I found out that Barack Obama had chosen Joe Biden as his running mate from the big O's Twitter stream (Full disclosure: I am a registered Independent, and I also subscribe to the RNC's feed, which has a MUCH better avatar than Obama anyway).

All of this is to say that it's well understood that Obama is one of the more tech-savvy presidential candidates ever (or at least has a more tech savvy team). (John McCain, to his credit, is aware of the Internet). He's a social organizing and networking whiz. Now his campaign has gone a step further and released a volunteer-created iPhone application that works as a campaign tool. Obama's camp describes it as "a great volunteering tool that lets you make a difference any time you want by talking to people you already know."

The app organizes your contacts by state in order of electoral priority--it's your job to call through your buddies based on how strategic they are to an Obama win. It gives you news feeds and you can give the campaign money through the application. The folks at techPresident appear to like it. Now, if only Newsweek would buy me an iPhone. You know, so I could take it for a spin. In the name of journalism.