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Sadly despite +Aaron Wood's cool propaganda poster, Google+ did not win the war
He's still selling copies on Etsy if you need a copy:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/79045631/google-plus-propaganda-poster-version-1?ref=shop_home_active_42
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He's still selling copies on Etsy if you need a copy:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/79045631/google-plus-propaganda-poster-version-1?ref=shop_home_active_42
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warning, looooong post is long
One year ago, I made a post on Google+ that changed my life.
The post itself was made in frustration. It was one of those "Can't we all get along" moments that you find yourself in when you see people arguing in real life, or online, even if it is over trivial matters.
I had only been on G+ for a relatively short time. It was in beta and I managed to snag an invite from a real life friend. After trying to figure out what to do here, I was told to start circling people and "let the magic begin." (Or something like that. The actual situation and words exchanged probably weren't as dramatic.)
So, I set out to circle people. I randomly picked someone who's profile I saw (I can't remember who it was. It might have been the friend that suggested I add people.)
A little while later, I found that I had just gone through and added about 600 people. Six hundred people that I had NO clue who they were really. It was to be my "grand experiment."
After a week or so, I wasn't hating my experience here, but I also wasn't loving it. One of the reasons I wasn't loving it was the amount of loathing and hatred I saw that people had for Facebook and Twitter.
It was all out war. It was us vs. them. On a digital battlefield.
Choose your side. Things were going to get virtually bloody.
I was baffled by this. Why so much hate? Why couldn't people just use all 3? As an artist I wanted my work out there on as many sites as I could get it on. I wanted to share my images with people.
A little more time went on and I decided to do something about it.
If they wanted to make it a war, I'd give them a war.
Drawing on the propaganda themed posters of World War 2 (for the allies) I sat down and created my first poster. It was for Twitter.
A blue bird (akin to Twitter's mascot) of prey rearing up and 8 orange birds (the same number and color of the fail whale screen birds) decorated the image. "Be Brief! The enemy might be listening in!" It stated. (Drawing on the short posts of up to 140 characters that one can make while using Twitter.)
When I finished that image, I went on to the next one. Facebook. What did people on G+ hate about Facebook? The virtual games were one thing. I ran with it. "Facebook Join the cause! Your friends' farms need you!" proclaimed the black text set against the green fields in the foreground. In the distance a farm and some trees were set in silhouette against the early morning rays of yellow sunshine. Two posters down.
Then it was on to G+. I had only been here a short time. There wasn't much to draw on since it was in its early infancy. What did Google+ want you to do? It wanted you to share things. Sharing is associated with communism. Ok, go with that idea. Draw on the striking imagery of the Russian WW2 propaganda posters. Utilize red. Toss in a +1. Make it the focal point. Add in a tag line in English using a faux Cyrillic font. "All must be shared to win the war! Google+" (Which confused a lot of Russian speakers who were trying to actually translate it! Sorry!)
Three posters done. I put them together into one image and posted it. Within moments my notifications started going crazy. People were +1ing and sharing my post like gangbusters. A couple key shares from +Pete Cashmore and +Denis Labelle had it sprawling out all over G+. They both had a lot of followers already and it was thanks to them that it reached a wider audience quickly.
Within a day it had an obscene amount of shares (for the time. Since then posts regularly bury the numbers that I had for +1s and shares, but I was pretty proud of what I had accomplished for someone with next to no followers, save for some friends from Facebook.) People started to follow me. Random people. People I had never heard of. Much like I had randomly started circling people a couple weeks before, people started randomly circling me back.
I decided to put the posters up on my Etsy store. I posted links here and the orders started pouring in.
I was surprised a couple days later when people started linking me to my images on sites that weren't on Google+ or on Facebook (where I had also shared them.) They were going viral all over online. I was getting emails for freelance work. People wanted to interview me for their sites. (+matthew rappaport was the first to interview me on G+.) All based off three simple images I created because the people on G+ couldn't play nice with the rest of the internet.
My experiences in the last year are truly humbling. I have had my 15 minutes of "fame" and then some. I've sold my posters to people all over the world. My posters have shown up in print. I've crowdsourced a book of my posters. I'm still waiting for the roller coaster to stop. Much like +Daria Musk took a chance when she did her first hangout concert, I took a chance on my art.
I honestly thank you all for the inspiration. It has led to a lot of great experience and opportunities I would have never had if I had never joined G+. I look forward to many more great times and you can look forward to a lot more art from me.
I do have a favor to ask from you though. Well, it's more of a challenge. Currently, my original post stands at 486 +1s and 3412 shares. That post was made on July 29, 2011. One year ago. People say that this place is a ghost town. I want to beat those numbers. I want to see if the community really has grown since then. Can the same art (accompanied by a rather inspired and long-winded story of its creation) garner that much attention when G+ has millions more users signed up for it than it did back then? +1 or share this post. :D
We shall see. :)
A link to that original post: https://plus.google.com/114468593663912084118/posts/dxbPTFYuiNJ
And as always... a shameless plug for my Esty shop in case someone out there actually still wants to buy these:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Justonescarf
One year ago, I made a post on Google+ that changed my life.
