You would think that after 15 months of launch of Qik, we would have seen it all. Well – we keep getting surprised by what Qikkers do around the world and the way they use Qik. The latest surprise came a week back when Joseph Tame announced that he’ll be qikking his marathon run in Tokyo (blogpost). Well, we had seen a previous marathon Qik from Boston Marathon – but this was the first time someone would have done such a feat internationally. When we got the email from Joseph – our first reaction was complete jump of joy and excitement and this quickly (or should I say qikly 
) became into “we hope Joseph is able to focus on the run rather than Qik”. Then came the realization that this is exactly what we do best – make the technology really invisible such that anyone can stream live with a press of 1-button while we take care of the technology to adapt to various network and phone conditions. So, yesterday when Joseph ran the marathon – it was great to not just see him stream live for hours but also seeing the route he took (video). I would have never thought that I would be able to experience something like this – watch Tokyo marathon from the eyes of a runner, see the route he takes in real-time while chatting and encouraging Joseph as he makes the run. Thank you Joseph! (http://qik.com/tamegoeswild). Here are some Qik clips:
Joseph announcing what he’ll do:
After the run