mmacleodbrown
Regular
- Location
- London
Im starting this as requested by BBW to discuss ideas
I suppose a bit of background would be a good idea.
I love twitter - never post, but use it like google to search for information...
MySpace used to be good for music...
Linked in I use for business
I hate Facebook, no let me be clearer, I absolutely loathe FB with a passion, and yet I login everyday without fail and here is why..
I probably spend most of my time on forums, covering all sorts of interests, but do browse alot of other sites as well. As FB has become more dominant there aren't many sites now that don't have a FB 'Like' button. Despite my loathing of FB that 'FB like' is pure genius - at the click of a button I can redirect all my interests to a single page and receive regular brief updates which I can scan through and either read/not read.
It saves me time...
I have an invite to google plus and have been playing around with it for the last couple of days and despite (my very European) dislikes over googles privacy policy I find that I like it alot..
As you have no doubt read, the key difference is circles, and the way you can organise your friends/occasional contacts etc. The integration between mobile devices and the web is very well thought out as well..
I thought of this site, Id like to see a serious compacts circle where we all were members that I could post to when Im out and about and upload any pics I take with my phone and could receive updates from the site straight to my mobile device.
Using SC on a mobile at the moment is a bit of a pain to say the least..
M4/3 have an mobile app for their site, but it has serious limitations and the trials I have conducted using a test circle with friends via google were very good. I could take a photo, upload it with one click, share it with another click, and then discuss, all via the phone..
On the downside
You need a gmail address - does everyone have one?
Pictures are saved to Picassa, again, does everyone have an account?
Im guessing that a smartphone is needed, Im running with an Android phone that makes it easy, but Im not sure whether Apple or RIM or Microsoft have a google client at the moment, I will look into it..
The convenience works for communication, and for mobile photo's, but if you are taking photo's with your camera, then you still need to go home and upload them via your PC, so might as well just use the SC site?
Google+ is still in trial mode at the moment, and Im sure that there will be more features and tools as we go, Im happy to send the moderators an invite if you like so you can have a look and a play...
I suppose a bit of background would be a good idea.
I love twitter - never post, but use it like google to search for information...
MySpace used to be good for music...
Linked in I use for business
I hate Facebook, no let me be clearer, I absolutely loathe FB with a passion, and yet I login everyday without fail and here is why..
I probably spend most of my time on forums, covering all sorts of interests, but do browse alot of other sites as well. As FB has become more dominant there aren't many sites now that don't have a FB 'Like' button. Despite my loathing of FB that 'FB like' is pure genius - at the click of a button I can redirect all my interests to a single page and receive regular brief updates which I can scan through and either read/not read.
It saves me time...
I have an invite to google plus and have been playing around with it for the last couple of days and despite (my very European) dislikes over googles privacy policy I find that I like it alot..
As you have no doubt read, the key difference is circles, and the way you can organise your friends/occasional contacts etc. The integration between mobile devices and the web is very well thought out as well..
I thought of this site, Id like to see a serious compacts circle where we all were members that I could post to when Im out and about and upload any pics I take with my phone and could receive updates from the site straight to my mobile device.
Using SC on a mobile at the moment is a bit of a pain to say the least..
M4/3 have an mobile app for their site, but it has serious limitations and the trials I have conducted using a test circle with friends via google were very good. I could take a photo, upload it with one click, share it with another click, and then discuss, all via the phone..
On the downside
You need a gmail address - does everyone have one?
Pictures are saved to Picassa, again, does everyone have an account?
Im guessing that a smartphone is needed, Im running with an Android phone that makes it easy, but Im not sure whether Apple or RIM or Microsoft have a google client at the moment, I will look into it..
The convenience works for communication, and for mobile photo's, but if you are taking photo's with your camera, then you still need to go home and upload them via your PC, so might as well just use the SC site?
Google+ is still in trial mode at the moment, and Im sure that there will be more features and tools as we go, Im happy to send the moderators an invite if you like so you can have a look and a play...