The post itself was made in frustration. It was one of those "Can't we all get along" moments that you find yourself in when you see people arguing in real life, or online, even if it is over trivial matters.
I had only been on G+ for a relatively short time. It was in beta and I managed to snag an invite from a real life friend. After trying to figure out what to do here, I was told to start circling people and "let the magic begin." (Or something like that. The actual situation and words exchanged probably weren't as dramatic.)
So, I set out to circle people. I randomly picked someone who's profile I saw (I can't remember who it was. It might have been the friend that suggested I add people.)
A little while later, I found that I had just gone through and added about 600 people. Six hundred people that I had NO clue who they were really. It was to be my "grand experiment."
After a week or so, I wasn't hating my experience here, but I also wasn't loving it. One of the reasons I wasn't loving it was the amount of loathing and hatred I saw that people had for Facebook and Twitter.
It was all out war. It was us vs. them. On a digital battlefield.
Choose your side. Things were going to get virtually bloody.
I was baffled by this. Why so much hate? Why couldn't people just use all 3? As an artist I wanted my work out there on as many sites as I could get it on. I wanted to share my images with people.
A little more time went on and I decided to do something about it.
If they wanted to make it a war, I'd give them a war.
Drawing on the propaganda themed posters of World War 2 (for the allies) I sat down and created my first poster. It was for Twitter.
A blue bird (akin to Twitter's mascot) of prey rearing up and 8 orange birds (the same number and color of the fail whale screen birds) decorated the image. "Be Brief! The enemy might be listening in!" It stated. (Drawing on the short posts of up to 140 characters that one can make while using Twitter.)
When I finished that image, I went on to the next one. Facebook. What did people on G+ hate about Facebook? The virtual games were one thing. I ran with it. "Facebook Join the cause! Your friends' farms need you!" proclaimed the black text set against the green fields in the foreground. In the distance a farm and some trees were set in silhouette against the early morning rays of yellow sunshine. Two posters down.
Then it was on to G+. I had only been here a short time. There wasn't much to draw on since it was in its early infancy. What did Google+ want you to do? It wanted you to share things. Sharing is associated with communism. Ok, go with that idea. Draw on the striking imagery of the Russian WW2 propaganda posters. Utilize red. Toss in a +1. Make it the focal point. Add in a tag line in English using a faux Cyrillic font. "All must be shared to win the war! Google+" (Which confused a lot of Russian speakers who were trying to actually translate it! Sorry!)
Three posters done. I put them together into one image and posted it. Within moments my notifications started going crazy. People were +1ing and sharing my post like gangbusters. A couple key shares from +Pete Cashmore and +Denis Labelle had it sprawling out all over G+. They both had a lot of followers already and it was thanks to them that it reached a wider audience quickly.
Within a day it had an obscene amount of shares (for the time. Since then posts regularly bury the numbers that I had for +1s and shares, but I was pretty proud of what I had accomplished for someone with next to no followers, save for some friends from Facebook.) People started to follow me. Random people. People I had never heard of. Much like I had randomly started circling people a couple weeks before, people started randomly circling me back.
I decided to put the posters up on my Etsy store. I posted links here and the orders started pouring in.
I was surprised a couple days later when people started linking me to my images on sites that weren't on Google+ or on Facebook (where I had also shared them.) They were going viral all over online. I was getting emails for freelance work. People wanted to interview me for their sites. (+matthew rappaport was the first to interview me on G+.) All based off three simple images I created because the people on G+ couldn't play nice with the rest of the internet.
My experiences in the last year are truly humbling. I have had my 15 minutes of "fame" and then some. I've sold my posters to people all over the world. My posters have shown up in print. I've crowdsourced a book of my posters. I'm still waiting for the roller coaster to stop. Much like +Daria Musk took a chance when she did her first hangout concert, I took a chance on my art.
I honestly thank you all for the inspiration. It has led to a lot of great experience and opportunities I would have never had if I had never joined G+. I look forward to many more great times and you can look forward to a lot more art from me.
I do have a favor to ask from you though. Well, it's more of a challenge. Currently, my original post stands at 486 +1s and 3412 shares. That post was made on July 29, 2011. One year ago. People say that this place is a ghost town. I want to beat those numbers. I want to see if the community really has grown since then. Can the same art (accompanied by a rather inspired and long-winded story of its creation) garner that much attention when G+ has millions more users signed up for it than it did back then? +1 or share this post. :D
We shall see. :)
A link to that original post: https://plus.google.com/114468593663912084118/posts/dxbPTFYuiNJ
And as always... a shameless plug for my Esty shop in case someone out there actually still wants to buy these:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Justonescarf
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The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is … Google Docs
And they know how to use all the features ...
Teens told me they use Google Docs to chat just about any time they need to put their phone away but know their friends will be on computers. Sometimes they’ll use the service’s live-chat function, which doesn’t open by default, and which many teachers don’t even know exists. Or they’ll take advantage of the fact that Google allows users to highlight certain phrases or words, then comment on them via a pop-up box on the right side: They’ll clone a teacher’s shared Google document, then chat in the comments, so it appears to the casual viewer that they’re just making notes on the lesson plan. If a teacher approaches to take a closer look, they can click the “Resolve” button, and the entire thread will disappear.
