February 2008 Archives

Captured by Mastro:

 

Thanks Mastro! :)

As promised, here's our live broadcasted video recipe of pasta with Alfredo and mushrooms sauce. We were very happy with the outcome, very tasty and really easy to cook.

Broadcasting it while cooking made us realize that there are "dead" moments when we needed to wait for the water to boil or the mushrooms to cook. We thought those moments are probably boring for the viewers... So we decided to take some breaks and divide the broadcast into a few interesting parts.

I hope you'll enjoy it. And you're very welcome to share your recipes with me. Drop me a line and I'll even publish then here.

*Thanks Ricky for the great inspiration, and thanks to Idan for cooking! :)

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Watching live video broadcasts at Flixwagon.com has made me both hungry and motivated to prove my cooking skills. I invite you to share your favorite recipes using flixwagon and promise to share mine in my next posts. If you want your video to be featured here - just drop me a line.

The credits for inspiring this go to Ricky's latest 'Cooking with the Guru' series and to WhatleyDude.

Bon appetit!

Most bloggers have already covered all the Mobile World Congress news, new gadgets, who attended which event and how the hell didn't they had enough bandwidth for 60,000 mobile phones and laptops?! How can we communicate with no means?! Also many have already blogged about who had goodies, who had nice giveaways, and most important who offered free coffee and water... (the lines for a bad coffee were impressive!). 

Here are my off-topic observations:

1) 99.9% of the attendees wore dark grey or black suits. The only variations were the color of the thin stripes.

2) Mobile techies don't push and they stand in a nice long line with no complaints.

 

3) Most mobile techies are men. Try to spot a woman here:

4) Business cards - you never take enough with you :)

5) After so many hours on feet, we will drink whatever coffee we can find. Any. (and accidentally spell it on my N95 and improve its performance. Try it on your own risk).

6) High heels are bad for you. Bad. Very bad.

But Barcelona is more than a huge amount of black and grey suits. This is the city of best parties and good food! The big question is - do mobile techies know how to party? I was reluctant but decided to put it to the test. In order to examine it thoroughly, I went out each night with different people, and each night I found myself in at least 2 parties,

My answer is YES.

From a lot of beers at the BelChica with the MobileSunday gang (no 3G network there, sory), through Swedish Beers, some private parties with bloggers and demo and marketing delegations, yes, mobile techies know how to have a good time! :)

And here's a treat for those of you who couldn't join - some flix from the Blackberry party

 

 

Hey guys, after a rather slow start with a crash of the 3G network and hardly no WiFi coverage, Flixwagon is live broadcasting from Mobile World Congress :)

You can see our broadcasts here - http://www.flixwagon.com/gsm/index

Feel free to comment during broadcast.

MTV citizen journalist Sara Benincasa said it best when she explained:

A cameraman from one of the big networks came up to me and said, "Are you reporting?" And I said, "Yeah, I am!" And he said, "How?  And I said [pointing at camera phone], "This is live to web, sir.'  New technology, kids – pretty cool.

Yes, it is.  On Super Tuesday, with MTV's live broadcasts popping up from all over the country, one person in particular stood out as an exceptional citizen journalist: Sara Benincasa.  With boundless energy, Sara took us on a wild adventure throughout New York City using her Nokia N95 cell phone outfitted with the Flixwagon application.  She interviewed endless New Yorkers about their feelings on politics, their predications for the coming election, and their hopes and desires for a new direction for the U.S.A.  Luckily, there was no cameraman struggling to keep up with her because all Sara had to do was pull her mobile phone out of her pocket and capture all the action live.

Sara dove right into the action when she started her day on the streets of Times Square talking about the complex political makeup of NYC.

 

 

We got to hear not only Sara's ideas on politics but also many different New Yorker's views on Super Tuesday.  Sara even scored a spot at Hillary Clinton's headquarters where we really got to see the inner-workings of the political system.

 

 

 

By the end of the day, Sara was rubbing elbows with Hillary Clinton herself.  Sara took us on an awesome adventure and we got to experience the highs and lows of citizen journalism and the crazy action of New York City and Super Tuesday.  What a ride!

 

 

 

Thanks Sara for such an exclusive look into Super Tuesday.

