Loic Le Meur on Seesmic Desktop Updates

I visited with Loic Le Meur today about Seesmic Desktop while preparing for the release of my new book, “Twitter for Business: Twitter for Friends”. Loic answers questions about the future of Seesmic Desktop including the list as follows:

  • How soon do you expect to release the next Seesmic Desktop update, and what additional features do you plan to implement?
  • Is Twhirl a relic, or will you continue to improve it and release updates?
  • Have you considered adding column filters in Seesmic Desktop?
  • How is API resource management handled in seesmic Desktop?
  • Have you considered an option for opening profiles directly to a browser?
  • It seems that account management of multiple Twitter accounts is a hit. Would you like to expand on this?
  • How do you feel about recent negative reports concerning Twitter’s user retention, and do you believe Seesmic can help to change this?
  • I have noticed that Seesmic Desktop does not ask the popular question of “What are you doing?”. Should this imply something?
  • It is pretty obvious that Seesmic does not have any specific branding to Twitter, such as Tweet, Twit, or Tweeps, in the name. Do you plan to add additional micro-blogging or other social media platforms, aside from Twitter and Facebook, in the future?
  • How will Seesmic benefit from creating and maintaining Seesmic Desktop? How will you monetize Seesmic Desktop?
  • What is your vision for Seesmic?

Since Loic and myself are both very busy, we did not have a lot of lead time for this talk. We initially Webcasted this live with both of us on-screen, but uStream does not record co-hosts, so this video only includes the audio for Loic. Also, try to ignore the typo in his name on the banner … Sorry Loic! In my defense, I have no aspirations in television broadcast. I am fortunate to have spelled my own name correctly. 🙂

Twitter Application Usage Statistics

I have seen many reports of application usage with Twitter, but since I will be releasing a new book on the topic of Twitter very soon (Twitter for Business: Twitter for Friends“), I am seeking some data of my own. Many reports show massive use of the Twitter Website, with TweetDeck coming in second. I have a suspicion that my figures may vary simply for the fact that many users I tweet with tend to be very active and engaged users of Twitter. So let’s find out. Please take this very simple poll to answer what you use the most for sending and receiving your Twitter updates. If you use the Twitter Website, please answer “Other”, but what I am really after here is the popularity of each Twitter application produced outside of Twitter. I welcome your comments here on the blog.

What best describes your use of Twitter?

While I have you here, I am also interested to know which of the answers below best describes your use of Twitter. This is not intended to be a comprensive list of reasons for using Twitter. I simply want to know which best describes your usage.