Comments on: 10 Mind-Blowing Google Product Fails

By: Mark Lincoln

Mark Lincoln — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:18:18 +0000

Actually Google Buzz is now useful again! It’s an effective way of introducing your Twitter stream to your Google+ Profile.

It adds a ‘Buzz’ tab to your profile page that people can use to view your latest posts on Twitter as well as other services connected to Buzz (although I forget which other services there are).

See mine: https://plus.google.com/u/1/117301083128227203723/buzz

Mark

By: Anne Reese

Anne Reese — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:33:19 +0000

I only used Buzz once, didn’t really get enamored by it. But hey, why do I still use Wave? Hahaha. I only use it with one of my clients and I think it works for us.

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 01:21:56 +0000

In reply to Dan.

HAHAHAHAH! That one actually has me laughing 😀 Good one to bring up!

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:38:31 +0000

What about their Wikipedia attempt, Knol?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:18:41 +0000

No, do not really use Skype a lot, other than the odd individual chats.

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:14:59 +0000

In reply to Jon.

Do you use Skype multi chat too?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:31:11 +0000

Having what was almost like a real conversation between several people. I only used it in a small group of friends, but it was interesting to see each type as, just like in a real conversation, someone would start typing their thoughts before another had stopped, and an opinion could change mid-sentence as a result. Conversations like these comments here are more like emails – nobody can interrupt you, everyone has to wait for you to speak (and often 2 people reply at the same time). In Wave everything is visible.

Helps to me a good typist and not have to look at the keyboard though. One of the funniest things was watching my mate Rich type, it usually took him about 5 attempts to complete a sentence.

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:25:50 +0000

In reply to Jon.

What did you like the most from Google Wave, Jon?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:58:46 +0000

I liked Google Wave. I suspect a part of it will re-emerge one day in the long awaited new Google social media platform. Although then again, maybe not!

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:23:17 +0000

In reply to Adele Tiblier.

Adele, Google Wave had some of the coolest web page tricks going on but boy, it was long ago that I’ve been THAT lost in a program.