Google + For Dummies +
Just when you think you've got a handle on social media, another twist rears their Cerberus heads. I'm on Facebook and questioned whether I needed Google +. Maybe you've thought the same? A publicist from Wiley sent me Google + for Dummies by Jesse Stay, so being a good sport, signed up and felt confident having a book to guide me step by step.
Being a visual learner, I liked having screenshots and illustrations galore. Having many choices and more filters for privacy than Facebook is an attractive feature Google +. Let's face it, Google is the largest and best search engine, it makes sense to at least have some presence on Google + if you are in business or a blogger. With Google+ there are friendly sounding places like circles and hangouts. I added Jesse to my circle or as they say, circled him. Then, my brain shorted. TMI. I had to take a break. The book is as clear as humanly possible and I'll be referring to it as needed.
Being intuitive, I went back without any instruction and with a few clicks on the clean interface, I found myself in the Dalai Lama circle and found this quote from him: There is a saying in Tibetan that “at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar.” The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come from wealth, but from setting limits to one’s desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.
Thank-you His Holiness and thank-you Jesse, I'll be seeing both of you again soon. And yes, I will be setting limits to my desires. If you join Google + please be aware when anyone Googles you, your Google+ profile will pop up first.
Google + for Dummies by Jesse Stay (@Jesse on Twitter)
I'm eager to read a riveting new novel. Any suggestions?
Being a visual learner, I liked having screenshots and illustrations galore. Having many choices and more filters for privacy than Facebook is an attractive feature Google +. Let's face it, Google is the largest and best search engine, it makes sense to at least have some presence on Google + if you are in business or a blogger. With Google+ there are friendly sounding places like circles and hangouts. I added Jesse to my circle or as they say, circled him. Then, my brain shorted. TMI. I had to take a break. The book is as clear as humanly possible and I'll be referring to it as needed.
Being intuitive, I went back without any instruction and with a few clicks on the clean interface, I found myself in the Dalai Lama circle and found this quote from him: There is a saying in Tibetan that “at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar.” The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come from wealth, but from setting limits to one’s desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.
Thank-you His Holiness and thank-you Jesse, I'll be seeing both of you again soon. And yes, I will be setting limits to my desires. If you join Google + please be aware when anyone Googles you, your Google+ profile will pop up first.
Google + for Dummies by Jesse Stay (@Jesse on Twitter)
I'm eager to read a riveting new novel. Any suggestions?
Posted by Layla Morgan Wilde at 1/22/2012 9:28 PM 
Categories: Technology, Baby Boomers, Media, Writing, What I'm Reading This Week
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Categories: Technology, Baby Boomers, Media, Writing, What I'm Reading This Week
Tags: Google for dummies-review Jesse stay-Google -book Dalai lama-quote-google
The Dummies books are great. I almost took a course on adwords, tagging and indexing with Google; if I had more time I would and will take it next time the course comes around. Never can learn enough.
The thing is, Google is a bit evil and so is Facebook. But Google+ is a good thing...
..I have been working on a video project all day and have just put music to my Montreal videos. YouTube has quite an amazing selection of licensed music.
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Whoever came up with the Dummies concept was no dummy. Evil or addictive?
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I do not know the exact person, but the first publisher was IDG, when I was working at IDG...it was the computer magazine giant (ComputerWorld MacWorld PCWorld etc. all over the world) first foray into book publishing.
After a few years, IDG sold the franchise to Wiley.
I have several Dummies boooks, including The Dummies Book of Sex by Dr. Ruth
and the Dummies Guide to Writing Romance Novels by a head Harlequin editor.
..my husband asked if I needed the Dr. Ruth book. No, one of my books will have a sex advice columnist as a heroine.
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Thanks Layla for sharing this. I have been struggling to use google+ or not. I also don't go to fackbook often so I was wondering why I would need google+. Facebook is getting more and more complicated. I like something simple (gmail/blogger are my favorites only because they are simple). So google+ might be a good choice. Your post here certainly increased my interest in google+.
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It's really different from Facebook and you can keep it as simple or as complicated as you wish.
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