It’s one of my favorite services, and the first I decided to pay for on a monthly basis. I think Libin, despite his transparent business style and easy-going manner, is genius of the caliber of any CEO at a company ten times Evernote’s size. He built something awesome, gives most of it away, and amplifies the magic for a small monthly fee.

You don’t get to 45 million users without being awesome.

Robins Wauters interviewed Seesmic founder Loïc Le Meur at The Next Web today on his company’s sale to rival HootSuite.

I have always thought Seesmic was the best multi-profile app for Twitter and Facebook on mobile, and I always preferred their web interface to Hootsuite’s. But Le Meur is a brilliant fellow, and, as long as his team is taken care of, via either jobs at Hootsuite or decent compensation, I can only be happy for Seesmic.

Further Reading

• After Long Startup Journey, Seesmic Is Bought By Social Media Management Service Hootsuite by Eric Eldon at TechCrunch
• HootSuite CEO: We’re Buying Seesmic For The Users, Not The Tech [Interview] by Ingrid Lunden at TechCrunch
• I’m forty today by Le Meur at his Facebook page