Hi all, @erikhess here, I posted a small blog entry over on G+ about how I think it might be worth investigating for spacetweeps. To be honest, I don’t spend nearly enough time here on the blog, and it’s probably mostly I feel like my online time is limited and can barely keep up with Twitter and Facebook. I love the posts, but I wonder if this could become more closely integrated with other social tools for ease of viewing. The twitter integration here looks pretty cool, but I think I might still miss things if I’m not online when it’s tweeted. I wonder if we could cross-post with a site like G+?
If you’re on G+, please add me to your circles- I’ve started adding people I recognize to my “space” circle, so come on over and read it and share your thoughts.
We can push new posts over to Facebook, but google+ is so new that feature likely isn’t out there yet
I think *if* it stays as unpolluted as it is currently (and sadly I don’t doubt Google will start using it as an advertising platform etc) it’s already got a big head-start on Facebook. More organised, better oriented to keep your friends in manageable groups, and the UI is tons less cluttered. It’s a good start, lets hope it doesn’t slip downhill.
One thing I am going to try and drive SpaceTweep usage of is the Hangouts. They are pretty easy to setup and are a brilliant idea for meeting up for topic lead or free-form discussions.
I am doing a test Hangout tonight at 7pm UK Time/2pm EDT/11pm PDT if anyone wants to drop in.
Tod: If Google+ wants to make headway they will get onto integration with other services. They already have areas to dump your account data. contacts etc out to XML or JSON files. I don’t think that’ll come before the base platform is nailed down though, this is only a first open round of Beta testing after-all.
Hi eric. I looked for you on Google+ but wasn’t sure which one you are. Perhaps that’s one disadvantage of G+ since @Twitter is unique.