Seesmic snags Washington Post

Ease of use = good user experience: At some point during Debate08 someone tweeted about a BBC page what was collecting an impressive number of comments on the event. I popped over there and noticed a "Contribute by Video" link. Having only very recently started with Seesmic I was curious to see how well thee BBC's process was integrated. It wasn't. I mean, "not well".

The beginner's intro is well done ... no surprise there. But quickly the process gets geekish. Install an applet that requires and ActiveX download? No ... thanks, but no.

In one of the Seesmic threads that drew me to the site we got talking about how, I suggested that as game play becomes better integrated and increasingly seamless (which calls for ever more subtle plumbing. No ActiveX sessions, please!) there will be less distinction between "productive activity" and "fun and games". So I have to ask, when individuals contribute substantially to a discussion, aren't they doing more than just fooling around?; Posted by: BenTremblay Posted on: 10/08/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use