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Well put.
Alireza Yavari
Here's another shot from my recent Beijing/China trip. This one was taken atop the Beijing TV tower and facing some brilliantly lit buildings. On the right bottom corner here, the dark area is a construction zone. I can't wait to see how this area changes as new buildings are completed. The last shot I shared here was taken from the same location, but looking in the opposite direction. *Note:* I uploaded this one in full resolution, try zooming in and looking at the detail. Pretty nifty :)
Tom Anderson
In Spain Sunday we marked the 1,000th anniversary of the Kingdom of Granada with a doodle illustrating the city's iconic architecture and the Moorish palace, the Alhambra.
Google
Because it's Monday, here's a baby giraffe...
Click on the following link to be taken to the Street View image where you can explore further - http://goo.gl/maps/9dfVg #streetview
(don't forget these links work on your Android or iPhone too! Just grab the iPhone app (http://goo.gl/4oENi), or Android app (http://goo.gl/mSx90) if you haven't done so already!)
Google Maps
Super Shenanigans
source: http://bit.ly/12EttTD .
Amanda Blain
This could be the tech-loving motorcyclist's dream: Google Glass in helmet form. http://on.mash.to/14FNkkD
#GoogleGlass #motorcycle
Pete Cashmore
We're welcoming several new retailers to the Chromebook family today. Chromebooks will now be carried in more than 6,600 stores around the world, including +Walmart and +Staples in the US.
Head to the Chrome Blog to learn more about all our new retail partners: http://goo.gl/apk7z
Google Chrome
As part of our continued commitment to combating child exploitation online, we've announced $5 million in support to child protection partners like the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, as well as a $2 million Child Protection Technology Fund to encourage the development of more effective tools to detect child sexual abuse images. Read more on our blog: http://g.co/2t2z
Google
Create a RSS feed from your Google+ page or profile
There are a few possibilities:
Gplusrss
http://gplusrss.com/home/how_to_create_rss_feed_google_plus
From +Luc Suy: Feed+ ! http://goo.gl/ZaGaw
Feedly
http://www.feedly.com/
Chrome app:
http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-plus-rss-feeds/25557/
From +Rahul Roy:
Step1: Visit http://zipl.us/
Step2: Choose a nickname and enter 21 digit number of your Google+ profile URL
Step3: After creating short url for your Google+ profile at zipl.us just use http://zipl.us/yournickname/feed to distribute your public feeds
Any others you know?
#RSSfeed #Googleplus #Jaanatip
Jaana Nyström
A doodle for Henry Lawson, one of Australia's most famous writers, who captured the outback life in his poems and who was born 146 years ago on June 17, 1867.
Google
Google+: Public Squares
Google+
"Dear Girls of the World, the technology industry needs you." Read +Susan Wojcicki's open letter on why it's important for more women to work in tech—part of CNN's "Girl Rising" project: http://goo.gl/8EDYf
Google
We've taken a closer look at Apple's new Mac Pro and discovered four things you didn't know: http://on.mash.to/17gNItB
#Apple #MacPro #WWDC
Mashable
I'm up waaaaay too early! Before Mr Sun was even... :/
This is definitely a "monday sun" :)
#nb #monday
Amanda Blain
New technology allows a person to control prosthetic limbs with his or her mind. http://on.mash.to/18HJTOk
Mashable
Old Man of Storr Isle of Skye
http://sun-surfer.com/
Rodney Pike
To the builders, bakers and bear-resistant cooler makers: Happy Small Business Week! In celebration of all the small businesses out there, we've put together a site with some Google tools that are designed to help you take care of your business: http://g.co/sjmt
We'll also be sharing stories of some great small businesses all week on the +Google+ Your Business page, so stay tuned.
#SBW2013
Google
This month, the Supreme Court will rule on the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8, marking a historic moment for the issue of marriage equality in the United States. Starting today at 12:15pm ET, +msnbc will be hosting a series of Google+ Hangouts On Air surrounding marriage equality and the Supreme Court cases uniting experts, celebrities, and members of the community who will be affected by the court’s decisions in a conversation about the implications of these monumental rulings.
RSVP and get more details here: http://goo.gl/5Ya3n
Google+
Beginning this summer, you'll be able to find Chromebooks in 6,000+ stores around the world—more than 3x as many as before—including +Walmart and +Staples in the U.S., Tesco in the U.K. and more: http://g.co/77rd
Google
Shrouded in Fog
"An old barn sits shrouded in fog along MacLennan Road, roughly 8 km west of Desbarats, ON." Here's some more work of one of my favourite local photographers Travis Favretto. You can find his site here: http://www.travisfavretto.com/ Image shared with permission.
