{"id":15247,"date":"2011-06-29T09:16:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T07:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15247"},"modified":"2011-06-29T09:16:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T07:16:41","slug":"google-yet-another-social-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/06\/29\/google-yet-another-social-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Google+ – yet another social network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The rumors of a new social network from Google were confirmed yesterday with the announcement of Google+<\/a>. \u00a0There are quite a few interesting ideas there.<\/p>\n

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Firstly, I’d been waiting for a proper social network from Google for ages. \u00a0Google Wave was more of a collaboration tool, which failed. \u00a0Google Buzz, even though useful, is not enough. \u00a0I am using Google for plenty of other things – search, email, news reading, instant messaging, collaboration and sharing of documents, etc – it only makes more sense to wrap it all around with a social network.<\/p>\n

Secondly, I’m glad to see that Google is trying to solve the major problem that I have with each and every other social network in use today – sharing with specific groups of people. \u00a0I was born in one country, but currently live in another. \u00a0I speak two languages, which are not shared by most of my connections. \u00a0I have a number of different interests. \u00a0I’ve worked with many people in a few companies across several industries. \u00a0I desperately need a way to share with only specific groups of people. \u00a0I know that some social networks tried to provide the functionality – Facebook and Flickr, for example – but it’s not trivial. \u00a0I need more automation and control for that process. \u00a0 Google+<\/a> has something called Circles, which looks and sounds like what I need.<\/p>\n

Thirdly, video conferencing. \u00a0It’s been long overdue. \u00a0And the only real option there is now is Skype, which I’d rather stop using altogether.<\/p>\n

Fourthly, group chats. Especially on the mobile. \u00a0There are a few alternatives that were developed in the last couple of years, but it’s hard to migrate all your contacts to yet another protocol. \u00a0Enough of my contacts are using Google, so this sounds promising.<\/p>\n

Too bad, Google+ is still not available to everyone – it’s invitation only. \u00a0Hopefully, Google won’t repeat the mistake of the Google Wave, when they delayed the masses for so long that most people left before their friends joined.<\/p>\n

If any of the above sounds interesting to you, have a look this TechCrunch article<\/a> and this GigaOm post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

The rumors of a new social network from Google were confirmed yesterday with the announcement of Google+. \u00a0There are quite a few interesting ideas there. Firstly, I’d been waiting for a proper social network from Google for ages. \u00a0Google Wave was more of a collaboration tool, which failed. \u00a0Google Buzz, even though useful, is not … Continue reading Google+ – yet another social network<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,62,1334],"tags":[918,2068,2860,1152],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-15247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-announcements","tag-google","tag-google-plus","tag-social-networks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11604,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/23\/google-wave-vs-adobe-wave\/","url_meta":{"origin":15247,"position":0},"title":"Google Wave vs. Adobe Wave","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I know that smart people tend to think the same and that naming collisions happen once in a while, but is this just a mere coincidence or is there more to the story? 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