Qik and Quicker

Qik just sent me a beta release of their new iPhone app. You can use it to stream live video from the iPhone. It's viewable at Qik.com and is stored there as well. This does not require jailbreaking - this is an official app that will be available in the iTunes App store soon. Considering there's no video recording on the iPhone, this is pretty amazing. Here's my first attempt. One thing I've learned: hold the phone still! I'm looking forward to using this to stream video when I'm out and about. You can follow twitlive on Twitter for notices when I stream live from the phone.

Election 2008 On TWiT Live

We'll be streaming live election coverage beginning right after net@night tonight at 7p Eastern/4p Pacific/2400 UTC on TWiT Live. Our joint coverage with social|median will feature founder and former White House staffer, Jason Goldberg. Our special focus: tech and the election. Scheduled guests include Jim Brady, Managing Editor, WashingtonPost.com, Brian Reich, Author: MediaRules, Terri MacMillan, Modern Media Japan.com, with an overseas perspective, Alan Silberberg, CEO, You2Gov, Julius Genachowski live from the Obama party in Chicago.

A Strange Visitor

We had an odd visitor this morning at the TWiT Cottage.

Strange. He always seems to show up this time of year.

Social|Median Election News

Amber and I interview Jason Goldberg of the new social news site Social|Median on tonight's net@night (you can listen in the player to the right).

Social|Median has just launched its Election 2008 site in conjunction with the Washington Post. It's a great way to follow the election news. You can follow me there - I'm leolaporte.

Leo's Twitter Updates for 2008-10-27

• Oh dear. Layoffs at Revision3. Stay tuned. #
• @Grundy I'm not Revision3. TWiT is very lightweight compared to Rev3. So far advertisers and donations are still strong so we're ok. So far. #
• Ooo. The new aTV Flash comes with XBMC and Boxee for the AppleTV. Looks like I picked a bad day to upgrade my cable. http://tr.im/llu #