Steve Garfield

Steve Garfield is a visionary who looks at disparate things, and sees ways to combine them into new and exciting endeavors. Steve Garfield's Video Blog, one of the first and longest running video blog on the web, until he stopped posting there on October 31, 2011, has been a source of inspiration to innovators in web video since January 1, 2004. Steve is a proponent of enabling people to share their stories without getting caught up in the intricacies of high end video production systems. He helped to popularize the idea of delivering video via RSS 2.0 with media enclosures through his early reporting on Rocketboom. Steve broke new ground in citizen reporting, and live video streaming, with his coverage of the 2004 and 2008 Presidential campaigns. In 2012, Steve posted a few Instagrams of his voting experience, along with his iconic photos of the beer he was drinking and what he was having for dinner. Steve started video blogging because he wanted to experiment with new was of sharing stories using new technologies. Relationships he developed during his video blogging years, lead him to invest in people. Garfield's angel investments have been in the fields of video, 3D printing, on-demand workspace rentals, an auto dealership, and a brewery. This is his autobiography. Cheers

The era of online video has arrived—now make it work for your business In the last year, the world of online video exploded. Hollywood got into the game, professional actors and writers joined in, and independent producers looked to find their niche. Now, companies are wide awake to the opportunities for product and brand promotion as well as customer engagement. So how do you want to fit into the new online video universe? The must-have guide, Get Seen by Steve Garfield, the "Paul Revere of video blogging," offers a quick and complete toolkit to get you up to speed on the latest that online video and related media have to offer. Examines success stories of how companies have used online videoPresents a series of plans and tools that businesses can follow as they expand onto the social webProvides clear step by step directions on how to record, edit, and export videos, where to post them, how to build a community around their content, and what to do to increase views by making it go viral If you're ready to take full advantage of online video's many benefits, Get Seen is the one resource you need.