Billy Wilson
Welcome to the industry where there are more jobs available than talent: Web development. http://on.mash.to/157vu6B
Mashable
If you wanted to know how i converted the video earlier from a video to a gif, heres a tutorial
http://lizquilty.com/2013/06/17/how-to-make-an-animated-gif-from-an-video-in-linux/
Liz Quilty
My Google Business Toolbox
1. google.com/entrepreneurs
G+: +Google for Entrepreneurs
2. google.com/enterprise
G+: +Google Enterprise
3. google.com/+/business
G+: +Google+ Your Business
4. google.com/services
5. google.com/think
G+: +Think with Google
6. google.com/ads/engage
G+: +Google Engage for Agencies
7. googleventures.com
G+: +Google Ventures
8. google.com/partners
More: google.com/enterprise/apps/business/landing/campaign/smallbusinessweek/index.html
Help / Support: support.google.com
#SBW2013 #SmallBusiness #SmallBizz
Denis Labelle
Netflix has signed a deal with DreamWorks Animation to create new, original shows inspired by characters from movies such as Shrek, Madagascar, and Kung Fu Panda: http://on.mash.to/ZXv9VN
#Netflix #Dreamworks
Mashable
A beautiful cheat sheet for Dart. From our friends at +Dartlang [FR] - ʕ๏̮๏ʔ. Enjoy!
http://dartlangfr.net/dart-cheat-sheet/
#dartlang
Google Developers
A Fine Resting Place - Redux
Here's another byproduct result from coalescing all of my annual Lightroom catalogs into a single master. I find myself exploring my past work much more frequently, which usually results in me starting over with editing images that I'm particularly fond of. This gazebo in Hopkinton, MA is a perfect example of starting over and applying new techniques for a more refined result.
Brian Matiash
What does Robert Scoble's Google Glass-adorned face have to do with spying on foreigners?
A +Slate piece on the implications of the NSA's big data approach to spying on non-Americans is illustrated with a picture of +Robert Scoble wearing Google Glass.
What does Robert Scoble or Google Glass have to do with spying on foreigners?
(That is Scoble, isn't it?)
http://slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/06/17/spying_on_foreigners_it_s_a_really_big_deal.html
Mike Elgan
Congrats +Armin van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie! You guys received a PLATINUM record for 80.000 sales of TIWIFL in Canada! #MMVA #AvBIntense #EDM
Armin van Buuren
+182 - 25 shares - 23 comments
The Beans
http://www.rwpike.blogspot.com/2010/10/beans.html
#mrbean
Rodney Pike
+196 - 3 shares - 30 comments
Apple should sue this artist for stealing the iOS 7 look and feel!
Mike Elgan
DUMBO Redux
I've always had fondness for this image of DUMBO in my hometown of Brooklyn, NY. I remember taking it so many years ago and I remember editing and processing for the first time, as well. When I completed this updated edit and compared it to the first finished version, the delta was staggering. Sure, sure. It's all subjective but where's the fun in leaving it at that? The prior version was awful compared to this one. Both exhibit stronger stylization techniques compared to, say, a waterfall image but I for one am really happy when I can compare an edit from today to one from several years ago and see a clear evolution and refinement in style.
Don't ever think that just because you've shared an image with the world that you can't go back, start over from scratch, and implement the new techniques that you've picked up along the way. We are all growing and I pity the person who feels that they've learned all there is to learn about this art and this craft.
Brian Matiash
Is The Last of Us the best game of this console generation?
I've played a lot of games this generation. Everything from action-packed first person shooters to trivia games to sci-fi RPG's to Japanese RPG's to adventure - you get the idea. Well. Last night I finished The Last of Us. Not only have I never felt so afraid in a game this generation, but I didn't really feel like I was playing a game at all. With incredible graphics, grisly violence, on-point voice acting, and subtle facial expressions, The Last of Us created a dystopian future that I felt a part of. With nature having reclaimed the society over the course of 20 years after a fungal outbreak that turned humanity into hosts of a violent virus, the game world looks and feels as desolate as your situation.
Tasked with bringing a girl named Ellie across the country you, Joel, are a hardened, every man survivor at all costs. Ellie has been born into a world without electricity, jobs, or other modern luxuries while Joel very vividly remembers what life was like before the outbreak. For reasons I won't spoil, Joel is forced not only to take Ellie to the drop off point, but also open up to her as well. The whole thing plays out through the better part of a year as you teach Ellie how to survive and scavenge through a world mostly exhausted of useful supplies from other survivors. You consider your supplies in every encounter you have, always having to use stealth in at least some capacity to survive. It was truly scary and I jumped more than a few times. When the tension is high, The Last of Us is a better Resident Evil or Silent Hill than Resident Evil or Silent Hill. It's incredible. What's scarier is that the situations you find yourself in aren't contrived, supernatural, or set pieces.
The story is a story told a million times, but The Last of Us actually creates a situation where you feel desperate, underpowered, and often at conflict Joel's decisions. You may not like Joel all the time, but the game spends the necessary time to explain why he's the way he is. You'll encounter a bevy of characters throughout your journey and while they may be fairly typical fair, each has a twist that makes them feel fresh. Some of the twists can only be found by exploring the environment while makes the exposition not feel like it's beating you over the head. The ending is an ending you will remember and while some events you can see coming a mile away, others will catch you completely off guard.
The gameplay itself isn't perfect. Your AI counterparts will run directly at an infected during a stealth section and the infected will just choose to ignore them. Some of the gunplay felt unfair at times as well with one-hit kills coming out of nowhere. That being said, the positives vastly outweigh the negatives. Stealth plays a huge part in the gameplay and you're given an actual choice of how to handle each encounter. With only four main enemy types in the game, you'd think that you'd get tired of the gunfights, and while sometimes you do, the only reason why is because you want to see what happens next in the story.
