Elections, Qik and Real Time

Sorry for the infrequent posts here over the past two weeks, but our company is firing on all cylinders.  We have a number of political clients, and the Illinois Primary Election is next Tuesday, so it's a busy time of year.

I did want to post briefly on the great tool called Qik. For those of you who don't know, Qik is an app that allows live streaming from your phone.  

I have it on my iPhone and my Droid (seems to work much better on my Droid) and used it to live stream two press conferences this week.  A press conference I live streamed today was run live by Illinois' two most well-read blogs, and the two videos have garnered a combined 1300 viewers.

Pretty impressive.  We're going to it use it a lot more between now and Election Day (and beyond), so stay tuned.