Welcome to Coffee Talk! Let’s start off the day by discussing whatever is on your (nerd chic) mind. Every morning I’ll kick off a discussion and I’m counting on you to participate in it. If you’re not feelin’ my topic, feel free to start a chat with your fellow readers and see where it takes you. Whether you’re talking about videogames, Spotify’s American launch, waiting for HSPA+ 42 phones, or naughty dreams about Ann Coulter, Coffee Talk is the place to do it.
I’ve been using Google+ for about two weeks and I’m totally enamored with the service. I love that it combines facets of Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry Messenger. I love the control offered by its Circles feature. I love the excellent Android app for Google+. Certainly there’s a whole “shiny and new” aspect to my fascination with Google+, but there’s no denying that Google launched a strong product and has several excellent features in the works.
The reason I’m most excited about Google+ is that it allows me to easily write personal blog posts again. After seven years of consistent blogging, I haven’t really touched my personal blog in three years. I love that I can easily share some intimate thoughts through Google+ Circles, whether it’s with five super-close friends or 50 people I really like. I’m definitely going to start using Circles for personal writing. Of course the big fear is a security issue exposing all my thoughts to the world…and also writing drunk blog posts.
I know that several of you are using Google+ too. Please let me know what you like and don’t like about the service. If you’re not using the service yet and would like to, just leave a comment here. Several RPadholics and I can send you an invite.
Before I got in I was kind of meh on it and felt like I can wait, but immediately after joining I wanted to delete my FB account asap!
What I love are the circles. Circles circles circles! I'm going to lunch but will post more in a bit.
I love everything about it so far. By far the best feature for me has been that all of my photos and movies instantly upload to my G+ account in a private folder and I can choose to share them later.
I like the circles a lot. I have lots of people multiple circles.
Thing I don't like so far is that I can never tell if I invited someone or if they are just in a circle. I know I probably just haven't messed with it enough to tell, but it does seem a bit confusing.
Also I guess I don't like that they haven't approved the iOS app yet. My Apple friends aren't using it because they can't use it on their phones.
They can use it, but it's limited to a bare bones web version.
I would love an invite actually.
Sent an invite to your AOL account!
Thanks Ray and Smartguy!!
I love the I can post a reply to a comment without changing pages. Totally digging notifications right now.
It's neat. It needs an iOS app though. Being on the iPhone in an optimized manner will help its longevity.
I agree, but there's nothing Google can do about it at the moment. The app has already been submitted. For whatever reason, approval is still pending.
How does huddle compare to BBM? It looked like a good alternative since most of my friends and family will eventually be switching to android from blackberry. The circles seem alot better than facebook, I never liked that the same posts could be seen by both my family and drinking buddies.
I haven't had enough experience with Huddle yet. On paper, it seems better than BBM since it allows phone-to-PC chatting as well as video chat.