So....is The Last of Us the best game of this console generation? Is it better than Mass Effect or Uncharted or Bioshock or Grand Theft Auto IV? Yes. And why? Because all though I was reminded that I was playing a game at times, The Last of Us has come the closest to creating an immersive, emotional, and realistic experience - one that games before have tried to do and failed at.
Carter Gibson
All the time
Rahul Roy
+110 - 12 shares - 37 comments
Glenn Beck
http://www.rwpike.blogspot.com/2011/05/glenn-beck-cry-baby.html
Rodney Pike
[It's the Dad that counts.]
When I was in middle school, my dad took a trip to Thailand for a few weeks for the first time. He came back bearing a ruddy tan, exotic stories of living luxuriously for only $1/day, and a gift for me.
"I know you like things with cartoons on them, so I got you this," he beamed proudly, handing me the blue fleece beanie with a patch of Mickey Mouse embroidered on. My eyes bounced between the cartoon figure and my dad's expecting, slate green eyes as I held back an amused chuckle. I didn't have the heart to tell him that Mickey Mouse was soooo mainstream, and I only liked obscure, or ironic cartoons, so I graciously took the soft hat in my hands and embraced him in a hug, my heart bursting a little at my dad's precious attempt at nailing a "cool" gift for his pre-teen daughter. I think I wore the beanie once, then shoved it at the bottom of my drawer.
A couple years later I unwrapped my dad's birthday gift to me-John Mayer's debut CD, which was then climbing up the charts, but which I had no real interest in-, and had a moment of confusion until my dad, once again, earnestly explained his intention. "I remembered us singing his single together in the car a little while back when it was playing on the radio. You really like him, right?"
My face remained a blank slate. I had no idea who John Mayer even was. My dad jumped in with the chorus. "'I want to run through the halls of my high school. I wanna scream at the top of my lungs!'...?" The memory of us singing came flashing back and I recovered with a bursting smile of gratitude. I still didn't really know who John Mayer was, and I could barely claim to like the song, let alone even desire the entire album, but I was once again touched by my dad's thoughtfulness, as off-the-mark as it was.
But before you start thinking my dad is some out-of-touch square who only knows about the mainstream, let me repair his reputation with this photo of us at Burning Man 2007--the year I went only because he dragged me after raving to me about his experiences there. Fact is, my dad has been mastering le cool way longer than any of us have, and I'm lucky to have inherited even a fraction of his hip genes.
Thanks for always being so rad, Dad. You didn't always hit the bullseye, but free-thinkers never do. That's precisely why we we love them, and most certainly why I love you.
#FathersDay
Alida Brandenburg
This is what Father's Day looks like with the Grays.
Braden made the most of dinner out with the family. This was the scene as we waited for food, once he cleaned up on more than his fair share of chips and salsa. Silly boy. Wonder where he gets it? #throughglass
Louis Gray
+41 - 26 shares - 28 comments
Live in the UK? Watch porn? If yes, some bad news ahead...
The Next Web
I wish you a cool week "au pied de mon arbre", at the bottom of my tree
http://www.ina.fr/video/I00014965
Photo taken in parc du Luxemboug, Paris, song by Brassens
Fo #treetuesday +Tree Tuesday by +Christina Lawrie +Shannon S. Myers +Allan Cabrera +Ralph Mendoza +Kim Troutman
For #europeanphotography +European Photo by +Susanne Ramharter +Jean-Louis LAURENCE +Janusz Brakoniecki +Michael Muraz +Ela Kupiec +Carlos Duarte
For +10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS by +Robert SKREINER
Marie Hélène Visconti
+Skype Video Messaging is now a full-fledged feature for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and BlackBerry http://tnw.to/e0Z8U
#tnw #thenextweb #skype
The Next Web
truer words were never spoken Chuck.
Amy Gabriel
Oculus VR has raised $16 million to bring its futuristic virtual reality products to market. Are you planning on buying the Oculus Rift when it comes out? http://thenextweb.com/?p=637641
#tnw #thenextweb #oculusrift
The Next Web
Join the live Hangout on Air with Susan Wojcicki, SVP of Advertising and Commerce, and three AdSense publishers to celebrate our 10th anniversary. We'll share stories from the early days and discuss the future for publishers and online advertising.
We'll add the Hangout On Air link to this event page when the session begins on June 18th at 10am PDT (5pm GMT). Hope to see you there!
Google+
Good news if you're a Jay-Z fan with a Samsung Galaxy device - you can get his upcoming new album free and 3-days early http://tnw.to/a0Z7s
The Next Web
#nyc #nycphotography #newyorkcity #manhattan #cityscape #cityscapephotography #cityphotography #cityscapephotos #urban #urbanphotography #lookingup
Rodney Pike
Happy Monday morning.......
Susan Lewis
To the builders, bakers and bear-resistant cooler makers: Happy Small Business Week! In celebration of all the small businesses out there, we've put together a site with some Google tools that are designed to help you take care of your business: http://g.co/sjmt
We'll also be sharing stories of some great small businesses all week on the +Google+ Your Business page, so stay tuned.
#SBW2013
Google+ Your Business
Alex Grossman
Major, if true.
Pascal Wallisch
+71 - 4 shares - 16 comments
I bet this is an awesome place ... I want to go to there.
Karen Elaine Thomas
My brain is empty.
This is all I can come up with, now.
Sorry, Circleverse.
