Google+ appears to have struck a chord with Circles. Circles provide a convenient way to filter incoming content posts by groups of people. They take some work to set up, but in launching with Circles,
A long while back I wrote up a case for a message-based social networking standard that would couple posts and responses, and which would permit actions on posts that could be updated on participating social
Google+ is still very, very, young. But the internet doesn’t wait. And when a new service is adopted and welcomed by journalists reporting on the very medium in which the service is launched. Well, you’re
Of all social tools still going strong today, twitter’s use of the follow/follow back as a means of launching and gaining traction has been the most copied. I can’t think of a faster way to
So the paint is still wet on Google+, but I have had a chance to spend time in it and get a feel for how Circles have been implemented. As I wrote yesterday about social
Andrew Keen was on a British TV program last night called Newsnight. They have recently hosted Clay Shirky, and I wasn’t surprised to see Andrew interviewed. Of course, he’s from the home country, too, so