For the non-US people out there on the web (which I am one of them), MTV's Choose or Loose initiative has provided a whole new experience of being a part of and great opportunity to have a closer look of the US elections.

Using Flixwagon, a series of 23 young reporters went out to cover the real stories from polling stations, caucuses, candidate rallies etc' live from their mobile. One of my favorite reporters is Sara Benincasa, a citizen journalist for the 2008 MTV Choose or Lose Street Team. All day long I was watching her live broadcasts which portrait NYC, the of New York voters, Hillary's winning speech and many other items.

This was a very amazing experience of getting video news breaks on real time from a young point of view. Here are some treats, however I strongly encourage you to follow the link to Sara Benicasa page and see them all.

Enjoy!

In the United States, the primary elections are the first step toward choosing our president.  Voters choose the candidate they prefer from their political party; the person they want to see in the White House.  After the American people have voted, the elected candidates move on to the final race: the race for the presidency.  Super Tuesday is the day in which 23 states hold their primary elections, an important day that helps determine the future of our country.

But what does Flixwagon have to do with all of this?

Usually I read about the primary elections in the newspaper or online.  I see the outcomes of the elections, how many people voted, and nicely edited footage of the various polling sites.  But what if we could see of all this and more... live?

Flixwagon is connecting people to the voting experience across state lines and sharing this experience live. 

 

As part of MTV's Choose or Lose campaign, 23 citizen-based journalists are armed with Nokia N95 cell phones and are capturing the action live using Flixwagon.  You will see inside the polling stations, interviews with everyone from students to political analysts, and more.  Forget about reading about the elections online or in the newspaper.  Now you can catch the electoral process LIVE on MTV.

You can watch the electoral process in action from Juneau, Alaska to New York City and anywhere in between like Tennesse, Georgia, and Minnesota.

Maybe you're wondering, what young people think about getting involved?

 

 

Or... what the students at Georgia Tech doing to promote voter registration?

 

 

Or maybe you want to know if any young people really care about Super Tuesday?

 

 

 

Through Flixwagon and MTV, I feel connected to the rest of the country during this exciting time.  Welcome to the future of live mobile broadcasting.

 

Today is the day! 

MTV

's street journalism team will broadcast from 23 states to ThinkMTV from their Nokia N95 mobile devices using Flixwagon. Throughout the day, MTV will regularly break into programming and showcase news features on TV from the live reports.

Here at Flixwagon we will bring you some highlights of today's coverage. Bellow is David Whiteside's flix showing people getting pumped up to vote:

Ricky Cadden

and Matt Jones came up with a very cool idea of how to use Flixwagon. They announced a blogger battle! It's called Geek vs Guru - The Workout competition.

Ricky and Matt are going to use Nokia Sports Tracker Online to report distance covered and Flixwagon to broadcasttheir weigh-in. Here are the battle rules:

The Rules:

1. Participants MUST workout and post a video recap on Tuesday and Thursday on their respective blogs. You can view the videos here: 

• Matt's at NokiaGeek.com
• Ricky’s at Symbian-Guru.com.

2. Workout MUST register in Nokia Sports Tracker Online. The distance covered will be taken from there.

3. Weight on scales must be recorded in the video recap and reported in the bi-weekly post in kilograms.

Points:

One point will be awarded for each kilometer covered, as well as each kilogram lost. 5 points will be deducted for not recording a workout or for not posting a video. The winner receives the satisfaction of knowing that he is the more in-shape blogger.

Winner:

The winner gets the satisfaction of knowing he is in great shape, as well as bragging rights.

Get updated:

• Make sure you’re subscribed to both NokiaGeek’s and Symbian-Guru’s RSS feed to get the latest updates on Mondays and Wednesdays.
• Go to the contest homepage, and get updates and links to the most recent coverage.
• Matt’s Flixwagon videos can be found here, and his SportsTrackerOnline profile is here.
• Ricky’s Flixwagon videos can be found here, and his SportsTrackerOnline profile is here.

We're gonna watch closely. Any bets, people? :)

Hi all,

We have more invitations for you! If you're interested, you can drop me a line at atesters@flixwagon.com or register at www.flixwagon.com

Enjoy!