#Monday
Jaana Nyström
Someone yesterday attempted to troll me by pointing out my use of the word... shit to infer I was without class for using said word.
Does cussing create an opinion in your mind about another person?
Pam Adger
Cumberbatch is Julian Assange
Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange in the upcoming Wikileaks movie: "The Fifth Estate"
#wikileaks #julianassange #benedictcumberbatch #thefifthestate
Ahmed Zeeshan
Enjoying the gorgeous weather in Norway on Sunday
#Norway
Laurie DesAutels
Create a RSS feed from your Google+ page or profile
There are a few possibilities:
Gplusrss
http://gplusrss.com/home/how_to_create_rss_feed_google_plus
From +Luc Suy: Feed+ ! http://goo.gl/ZaGaw
Feedly
http://www.feedly.com/
Chrome app:
http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-plus-rss-feeds/25557/
From +Rahul Roy:
Step1: Visit http://zipl.us/
Step2: Choose a nickname and enter 21 digit number of your Google+ profile URL
Step3: After creating short url for your Google+ profile at zipl.us just use http://zipl.us/yournickname/feed to distribute your public feeds
Any others you know?
#RSSfeed #Googleplus #Jaanatip
Denis Labelle
Today is my 30th birthday, so I'm writing this letter to Google
I'm going to put all the jokes about my youth coming to a close aside and talk about something that I usually don't ever speak of. The wave of technology in the past couple decades has been amazing. I used a lite brite as a kid. Now 3 year olds are using iPads. We've reached whole new levels but have somehow managed to ignore people with disabilities who could really benefit from these advancements. I know we all want to create things for recreation, but how about helping some people out along the way.
Hearing disabilities are rarely ever talked about and if you watched that deaf girl hear for the first time on youtube about a year ago, you'd think that deafness had been cured once and for all. Less than 1% of hearing impaired people in the U .S. could even benefit from the type of surgery she received, a procedure which even then costs $100,000 and is not covered by insurance. The rest have a different type of deafness or disability. Hearing impairment is not just for old people and in the 23 years since I got my first pair of hearing aids, the technology has barely changed at all. The cost hasn't changed either. I am blessed to have many other advantages in life and I barely consider this one to be a disability, but having watched the rest of the world transform from the Flinstones to the Jetsons, I can't help but wonder if it's almost too late for progress to start being made. How can an ear microphone seriously cost 5 grand?
If I had to make one request for a birthday present this year, it'd be for Google to announce an initiative to tackle this problem. If they can make Google Glass for $1,500 and talk about making it cheaper, then surely they can make affordable hearing aids and upgrade the tech by 20 years. Today I am 30, but a part of me has felt 80 years old since I was 7.
People say your message can get heard on Google+. I'm curious to see if that's true.
+Google+ +Eric Schmidt +Vic Gundotra #hearingloss #hearingaid
steph wanamaker
"We set out 6 years ago to build the best cooler out there. And we were the first cooler to be certified as a bear resistant cooler.”
- Roy Seiders, YETI Coolers
#SBW2013
Google+ Your Business
Did some house-cleaning. Actually, maybe not cleaning...
So it recently was pointed out to me that I had a gallery on here called "Photography Grab-bag" that was like 85% of my project of shooting artistic nudes in ruined buildings, and the occasional weird photo with an octopus, a dead bird, or some other bizarre thing. This doesn't make a lot of sense, since this is a cohesive project, so now there's a folder specifically for my model photography. Enjoy!
(And obligatory plug: I am currently listing selected images from this portfolio on eBay. The link is here: http://goo.gl/WtpBz if you're interested in hanging one of these on your wall).
Marc Jansen
HDR Auto Awesome motion
To push #AutoAwesome even further, I took the created HDR images and re-uploaded them (that should happen in the first step already +Vic Gundotra !) and #AutoAwesome animated them :-)
I like that! :-)
Moritz Tolxdorff
Random things ...
- Monday's work day is over
- grilling hamburgers for dinner .. yummy
- lazy evening ahead
that is owl.
Karen Elaine Thomas
+61 - 2 shares - 15 comments
My super power is avoiding drama ... deal with it.
#justgirlythings
Karen Elaine Thomas
This Week on GDL: Design, Chrome Academy & Off the Charts
#gdl #developers #android #chrome #analytics #games
It may be graduation season, but there is no summer vacation for +GDL. This week features a brand new addition to the GDL family, with the debut of UX Design for Developers, with +Nazmul Idris, this afternoon.
We're also excited to showcase the Chrome Mobile Summit all week, with three episodes, starting today, and continuing Wednesday and Friday. Thursday also will go deep into the new Chrome Academy. (http://goo.gl/xMy4p)
GDL also is playing hosts to partners like Docusign with +Google Drive and +Snapette with +Google+ Developers. Meanwhile, team +Android is delivering another in their popular Design in Action series tomorrow, focused on Navigation, the Games team is back with a discussion of common mistakes, on Wednesday, and we go backstage with DevBytes on Thursday and Friday.
But that's not all. The +YouTube team will provide instructions on integrating your Wordpress instance with YouTube, +Google Analytics goes off the charts on Thursday, +Google Maps shows how easy and fun it is to use the Maps JavaScript API with Dart, and we go mobile with Chrome on Thursday, talking WebRTC. It's a huge week.... a blockbuster week. So fire up your bookmarks and calendars. See you in the studio.
