Spotify or Google+ (Choose your Evil Empire) (Jim doles out samples on the corner)(in Baltimore those are called "Testers")

[Kevin]

anyone using these yet? thoughts?

[ms.petra]

Google+ looks cool, but I haven't downloaded it yet. I like the circles feature that allows you to share stuff with certain groups of people. It also has something like StumbleUpon, which is is always interesting.

[Kevin]

i need an invite for spotify i think

[Lori]

What the heck is Spotify???? *off to google*

[Lori]

Oh that looks good! Are there charges?

[Kevin]

i think there are diff level of service with like a free low bells and whistle deal and then better and premium ones. just looking into it

[Pat]

I thought Google+ was an invitation only thing right now.

[RandomAnthony]

I dislike Google. They're evil.

[Aynge]

I've never heard of Spotify.

[Sally, la reina]

I too dislike Google. But I prefer Google to Mac, if forced to make a choice.

[Kevin]

wait...google to mac? what the ?

[Sally, la reina]

O, I think I mean android to iphone.

[Kevin]

i want a google+ invite. not hinting around anymore. someone invite me STAT

[Kevin]

thanks! just sent you a PM. i def consider it appropriate and won't do anything inappropriate :)

[Carol]

I just signed up for Google+ Lots of circles. We'll see how it goes.

[Sarah]

I'm on Google + now, but I haven't had a chance to explore properly. I'm having trouble finding people, for starters. I put in names of people I know are on there, and it doesn't bring them up.
Also, do I have this straight? I can add and follow people without their consent. If I make a public post it will not forcibly show up on their pages? There are a lot of cool authors and editors on there, but I don't want to invade their space.
I'm having the easiest time finding authors I like. Less luck with my musician-friends and GR friends.

[Brittomart]

Sarah, I just searched for you on Google+, but I can't find you

[Sarah]

Yeah, I can't find Carol or Gabby either. Let me try finding you.

[Jim]

Check mine Sarah, you will find Gabby there, he just uses a different name.

[Carol]

I found Sarah!

[Kevin]

somebody give me a friggin invite! kevinsprinkle@comcast.net

[Jim]

On its way oh sprinkly one.

[janine]

Can I have one too? Please?

[Jim]

PM me your email address J9.

[Janice]

Me too, Jim?

[Brittomart]

I can invite folks too!

[Sarah]

Janice wrote: "Me too, Jim?"

Send me or Jim or Britt or Gabby your email address and we'll hook you up.

[Jim]

Sarah Pi wrote: "Janice wrote: "Me too, Jim?"

Send me or Jim or Britt or Gabby your email address and we'll hook you up."

Done already.

[smetchie]

I thought they weren't accepting new members even WITH invites. Is that wrong? I really want to check it out.

Me too Sallers. When forced to choose my evil empire, I'm with Google.

[Jim]

Send me your PM Gretchen

[Sally, la reina]

Can you PM me your address Smetch? I need to mail you some knitting goodies.

[Félix]

I've given them way too much money to feel comfortable with this new thing. A part of me despises Google.

[janine]

And another part loves it?

[Sally, la reina]

Larry has many parts.

[smetchie]

Utøya wrote: "Can you PM me your address Smetch? I need to mail you some knitting goodies."

I can!

[smetchie]

Jim wrote: "Send me your PM Gretchen"

I will!

[Félix]

Another part uses Google every day.

[Brittomart]

I don't get the money thing, Larry. What do you mean?

[Félix]

I had a business that used Google ads. A lot of cash. Pay per click -- very difficult to track the clicks.

[Brittomart]

You paid google to put ads on your business?

[Brittomart]

Ohhhhhhhhh you used google to advertise your business, and you had to pay them for every click!

I get it now.

[Félix]

Yup.

[Phil]

Anyone have some google+ love to hand out?

[Janice]

My invite never came through. :(

[janine]

Misha wrote: "Sarah, since no one ever answered your question, I think it works like twitter or Facebook pages (as opposed to profiles) in that someone can only see your stuff if they add you to a circle, not if..."

There's a special 'incoming' stream (below your circles) in which everything that people that aren't in your circle share with you end up. So, if you're following Shatner and he isn't following you, and you share something with all your circles, or public, or + him, it should show up in his incoming stream.

[Jim]

Janice wrote: "My invite never came through. :("

I will resend Janice, I show it going out.

Just resent Janice.

[Carol]

I have invites to give. PM me and I'll take care of you.

[Janice]

Thanks Jim. Nothing has come through yet. I went onto the site a week or so back and tried to join. I got the message that it's in beta right now and that they would email me when it's available to the general public so I left my email. I wonder if that's the problem.

[Sarah]

Jim wrote: "Janice wrote: "My invite never came through. :("

I will resend Janice, I show it going out.

Just resent Janice."

Why should we resent Janice?

[Sarah]

I've figured stuff out since I asked that question.

I think some of the writers are adding people to a people-who-are-following-me-because-I'm-a-writer type circle. That said, I've had several squee moments already.