Off On A Tangent

Mystic Brewery at VeeVee for BeerGeeks.TV

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:42:00 +0000

Switch Shots on Wirecast With Keyboard Shortcuts

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:38:00 +0000

This article tells you how to Remotely Control Wirecast with an iPad, but I like the part where is shows how to Switch Shots on Wirecast With Keyboard Shortcuts:

Wirecast has built-in keyboard shortcuts to switch between your “Shots”. The trick is to name each shot with a number at the beginning, for example “1 Main Camera” or “2 Remote Skype Video”. Then by holding the Option key and pressing the corresponding number on the keyboard the shot will be activated. Combine that with making sure “Autolive” is selected and when you press the commands the shots will switch on the fly.

Press OPTION 1 for camera 1, and OPTION 2 for camera 2.

Cool.

Yahoo! acquires Tumblr. Promises not to screw.

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:24:00 +0000

Photo: I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! We promise not to screw... tmblr.co/Z4v08slQ0n8V
— marissamayer (@marissamayer) May 20, 2013

Unfortunate automatic shortening of a tweet:

"I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! We promise not to screw..."

Also, the animated GIF only shows up on Tumblr. Not in the official Business Wire Press release or on twitter.

So this tweet doesn't work either because the press release and related multimedia content don't include the GIF, only a static JPG:

First ever acquisition announced by animated gif :) @yahoo is acquiring @tumblr. finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-acq…#keepcalmandcarryon
— marissamayer (@marissamayer) May 20, 2013

iJustine Bought Vintage Macintosh Icon Art from Susan Kare

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:42:00 +0000

Check out this vintage Macintosh icon art I just got.. so excited to put it up :) youtube.com/watch?v=0yHUuc…
— iJustine (@ijustine) May 18, 2013

iJustine just got a HAPPY + UNHAPPY MAC poster from Susan Kare, designer of the original Mac icons. Cool.

Visit: Kare Prints.

Here's a print that I think is cool, Control Panel.

The MethylPREDNIsolone Pill Package Needs a Redesign

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:00 +0000

This package needs a redesign:

This is better:

How to find Angie Miller's New Single "You Set Me Free" on iTunes.

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:48:00 +0000

Whoever handled posting Angie's new single "You Set Me Free" to iTunes made a major mistake and spelled her name wrong. Her new single is posted under "Angie Miler."

Major mistake which I'm sure has limited sales.

You Set Me Free - Single by Angie Miller @angieai12 on iTunes. #idol itun.es/us/m9MRM
— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) May 17, 2013

One way to find it is to only search for the song title:

Here's a direct link to Buy “You Set Me Free” on iTunes.

Preview “You Set Me Free” here:

Thanks Rickey

Bonus: Angie Miller - You Set Me Free - American Idol Homecoming - Beverly, MA

Now if you missed the final show, the best part was Angie singing with Adam Lambert and Jessie J. Watch it here. Really fun.

Bonus II: Angie Miller with Adam Lambert and Jessie J on American Idol Finale

American Idol Finale ~ Angie Miller, Adam... by HumanSlinky

Live Streaming now Available on YouTube with Wirecast for YouTube

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:34:00 +0000

I'm a hand model. ;-)

YouTube has rolled out live streaming ability to everyone that has 1,000 or more followers.

There is new software from YouTube to help, made by my friends from Wirecast: Wirecast for YouTube.

This is different than the existing live streaming of G+ hangouts. Live features include multiple camera angles.

Note: Regular Wirecast Studio will also stream to YouTube, and the HDV option is a $99 upgrade.

Read more on the YouTube blog, WE’LL DO IT LIVE: YouTube live streaming expanding to more channels.

Learn more: Wirecast for YouTube Tutorials.

I'd love to try this out.

Please subscribe to my YouTube channel so I can activate live streaming.

http://www.youtube.com/user/stevegarfield

Now at 768 subscribers, 232 to go. Thanks.

Lilac Sunday at Arnold Arboretum with Roxy's Gourmet Grilled Cheese Food Truck in the Rain

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:29:00 +0000

Lilacs at the Arnold Arboretum

We got there for an early walk and saw Roxy's before they opened.

Roxy's Gourmet Grilled Cheese Food Truck. Twitter: @RoxysGrilledChz

It was nice for walking.

Then it rained and we took shelter under a big tree.