For the latest episode updates, subscribe to the +Google Developers YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers). Connect with Google engineers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at developers.google.com/live. See you in the studio.
Google Developers
Ayah Marar for #MusicMonday
drum and bass for a messed up place
On my flight home from England yesterday I ended up sitting in the same row as Ayah Marar - the famous electronic dance music vocalist. It was great to meet her and her manager, the latter of which I chatted with most of the 11 hour flight, spitting game about the dance scene and their future plans. Turns out they were travelling out west to shoot the video for the song featured below. Her album 'The Real' will be out in the US on July 9th. If you like what you hear, make sure to go out and get it and head to an event where she's playing - her talent surely won't disappoint.
See more of her on Youtube: http://goo.gl/G9EAp
#makefriendsonflights #drumandbass #womenonthemic
Natalie Villalobos
This Week on GDL: Design, Chrome Academy & Off the Charts
#gdl #developers #android #chrome #analytics #games
It may be graduation season, but there is no summer vacation for +GDL. This week features a brand new addition to the GDL family, with the debut of UX Design for Developers, with +Nazmul Idris, this afternoon.
We're also excited to showcase the Chrome Mobile Summit all week, with three episodes, starting today, and continuing Wednesday and Friday. Thursday also will go deep into the new Chrome Academy. (http://goo.gl/xMy4p)
GDL also is playing hosts to partners like Docusign with +Google Drive and +Snapette with +Google+ Developers. Meanwhile, team +Android is delivering another in their popular Design in Action series tomorrow, focused on Navigation, the Games team is back with a discussion of common mistakes, on Wednesday, and we go backstage with DevBytes on Thursday and Friday.
But that's not all. The +YouTube team will provide instructions on integrating your Wordpress instance with YouTube, +Google Analytics goes off the charts on Thursday, +Google Maps shows how easy and fun it is to use the Maps JavaScript API with Dart, and we go mobile with Chrome on Thursday, talking WebRTC. It's a huge week.... a blockbuster week. So fire up your bookmarks and calendars. See you in the studio.
For the latest episode updates, subscribe to the +Google Developers YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers). Connect with Google engineers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at developers.google.com/live. See you in the studio.
Louis Gray
Kick Your Fear of Failure Once and for All
The fear of failure has probably stopped more great things from happening than anything else. Nobody wants to fail, but the fear of it can leave us living lives that we never wanted.
At the end of your days, which always comes far too soon, do you want to look back and say, "I wish I had played it safer,"?
No.
If you do say that at the end of your days, the closest person should punch you right in the stomach.
I've found the one thing that scares me more than failure. If you saw my teaser image yesterday, you probably already know what it is.
In this post I go through some examples of huge failures whom we can only hope to be half as successful as.
I have also included a set of desktop, tablet, and smartphone wallpapers that will serve as constant reminders to not fear failure!
What could you accomplish if you stopped fearing failure, and did things that really matter?
#creativity #success #failure
Dustin W. Stout
Buddy
that's love right there <3
Bobbie Today
Weekend project done: Android Witch Doctor. After seeing it in pictures, I'll be re-painting the front loincloth. My favorite part is the skewered fruits in the back. /grin
Carmelyne Thompson
Happy Birthday +Dede Craig King :D
May the year be full of awesome for you!
Ayoub Khote
AWESOME #bacon Cheeeburger Cheeburger sans #AutoAwesome
It's the +foodporn that keeps on giving and why YES, yes they are Sweet Potato Fries ! !
#healthyeats #comfortfood
matthew rappaport
+Digg Reader will hit iPhone + Web on June 26.
Will you be making the switch to this +Google Reader alternative? http://tnw.to/r5MX
#tnw #thenextweb
The Next Web
Reactions [through Glass]
I haven't been able to capture all the reactions I've experienced from others whilst wearing Glass. So, I thought I'd re-enact some of them instead.
#throughglass
Brian Matiash
This made me laugh out loud today. Brilliant!
Karen Elaine Thomas
If I offered to make your favorite dish...what would I be making?
Pam Adger
Today is my 30th birthday, so I'm writing this letter to Google
I'm going to put all the jokes about my youth coming to a close aside and talk about something that I usually don't ever speak of. The wave of technology in the past couple decades has been amazing. I used a lite brite as a kid. Now 3 year olds are using iPads. We've reached whole new levels but have somehow managed to ignore people with disabilities who could really benefit from these advancements. I know we all want to create things for recreation, but how about helping some people out along the way.
Hearing disabilities are rarely ever talked about and if you watched that deaf girl hear for the first time on youtube about a year ago, you'd think that deafness had been cured once and for all. Less than 1% of hearing impaired people in the U .S. could even benefit from the type of surgery she received, a procedure which even then costs $100,000 and is not covered by insurance. The rest have a different type of deafness or disability. Hearing impairment is not just for old people and in the 23 years since I got my first pair of hearing aids, the technology has barely changed at all. The cost hasn't changed either. I am blessed to have many other advantages in life and I barely consider this one to be a disability, but having watched the rest of the world transform from the Flinstones to the Jetsons, I can't help but wonder if it's almost too late for progress to start being made. How can an ear microphone seriously cost 5 grand?
