CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-19 18:53:44 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I don't know if you'll be able to read this without signing up at BTIG Research - but this is one of the brighter comments on what G+ is all about:

http://www.btigresearch.com/2013/05/17/google-a-quieter-sometimes-silent-social-network-threatens-facebook-as-google-plays-a-different-game/

h/t +Colin Walker 

2013-05-19 18:04:39 (16 comments, 2 reshares, 6 +1s)

6 Things to Love About The New Google+ Photos

There are a lot of features to discover in the new Google+!  Here are some of my favorite updates to Photos you might not have found yet.

1. Highlights view. The new photos landing page is called Highlights and it's your photo timeline -- showing you not only your best photos, but the best photos your friends have shared with you.

2. Trash view. Now when you delete photos, they go to the trash for 60 days. When you visit your trash, you can choose to restore photos (for those "oops" moments) or delete them permanently.

3. Photos search. When you do a search from the photos page, we'll search all your uploaded photos. It's pretty smart too -- we've brought all the awesomeness of Google search to your photo collection.

4. New organize mode. We have... more »

2013-05-19 17:47:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Photo-running in Delémont
We are spending part of the weekend at my parent's, in the town where I grew up, and I took my running gear along, just in case. The case presented itself rather quickly and strongly with a beautiful sky and a rain that kept procrastinating half hour by half hour to my great satisfaction. The pics are geo-tagged, directly uploaded from the Xperia P to Google. Enjoy!
#ZelidarPhonePics, #Switzerland

2013-05-19 16:29:33 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

 
Understanding the new Hangouts

The most important thing to understand is that is that messages will always be posted to the recipient. The difference lies in when the recipient is likely to see the message. If the recipient is 1) sitting right in front of his or her computer, 2) is logged into Hangouts, 3) has not snoozed notifcations and 4) is not idle, he or she will see the notification immediately.

If all of those requirements are in place the recipient will show up with a green line underneath on the desktop version of Hangouts. Until now, no one has been able to confirm that the mobile app has a similar indicator 

2013-05-19 15:14:13 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Duckface

2013-05-19 13:24:44 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

We badly need shortcuts to +1 a post and and to access the notifications menu

+Google+ 

2013-05-19 08:23:28 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Went to the woods with a good friend yesterday
#selfysunday  

2013-05-18 21:11:13 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

A great forum to learn more about the new Hangouts

2013-05-18 09:18:14 (12 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

To me Twitter is dying. Even if they have a large user base, the service is not so active, and people is more using it as a news source. I have been a big Twitter user during the years, but lately I have stopped using it. Actually it was after Google killed Reader and I decided to use Google+ as a news source instead, then I felt there was no need for Twitter anymore.

Originally posted as a comment on +Andrew Maxwell post about no one is talking about Twitter anymore: 
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114519877662741226877/posts/Tbmv765TLMS

#twitter  

2013-05-18 05:33:39 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hi there,

I like the new unified messaging system a lot - but I find it hard to understand the meaning the washed out pics on the contact list (not in a Hangout). Initially, I thought a clear pic was equivalent to a pic with a green line under on the desktop - but that can't be as I see people with clear pics on the app who don't have a green line on the desktop. Thoughts?

Thanks for putting up this community!

2013-05-18 03:47:28 (9 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

Good article - but not entirely correct about the meaning of the green line under profile icons.

Check out:
https://support.google.com/hangouts/answer/3111918?hl=en&ref_topic=2944922

2013-05-17 20:32:43 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 16 +1s)

Hangouts for +Gmail has arrived

To get started (if available to you) just click the drop down arrow beside your profile picture as indicated below. Then, select 'Try the new Hangouts'. If you don't like it, you have the option to revert back.

Enjoy!

h/t +Thomas Tenkely 

2013-05-17 18:58:45 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

"About Hangouts availability

You can start a Hangout with anyone you want, anytime you want. When you start a Hangout with someone, you can look at the person's profile picture in your Hangouts list to find out whether the person will be notified about the Hangout immediately or later on.

Profile picture with a green bar underneath it: This person will be notified about new messages or video call invitations immediately.  

