CircleCount helps you better understand Google+

2013-05-26 06:22:07 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 9 +1s)

2013-05-25 18:09:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Great version of Coming Up - the song that convinced John Lennon to come out of retirement in 1980

2013-05-25 14:00:54 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Happy birthday, +Thomas Morffew!

2013-05-25 13:58:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Thanks, Django

2013-05-24 20:40:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

A review of the Hangouts app from +The Verge 

2013-05-23 21:31:55 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-05-23 20:43:46 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

You can now search in the photos you have stored on G+ from Google Image Search

h/t +Chris Lang 

Edit: Spoke too soon, sorry. I think this is US only for now. It does work within G+ if you search in English, though

2013-05-21 20:52:27 (4 comments, 1 reshares, 7 +1s)

More impressive "face" recognition from Google

2013-05-21 16:13:39 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 27 +1s)

This is crazy! Trying out the new images search in Google+, this is one of the images, G+ pulled out when I searched for "fish". Very nicely done, Google

#personalfavorite  

2013-05-21 16:14:05 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Another forrest image from the archives

#personalfavorite  

2013-05-21 16:14:24 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Found this image which was taken almost exactly two years ago - and which I happen to like :-)

#personalfavorite  

2013-05-26 04:11:50 (13 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Flat tire on my bike so we took the train part of the way today

2013-05-21 07:00:24 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Nationalmuseet og Skagens Museum deltager tirsdag d. 21. maj i et HangOut On Air, hvor de vil vise de nye muligheder på Google Art Project for 8. klasserne på Højby Skole på Fyn. Desuden medvirker Kulturordfører for Radikale Venstre, Marlene Borst Hansen. Arrangementet finder sted kl. 11 og kan følges direkte her på siden.

2013-05-26 04:13:58 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Having fun with filters on the new app

2013-05-20 10:09:00 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

If you are into the +Eurovision Song Contest (I'm not), the winner is here: +Emmelie De Forest 

2013-05-20 09:53:10 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)

I wonder how they manage to build chargers so they always end up lying in the wrong room

2013-05-20 09:25:18 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

I am struggling to sleep tonight. Can't wait until tomorrow :-)
+Bradley Horowitz +Ujjwal Singh

2013-05-20 05:43:39 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

More thoughts on the new Hangouts

If your friend is on the road with his or her phone in the pocket, would you then count that person as online for chat? You were about to answer yes to that question, right? :-) However, technically, that persons status would be idle. The only scenarios in modern day computing where a person will count as online for chat, is if that person is 1) actively using his or her computer, phone, tablet etc, 2) is logged in to the relevant chat program, and 3) has not muted notifications.

Would you only contact a person, if all of those criteria were in place? If the answer is no, do you then honestly care whether anyone is online or not?

2013-05-20 05:34:30 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

More thoughts on the new Hangouts

If your friend is on the road with his or her phone in the pocket, would you then count that person as online for chat? You were about to answer yes to that question, right? :-) However, technically, that persons status would be idle. The only scenarios in modern day computing where a person will count as online for chat, is if that person is 1) actively using his or her computer, phone, tablet etc, 2) is logged in to the relevant chat program, and 3) has not muted notifications.

Would you only contact a person, if all of those criteria were in place? If the answer is no, do you then honestly care whether anyone is online or not?

2013-05-20 06:47:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

ATX: Art Wall  
Every few days new art appears. Every few days they paint over it. Then the art reappears. Now someone's knitted cozies for the concrete barriers. I love the tenacity of the artist and how the graphics cheer up this dreary wall next to the railway underpass...the one otherwise unpleasant part of the walk between Ladybird Lake and the so-called Market District.
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#atx   #keepaustinweird  

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, 3 reshares, 8 +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, 10 +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 

2013-05-20 20:28:18 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +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, 13 +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, 2 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, 16 +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 :)