If I had to make one request for a birthday present this year, it'd be for Google to announce an initiative to tackle this problem. If they can make Google Glass for $1,500 and talk about making it cheaper, then surely they can make affordable hearing aids and upgrade the tech by 20 years. Today I am 30, but a part of me has felt 80 years old since I was 7.
People say your message can get heard on Google+. I'm curious to see if that's true.
+Google+ +Eric Schmidt +Vic Gundotra #hearingloss #hearingaid
John Hardy
One of the reasons I post WTF stuff is the unusual fascinates me.
That being said, the nasty behavior directed at one another here on G+ does not. I just don't... and hopefully will never understand why some people can't be nice.
Disagreement is fine, but getting personal is unnecessary and speaks poorly of one's character. So why do some people feel the need to attack?
Pam Adger
Color or B&W?
I can't decide which I like better. I love the vibrant pink in the color version, but love how the b&w picks up the shading on the petals as well. #flowers #floral #floralphotography
Lori Friedrich
Question of the Day
How do you handle the death of a friend?
Until yesterday, I’d lost very few friends, and only one who was purely an online friend.
Yes, there were other online acquaintances that have passed, but only one who was close.
Now he is joined by another.
There is a very unique pain that comes with losing someone that you've only known via a computer screen. In some ways, and especially on the more writing oriented networks, the friendships are stronger than an offline relationship in that a person is discovered almost as if by reading their diary.
There are less preconceptions, and a bigger window to understanding.
I have found that my reaction to the loss of a friend is to become quietly contemplative of what I have learnt from that friend. Lessons in how to do things, and how not to do other things.
And the closer the friend, the more time I need to spend in contemplation.
It was great to have known you, +J.C. Kendall, even for barely two years. Rest well, brother.
#RIPJCKendall
#ftl #questionoftheday
Ayoub Khote
Lmao! Love this!
#XboxOne #Sony #PS4
Joe Martinez
A Boy & His Dog
Bobbie Today
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents....
Midsummer Night's Dreaming is described as "an innovative digital theatre project" which will bring the works of The Bard to life - and there are plenty of ways you can join in too...
Watch actors from the +Royal Shakespeare Company in their first Google+ Hangout On Air, as the worlds of social media and Shakesperian literature come together for #Dream40 - take a look: http://goo.gl/mQMpy
At 7pm (London time) there will be another Hangout On Air - 'Dreaming up the Dream – What happened when the RSC met Google?' - follow their +page to watch live.
#shakespeare #RSC
Google UK
Crossing or Embarrassing Jindal Has Consequences
http://rwpike.blogspot.com/2012/07/crossing-or-embarrassing-jindal-has.html
Rodney Pike
That boss life!
- sent from the Nexus 4 (last time ever)
christopher rizzo
#MusicMonday
Zaz, my favorite French voice
Je t'adore Zaz. (Zaz On ira English)
Denis Labelle
Join me in wishing #happybirthdaydedecraig
steph wanamaker
View the list at: http://goo.gl/Z7FKF
Alireza Yavari
+47 - 10 shares - 4 comments
Apple has shared its recent government data request numbers
The Next Web
We've got new details on what to expect from Warner Bros. Interactive's new game, Batman: Arkham Origins.
http://on.mash.to/18ShlBP
The game comes out Oct. 25 on PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 and PC. Are you planning on getting it?
#E3 #Batman
Pete Cashmore
Isn't it supposed to be....a foot in your ass?
#WTFtattoos
Pam Adger
~With Grace~
And with Grace I look up.. ..
And see the glorious.. and experience clarity..and expansion..
The spiral starts upward.. reaching to heights..
One with the tall trees.. life..
Through the gentle green leaves,.. life..
And as I am propelled upward my pink petals transform into wings..
From my humble beginning a mere flower on earth..
A whole world is viewed as I reach for the skies and soar,
beyond into vastness.. where stars and universes..become streams of light..
Into heavens dreamt about.. seeing with eternal eyes at first glance.. life..
And become one..with it all and the feeling' ..a connection..
What is forever anyway?
Life' .. unending..
~Perhaps an inner knowing part of Self..
~Life continues~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~Love continues~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
by Margie D Casados
http://www.poemtography.com/
#poemtography #hqsppoetry
Margie D Casados
Listen to the whole #Intense album on +Spotify by clicking on the link below! Make sure to follow +Armin van Buuren ! #Spotify #EDM #avbintense
Armin van Buuren
Only a few hours left to get questions in for Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots @ Google [x]. Post & vote here goo.gl/goKJ7 #GoogleCannes
Google Creative Sandbox
I hate being unable to break mental blocks :(
steph wanamaker
Polyglot teenager speaks 20 languages and counting...
He states this enables him to understand other cultures. He quotes Nelson Mandela who said that addressing someone in his second language is talking to the brain while using his mother tongue is communication directly with the heart.
No wonder Tim started with Hebrew, followed by Arab as he wanted to understand the Palestinian conflict. His ability to pick up new languages is amazing, but I count many polyglots among my friends and they all said it becomes easier the more languages you already know. At his age though it´s an amazing feat and his dedication is admirable.
He doesn´t yet know what to do with his skills and while I hope he will find work in intercultural projects bringing people together I´m afraid the NSA will be the first to make him a job offer ;)
Max Huijgen
What is the Hottest Planet in the Solar System?
