Webcomic - Help Needed
A friend and I are starting a webcomic and we need some quality artists. Between the two of us we can barely manage a stick figure, but we are very very witty. If you’d like to get involved then drop us a line (email, comment, tweet, or DM).
I’m Seeing Circles - Google+ Could Be The Future Of Social Networking
Having tried Google+ here are my thoughts:
1. There needs to be some compelling feature to pull users away from FB. I would argue that the most compelling feature right now is the explicit nature of controlling your privacy settings. However, once you have over 100+ people on your network, I doubt you would bother categorizing them and determining who sees what, it’s simply too much work.
2. A better mobile experience. One of FBs biggest failings have been its lack of a coherent mobile strategy. There is the app, the mobile website, the touch mobile website, the web website (not a mistake), the “zero” website, and apparently the “lite” website. All these different iterations of FB have different features so I often find myself jetting from one to the other. Google+ must ensure that it has an app for each mobile platform (Android and iOS to start with).
3. Better support. Google has a poor support track record, but arguably FBs is even worse. Users need to be assured that their data and passwords won’t be hacked or leaked.
4. Better aggregation. Right now it can be troublesome to view older data on FB, and there is no way to search through your or your friends’ content. Considering Google is a search powerhouse, I should think they would have a good aggregation system for older content.
5. Cleaner interface. FB won the war against MySpace because it had a cleaner interface. Over the years a lot has been tacked onto FB and it is a shadow of its former self. Google+ is fresh, new, and for the moment “clean” (doing my best Justin Timberlake impression). Google needs to ensure that whatever new feature is added in the future, the site remains clutter-free.
6. People need to use it. This is perhaps the most important point, if my friends aren’t on Google+ then there is little utility in me using the service. The slow invite-only roll-out seems a little strange if Google is hoping to make Google+ the next big thing.
That’s all I can say for now. I’ll be adding more posts with updates later.
Looks like there are no more invites :(
Anyone want Google+ invites?
A kind soul just sent me a Google+ invite! Now I have invites to share, send me your email address if you would like one :)
Google+ Has A Gender Neutral Option
Unlike Facebook who stirred up controversy by forcing its users to choose a gender (either male or female), Google has taken an interesting approach with its newest foray into social media by offering an alternative “other” option.
What happens when Facebook and Twitter are taken literally?
(by englishnationalopera)
Source: youtube.com
Intel's Museum of Me
This is absolutely mind-blowing.
Intel’s Museum of Me grabs all your Facebook data and displays it in a stunning three-minute video/visualisation.
All you have to do to use the service is visit the website and connect it with your Facebook account. After a few minutes of scraping the video will load.
Twitter to be integrated in the system-level in iOS 5? [BGR]
It’s highly unlikely Apple will make its most profitable OS dependent on third party software that have privacy issues and are prone to downtime. They are not the type of organise that readily gives up control of product cycle and upgrades to others.
Zynga Creates Risk, Diplomacy, Settlers of Catan and FarmVille Hybrid
Being a big fan of simulated wargames such as Risk and Diplomacy I cannot wait to try out Zynga’s newest flavour of the month. Although Zynga is usually associated with low-brow games such as FarmVille, it is known to produce the odd gem such as Words with Friends.
