Microblogging is all about sharing media - be it text, images, or videos. We’ve never talked about video microblogging, but there are a couple good platforms for participating in the video world. There’s 12seconds.tv, Viddler 15s, and Seesmic, just to name a few.

12seconds.tv

This is the platform that’s most like a true microblog. It’s laid out just like you’ve grown to love; you have friends who create videos that show up in your timeline. Though I feel 12 seconds is not enough time to convey a message, the interface will make most people feel at home. Another nice thing this service provides is a shortened URL (such as http://tiny12.tv/DHI9I) that comes with each video.

Viddler 15s

With Viddler 15s, you can use your Viddler account to record 15 second clips. Those clips show up with the rest of your videos, which makes it less like a true microblogging platform. Viddler integrates with Twitter to send a message with a link to your video when you’ve finished recording it. An alternate method of uploading a video is to tag it with the ’15seconds’ tag.

On a curious side note, neither of the two videos I’ve recorded have actually been saved anywhere. I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong other than choosing not to send it to Twitter.

Seesmic

Seesmic allows you to follow other people to see their videos or send videos directly to another user. You can also create a video reply to someone else’s video. All videos must be at least 5 seconds long.

I was immediately replied to by a couple people I didn’t know. You can see from the embedded video that replies to my original are pretty easy to view. As the couple guys in the reply said, it’s easy to get into conversations with new people and meet people on Seesmic.

Recommendation

If you want the typical microblogging feel, I’d suggest 12seconds.tv, though each service has their own niches. Seesmic is more of a community of its own, and the other two services feel like they complement your Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, etc accounts.

If you’re into video microblogging and use a service not listed above, leave a comment and let us know why you like it.

Chances are @critter has you beat.

The story starts with a name not unfamiliar to the tech crowd, Loïc Le Meur, a French serial entrepreneur and blogger and the man behind Seesmic, the self-proclaimed “Twitter of Video”.

The LA Times blogged about a certain die-hard Seesmic user and how he came made the ultimate committment to the Seesmic brand - via a tattoo of the Seesmic racoon logo on his leg. Critter Gewlas, a software developer in Cary, NC, had gotten hooked on the service early on and spent hours at his computer monitor recording and sending videos. When he wasn’t posting videos or working his day job, Critter developed software that enabled people to use Seesmic from their desktop rather than their browser.

When Critter lost his job and posted about the experience on Seesmic, many in the Seesmic community reached out to him in support, including Le Meur. Le Meur was impressed with Critter’s programming skills and offered him a job interview over Skype. Half an hour later, Critter had a new job working for Seesmic.

Now that Critter is working for Seesmic and there’s an amazing story behind it all, the tattoo seems to have a bit more meaning and significance. But it’s also not the last piece on his “technology leg,” which features technologies or companies he likes, including the Adobe AIR and ColdFusion logo. In fact, Critter’s latest tattoo is the Twhirl logo, a desktop Twitter client that Seesmic acquired back in April 2008.

I’ve seen some crazy tattoo’s in my day, but Critter’s technology leg definitely ranks up there with some of the most interesting.

[Seesmic tattoo photo courtesy of LA Times and Twhirl tattoo photo courtesy of Wayne Sutton.]