Google+ is way cooler than Facebook. I've made more connections in a week on Google+ than years on Facebook. And the filtering is awesome because I can zero in on a particular group of people. I'm not completely giving facebook the boot, but it's a lot less useful. ptw Paul Terry Walhus Web Developer, Video, Coworking
Spring.net 1800 Lavaca Street Austin, TX 78701 (near the corner of MLK and Guadalupe) Spring Lodge 1191 Shiloh Road Cedar Creek, TX 78612 501-365-1001 google voice 512-699-4000 mobile 512-782-4420 skype phone 512-985-6258 home 512-551-3633 vacation condo skype walhus [email protected] [email protected] http://spring.net/ http://twitter.com/springnet subscribe to "springnet" for regular podcasts on itunes, blip.tv, youtube, vimeo, viddler, etc. On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Chris Cage <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't say that G+ is giving me any more pause than normal. As Art said, > if you are already using a number of Google's services how much more concern > can this give us? > > I stay comfortably paranoid expecting fully that Google (and others) are > tracking much more about me than I can keep up with. I don't completely like > it and I understand it's a trade-off for these companies to deliver me > "better" services. > > What I am finding interesting, is that in the last month or so (outside of > any G+ discussion) I've had several non-web industry folks in my world voice > concern about the level of filtering that is going on with their search > results. I don't know if this is a trickle down effect from people like Eli > Pariser talking about "filter bubbles" (TED talk) or something else. > > I think it is good for people to be aware of this filtering. If we want > those cleanly filtered "relevant" results, than the search engines are going > to keep track of us. If Google thinks I don't care about something happening > in Asia, then they might just keep that out of my face. On the flip-side, > I might need to really know about something going on and maybe it shouldn't > be filtered out of the feed just because it doesn't meet my profile specs. > > Maybe Google needs a "messy results" button that doesn't filter based on > who Google thinks we are, sort of like FB giving you the option to see all > status updates rather than the "Top News". > > Cheers, > Chris > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Michael Minter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If Google can improve my searches because it knows my favorite movie >> or that me and my friends drink jagger poolside on the weekends then >> I'm all for it :P >> >> On Jul 13, 8:00 pm, "Art Thompson, Jr." <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Hey Karen, >> > >> > G+ invites seem to be pouring out because those Circle notifications >> seem to >> > be *pouring *in. In my initial excitement, I'm sure I clicked one or two >> of >> > those before really checking it out and understanding what I was getting >> > myself into. Firstly, let me say that I'm personally so integrated with >> > Gmail/Calendar/Docs/Analytics/Webmaster Tools/YouTube/etc. that I hardly >> > have any new Google privacy concerns and certainly none that Facebook's >> > debacles haven't already prepped me for. >> > >> > That being said, I'm approaching G+ more like a Facebook do-over--that >> is, >> > I'm not reciprocating every Circle add that comes my way and certainly >> not >> > for folks I would consider acquaintances, my clients, ancient >> school-mates >> > or anyone else that I frankly don't want so closely integrated within my >> > online life and workflow. That's what Facebook and Twitter are for and >> the >> > more time I've spent on FB since G+ launched, the more I want to reserve >> > this new space for the folks I really want such a level of interaction >> > with. >> > >> > I'm personally very excited about it, not as a Facebook or Twitter >> > killer--those services suddenly have a much clearer context--but, >> instead as >> > a new tool for the types of deep, curated, group interactions I can't >> get >> > from either of those services. Circles are great, but Huddles are just >> plain >> > awesome. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Art Thompson, Jr >> > Logical Things, Inc >> > design + technology + strategy >> > 512-777-1158 >> > [email protected] >> > - >> > Founded 2000. We design, build and host Microsites, Landing Pages, >> Eblasts >> > and whatever comes Next. >> > - >> > Need to send large files? >> > dropbox.yousendit.com/logicalthings >> > - >> > Wanna connect? >> > facebook.com/logicalthings >> > linkedin.com/in/logicalthings >> > twitter.com/logicalthings >> > - >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Karen Kreps < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > >> > > I got an invite to join the beta testers of Google+ (it will be >> publicly >> > > available at the end of this month) and I started to use it. Then I >> had >> > > second thoughts. Do I want Google to know who all my friends, clients, >> > > relatives are and every detail of my likes and dislikes? Do I want to >> spend >> > > my valuable time organizing that info for Google? I know gmail is not >> > > private and I assume Google will control all that info that I >> volunteer and >> > > that my friends contribute. It may too late, they may already know >> vastly >> > > more about myself than I realize, but I hesitate to use Google+ >> > >> > > I have since then received a dozen requests from friends to connect to >> > > their circles on Google+. Part of me wishes to respond quickly and >> accept >> > > their invitations, but I have concerns. >> > >> > > Would you care to share a few thoughts about this? Do we just accept >> that >> > > there is no privacy left in life and go with the herd? 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