Seesmic

Seesmic is a video sharing website from French entrepreneur Loic Le Meur. Similar to Twitter, users post updates and reply to one another in short videos. The web site has attracted over 20,000 users to participate in video conversations. The company has expanded its services with the acquisition of Twhirl and a Wordpress plug-in.

Fast Facts

1. Currently in private pre-alpha release
2. Allows integration of videos from other web sites like YouTube
3. Future plans include integration with Skype

Twirl

On April 3, 2008, it was announced that Seesmic purchased Twhirl.¹ The program allows users to access their Twitter accounts without a web browser. It runs on the Adobe AIR platform.

Wordpress Plugin

Seesmic has released a plugin that works with the popular blogging platform Wordpress. Once installed, blog readers can easily leave video comments.

"We warmly welcome Wordpress users to the Seesmic community. With over 70 million blogs worldwide, there is always a need for bloggers to differentiate themselves, and to engage their audience in different ways. Seesmic enables people to engage in video conversations, straight from their webcams, and now also straight from their blogs." —Loic Le Meur²

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