I was delighted to get an invite to Google+. Then amazed when I was told I can’t use Google+ because we use Google Apps. It seems that Google is expecting to make Google+ available to Google Apps users “ in a few months &# with some.edu users possibly trialling it sooner. But you choose them. MORE >>

Tweet Curtis Ogden at The Interaction Institute provides a very good summary of the differences between network-centric and hierarchy-centric thinking, called Network Thinking : Adaptability instead of control. Network thinking can fundamentally change our view of hierarchical relationships. Emergence instead of predictability. MORE >>

This post is about my first couple of days experimenting with Google Plus. This isn’t a general review about the product per se, but more about it’s design model; it’s not just another social network. As an online relationship model ; Facebook is symmetric, Twitter is asymmetric, and Google Plus is asymmetric. MORE >>

Reactions to Google’s new social networking tool, Buzz , appear to be divided between those who think it will topple Facebook and those who have already discounted it. The Importance of Your Google Profile. You didn’t know you had a Google Profile? You can add many of your other social networks and RSS feeds. Notice MORE >>

A bug in the Google Talk integration of Google+ can give users under some circumstances access to the IM contacts and conversations of other users on shared computers, making it possible to eavesdrop on chat sessions in real time. Google has acknowledged the issue and said it is working on a fix. Sign up for a free trial. MORE >>