Steve Garfield explains how he will use his phone to stream live video to the Internet on Super Tuesday.

Watching the movie “Back to the Future” in 1985, my imagination was captured by the scene where Christopher Lloyd’s zany character, Doc Brown, showed Marty McFly his little VHS-C camcorder and explained that in 30 years, an entire Television Studio would squeeze into that little box.

Once I realized that JVC and Sony were actually making those small video recorders, it lead me to purchase one of the first HandyCams and embark on a hobby and later a career in video production.

What Doc’s portable TV Studio in a Box lacked back then was the ability to broadcast live. Now, it appears we have entered an era where not only is the studio portable but the broadcast transmitter is as well. Using a palm-sized Nokia N95 smartphone and an Internet service from qik.com, anyone can send live video to a worldwide audience in real time.

I first saw this when Robert Scoble streamed live, impromptu observations and interviews from Davos. Here he is standing right beside Bono as the rock star records a YouTube Video.

On Super Tuesday, vlogging pioneer, Steve Garfield plans to go live on the streets of Boston to cover the action and reaction. Where Personal Videoconferencing is about one-to-one live video communication, Personal Mobile Broadcasting is one-to-many live video.

Follow the action as Steve vlogs live on Super Tuesday.

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