Took a selfie and Carol was funny.

Another shot of Roxy's opening up.

Head over. The rain seems to be holding off.

Batch Ice Cream, Clover Food Truck, Cupcakory and Slush King are also there.

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:17:00 +0000

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

My Mom Is Awesome

Mom and Dad

My mom and me back in the Mad Men days

My mom started blogging in 2003. She's one of the internet's oldest bloggers.

BlogHer July 28, 2006

With Robert Scoble

With Zadi Diaz and Amanda Congdon

With Dan McVicer

Meeting fellow Elderblogger Ronni Bennett June 14, 2007

Podcamp Boston 2 October 27, 2007

With Chris Brogan

With CC Chapman

My mom is a videoblogger with her I Can't Open It series of videos.

Mom at Video on the Net

I assembled a book of posts from her blog, My Mom's Blog:

On ABC News

On NECN with Ally Donnelly

My mom got in the YouTube book of video and I didn't!

Mom and me at Brooksby Village

Dinner at Turner Fisheries Restaurant and Bar in Boston

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:04:00 +0000

Heading to dinner at Turner Fisheries Restaurant and Bar in Boston tonight. turnersboston.com disclosur.es/2 @turnerfisheries
— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) May 11, 2013

Thanks Lisa.

Disclosur.es/2

Boston Marathon Bombing Memorial at Copley Square

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sun, 12 May 2013 02:00:00 +0000

The City of Boston is Preserving the Marathon Memorial.

Fleeting and forever, true to a city that won’t forget:

For all that the Copley Square memorial comprises so many ephemeral items, there’s nothing ephemeral about the motivation behind it, the refusal to forget. The memorial will come down, as it should, though there’s no hurry. The memory of it will remain strong.

The memorial images are composites, digitally stitched together from dozens of individual pictures taken in Copley Square on May 7. Photography by Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff; digital composition by Robert S. Davis/Globe Staff. Online panorama by Gabriel Florit/Globe staff.

Baby Mug Shot, Baby on Windows XP, Baby Live Stream

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:07:00 +0000

I'm having fun taking care of a baby.

Lots to do!

Baby Mug Shot

Baby on Windows XP

I set up a Dropcam live stream to watch the baby. Thanks Dropcam for the demo uint.

Baby Cam | Dropcam

Dropcam now comes in HD.

Also can be viewed on iPhone.

Dropcam Baby Cam iPhone App

Aereo is not intercepting over-the-air TV broadcasts, just helping them along

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:05:00 +0000

Hiawatha Bray writes in the Boston Globe, TV-via-Internet company seeks a legal thumbs up:

The controversial Internet TV company Aereo Inc. doesn’t want lawsuits from angry broadcasters to prevent its entry into Boston and other major US markets. So on Monday, Aereo launched a preemptive strike, asking a federal court to rule that its business model is legal.

Aereo, which intercepts over-the-air TV broadcasts and then transmits them over the Internet, currently operates only in New York, but is planning to launch its service in Boston May 15.

After reading this I had to look up intercept:

intercept |ˌintərˈsept| verb
obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination

Well now that isn't the correct use of wording.

TV signals can't be intercepted.

When I grab a TV signal from my TV antenna, I'm not intercepting it, I'm receiving it.

That's what Aereo is doing.

They are not preventing TV signals from going elsewhere.

The broadcasters are upset though, because when Aereo comes to a city, the broadcasters can lose money.

Here's how, Broadcasters Circle Wagons Against a TV Streaming Upstart:

For several decades companies that were lucky enough to own licenses for local TV stations thrived on advertising revenue alone, and because there was relatively little competition they enjoyed huge audiences and profit margins to match.

As cable and then the Internet introduced new competitors, station owners began to rely on a second revenue source, the so-called retransmission fees that come from the cable and satellite operators that pick up their signals and repackage them for subscribers. Now that they’ve had a taste of these fees, the stations aren’t willing — or able, they say — to go back to the old model of advertising alone.

[Video] Anderson Cooper Interviews Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:15:00 +0000

Anderson Cooper Interviews Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey:

Darrell's House was edited live during SNL by Oz Rodriguez!

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:17:00 +0000

Enjoy Darrell's House part 1 bit.ly/10Am5Sp& 2 bit.ly/104B3Ef edited live during the show by Oz Rodriguez!
— Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers) May 5, 2013

I want to know a lot more about how this was done.

