Looking at the introductory video below, I find it interesting that the big feature G+ touted, Circles, is one I use the least. While I have all my contacts dutifully linked that way, G+ is not my primary communication mode with everyone (yet). 99% of the stuff I do is Public.
That said, G+ has provided a tool to link me up with may buckets of people that I would otherwise never had met or associated with or chatted with or exchanged comments with. I find more meaningful conversations here than, say, on Facebook, and more opportunity to explore ideas rather than "So, here's what I did this weekend." Though there's room for that, too, ahem.
I still maintain my regular blog (and feed it from G+ with the Google+Blog plugin), and will for the foreseeable future. But for all that I (still) miss the sadly pithed social aspects of Google Reader, I'm very pleased with that Google Plus has added to my online life.
Reshared post from +Vic Gundotra
Two years ago this evening I didn't sleep at all. Neither did so many of my good friends and colleagues on the Google+ team.
My how far we have come.
Yet we have promises to keep. And miles to go before we sleep.
Introducing the Google+ project: Real-life sharing, rethought for the web
Update: For our international readers, this post is also available in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. – Ed. Among the most basic of human needs is the need to connect with others. With a sm…
I, on the other hand, make extensive use of Circles and am really glad they work the way they do. But I agree that the general communities (contrasting with Google Communities, tho they are nice as well) that have grown in Google are personally enriching.
With only five people to connect to (one of whom I will boot when I figure out that process), Circles don't mean much to me.
+Scott Randel The trick with booting is you have to pull up their profile (click through on their name) and boot them from there.