Seesmic Blog

If Seesmic could be cute, this is what is would look like.

Photo by Flickr user patriotworld.

This is from a twitter. Can a twitter be blogworthy? Well, it depends on if the twitter is blogworthy. Makes sense right?
Well in this case, it is blogworthy. Loic just said in a Twitter that they hope threading in Seesmic will arrive next week. This is a fantastic development and something that Seesmic desperately needs.

text of tweet: @ResPres threads are coming on Seesmic, we hope next week http://tinyurl.com/29d75h

I was laughing the entire time. And I’m sure most of you have seen it already, so I wasn’t going to blog it, but then I found this video commentary by Whit Scott, the cameraman in the video, and the video editor for the videos.

He is asking some important questions about what you are looking for in the video and he is looking for your feedback. So don’t comment here, go to his blog and comment.

He is doing a heck of a job by the way, kudos to Whit!

Here is the video in the off chance you have not seen it yet.

Seesmic User (Seesmicer?) Fred2baro has put together a wiki for Seesmic. You can find it at seesmicline.pbwiki.com.

It is a fun page with some fun information. There are links that attempt to follow some of the threads of some more popular discussions. A daunting task indeed to do manually. So Fred needs all the help he can get!

Check it out! seesmicline.pbwiki.com

I blogged earlier on this blog about my interest in Adobe Flex, because I had started to look into it as a result of Seesmic using Flex. To my surprise, Mike Potter left a comment offering me the tools to get started with Adobe Flex.

Well, I’m happy to report that I received them today. What came is O’Reilly’s Essential ActionScript 3.0 (Essential), O’Reilly’s Programming Flex 2, and a DVD from Total Training Adobe Flex 2. I just wanted to publicly thank Mike and Adobe for their kindness. I’m looking forward to digging in and learning Flex. From a programmers point of view, once you learn programming, any new language is mostly learning the syntax and the tools. So I’m pretty sure it will come quickly, I hope to be busting stuff out in no time.

A story by Chris Nuttall at FT.com.

This is not a Seesmic story per se. But more of a story on how Loic is running his company out in the open. And this is a story not covered much and I realized that I even forgot that is in indeed different.

Perhaps not quite as open as the early days of Justin.tv, but I agree, pretty open. Loic is twittering, and as the article mentions, putting up daily episodes on YouTube. He of course is also putting his discussions with the users of Seesmic out in the open, broadcast on Twitter and within Seesmic.

Additionally, the article also gives a description of Seesmic:

Seesmic is a tool that enables bloggers to add comments and start web conversations in video with one another - an extension of the way they currently add text responses to blog posts.

The only reason I mention it is because I love to see everyone’s description of Seesmic. No two are the same, and it is quite difficult to put into words exactly what it is.

That’s a good question, Jeremy. Why yes, I think it is.

I just thought of this, because when I met Loic in Boston, he said they need lots of developers. Chris Brogan said, “which kinds?” And Loic responded, “All kinds.” Pretty vague And recently on a video where they announced they were working with Seesmic user dotBen. In that video Loic and Johann also gave the email address of info@seesmic.com to respond if you were interested in joining the developer team.

However, I have this question? What technology expertise are you looking for, Seesmic? Inquiring minds want to know.

I had a conversation a while back with Seesmic user bbluesman (Mark Forman) where we talked about direct video messaging. I think it would be a great addition to Seesmic. At the time, we discussed how it would be similar to the functionality of Hello World.

I still think it would be great. Although from a business perspective, I realize you can’t chase every rabbit. But it would be not that difficult to add.

Today I found a new startup that is focusing on exactly this this. EyeJot: Video mail in a blink. Also interestingly from a from a technical standpoint is that they are using Adobe Flex, the same software that is running portions of Seesmic.

I found eyejot via: blog.digitalbackcountry.com

I’m thinking about this blog here. And any other blog really, but I would like to have the ability to take text OR video feedback. I suppose that could be a part of the public timeline, I can see reasons for both having external stand alone conversations, and for external conversation that are included in the public timeline.

When an API comes about, I would like to see that as part of it.

Do you see what I’m getting at? Imagine a blog type scenario. I have the ability to record a video to ask my question, and responders have the ability to respond in video. This seems rather simple now that I lay it out. I supposed this could also be part of a revenue stream for Seesmic, kind of a pro package or something. It if is as great as I think it is, it would be worth paying for. Of course revenue streams for Seesmic are something new entirely that I have not broached on this blog yet.

I think I’m building the 5 year plan for Seesmic as I blog

Sean P. from Mahalo just contacted me and let me know that Mahalo has a Seesmic page now.

Oh, what’s Mahalo. Well… “Mahalo is the world’s first human-powered search engine.” You can of course find out more at Mahalo.com.

I’m also posting a video with Jason Calacanis, the founder of Mahalo, talking with Loic Le Meur, the founder of Seesmic.