In this latest video explainer, I investigate the hottest planet in the Solar System. Spoiler alert... nah, I won't spoil it. Let's just say, you don't want to visit this place.
Thanks to +Jason Harmer for helping me create it.
Fraser Cain
And so it begins...
#tnw #thenextweb #google
The Next Web
[Think learning the Periodic Table of Elements is useless? This girl used it to execute the ultimate troll.]
As a scientist and hip-hop enthusiast, I applaud this girl's brilliant subversion. Click to see the hidden message cleverly disguised as nerdery in her yearbook quote.
#humor #lol
Alida Brandenburg
To the builders, bakers and bear-resistant cooler makers: Happy Small Business Week! In celebration of all the small businesses out there, we've put together a site with some Google tools that are designed to help you take care of your business: http://g.co/sjmt
We'll also be sharing stories of some great small businesses all week on the +Google+ Your Business page, so stay tuned.
#SBW2013
Google Enterprise
Kathy Morlock
The "Pay What You Want" (PWYW) Payment Model
+Disconnect is a relatively new service to help you better manage your privacy. I just set it up myself this morning. It's too early to have an opinion on it. That's not the point of this post though.
The point of this post is the attached screen captured image of Disconnect's "pay-what-you-want" (PWYW) payment approach. The disconnect.me website prominently features their PWYW approach, and when I went there I quickly noticed that I have the option of dedicating a portion of my payment as a charitable contribution. Which nonprofits the money goes to isn't clear, though a post on the Disconnect blog notes that the contributions go "to nonprofits that make the web better, too."
Wow, nice, I thought. Disconnect is a +B Corporation, so this approach naturally made sense to me. It was cool to see that these folks were so committed.
What's interesting though, is that this mix of payment and charitable contribution may be way more business savvy than you might first assume:
In a large scale experiment conducted in a large amusement park, Gneezy and colleagues tested the effectiveness of PWYW by selling roller coaster photos to park visitors. Their results show that although many more people buy the photo when it is offered under PWYW, the average price paid is very low ($.92), resulting with no income increase to the firm. However, when PWYW was coupled with a charitable cause—buyers were informed they could pay what they wanted AND that half of the amount they pay would be donated to a patient support organization—the average amount paid increased substantially ($6.50), resulting with significant income increase to the firm in addition to generating substantial charitable contribution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_what_you_want
Behavioral economics turns out to to be a smart thing to know. When I read about this upside in PWYW pricing, part of me got a little cynical about Disconnect. But then, I thought: hey, why not? If appealing to our better angels helps these guys raise more money for their good work - and it is good work, I think - then why shouldn't they be able to do it without me second-guessing them?
It's smart business and I think this is the kind of questioning about our standard assumptions of the way things work that we need a lot more of if we truly want business to step out as a greater force for good in the world. These guys are worth keeping an eye on: for their innovative approach and the important work they're doing.
Thanks +Jeff Jockisch for the heads-up on Disconnect.
#BCorporation #privacy #GoodBusiness
Gideon Rosenblatt
JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER KENDALL (1962-2013)
With the greatest of sorrow I, +su ann lim , have to inform you that Jonathan Christopher Kendall, my fiancé and love of my life, died suddenly last night on 15 June 2013. Despite the incredible efforts of our friends +Suzanne Jacob +Gaynal Brierley , paramedics and ambulance personnel he could not be revived.
Jonathan lived as he believed, telling it like it is, with wit and humour, enjoying life to the hilt, with honour, directness and compassion. I was incredibly blessed to be the recipient of his immense love, and as each other's beloved, to share unbelievable happiness for too short a time. Jonathan, I LOVE YOU with all my heart and miss you desperately.
One of the favourite activities in his life was to engage with all you here on Google Plus. He thrived on the intellectual challenges, soaked up a vast amount of emerging knowledge, sparred with the best, and indulged in posts/streams/hangouts also for fun. Thank you all for your part in making his life more meaningful and worthwhile.
Jonathan would be pleased if we spent a little time reflecting together the words of Krishnamurti used to introduce his profile:
*"You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life."
-- Jiddu Krishnamurti*
Maria Stepanov Sommerfield
Reactions [through Glass]
I haven't been able to capture all the reactions I've experienced from others whilst wearing Glass. So, I thought I'd re-enact some of them instead.
#throughglass
Yifat Cohen
Today, I hit 30,000 circlings... Thank you very much.
Never have I learned so much, so quickly from so many people in my life. I have been moved by so many of your life experiences, spit coffee on my screens because of your humor, blown blue smoke from my ears from some of our debates, but I very much appreciate your interest and support, and I hope to do a better job of engaging with you all in the future.
I am humbled that so many of you have become personal friends of mine, both online and off; just last night I attended an amazing and wonderful dinner party where 4 of the guests were people that I first met right here in this forum.
I joined Google+ in July 2011, somewhat on a lark, not really a fan of the state of Social Media at that time. My first months here where a bit rough to say the least.
Now, if you don't mind, I would like a bit of feedback from you?
I have an insane amount of curiosity, and I would like to learn more about YOU, and I also would honestly like to know why you circled me originally. I have met dozens of you in real life, solely due to our online interactions both personally and professionally, and I think that is an amazing thing.
My time on Google+ has been the most rewarding time of my life, (for more than the obvious reasons) each of you helps me do my job a bit better each day, and you also help make a better person overall.
