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By: VigTheGeek

VigTheGeek — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:36:29 +0000

Well, I suppose I never expected Loic LeMeur to see that comment and I’m a bit embarrassed by it now.

Loic, I don’t know you personally. We’ve never spoken or met. I’m like Frank in the way that we’re both big Gary Vee fans and we’re both working on our personal brand. I find that as this happens, each person tends to fall in one of a couple of camps.

I have no issue with Seesmic or even you as a person. I have problems with people like Arrington, Gillmor and Scoble. I know you’re aligned with them in several ways – not like Gillmor Gang aligned. I guess I shy away from people that associate with them – especially Arrington, who I just don’t trust. Scoble is just nonsensical.

I know who I sound like and while he’s right on several things, Loren and I don’t often agree – except about Sam Odeo.

I know the hypocrisy since Loren is friends with Jason Calacanis and Jason is technically part of the Gillmor Gang.

I know you and Loren have had your spats in the past as well.

Tweetdeck is a fantastic product. I use it on my Macbook Pro, iMac, Mini and iPhone.

Plus I think Ping.fm is going to be useless in time as most of your integrated list fades away.

I respect what you’ve done with Seesmic and that you get down to this level interacting with people. It’s just that crowd of people that are just trouble.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:47:39 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts Loic. It’s nice to have the founder of Seesmic sharing their thoughts. I guess like I mentioned on Twitter, we agree to disagree. I don’t really see how one app appeals to one audience over the other, but you are right about not having users of Look as readers. Them finding out about Twitter on Opera makes a good point and I agree that they are coming from a different perspective. Comparing Seesmic Web to Seesmic Desktop though didn’t make much sense to me, but that’s because I like looking at two different brands to compare (from separate companies).

I contacted VigTheGeek and hopefully he will get back to you to clear up his reasonings with you. I know you are always willing to listen to what other people have to say even if both sides (like ours) disagree.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:40:10 +0000

I agree with you. I believe that’s what I like best is that Tweet Deck sits in its own space in OS X. There’s so much usability within the app and I’ve always liked how much I can do with this application. Such things that you mentioned like TwitPic are a prime example and it offers so much more.

What is it that you don’t like about Loic? I’ve talked to him a good number of times and even though I’m not a fan of using Seesmic, he’s always willing to listen to your thoughts and opinions.

By: Loic

Loic — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:03:28 +0000

thanks for your review and interest. As I said on Twitter, I don’t think it makes sense to compare Seesmic Look to TD: they have different targets and are not designed for the same people. You probably don’t even have the users of Look as readers of your blog, they are the ones who heard about Twitter on Oprah. Comparing Seesmic Web or Seesmic Desktop would have made more sense.

As far as the above comment from VigTheGeek is concerned “I don’t think I could use seesmic just out of personal opinion about Loic” I regret to read that and would love to discuss what personal opinion about me bothers you so much! Who knows, if we talk and I understand what you mean, I could explain and we could even fix that.

By: VigTheGeek

VigTheGeek — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:44:09 +0000

I’m all about tweetdeck. I have 5 columns (about to be 6) running. It sits on it’s own space in OS X. I keep things organized and constantly up to date. I can follow and unfollow from within the app and clicking on a link for a photo hosted within yfrog or twitpic will open in the app instead of another browser window.

I have a video screencast showing different clients as well
http://www.viddler.com/explore/jayvig/videos/1/

I don’t think I could use seesmic just out of personal opinion about Loic