Do I think it’ll fail? I actually don’t. Twitter delivers 1 Billion Items, while Google+ shares 350 Billion. Google+ has 10 Million going strong. And yes, Google+ is also gaining popularity amongst the ladies. If you like, Mashable has a Complete Guide to Google+.

What I like about Google+

One thing I like about Google+ is the ability to clearly define separate groups of friends to whom to share content with. Yes, Facebook has Friend Lists, but I believe Google+ hit the sweet spot as its easier the average user to organize their friends into circles due to its simplicity. I also noticed that some of my friends who wouldn’t share much on Facebook, are actually posting on Google+ which I like.

The Hangout feature is also a really neat idea as it allows you to post to your circles that you are free to start hanging out with anyone via video chat. Anyone can join in by simply clicking on the invite in the post. This is something that Facebook was missing for a long time since group chat wasn’t particularly simple to perform on Facebook. Facebook did recently add Skype Video chat (which is clunky) and group chat which is nice but has been late in the game. Even MySpace had Skype-Powered calls back in 2007.

The best feature I love is the integration with all Google Products. I like how I receive notifications and can even reply to comments on threads I participate in while I’m checking my GMail. I got rid of the pesky e-mail notifications as I can easily see them while I log into Gmail,

The next feature I like is the integration with Picasa and Picasa Web Albums with Google+. You now can upload an unlimited amount of photos under a certain resolution and sharing with friends is pretty simple and Google+ makes it even easier.

The summary below, is also something I truly love about it.

Instead of saying, “I’m going to write a blog post now,” or “I’m going to send an e-mail” or “I think I’ll tweet something” you simply say what you have to say, then decide who you’re going to say it to.

If you address it to “Public,” it’s a blog post.

If you address it to “Your Circles” it’s a tweet.

If you address it to your “My Customers” Circle it’s a business newsletter.

If you address it to a single person, it can be a letter to your mother.

I’d say this is pretty revolutionary. – Google+ shared content

What I don’t like about Google+

So far I’ve grown to love Google+ but there are somethings I don’t like. For one, do we need another social network? I’m not sure, but since it directly ties well into Google Products, its hard not to use it. I also don’t like the ability to reshare your content so everyone else could see. Google+ has an option to remove this feature, but this feature should be enabled by default.

See you on Google+!

If you want, follow me on Google+. If you don’t have an account, drop your e-mail below and I or someone else could send you an invite.

Even Google agrees

Why is 42 the answer to the universe and everything in life? Beats me but apparently its the true answer. Try asking Google it doesn’t disagree.

And before you start doubting the big G, you have to consider xkcd webcomics, which are awesome btw. Check out Ask the admin and find out how xkcd is related to the answer to life as well.

Is this starting to get creepy? Look at the palm of your hand, it is also said you have 42 major creases. Weird? Well it might because I just made that up but wouldn’t surprise me if it was true! (In case it is, tell me!)

Share with us your programming encounters!

Encountered something similar? Why not share it with the everyone?

This prolog interpreter can be installed from the command line with a simple

sudo apt-get install swi-prolog

Or depending on the OS you have, you might simply have to use your content manager to download it to your system.

Ever wanted to know what employees at places like Google and Microsoft are making and what they think of their jobs? Well, Glassdoor provides you with Ratings, Reviews and Salaries of the employees themselves. They are anonymous of course. In other words, employees are more likely to give out the complete truth without worrying about being exposed.

Find out about the company you want to work for

The site is in beta so apparently it’s still launching. Either way, the amount of reviews, ratings, and salaries submitted is good enough to give you a great idea of what working for the company feels like, the perks given, the pros, cons, salaries, management, and more!

In other words, find out if your dream job is really…your dream job!

The site layout is clean, user friendly, and has a lot of useful information. In the pictures provided, I show you the layout of the site, a preview of a reviews page for a company, and the average salaries page for that company.

A couple of quotes from former employees

Here are some pros from Google

I have never met so many brilliant people at one company ever. I have worked for 8 years in industry now. Seriously, there is not a single dumb employee.

You interact with great developers, original thinkers and interesting people all the time. Unlimited munchies are great, three free meals a day (or two in satellite offices) is great, medical benefits, partial subsidy of fitness membership, subsidy for ongoing education (though in reality you are unlikely to have time to use it) are all pluses. Being on the winning team feels good, especially when winning an uphill battle against an entrenched monopolist.

And now the cons…

Extreme preference is given for manager feedback during performance review cycles. Some managers have no clue about the products they are managing, In such cases, employees who are more vocal and are manager suck-ups get preferential treatment during the review cycles. But engineers who make more contributions, are recognized by peers but who are not in “good books” of their direct management or a level above, get penalized.

The days when Google was the coolest place in the world to work are gone. Google is deteriorating at the edges. Many managers at Google got their jobs just by having low employee numbers and are otherwise unqualified. Once entrenched they tend to show little concern for their reports, concerning themselves with “managing up” to their own manager.

In other words there are as many positives than there are negatives in lots of these reviews. Finding if they outweigh the positives is your job!

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in these previous quotes do not represent what Talk Binary thinks of the previous company. This is simply a review showing the reviews found on Glassdoor made by anonymous users and not Talk Binary.

What happens when you get three ex senior Googlers? Cuil. According to its website, their search engine boasts 3x the amount of content than Google and 10x the amount on Yahoo. While checking it out, I was a little enticed. The “darker” theme for searching was neat and the way results are shown are something worth checking out. – Source

It still seems it doesn’t have ALL the sites on the internet. A search for Talk Binary…doesn’t show my site. I’m ranked #3 on Google, and #1 on Yahoo for that same keyword but not on this new search engine? Many websites are complaining the results aren’t too relative to the keywords so you shouldn’t bother with it right now. Maybe in the future?

Google and the world

Many people are hating how Google is taking over the internet. It recently purchased YouTube. Big deal? Well, the ads that backed up YouTube financially is owned by Google. They recently tried purchasing Digg. They also opened up Knol, an attack on wikipedia allowing users to generate cold hard cash from their articles. They’ve made Picasa which is an image editing program, and so much more…

Is Cuil one of the few trying to compete directly with Google? Is it going to get pwned in the process? Tell us what you think!

Google Maps

This is what we envision Google to be. An omnipresent being with great and unforeseeable power…Don’t underestimate the power of Google!

Below is the rest of the “The Googling” series.

Google Moon

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