Seesmic du Jour 142: Hit by a Drunk DriverLast week, I was rear-ended by a drunk driver and it turned out to be quite a story. We filmed me telling Vinvin the story so I could share it with all of you. So here it is. Oh! And we were able to generate a pretty accurate re-enactment of the experience... Don't worry I'm ok now.
Seesmic du Jour 141: These 3 are InpowrI had not one, not two, but three great guests in the office recently. Michel Chioini, Kerry Fleming and Claude Malaison told me all about their site inpowr.com. Inpowr is "A quick, easy way to explore your well-being and measure the progress you make as you pursue your goals." it's still in Beta, but everyone should try it out!
Seesmic du Jour 140: Mixx It up!Chris McGill, CEO of Mixx.com, who just added its buttons to every single CNN.com article, explains Mixx as "your link to the web content that really matters... There's a lot of information out there and, let's face it, you don't have all day to find the good stuff (if you do, we're totally jealous)."
Seesmic du Jour 139: Drinks with Eric Rice!Eric Rice was in town for the web 2.0 conference and stopped by the office to have a chat. I was busy for most of the day so Vinvin took the interview with Eric. Here they are at the bar!
Paulo Coelho adds video comments to his blog with Seesmic
Thank you Paulo for adding video comments to your blog, I left one of the first ones. Looking forward to fascinating video conversations. Note: you can also follow Paulo on Twitter.
Metroblogging adds video comments to their 60 blogs!Sean Bonner just announced that they added our video comments plugin to the 60 blogs of Metroblogging in 54 cities. All their local authors and readers can join a local video conversation. I love it. Thanks Sean and the Metroblogging team.
Here is Sean announcing it:
@veronica thank you for so much love for Twhirl in TekzillaThanks @veronica for so much love at 14:15
French luxury brand Louis Vuitton suing Darfour and modern art?Or simply protecting its brand. Nadia Plesner, a Dutch designer and artist has launched a Darfur campaign asking people to support Darfur with "a simple living t-shirt or poster" below:
Problem is that the purse she has chosen to illustrate her campaign is one of the the world famous Louis Vuitton bags. Louis Vuitton threatens (pdf) nadia plesner who answered (pdf) that the bag "does not refer to a Louis Vuitton bag". This answer is honestly not really smart I think because it obviously looks like a Louis Vuitton bag. I doubt she will win saying that it does not look like the brand...
Having said that 3 lawyers want to help Nadia and she received tons of sympathy comments on her site with a conversation starting around artists rights to paint or draw something that looks like a protected brand product to express an idea. This is very interesting, do you think she might win? I think that LVMH could damage their brand by playing too much the bad guys, let's see what happens.
Why I follow thousands of friends on Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed and Seesmic
This morning I noticed that 224 of my 4359 Facebook friends were online and I could talk to them in chat. Fascinating that I could talk to any of them right at this second I thought. This started a conversation on Twitter (link) and Friendfeed (link), so I thought it was worth a blog post and a video. I also started a video conversation about it on Seesmic. You can reply in video on this thread, no need for invites anymore just hit the reply button and signin.
-"it goest against the meaning of Facebook"
I discussed this with my Facebook friends (the ones who work there) they say I should switch to a "fan" page like Dave Morin has one. I don't think so because I do not see my friends as "fans" but more as people I can learn from and talk with. Which is what I really miss in Facebook that is not happening so far. The discussions I enjoy on Twitter and Friendfeed are simply not happening on Facebook. My Facebook friends send me in Facebook emails that I cannot find the time to answer it takes too long (add shortcuts!). Anyway back to the question of the "meaning of Facebook" I don't know what you mean what is that?
-you will never talk to them
This is so wrong. I talk to hundreds of friends all day long. I post on Twitter, Friendfeed, Seesmic. I read my replies, my direct messages, view my direct videos and my conversation on Friendfeed. I can't answer all of them but as many as I can. I talk to my online friends much more than some of my "real" old time friends that I only see from now and then in real life. I was discussing this yesterday with one of my "real" - as you say - top 3 friends I have known for 15 years and I talk more to many of my online friends than to him, because he does not use social software much. I of course, pushed him using them.
-you can't possibly follow these thousands of people stream on Facebook and Twitter
I read all my Twitter replies, direct messages, Seesmic video replies. When I have some time I also open the live stream of my Twitter friends in Adium (coming soon to Twhirl with XMPP) and I listen to all of them. With 6 or 7000 it goes super fast but it is like an AP of my friends talking live, I just love it. What we need now is filtering them a little, I agree. I already started doing this on my Facebook friends since they added this feature, I created groups. I also have a second Twitter account "loic" where I only follow a few people, to make sure I do not miss what they say, and I get it by text message on my cell phone. I only use this account for this, my main twitter account remains "loiclemeur"
-you don't know them
That is a very valid point. I can't possibly know 6000 people well. But I try to. This is entirely why I started Seesmic. I would like to know my online friends as close as possible (or more) to the friends I have met in real life. Video adds this. You hear them, see them, get the feelings, the gestures, "know if they are honest" a seesmic user said recently. So yes, I don't know them enough yet, but I know them more and more.
-they are not "real" friends
What is a definition of a "real" friend? Why should we be limited by space and time to decide what is a real friend? I feel closer to some people online than friends I meet only once in a while.
-"what is the point of just building up a cloud and thus noise anywhere and everywhere while ignoring that site's ethos"
I am not "building up a cloud of noise", in Facebook for example I am just accepting invitations and adding them all, I do not actively add friends, so I do not think I can be criticized for building up anything... If it is "noise" why do you comment?
-how many have you actually met?
I meet 2000 of them every year at LeWeb in Paris that is why I started the conference! I meet 5 to 10 friends a day in my office or in conferences. I share one friend I meet with every day on my channel loic.tv. So I share as I get to know them so that people know them better.
The most important in following thousands of friends is how much you learn from them all day long, like Robert Scoble often points out.
You can continue this conversation in the blog comments below or in video on Seesmic, you do not need an invite just hit reply and register.
Seesmic du Jour 138: two new showsLet me introduce you to our two new hosts, Rachael and Sukhjit. In todays episode they explain to us exactly what their shows will be about. Welcome to the Seesmic team Rachael and Sukhjit.
