This is a story about my short love affair with seesmic. I had a seesmic invite/account two or three months before I actually used it because I didn’t have a webcam. Clarence of DYKC.com was kind enough to send me an extra iSight he had. When I received it in the mail, I logged on to my seesmic account to see what all this hype was about. I must say, seesmic can certainly suck you in.
Before I made my welcome video, I spent an hour or so looking at all the video conversations that were going on. I recorded a welcome video and a couple of others and got immediate video feedback. That was really cool. I really enjoyed the interaction with everyone on seesmic.
I carried on a great video conversation with a lady in Wisconsin about the growth and potential of social media from an educational standpoint. It was great. That night; my first night on seesmic, I spent four hours on there – yes, four hours.
The next day, it was pretty much the same. Four hours just flew by.
My love affair with seesmic was sweet, but short. Although I think seesmic is awesome and I had some great conversations with people on there, I quickly became super addicted to it. I found myself spending countless hours on there and you really can’t do anything else while watching and recording seesmic videos.
So, I had to get the seesmic monkey off my back.
Maybe I’ll return one day, after I get through seesmic rehab and gain a little more self control.
Until then – a bid seesmic a farewell.
