Comments on: Google gets … buzzing? http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/ Tama's thoughts about digital culture, whatever that might mean ... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:42:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: More Buzz on Buzz « Tama Leaver dot Net http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/comment-page-1/#comment-21980 More Buzz on Buzz « Tama Leaver dot Net Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:57:16 +0000 http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/#comment-21980 [...] to Google; after a lukewarm reception and provoking privacy concerns, Google have stepped up and made some quick changes to their new [...] [...] to Google; after a lukewarm reception and provoking privacy concerns, Google have stepped up and made some quick changes to their new [...]

]]> By: TamaLeaver http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/comment-page-1/#comment-21964 TamaLeaver Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:56:47 +0000 http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/#comment-21964 I suspect Google has essentially placed Wave into indefinite beta ... the take up appears to have been slow and, as you say, the tech just doesn't do the ideas behind it justice. Until it's really that fast and has a more clearly defined purpose, I can't see Wave reaching a critical mass. Buzz seems a lot less in-your-face, and certainly appeared with less build up; they're probably testing the water, but you're right, if it's limited to the GMail users and GMail interface, it's unlikely to draw that many who aren't already GMail users! I suspect Google has essentially placed Wave into indefinite beta … the take up appears to have been slow and, as you say, the tech just doesn't do the ideas behind it justice. Until it's really that fast and has a more clearly defined purpose, I can't see Wave reaching a critical mass. Buzz seems a lot less in-your-face, and certainly appeared with less build up; they're probably testing the water, but you're right, if it's limited to the GMail users and GMail interface, it's unlikely to draw that many who aren't already GMail users!

]]> By: Kristal May http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/comment-page-1/#comment-28188 Kristal May Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:14:54 +0000 http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/#comment-28188 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Google gets … buzzing? « Tama Leaver dot Net http://tinyurl.com/yd4gave</span></span> Google gets … buzzing? « Tama Leaver dot Net http://tinyurl.com/yd4gave

]]> By: Erin http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/comment-page-1/#comment-21963 Erin Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:42:38 +0000 http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/#comment-21963 I can't help but think that Google are spreading themselves a little thin by introducing Buzz so soon after Wave. I'm not sure about you, but I've found Google Wave to be a fairly horrible platform - it lags, it's confusing (the ability to reply to a message or start a new message or continue on with an old message that doesn't follow on from the most recent message in the wave becomes tedious if not every participant is doing the same thing!), and I've only got four contacts who actually use it. To add yet another way of communicating to the list seems like overkill. Perhaps I'm just missing the point, but I thought that Wave was meant to do all this - providing a place to share video and images as well as chat. So... why do we need Buzz again? I can't really see Buzz catching on. Maybe 20% of the people I regularly contact via email are Gmail users. This 20% mostly excludes my friends or family (i.e. those I'd most likely want to share with), as they're not really huge users of the net for anything other than email/Facebook, and wouldn't care for such a platform, if I'm to make a guess. Buzz seems like Twitter on steroids, without the ability to access a far-reaching audience. I'll stick with what I've got: a blog, Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook. With these, I kind of think all my online social networking needs are covered. Sorry, Google. You fail. I can't help but think that Google are spreading themselves a little thin by introducing Buzz so soon after Wave. I'm not sure about you, but I've found Google Wave to be a fairly horrible platform – it lags, it's confusing (the ability to reply to a message or start a new message or continue on with an old message that doesn't follow on from the most recent message in the wave becomes tedious if not every participant is doing the same thing!), and I've only got four contacts who actually use it. To add yet another way of communicating to the list seems like overkill. Perhaps I'm just missing the point, but I thought that Wave was meant to do all this – providing a place to share video and images as well as chat. So… why do we need Buzz again?

I can't really see Buzz catching on. Maybe 20% of the people I regularly contact via email are Gmail users. This 20% mostly excludes my friends or family (i.e. those I'd most likely want to share with), as they're not really huge users of the net for anything other than email/Facebook, and wouldn't care for such a platform, if I'm to make a guess. Buzz seems like Twitter on steroids, without the ability to access a far-reaching audience. I'll stick with what I've got: a blog, Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook. With these, I kind of think all my online social networking needs are covered. Sorry, Google. You fail.

]]> By: Tama Leaver http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/comment-page-1/#comment-28189 Tama Leaver Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:20:41 +0000 http://www.tamaleaver.net/2010/02/10/google-gets-buzzing/#comment-28189 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">My take on Google's new social tool, Google Buzz: http://bit.ly/tamabuzz (I'm lukewarm, at best)</span></span> My take on Google's new social tool, Google Buzz: http://bit.ly/tamabuzz (I'm lukewarm, at best)

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