Seesmic - see video links below
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I've been playing with Seesmic for the first time today.
(I got an invite by emailing the guy in charge a few weeks ago)
In my intro to this group, I said that I thought any online video counted, no matter how it was recorded or published... so I'm going to follow my own advice and just publish the video conversation I've had on Seesmic today.
Not the most interesting post for some of you, as it's about the features on a new video sharing site that only a limited number of people have access to. Sorry . Tomorrow might better :)
I've linked to the public versions of the videos, below. ie You can still see them, even if you don't have a Seesmic account. You just can't get involved and reply. Which is a drag, but I guess it'll open out before long.
The thing is, you can see how a video conversation can develop easily with this tool. But my point in my video is that they've limited it so that you pretty much HAVE to use your webcam to record - trying to use anything else is a pain. And yet it would be SO EASY (and free) for them to change this - so that you could film outside with your regular camera and then just upload the file direct to Seesmic. At the moment, if you film something with your camera, you have to convert it to a Flash flv file before uploading, which is silly. It seems obvious to me that conversations could be more interesting if they were inspired by and conducted in more varied and interesting environments than just people's desks/offices.
This is my original post, called "My first proper Seesmic: Get mobi...
And below are the following short replies, all within a short time of each other, which develop into a conversation of sorts, where people are referencing each other's replies. They're quite quick, and you can see how this could get a) addictive and b) interesting, particularly if these people can use video to talk and show things beyond the confines of their desk.
Christian's reply
Clint's reply
Deek's reply
Mike's reply
Mike's follow up saying that half the above video was lost
My reply to all of them
Adam's reply
My reply to Adam and Mike
Nik's reply
My reply to Nik
Hardly rocket science. But quite fun. And there's a shortage of good tools to create video conversations. Damn, I hate that word. Why can't I stop using it?
