Topics for tonight:
How Google+ is like Twitter — but not in a good way? http://goo.gl/1eOmC
Facebook isn't sharing your Google Plus invites? http://goo.gl/FfOLz
The latest about Pseudonyms http://goo.gl/J7J0D (Prisoner will intro)
Scoble admits that his primary reason for liking the policy is because "real names" are "more aesthetic".
Todd Vierling calls for Google to graciously reverse the policy since there aren't enough "strange" names to make a difference.
M3 Sweatt (his given name since birth) kicked off Google+ since his name doesn't fit their policy http://blogs.msdn.com//b/mthree/archive/2011/08/13/socialnames-081311.aspx
One week into Games - What do you think? http://goo.gl/Dlr2d (Prisoner can blather on)
Google is asking for a 5% cut while Facebook takes 30%
Facebook dismisses, saying that nobody is on Google
Do you play games on Google?
What can they do better?
Non-invited programmers can't write games yet, but David Glazer has stated that the API is pretty simple. http://goo.gl/9dRMf
Today is World Photography Day - Google+ and photographers (Prisoner can intro)
Following Sergey Brin? You get to see all of his vacation photos from 5 years ago in your stream.
Trey Ratcliff hangs out with Brian Rose, head of the Google+ Photos team, and broadcasts their conversation about what photo walks coordinated by G+ and some brainstorming for whats next. http://goo.gl/jbzIl
Are you following photographers?
Do you like G+ photo tools?
Interactive fiction / Collaborative fiction / Addventures [sic] in Plus (Prisoner can intro)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addventure
John Herman and "Plus Your Own Adventure" http://goo.gl/Zw0kQ
Lance Ulanoff and collaborators coordinated a long short story via comments and hangouts http://goo.gl/TFYfK
Celebrities going crazy on Google campus and in Hangouts
Rose McGowan - http://goo.gl/ARG9c
Chris Tucker - http://goo.gl/X5uEy
Dane Cook - http://goo.gl/7mI4s
Natalie Villalobos (Google+ Community Manager) asks for feedback: http://goo.gl/Bg17c
Do you have friends whom you've invited to Google+ that don't appear as active as you are? If so - why do you think that is?
If you're a Google+ Games player, what has your experience been in the past week? What features bring you back day-to-day, or prevent you from coming back?
Verified Google Name Badges (verification badges on profiles)
Just rolling out tonight - http://goo.gl/3E5OG
Related topics for tonight:
Google to buy Motorola phone business
HP shuttering phone & tablet business (only weeks after getting into it in a big yet underwhelming way) (This may also mean the end of the HP calculator!)
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