Seesmic is all you need <3

[by Jeremy Vaught, Community Blogger - Seesmic]

I'm hitting up the blogs that are talking about Seesmic.  One that stuck out, you have got to love Doug's excitement about Seesmic.

Another is from one of my favorites, and from a prolific Seesmicer, PurpleCar.  And perhaps her prolificness (no, it's not a word) is what lead her to write this blog entry.  So this is my topic of the day, and that is 'Social Media Time Suckage.'

We love our time online, we are spending it with friends.  It is not just being online, it is the social connections.  Social Media right?  But do we let it enhance our lives?  Take over our lives?  Where is the balance.  As an occasional triathlete, I think about balance when I'm in training, because life is balance, and training once or twice a day forces us to focus on what is important.  But training taken too far, causes an imbalance, and then things in life are not as much fun. 

Social Media is similar in that it takes time.  Swimming, biking, running or a combination of two or three in a day takes time.  Sometimes two to five hours.  That may sound like a lot, but think about how much time you spend online.  I know I can easily put in that much time.  And it is all good time, just like being on a bike for 3 hours.  They are all moving me toward my goals.  But... life is still that balance.  Is blogging important to you and you are putting it off like Purplecar?  Getting sick from lack of sleep and too much of a good thing? 

If so, stop doing everything but Seesmic?  (what did you expect me to say?)  Seesmic is what is really important.  It's all about Seesmic.  All 'other' Social Media is time suckage.  Twitter?  Give it a rest.  Skype, it will be there when you come back.  YouTube?  Only the Viacom stuff will be gone but you don't want to watch it anyway :)  But Seesmic... oh Seesmic... if you miss a day, you miss conversations that are gone forever.  The public timeline stops for no-one.  Think you can catch up?  Have you ever caught up to your blog aggregator when you let it go?  Do raccoons poupée in the woods?  I rest my case.