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This week has been designated "Superhero Week" on Twitter. I'm not sure by who but it seems to have originated from now RL ("real life" aka person I have met in person) friend samlawrence, the CMO of Jive Software.

For those who have yet to jump into the addiction that is Twitter, it'll be hard to explain why there are weekly themes such as Superhero Week. I'll save that for another post. In the meantime you can read @jkuramot's post on OracleApps or check out the hashtag page for #supers on Twitter.

This post is just something to link to so I can stop tweeting on who the green haired avatar is and why I chose her.

Who The Green Haired Avatar Is

The green haired avatar is an anime character from the Robotech cartoon series in the 80's that I totally worshipped as a little girl. Her name is Miriya and she was an original bad ass geek girl fighter pilot who was Ace of the Zentraedi Elite Forces, Captain of the Quadrano Squadron. As described from the Robotech site:

The ace of the Zentraedi Forces, Miriya is a fearsome warrior who piloted the Zentraedi Power Armor. Upon discovering the combat talents of Max Sterling, Miriya takes it upon herself to hunt him down, but finds herself frustrated by the "micronian" ace in combat. Miriya infiltrates the SDF-1 to challenge Max and regain her honor but finds herself humiliated in a video game duel against him tries to kill him in a knife fight. Beaten for a last time, she suddenly finds herself in love and marries him in a historic wedding that unites the humans and the Zentraedi. Miriya sticks by Max's side through the war and helps rebuild Earth from the ashes left by Dolza's fleet.

and here's how she used to kick butt on tv...

...and that is why I am a green haired avatar on Twitter this week. =)

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A big thank you to Frederick aka fred2baro on Seesmic for posting the first reply below!

Busy day today. I did my weekly show after a 2 week holiday break from it. Still getting over my cold so not feeling 100% but still managed to get addicted acquainted with Seesmic. Here's a super cute video of my son I want to share. He's discovering himself on the webcam and monitor for the first time while saying hello to Joe. The cool part about Seesmic that takes it a step further than just recording and uploading to YouTube is the community that is growing around the concept of talking to each other with cameras almost realtime. Case in point, as soon as I finished the video below, no more than a few minutes passed and I received reply videos from other members of the community saying hello back to Kyle. That beats a text comment on YouTube anyday. Truly interactive.

Honestly, all this joking around among snobby web 2.0 geeks aside, this concept has a real potential to take off. I look at it for its platform and potential, not its current "pre-Alpha" test mode. This video conversation format is going to replace a lot of writing on blogs as well as Twittering and voice mails. Watch, you'll see.

...was checking up on the China Herald blog and come across a post from Fons titled "Omg, I'm Now On Seesmic Too" :D Sure enough, here he is above.

Unfortunately, we are all aware of the choppy internet connection behind the wall that left my face frozen several times while trying to post from Shanghai a few weeks ago.

Nevertheless, there have been videos from Thalia of ChinaOnTV.com, Lonnie Hodge of CultureFish Media and Rick Martin of CNET's Little Red Blog that have come out pretty well. Really look forward to the rest of you joining the conversation. Our question of the week is here. So far, only one answer...but waiting for the rest of you guys to spend the weekend practicing your best camera angles. See you on there soon...

Click here for the China question of the week and hit reply. We look forward to sharing your answers on The China Business Network and ChinaOnTV.com next week!