: Qik's Business Model Revealed: Subscription, Ads and Rev Share with Carriers and Handset Makers.....Steve Garfield Explains How it Works

The Upper Crust Pizza Pan Ceiling

The Upper Crust Pizza Pan Ceiling, originally uploaded by stevegarfield.

Streaming Media East

Streaming Media East was great fun.

The night before Streaming Media East I attended NYC Video 2.0. Companies are given 5 minutes to present their products.

Here's Jose Castillo, an astronaut and Mike Hudack from blip.tv.



It was a great opportunity to attend a NYC video 2.0 event. I thought some of the questions asked were pretty tough. Tough crowd. Tough Crowd. But was told later that they were mild in comparison to the usual.

The first day of SME, I moderated a panel with Bhaskar Roy from Qik and Max Haot from Mogulus.





Here's some video from our session. More to come.

Bhaskar:


Max:



I also was excited to get a chance to say hi to Kevin Nalty, Nalts on YouTube. I'm a big fan.



It was a great moment when he fell off the stage.

You'll be seeing that in video in the future.

Later that night there was much fun had with Belgian Beer, Food and Friends and BXL Cafe:



Larry Kless made a nice blog post including the live video I made during Jose Castillo and Tim Siglin's Streaming Media East podcast.



Watch and Listen.

On day 2 I was on a panel on Lifecasting... Great to share the stage with Sarah Meyers Austin of Pop17, Sariq Reichert of Flixwagon and Scott Monty of Crayon. Scott Monty shares his thoughts here.

Here's some video from that:



This conference gave me a lot to think about.

There's an appropriate place to use all of this new technology. Sometimes you can just do a raw live stream, other times a shorter story.

Looking towards the future we are going to see lots more devices that support live streaming and the quality we'll be able to share in both audio and video will get better and better.

New Trees at Jamaica Pond

New Trees at Jamaica Pond, originally uploaded by stevegarfield.