Profile picture without a green bar underneath it: Users in the status are likely on a mobile device, have Snooze Notifications enabled, or are idle on their computer. They will be notified about messages and video call invites, but they may not see it immediately". 

2013-05-18 11:05:07 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

A nice aspect of the new Hangout app: you can share anything into a Hangout using the standard Android share function

2013-05-17 17:52:34 (4 comments, 15 reshares, 14 +1s)

Don't forget these :-)

2013-05-17 17:40:06 (27 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

G+ has become an orgy of whining and misinformation. I'm seriously thinking about taking a summer break.

2013-05-17 17:35:31 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

I find it quite amusing that most critics of the alleged focus on images over text often communicate in a pretty aggressive visual style using animated gifs, memes and every other visual trick in the book to get their point though.

This post is mostly written to prove that a post containing only text will be wasted even on the most intense critics of the visual focus. Below is a really simple way to keep enjoying G+ which is entirely based on information readily available to every G+ user. I predict that that method will drown completely in the very loud critique and in lots of widely applauded but extremely tedious workarounds to keep the text alive in the face of evil, evil Google's attempts to reduce us all to mindless social zombies.

If you navigate your stream with the shortcuts j/k, you can expand all comments by simply hitting the letter p and the post itself by... more »

2013-05-16 17:10:15 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Never mind Plato or Aristotle. The real deep question of western philosophy is whether Hangouts show offline status or not. Well...the answer is: no. I'll happily repeat that answer for you. It was: no.

If you don't believe me, I can recommend something really radical: read the help files. Here's something to get you started. Of course, you run the risk of understanding why the concept of "offline" is completely obsolete, if you read on. You have been warned

2013-05-16 16:36:18 (5 comments, 4 reshares, 14 +1s)

Left arrow (as in <-) will open the G+ navigation panel

...in case you didn't realize. Right arrow will close it again

2013-05-16 11:51:19 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

To expand hidden comments on a post, hit P

2013-05-16 07:08:08 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Even though I have the new G+ design, I still have Chat in Gmail - not Hangouts

2013-05-16 05:09:13 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I would love to install this but it just says "Added to Chrome" without showing up anywhere. Looking at chrome://extensions, all I see is "Video call launcher for Hangouts"

+Melissa Daniels 

2013-05-15 21:57:58 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

So when will Hangouts replace Messenger?

2013-05-15 21:23:04 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

A tip for which you will be eternally grateful:

When you have new posts (blue icon), hitting "L" will take you to the top of the stream

2013-05-15 21:14:38 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Logged out, cleared cache and now have the new look :)

2013-05-15 19:25:07 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Hangouts for Android now available!

The wait is over my Android friends. Upgrade now to the new Hangouts

#io13   #googleplusupdate  

2013-05-13 16:46:58 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 4 +1s)

Google launches tool for Google+ recommendations on mobile news sites.

When you're reading a news article on your phone in the near future, you'll see a linked field at the bottom offering related content on Google+. As you continue to read the related content, more related content will be offered. 

It's a smart feature. News sites will want to use it because it will send readers to their Google+ content and supports their Google+ pages while still keeping them on the web sites (the Google+ layer comes in on top of the news article. When you dismiss the layer, you're back on the original article). 

Readers will like it because it will enable them to explore an issue by just following the related content links. 

And Google will like it because it brings people into Google+. 
h... more »

2013-05-10 04:11:48 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

"In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all plagues-not faction, but rather distraction;-here should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty, nor, again, excess of wealth, for both are productive of both these evils"
- Plato, Laws

2013-05-09 19:14:41 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

This is amazing.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2013/05/08/new-zealand-government-announces-that-software-will-no-longer-be-patentable/


via +Lauren Weinstein 

2013-05-09 16:17:10 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Try the new version of +500px +Android app. With +Google+ sign-in :)

2013-05-09 16:15:53 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Save to Drive with just the click of a button

From bank statements to product manuals, files exist across the internet worth hanging onto for safekeeping. The new “Save to Drive” button lets you save files directly to your Google Drive with just one click for websites that make it available.

