steve garfield

How do you watch TV?

jeffcutler — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:26:22 +0000

Whether you’re someone who sits on the couch with the cat or time shifts your entertainment and loads it onto your mobile device, technology has changed our TV watching.

These days - and maybe you already have one - there are Apple TV devices, Roku boxes, Google TV and many more so-called connected TV devices. And these types of technology have opened up the capability for people to enjoy their entertainment.

To that end, as I type this there are five entertainment and tech industry executives sitting in bar stools at the front of a Hill Holliday conference room in downtown Boston. These TV pros have their own opinions about how you should watch TV. Whether you believe them or step into line with their wishes is really up to you.

So who are they and what are they saying? On the panel are: Aaron McNally of Google TV; Anderw Kippen of Boxee; Greg RIvera of Xbox; Chas Smith of Roku; and Tara Maitra of TIVO.

When asked by Hill Holliday’s Mike Proulx, “Who are these devices for?” the panelist responded as follows...

Notes from Today's Boston Wi-Fi Summit, Part II

sooz — Thu, 19 May 2005 14:57:09 +0000

Steve Garfield is posting a lot of notes and photos from the Boston Wi-Fi Summit over at the weblog he maintains for City Councillor John Tobin. (There's no category collecting all the related entries so start at the homepage and dig in!)

Time Traveler Convention Video

stevegarfield — Mon, 09 May 2005 15:58:16 +0000

Watch my video report from the Time Traveler Convention over on my video blog.

It's a rough cut of the footage I shot at the Time Traveler Convention that was held at MIT on Saturday May 7th, 2005.