"On next week's Mad Men, Don visits his friend Darrell's house, eats snacks, listens to Al Jolson. Pete isn't invited."
— Josh Kurp (@JoshKurp) May 6, 2013

Sketch comedians will study "Darrell's House" for years to come. Part 1: bit.ly/15j8Qy9 part 2: bit.ly/15j8V5b #SNL
— Mike Birbiglia (@birbigs) May 6, 2013

[Video] DEAD GIVEAWAY - Hero Charles Ramsey Songified!

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000

By Auto-Tune the News Guys, The Gregory Brothers:

The Gregory Brothers have generally produced a mixture of both political and non-political videos. The Auto-Tune the News series has continued to focus primarily on political material, while many of the non-political videos have been given the new branding Songify This.

LYRICS:
I knew somethin was wrong when a
little pretty white girl
ran into a black man's arms

dead giveaway, dead giveaway
my neighbor got big testicles
cause we see this dude everyday
we eat ribs with this dude,
but we didn't have a clue
that that girl was in that house,
she said please help me get out

so I opened the door, we can't get in that way
a body can't fit through the door, only your hand
so we kick-kicked the bottom,
and she comes out, and she says
it's some more girls up in that house
call 911 and they caught him
at mcdonald's

I knew somethin was wrong when a
little pretty white girl
ran into a black man's arms

Note: Charles says "we" in the interview. Looking for news on who else was with him when he tried to open the door.

Update: A neighbor was also there - [Video] Anderson Cooper Interviews Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey

Update 2:

Another Man, Angel Cordero, helped free missing Cleveland women Berry, DeJesus and Knight: 'I did what had to be done':

Now-Internet sensation Charles Ramsey was not the only person to help break down the door of a Seymour Avenue house, freeing three missing women.

“I helped her and I was first,” Angel Cordero told NewsChannel5’s Stephanie Ramirez in Spanish.

On Monday, Ramsey, Cordero and other neighbors in a west side neighborhood of Cleveland helped Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight escape. The women had disappeared in separate cases about a decade ago.

“Ramsey arrived after she was outside with the girl,” Cordero said. “But the truth who arrived there, who crossed the street, who came and broke the door, it was me.”

Wintel Tejeda, who lives across the street from the suspect’s house, said others helped and when Berry came out, they gave her a phone.

Official Site: The Gregory Brothers.

Additional video - Interview: Charles Ramsey: 'I am the definition of a man, bro... Her scream was so loud, children stopped playing.'

Dead Giveaway - Sarah's Version!

[Video] "First Kiss" | 2013 Taco Bell Cool Ranch® Doritos Locos Tacos Commercial

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sun, 05 May 2013 20:20:00 +0000

Just saw this commercial with my favorite band, St. Lucia providing the soundtrack:

Links in the YouTube video description need http:// in front of them to make them clickable. A common mistake.

Ex:

Featuring "All Eyes on You" by St. Lucia
Download It Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/st....
http://www.Facebook.com/StLuciaNewYork
http://www.FeedTheBeat.com
http://www.TacoBell.com

RISD Alumni + Student Art Sale - Saturday May 4 10 AM - 4 PM

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sat, 04 May 2013 12:27:00 +0000

Here's How Practicing Basketball In an Empty Gym Looks Through Google Glass

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:44:00 +0000

Here's How Practicing Basketball In an Empty Gym Looks Through Google Glass

via Deadspin

Will he make the half-court shot?

Amazing implications for broadcast and live streaming.

Why do I take so many photos at Dunkin' Donuts

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:53:00 +0000

Image: Dunkin Donunts foursquare photo checkins

I do like visiting Dunkin' Donuts every day.

People ask me why do I take so many photos at Dunkin' Donuts.

Since I'm going to the same place every day, I like to challenge myself to try to get unique photo that is different from one I have already taken.

Anyone can walk up to a Dunkin' Donuts and snap a photo, but I like to think before I click.

Maybe I can get a different perpective. Higher, lower, closer, farther away?

I'll also think about what photo apps I have on my iPhone and take a photo to best use the features of the app.

Here are a few taken with iPhone App ColorSplash:

Image: Dunkin' Donuts taken with iPhone App ColorSplash

Image: Dunkin' Donuts taken with iPhone App ColorSplash

More images:

Natalie Gelman free online concert today, 5/1, at 8:30 PM EDT

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:44:00 +0000

My friend singer/songwriter Natalie Gelman is giving a free online concert today, 5/1, at 8:30 PM EDT.

