Google + SageTV Circle

[Brent]

Originally Posted by toricred

Brent,
I sent a PM with my email earlier and another one a few moments ago. Did you see it?

yep. You should have an invite now. Let me know.

[toricred]

I forgot about the issue with Google Apps. I just sent you an alternate address that should work.

[toricred]

Got it. Thanks.

[SteveW]

Originally Posted by Brent

If you're in google+ already you can find me here:
https://plus.google.com/me/brentevans

Once I have a decent sized circle of SageTV users, I'll start a roll-call so everyone can add all to their own SageTV circle. I'll try to do that after the next invites are available.

Hmm. That link just jumps to a redirect back to my Google+ profile as if the posted link is invalid... There are 3 Brent Evans in G+ right now. One does not have an associated profile pic. Is that you?

[SteveW]

Got you now. Tnx!

[Apap]

PM sent.

This could be interesting.

[ToxMox]

Originally Posted by SteveW

Hmm. That link just jumps to a redirect back to my Google+ profile as if the posted link is invalid... There are 3 Brent Evans in G+ right now. One does not have an associated profile pic. Is that you?

Brent's profile # is 106418316475648112522 so just view a profile then modify the URL with Brent's profile #. The problem is if you are logged into multiple gmail accounts and plus isn't the primary then you need to have the /u/# of the session in the URL.
I have 2 other gmail accounts logged in on multiple sign on then my Google+ is on my third signed in account so for me Brent's link is:
https://plus.google.com/u/2/106418316475648112522/

[Monedeath]

Originally Posted by Brent

If you're in google+ already you can find me here:
https://plus.google.com/me/brentevans

That link just sent me to my own homepage, found you anyway after that.

edit:

Originally Posted by ToxMox

Brent's profile # is 106418316475648112522 so just view a profile then modify the URL with Brent's profile #. The problem is if you are logged into multiple gmail accounts and plus isn't the primary then you need to have the /u/# of the session in the URL.
I have 2 other gmail accounts logged in on multiple sign on then my Google+ is on my third signed in account so for me Brent's link is:
https://plus.google.com/u/2/106418316475648112522/

I guess it helps to read page 2 before posting(not that I noticed there was a second page until after I posted. D'oh!

[flavius]

I'm interested!

[IVB]

Originally Posted by Brent

Can you not get in? Just sent you an invite.

The invite didn't show up. I hear that even those of us with the free google apps can't yet use G+, so perhaps gmail ate it.

[FMAX]

I've stayed away from FB because of no circles....

Google + looks sweet, Watched Leo Laporte on his TWIT use it for his whole show ...
Brent I sent you a PM...Thanks

Go CUBS by the way, we need to Go somewhere?

[jreichen]

Brent, thanks for the invite the other day. I already created my own SageTV circle, but as I understand it nobody else knows what circles I have and who is in those circles. So if I post something to my SageTV circle, what happens when you reply to that? Who sees your reply? This looks cool, I'm just trying to understand how it all works.

FMAX: I agree about Facebook. Circles seems like a pretty natural feature for social networking.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by jreichen

FMAX: I agree about Facebook. Circles seems like a pretty natural feature for social networking.

Circles aren't much different than Facebook groups, except the facebook groups are a more sharable entity. The Google circles exist only within your own domain. For something like this SageTV support group, circles are inferior to facebook groups, simply because it is up to each individual user to add each other individual user.

[Monedeath]

Facebook does have a "circle" type capability, and it's been around for years.

It just requires digging around in their interface and some other various steps to create the list which is their version of the Google+ circle.

Then whenever you make a post, you get to go through another series of hoops to restrict your post to just that list of people... And that precaution has been known to mysteriously fail to work on occasion with "entertaining results" to naturally follow.

[matt91]

The following errors occurred with your submission:

1. Brent has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.

Is there anyway to request "entry" into a circle from within G+? Sending PMs seems so 1990s.

[gplasky]

Brent

Looks like everyone and their brother PM's you on the Google + invite. I tried to PM but your inbox is loaded to the limits.

Gerry

[stuckless]

Is it just me or will Google+ simple be the geek corner of social networking. Much like Linked-In is the professional corner and Facebook is the catch all.

I doubt any of my family/relatives will be on Google+ until Google+ support 3rd party apps and someone ports farmville

As for circles... aren't they private? No one else can see your circles... so when you add me to your G+ circles, I could just as well be in your "Annoying and Egotistical SageTV Users" circle and I wouldn't know the the difference. From what I can tell, it's really a way for me to organize some of my streams, so I can click on my "SageTV" circle and see what you guys are saying (if you are in my circle) but I won't see what's in Brent's SageTV circle (nor will I even know if he has a SageTV circle). Does Google+ support the notion of a public group (ie, like facebook)?

[bhyman1]

Originally Posted by bhyman1

Go here:

http://gplus.to/

Post your shortcut:

http://gplus.to/Valve1138

Add people.

Also, you can edit your profile and add a link. I added one that points to my Sage forum profile so people can tell who I am. It even pulls the favicon.

Guys, seriously, do this. It makes it a lot easier to add people.

Searching by e-mail doesn't work very well for some reason.

[bhyman1]

Originally Posted by matt91

The following errors occurred with your submission:

1. Brent has exceeded their stored private messages quota and cannot accept further messages until they clear some space.

Is there anyway to request "entry" into a circle from within G+? Sending PMs seems so 1990s.

You can't request entry into someones circle. You make your own and add the appropriate people to it.

Follow my post above, and I'll click the handy shortcut link and add you to my SageTV circle.

[Brent]

Sorry about that guys. My message limit was exceeded last night as I stepped away to watch a few movies. Haven't done that in a very long time.

Anyway, send me your email via private message and I'll add you.

Facebook does have a way to do something like circles. But it leaves a lot to be desired imo and I personally only use Facebook for close friends and family. Have to have a separation there since it's very difficult to post only to certain groups there.

In Google+ I'll do a roll-call this afternoon and then post a list of everyone wanting to be on the list. We can use this as sort of a link-sharing tool, messaging tool, a place for impromptu text and/or video chats etc. Should be fun.