The morning started with a last minute do or die! (in my mind) trial of live streaming from the Droid.
It worked!
At first, our web platform wouldn't update the code embed fast enough, but our graphics editor Chris Glass took the risk and let the update cook. After awhile, I started seeing positive comments in my twitter feed scrolling across the viewfinder of the phone in Qik and I knew something was happening.
Live streaming from a phone, while using voice on another phone to communicate with the office, is somewhat awkward taking into account that the live microphone is on the first phone. I think we will communicate via the twitter feed layer in the future.
And then former York Daily Record correspondent Greg Gross walked by and said to me, "I saw that on the YDR site and it looks good". He later said that it wasn't buffering and jerky like live cams usually are.
Later in the day
I had several photos on my desktop and asked Brad Jennings, my photo editor, to pick.
I had provided one photo from the Droid for a web update earlier in the day. Brad picked the Droid photo among others from a Nikon D2HS.
It's nice to capture a moment, once!
I have been using a BlackBerry Storm (3.2 MP with an excellent camera and powerful flash) for about a year for still web update photos. Before the BlackBerry, I used a Samsung Flipshot (3 MP) and before that a Samsung SCH-A990 (3.2 MP).
It saves time not booting up a laptop and a photo can be published in a few minutes from camera to website.
The (5 MP) still image that comes out of the Droid opens in Photoshop as a 2592x1936, 14 MB, 300 px/in image.
The live stream was in the 480 pixel range using Verizon's 3G. Different size streams can be obtained depending on the service and using WiFi over 3G.
paulkuehnel: Three photos from same shoot r on desktop, 2 r from Nikon D2HS, editor picks #droid pix. Open in PSD saz 14.4 MP http://twitgoo.com/55ush
paulkuehnel: Zebra sky and cherry candy. http://twitgoo.com/55ssx
paulkuehnel: Hard to imagine a web editor pulling a useable 100 pixil macro thumbnail out of a (5 mp) fon pix #droid
paulkuehnel: First live video feed from #droid & vz 3G to ydr.com someone walked by and said it looked good. I was just happy it worked.
paulkuehnel: Nice touch #droid when in SMS, a green dot tells you can move over to g-talk and not use SMS. A nice bit of bedtime. Freeness
paulkuehnel: Bridge on main street in spring grove is buying some time until replacement http://twitgoo.com/55s7s
paulkuehnel: I was referring to the screen of the #droid for the twitter feedback in #qik so that the operator knows what's going on
paulkuehnel: #Qik pushes twitter feedback directly layering on screen during live video stream #droid so people can comment
paulkuehnel: Qik - paul test video by paulkuehnel http://qik.ly/qtpV
paulkuehnel: Qik - paul test video by paulkuehnel http://qik.ly/qthe
paulkuehnel: Qik - paul test video by paulkuehnel http://qik.ly/qtnF
paulkuehnel: BoAnn Myers received the spruce as a 5th wed ann gift, 35 years later it shines on continental square http://twitgoo.com/55p9i
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