It is undeniable: the booming trends on the Web are micro-blogging and video. Therefore, how can you doubt that a micro-vlogging formula will tear the roof off? Seesmic, the company started by French entrepreneur Loic Le Meur, aims to fill this spot in the online video space. The idea for Seesmic is...

In deze video laat Loic le Meur zich even gaan over de mailtje die hij krijgt met verzoeken en vragen over de truuk. ‘Er is geen truuk, je moet het gewoon doen.’ Loic blogt al 5 jaren en heeft al heel wat video’s online gezet, en niet alleen op zijn Seesmic. Succes komt niet vanzel...

Finally… part 3! The timing is prescient for two reasons. Firstly, last Monday I was invited to be a panelist at a discussion hosted by Mobile Mondays (MoMo) on the whole area of Mobile tech and Social Media. Secondly, it’s because today I’m heading to Leicester to De Montfort Univ...

For the last two days I’ve been trying to figure out what I myself was supposed to say about LeWeb conference in Paris watching many negative comments on blogs and on Twitter. I attended the event last year and enjoyed it pretty much (could enjoy it even more had it not been for the chilly Par...

When Pownce announced their "all sales final" closing sale, I wondered if the service would have fared better if Internet celebrity co-founder Kevin Rose had pushed the service instead of pushing everyone into their competitor, Twitter. Today I have the same question about LeWeb organizer ...

There’s been a lot of good debate around the use of Twitter at a time of crisis with the terrorist attacks in #Mumbai.  I think its probably going to be one of those perennial topics any time there’s a crisis until Twitter becomes as mainstream as blogs, although I knew something crosse...

Below is Part One of my Table of Contents (TOC) for Twitterville. It is the road map that I will follow as I write the book. It is not complete, I need more content to reach the 65,000-70,000 words I'm shooting for. That's where you folks come in. Yesterday, I received 12 leads for new stories, some...

Re: ReKDFA/ John Cleese on Seesmic Tuesday 7th at NOON Pacific Time Despite cutbacks at Seesmic as a result of the economic downturn, there was some light in the form of great candid responses to questions put to John Cleese. Normally, the public wouldn't get access to the great actor/comedian, but ...

Today Seesmic laid off seven staff members, after laying off three other members a couple of weeks ago. They have millions of dollars in the bank and are well funded. Why would they do that? Well, I went over and hung out with the remaining staff and CEO Loic Le Meur this afternoon to learn more and...

Well, what could be more appropriate for the third anniversary of this blog? Sarah Gonzalez from Hialeah for Vice President Before you give me any shit, it's a PARODY! Ugh. I really don't like to get into politics, but honestly, this one I couldn't resist! "I am a rrrrreal American, ok? Don't tell m...