Mentions in Google Plus

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A friend asked me how does one "plus mention" someone in Google+
Although it may seem obvious I've been asked before so here are a couple of screen shots which I hope help.

On the desktop version you can mention someone in a post or comment by simply typing the + sign (or the @ sign) and typing there name.

You'll get some suggestions based upon your circles as you type, but you can mention anyone on G+ and they will receive a notification that you have "mentioned them in a post".

Note: Google made some changes recently about who can send you notifications so a person may not receive a notification depending on how they have notification set up.

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Instagram versus Picplz

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Photo sharing Apps are all the rage and there are lots of them.

I'm currently liking / using Instagram and Picplz: which one is best?

Picplz

Picplz.com from Mixed Media Labs (unlike Instagram) is available for iPhone and Android.

What I like

• The "out of App" experience: an easy to find profile on the web.
• Collections: being able to group other images into collections much like on Flickr but without the limit set by Flickr.
• Locations: being able to view images by venue (Foursquare) or venue on the web. For example: London or Cologne 
• View Recent or Interesting images.

What I don't like

• Lack of filters compared to instagram.
• Image format: I'd like to be able to keep the original format or crop it down to a square format if I wanted to.
• No hashtags :(
• No block feature. Though have been pretty quick to deactivate objectionable accounts. Hope that a block feature is added soon.

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Network Visibility - Did you see that?

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Circles, Lists, Groups, blah it's all got a bit wordy: confusing.

We mean Network Visibility don't we? - "Who sees what?".

• When I share on-line I use circles* to control who can see it.

Lets talk about "network visibility" instead of circles. Can we?

*Circles, Lists, Groups, whatever etc

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Nearby on Google Plus

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Those of you without the Android App or like me waiting for the iPhone App will be using Google Plus on mobile via the web app.

Taking a look at the Nearby stream (swipe left) I was interested to see one of my public images there.

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Suggested Circles in Google Plus

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This is something that shows how well thought out Google+ is: Suggested Circles

In Circles click to make a new circle and start typing to see suggested names for your circle.

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Hello Google Plus

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Although I'm watching Google+ from the "outside" currently I've still seen a couple of things worth sharing.

I've always wanted "faces in Buzz", well now comments have faces!
This probably just implies the merging or absorption of Buzz in the future and is just a perk in the mean time.

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Private Buzz posts

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When I posted my reactions to the new Google Profiles a while back my biggest complaint was that it wasn't clear when a Buzz post was private.

Here's a screen shot of a private Buzz post from how things were.

Here was no indication at all that the post was private.

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