The initial enthusiasm first encountered with the receipt of an invite to seesmic waned quickly. What I remember most from the experience was the ritualistic rehearsal of video responses prior to posting. Although online video illustrates our predominant front for offline conversation rather well, never before had I the opportunity to scrutinize my every facial cue during response. Text was easy. Video was a challenge.

I recently returned to revisit the platform. This time, I perceived the hive conversation in a way I had not the first time around. Immersion within the Twitter stream informed this new perspective on the global conversation that was stirring in the public channel.

So I asked the hive, "What does being part of the seesmic community mean to you?



The responses were revealing. In moments, several users replied. Each had a great answer to the question.

Coincidentally (thanks to Woopra) while writing this post I received a visit from another responder, RJ from WorldVentures DreamTrips.



The news of seesmic opening its video commenting system as a plugin for different blogging platforms brought me back to the community. Video comments in Wordpress are great. However, it's worth taking another look at the health of the seesmic community back at the site. The speed with which rich communication ignites foreshadows the potential for future pervasive computing to connect our world in ways we've yet to imagine.