Baby announcement on Seesmic

[by Jeremy Vaught, Blogger - Seesmic]

Recently we had an exciting event in the Seesmic community.  Long time friend Derek Overbey and his wife gave birth to a baby girl. (and yes, I know Derek didn't physically give birth, but he does play a strong role in the entire process)

Photo credit Derek Overbey

Through Seesmic, we were all very informed of how things were going, so I asked Derek about his use of Seesmic and his thoughts on how it went while bringing baby Overbey into the world. 

He said, "I had every intention of making this a Social Media type of birth. I had informed my wife that I was going to use Seesmic and Twitter to get the word out about the birth of Melinda. What I was shocked about was the response I got back. Some of these people that I interact on Seesmic have become better friends than people I have in my "real" life. The responses I received were overwhelming and inspiring. To be able to share a video of your newborn daughter literally 10 minutes after she was born is truly amazing. I felt like everyone was there with me and it made me more calm when my wife needed me the most.

My daughter will now have a piece of her life frozen in time. She will be able to view a thread that was all about her with posts from people she might or might not know saying how cute she is. I find that amazing that I can share a personal experience with people from around the world and receive their thoughts within minutes or even seconds.

I am a die hard Seesmic community member and it's events like sharing the birth of my daughter that remind me why ! "

Here is the video of Derek sharing his new baby on Seesmic and of course the thread of friends responding:
Melinda Catherine Overbey first video

You can always find more from Derek at seesmic.com/doverbey.

Comments

[doverbey]

This is awesome Jeremy! It was great to share with everyone and me and my family absolutely loved the positive feedback. This just lets everyone know how great Seesmic really is!

Derek