I sat down on my swivel chair this morning at the 1s and 2s and almost pumped out several magnificently-spun lines in response to something I'd read at one of our recent comments c/o @sportovec (that, sadly, will have to wait until tomorrow).

However -- as such things generally go -- destiny had other ideas for me and my writing course took an entirely different direction. As I pumped open my feed reader, out popped this, courtesy of Loic LeMeur, the Man.

In summary -- and it's a short post if you want to grab a look at the source material for yourself -- Loic raves about how his baby seal, Seesmic, is one of the first apps to personalize the computing experience for users. Rising above the bland anonymity of comments, chats, and emails, Seesmic since February 2008 has permitted users to view each other in recorded action, in full-streaming video.

Clearly, Loic's onto something here. Moreover, Seesmic might also be something Czechs'll find uzasnej, amazing. An app which will pull Czechs out of their collective soporific drowsiness and challenge their societal tendency towards passivity and cause them to rethink their predilection towards ad hominem attacks which seek to not only discredit the interlocutor in question, but to totally destroy her/him and her/his reputation. Not to mention the plethora of troll attacks, anonymous critiques from those who would rather censure than do, and other "Czech" insecurity complexes which are the collected muck of at least four centuries of serving the interests of Greater Powers than Ourselves.

I see many upsides for the post-Communist countries, in terms of a swift uptake of the Seesmic API and in terms of breaking down that massive "Berlin Wall (Great Wall of China?)" of F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real) that's grown like poison ivy around our nation's soul. Seesmic might go quite a ways to dismantling the suspicion Czechs presently have vis-a-vis one another (especially amongst revoltingly materialistic Husakovy deti, the irrecoverably self-absorbed make-money, make-money progeny of 1970s-era "normalization" fame in the Former Czechoslovakia).

Here in the Golden Village, skills improvements come fast and furious. Frankly, I see them all the time in my various professional dealings.

Compared to when I started here back in Double-Oh-Two, Young Czech "Turks" (and Turkettes) have come a massively long way in terms of know-how, "showing their balls," and technical competence.

Just like Twitter, Utterz, and other famous social networking apps, Czechs are some of the keenest post-Commies on the "consumer trial" vector. I'm convinced that once a critical mass of Czech users flock -- en masse -- to Seesmic, our inherent Czech genetic tendencies towards "following the strongman" will result in a brisk usage of the Seesmic interface. A re-dawning of that Age of Aquarius I'd like to be witness to once again.

If you haven't seen Seesmic yet, have a look at the genesis of the project here.

Wishing you the best of things,
ADM





*** A quick general note about LeMeur's posts: Now here's an example of a European with massive cojones {Loic being half-Spanish certainly helps!). Did you know that Loic wasn't afraid to venture all the way to America's Left Coast to kickstart his new Seesmic venture?

I have consummate respect for his follow-through, and in terms of a relevant European example for Czechs to aspire towards, I think Loic fits the bill handily.

Given Czechs' adoration of all things French without exception (to the complete bafflement of the experts!), this bodes well for Seesmic in the Czech lands. For Czechs...if it's French = it's good.***