+Fotolia and +O'Reilly  already have the button in action, so check them out. Head over to the blog to find out more: http://goo.gl/q4EPa

Do you know of other websites that can benefit from a Save to Drive button? Let us know in the comments!

2013-05-07 19:17:30 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Had to reset my phone. How do move on from this screen when setting up 2-step verification? 

Setting this up is still ridiculously difficult

Edit: Solved

2013-05-05 21:04:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

Med dagens Doodle fejrer vi 200-års dagen for Søren Kierkegaard. Kierkegaard, der regnes for at være en af eksistentialismens hovedskikkelser, var bl.a. kendt for at skrive under pseudonymer og udforske forskellige synsvinkler, der tilsammen dannede et bredere perspektiv.
 
Med hver deres pen tegner Kierkegaard og hans pseudonymer dagens Doodle. 

2013-05-04 22:05:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

So - these guys are here as well

2013-05-04 21:47:37 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The Beatles never performed this song live - but this video could almost convince you they did. Very impressive

2013-05-02 18:17:32 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The Google Keep app for Chrome includes offline access. it also opens in a separate window/panel.

2013-05-02 17:53:39 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 11 +1s)

The Google Keep app for Chrome includes offline access. it also opens in a separate window/panel.

2013-05-02 15:34:46 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The big picture of what social media is, what makes it tick and where it's going evolves every day, but Content Nation nailed the essential nature of social media before most even understood what it was. Still a great read.

2013-05-02 13:30:20 (18 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Why on earth can't I download Chrome Beta for Android?

2013-05-01 20:30:19 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

As you might have noticed, I haven't been very active on Google+ lately. In case you have been wondering what I have been up to, I'm studying the concept of philosophical counseling and the idea of philosophy as a way of life - which is hugely inspiring!

Obviously, so-called virtue ethics has been heavily inspired by Greek and Roman thought - but even that "movement" has been heavily defined by a modern obsession with the question of how we should treat others. The focus on philosophy as a way of life is closer to the Greek and Roman philosophical tradition on a very basic level. One significant figure in the revival of this perspective is the French philosopher and historian of philosophy Pierre Hadot whose two books "What is ancient philosophy?" and "Philosophy as a way of life" has had a huge impact. I'm approaching his work in a somewhat backwards way... more »

2013-05-01 19:32:13 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

Hangouts Remote Desktop: tech support with a personal touch

For those of you who play tech support for friends and family, there’s now a Hangouts app to make things easier -- powered by the same technology behind Chrome Remote Desktop. 

Hangouts Remote Desktop lets you help others by controlling their computer remotely (with their permission, of course). And because you’re both in a Hangout, you can talk with and see each other during the session.

To get started, just start a Hangout and click View More Apps > Add Apps > Hangouts Remote Desktop. 

Let us know what you think, and please keep the feedback coming!

#googleplusupdate

2013-05-01 12:50:59 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Ny version af min cirkel med danske brands - denne gang med +Elgiganten, som jeg på mystisk vis har overset indtil nu. Og de udnytter ellers G+ på aller nydeligste vis :-)

2013-04-30 22:27:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This is brilliant

2013-04-30 20:09:56 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Filosofisk debataften torsdag d. 9/5 2013, kl. 20-22 i Politikens Boghal. Arrangeret af TIDskrift. Tilmelding påkrævet på grund af begrænset plads

2013-04-30 20:02:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Online tidskrift for filosofistuderende (og andre interesserede) fra hele landet

2013-04-30 19:35:25 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Incredible, that I still think I can listen to just one number from an album with The Beatles before working :-)

2013-04-29 20:06:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Another shot of the kids in Tivoli yesterday :-)

2013-04-29 18:28:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

The kids in Tivoli :-)

2013-04-29 17:41:33 (21 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I en noget teoretisk forstand kan Chromebooks nu bestilles i Danmark

2013-04-29 17:19:14 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Interesting news - but, please, make it available for Android-users stuck on Ice Cream Sandwich as well!

h/t +John Blossom