Dont get me wrong, my temper still flares, and I may speak out of turn, but I hope that I can always admit my mistakes and be better for them. I feel that if I am not making mistakes, I am not learning anything.
I've made a lot of life changes in the past 6 months (lost 60 pounds) while starting the process of living in a new country, not to mention the wonderful woman I met right here on G+. I am no longer the king of things all Gummi Bear, but now I am headed that way with respect to Yoga and Pilates, eating better, living longer, an enjoying life to a much greater degree.
There is something special about Google+, it actually rewards us for sharing ourselves with one another in so many wonderful ways.
Thank you for your circling, thanks for being patient, kind and informative, for it is you folks who make my stream the very best one on all of Google+
Thank you to +Vic Gundotra and his team of merry bandits who strive everyday to make Google+ what it is.
Rock on!
Amy Gabriel
And the winner is....
I took this picture in color and then played with filters to make it b&w. I liked both for different reasons and decided to crowd-source which one would get posted.
I have no idea what the official name of this rose is. Her petals are filled with love and beauty, open to the world, ready and waiting to share her pollen. Her face is wide and her color is vibrant, but short-lived. Too soon, she wilts and fades to white, returning to the ground to live again.
#flower #floral #floralphotography
Lori Friedrich
The trouble with tribbles tights are I make them Dead sexy!! +William Shatner or +George Takei please respond.
Karen Elaine Thomas
My adventures on foot
Today is my first day at Niantic Labs. After supporting our Ingress team for over 8 months within a 20% project I have become an official Niantic Labs member today. Mainly I will take care of Ingress in Europe - so please contact me if you have any ideas, questions, feedback and let's have a great European Summer of Ingress.
#Ingress #summerofingress
Moritz Tolxdorff
Hangout Marketing Secrets - starting in an hour.
Let's talk engagement and author-rank with the one and only +Mark Traphagen and explain why Your Google+ Network is More Powerful than You Think.
Join us here: goo.gl/Yl5P6
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#hms #hangoutmarketingsecrets #authorrank #engagement
Yifat Cohen
Sweden’s data protection Authority bans Google cloud services over privacy concerns #prism
In a landmark ruling, Sweden’s data protection authority (the Swedish Data Inspection Board) this week issued a decision that prohibits the nation’s public sector bodies from using the cloud service Google Apps.
The ruling – which bans Google cloud products such as calendar services, email and data processing functions – is based on inadequacies in the Google contract. A risk assessment by the Board determined that the contract gives Google too much covert discretion over how data can be used, and that public sector customers are unable to ensure that data protection rights are protected.
[...]
The decision may also trigger a disintegration of trust across Europe over the use by schools of such services. A recent survey revealed that schools are adopting cloud services at speed but that there is widespread concern over loss of control over the data.
Read the full story: Sweden’s data protection Authority bans Google cloud services over privacy concerns: http://bit.ly/ZW8n0p
John Hardy
Picked up book because I thought it said "Naked Vixens of Aldecron X". Was actually "Wuthering Heights" so I put it down again.
Tessie L'Amour
There's a hybrid in here..
http://pinterest.com/pin/216172850836729412/
Mahei Foliaki
brilliant use of this meme!! #atheism #atheist
steph wanamaker
Rolling waves #mondaymorning
Stephanie L Davis
+Wikimedia Foundation says it hasn’t received any #PRISM requests. Is also asking "how it should respond next"... http://tnw.to/i0fqc
#tnw #thenextweb #wikimedia
The Next Web
+16 - 15 comments
Morning all.
The grey skies continue in Devon, UK. Bring back the sun!
Thomas Morffew
Thank You for Engaging
This circle is one I've put together in the last week of people who have engaged in my posts. This is a way of saying Thank You for the conversations!
I'll be doing this regularly to thank those who engage throughout the week so that others might discover these #awesome people!
Dustin W. Stout
Hangout Marketing Secrets - starting in an hour.
Let's talk engagement and author-rank with the one and only +Mark Traphagen and explain why Your Google+ Network is More Powerful than You Think.
Join us here: goo.gl/Yl5P6
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#hms #hangoutmarketingsecrets #authorrank #engagement
Mark Traphagen
Daily Circles check it out
| Name | Author | Members |
|---|---|---|
Austrian Photographers |
54 | |
Finnish active people and Pages circle |
111 | |
Google Developers GTUG |
152 | |
Super Science Circle |
220 | |
Photography Newbies |
100 | |
Food, Beer, and Wine Circle |
165 | |
Social SEO |
25 | |
Google+ Pages and interesting people |
241 | |
Android Pages |
31 | |
Banken und Finanzen |
170 | |
Think different: the interaction circle |
200 | |
Play Ball! Baseball |
31 | |
some great people |
501 | |
experts in social business |
90 | |
Writer's Circle |
99 | |
Science Circle |
300 | |
Google Services |
48 | |
Daily Fine Art |
199 |
Rznag Rmrod
Jaana Nyström
Nils Hitze (Kojote)
Fraser Cain
Dante Duphorne
Chris Robinson
Mark Traphagen
Thomas Morffew
Daniel Bödger
Max Huijgen
Google+
Thomas Power
Meg Tufano
Gideon Rosenblatt
Siegfried Hirsch
Charles Lupica