Qik supports Blackberry for live video

Funny, I couldn’t Qik this video. Why? It was embargoed until tonight. So, I used a Flip camera instead of my Nokia phone.

But Qik is moving fast to support the most handsets out there.

For the people who don’t know what Qik does it lets you broadcast live video from your cell phone.

Anyway, a whole team of Russians made this because it’s hard to get video access on a Blackberry. In the video you meet the team behind Qik.

Want to read up on the moves instead of watch a video? Here are some others who’ve written about this news:

TechCrunch.
VentureBeat.
NewTeeVee.
ArsTechnica.
ReadWriteWeb.
WebWare.

And, of course, you can talk more about Qik on FriendFeed.

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I love the Web

I’m tired of being depressed about the economy and the news.

I was reading my feeds and realized I love the Web. I learn so much, have so many cool apps (thanks Google for Google Earth on my iPhone). Am challenged so often (nine days of politics left). Meet so many cool people (last week 25 of them showed up at a Tweetup in Austin that we organized in just a few hours). Get access to so many cool things and experiences (I’m trying to plan our China trip out and am already overwhelmed with people wanting to take Rocky and me on tours and dinners and such).

This week I’m going to try to do something good every day for someone else. Hey, tomorrow Ford is lending me a car. Anyone want a ride somewhere? How about we work an afternoon in the food bank?

What in technology is making you happy? We need more happiness. Talking to executives about the economy is making me grumpy and I’ve learned that the only way out of this funk is to give of myself to causes bigger than myself.

Anyway, thank you to everyone who brings me an interesting item in Google Reader or Twitter or FriendFeed or Techmeme or here. Hopefully someday I’ll get to thank you personally for making my life more interesting and me more informed, more entertained, more connected.

PracticeFusion brings Web 2.0 to doctor’s offices

Ryan Howard, CEO of PracticeFusion.com, showed me how they are transforming doctors offices with its Web service. Half a million doctors are on board already. Saves money and is free for doctors, while competitive systems are tens of thousands of dollars. Interesting look inside his business and how he’ll make money. Interesting for the rest of us to see where our medical records might be stored in the future.