Google+

Google+ is yet another social network to get attached to. How many more can there be? How much time do we have in our lives to participate in this activity?

Well I think it comes down to several things but I think I find myself in a minority here. Facebook would have you believe that there is only one you, not a work you a family you or a close friends you etc. Well this is where I take issue with Facebook. Unless you have multiple accounts there's no way that it can be all things to all men. I have a serious work persona...well reasonably serious, and I have another reserved for friends and family. It doesn't mean I'm schitzo just that there are different ways of communicating with different types of people.

Until Google+ there was Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. LinkedIn is for business pure and simple. Twitter is for tracking and posting opinions and a little bit of direct communications. Facebook is there for banter and stalking and since most of my 50+ mates and family don't engage with it, I hardly use it. My kids however are on it all the time.

Google+ is however trying to cater for people like me. It has circles of contacts, friends, family business acquaintances etc. It seems much more logical. I'll be watching it as it morphs (at present on an almost hourly basis) into something really useful. It would be good if they concentrated on the user interface...there's just so much form filling I can take!