Ask @JimmyFallon is Back

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:23:00 +0000

Watch Ask Jimmy:

Ask Jimmy a Question: (Here's mine)

Ask your question to Jimmy Fallon here.

Take a look back at Jimmy's first time answering blog comments and video questions (12/08).

POLL: #Massachusetts U.S. #Senate Primary

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:35:00 +0000

Image via

POLL: #Massachusetts U.S. #Senate Primary. REPLY to THIS tweet with: #Markey, #Lynch, #Gomez, #Sullivan, #Winslow or #DontCare.
— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) April 30, 2013

POLL: #Massachusetts U.S. #Senate Primary. To VOTE in this POLL, REPLY to THIS tweet with: "#Markey, #Lynch, #Gomez, #Sullivan, #Winslow or #DontCare."

Or vote over here on the results page:

Public Results Page

Results:

#Massachusetts U.S. #Senate special election primary Twitter Poll

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:01:00 +0000

UPDATE:

Test #2. New Massachusetts U.S. Senate special election primary Twitter Poll Here 4/30/13.

I'm testing out poptip with a Massachusetts U.S. Senate special election primary Twitter Poll.

SET UP. DASHBOARD:

Once you set up your poll, you tweet it out.

Here's my tweet:

The #Massachusetts U.S. #Senate special election primaries are Tuesday. Who will you vote for? Lynch, Markey, Gomez, Sullivan, or Winslow?
— Steve Garfield (@stevegarfield) April 29, 2013

At first I expected there to be a link to the next PUBLIC RESULTS PAGE, but there wasn't.

You vote by replying to the tweet.

Interesting.

BLANK PUBLIC RESULTS PAGE:

EMBEDED RESULTS:

Update:
As the @ REPLY votes come in, some tweets have to be manually moderated to count votes. I had to give the third tweet to Winslow. Not sure why I had to do this by hand. I've got a question in to poptip.

Answers from poptip to some questions I had:

Q: Why isn't a link to my poll tweeted out.

A: We do not automatically tweet out the Poptip Results link for a few reasons:

- We do not ever post on behalf of our customers
- Many of our customers use Poptip for all social media posts, not just questions, as it is a very useful tool for analyzing all posts sent

Q: How long does it take for tweets to be added to the results page?

A: Poptip processes a tweet and visualizes it on your dashboard and results page within 15 milliseconds.

Q: Are the results tied to replying to the original tweet, or can I follow up with additional calls to action?

A: To do a follow-up call to action, share your results page and allow people to respond there. Or, you can promote the tweet, as many brands do -- This will extend the life of the tweet.

Direct replies to a new tweet (not your original Poptip tweet) will not count as votes toward your Poptip poll.

However, @mentions to your account that are not direct replies to any other tweets will count as votes toward your Poptip poll.

Replies follow Twitter's unique Tweet ID so that we can analyze results on a per-tweet basis.

Q: Why did I have to moderate the third tweet, (image above), to select Winslow manually?

A: When you specify a very long response option (i.e., Daniel B Winslow (R)), we only pick up that exact, word-for-word phrase. If you had only entered Winslow, we would pick up all instances of Winslow.

Update:

I closed that poll. Learned a few things by creating it. Should have had one word answers.

Boston Globe Cover Story: 102 Hours in Pursuit

noreply@blogger.com (Steve Garfield) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Amazing Boston Globe Cover Story: The Boston Globe: 102 Hours in Pursuit.

Not to take away from the fantastic reporting job that the Globe Staff did, but they still don't promote the multi-media content well in the print edition.

Here's what we see in the newspaper:

"Visit bostonglobe.com for interactive graphics and a video."

You could do a better job of highlighting this.

Here's what a link to the interactive graphics and a video looks like online:

Here are the links:

Photos:
Photos

Graphics:
Graphics

Video:
Video

Maybe take a cue from the online designers and add a graphic to highlight this stuff for people reading the newspaper?

One more thing, please tweet out a link to your cover story earlier than 10:32 AM, that would help us find it online to retweet:

A riveting, detailed account: 102 hours in pursuit of Marathon suspects b.globe.com/184WPuV
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) April 28, 2013