Read the article
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/hottest-chat-app-teens-google-docs/584857/ #plusonly
And they know how to use all the features ...
Teens told me they use Google Docs to chat just about any time they need to put their phone away but know their friends will be on computers. Sometimes they’ll use the service’s live-chat function, which doesn’t open by default, and which many teachers don’t even know exists. Or they’ll take advantage of the fact that Google allows users to highlight certain phrases or words, then comment on them via a pop-up box on the right side: They’ll clone a teacher’s shared Google document, then chat in the comments, so it appears to the casual viewer that they’re just making notes on the lesson plan. If a teacher approaches to take a closer look, they can click the “Resolve” button, and the entire thread will disappear.
Read the article
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/hottest-chat-app-teens-google-docs/584857/ #plusonly
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Google+ Events and Birthdays removed from Google Calendar
To keep seeing your friends' birthdays make sure you have them in your Google Contacts!
See what's changed:
https://youtu.be/UBsNCxD3SOw
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To keep seeing your friends' birthdays make sure you have them in your Google Contacts!
See what's changed:
https://youtu.be/UBsNCxD3SOw
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New this week: Google announces Stadia cloud gaming; Google Photos introduces “Express backup”; Podcast Creator Program taking applications and more
Spring has sprung, and while new Google products are budding, we’re down to the final week for Google+ and Inbox. Here is where you can find me after the shutdown of Google+:
https://plus.google.com/+PeggyKTC/posts/4bHg2pPpiRk
* Google’s big announcement at this week’s Game Developer Conference is Stadia, a new cloud gaming platform integrated with YouTube. The games run on Google’s servers, with low enough latency that people using different platforms - phones, tablets, desktop computers - can play against each other, and you may see a “play now” button on YouTube that lets you jump into a game with your favorite gamer. There is a dedicated game controller, with buttons for Google Assistant and live capture and an in-house studio Stadia Games and Entertainment creating content.
* What kind of internet connection do you need? According to Phil Harrison, head of Stadia, “if you get a good YouTube experience, you’ll get a great Stadia experience”. Stadia will be launching later this year in the US, Canada, UK and “most of Europe.”
Have you backed up your Google+ data yet? Create and download an archive today at
https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout/custom/circles,plus_one,plus_communities,stream
Google+ recommends you start the archive creation process no later than March 31st.
* Coming into the final week of consumer Google+, there is a last-ditch concerted effort to preserve public Google+ content in the Internet Archive. If you want to participate, see the information in the Plexodus subreddit.
https://old.reddit.com/r/plexodus/comments/az285j/saving_of_public_google_content_at_the_internet/
* In another reminder that you should always have your own backup of important files and data, it was revealed this week that MySpace lost all the music users uploaded between 2003 and 2015 when migrating to new servers. Apparently there was no usable backup (or MySpace just can’t be bothered).
* Google Photos is introducing “Express backup” that provides faster backup at a reduced resolution, along with a Data Cap setting to prevent high mobile data usage. These new features are available to users in India and is rolling out slowly in other countries
* 9to5Google reports Google Podcasts is available on desktop web with playback and syncing. This has not officially launched and it is pretty bare bones and the moment. Presumably there are changes to come. The first class of Google’s Podcast Creator Program are currently getting training. Applications for the next class are due by April 14th.
* Google Tasks now lets you add a date and time, create repeating tasks and import your Reminders.
* Google has posted their 2018 Webspam report: they reduced the impact of “user-generated spam” of low quality free blogs and spammy forum posts by 80%, and are still fighting link spam. They encourage reporting spam in the search results and are providing more tools for webmasters and developers to help create high quality content. Check out the report for details.
* Enter your website with a .page, .app or .dev domain in the Google Registry Website Competition by April 30th. Winners will receive a Pixel 3 (or equivalent) and the opportunity to be featured on one of Google Registry's websites (get.page, get.app and get.dev). You can also get a 25% discount at Wordpress.com through the contest deadline on April 30th.
* The Google News Initiative is one year old, and has provided tools and training for hundreds of thousands of journalists world-wide. Two fact checking tools will be coming out of beta very soon: Fact Check Markup, which is an easy way for reporters to add structured data markup to their fact checking content, and Fact Check Explorer to help journalists find fact checking articles.
* Google was fined more than $1.7 billion by the European Union for “illegal practices in search advertising brokering”, including preventing publishers from placing additional 3rd party ads on AdSense for Search results pages. Google changed those policies in 2016 and has made other changes in response to the European Commission’s “feedback” including how Google Shopping works and (coming soon) asking Android device users in Europe which search and browser apps they prefer to use.
* It was revealed this week that Facebook stored hundreds of millions of user account passwords in plain text for years, and those could be accessed by Facebook employees. Facebook has said they have no evidence that "anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them." Even so, change your password now!
Get all this week’s tips and updates:
https://www.peggyktc.com/2019/03/weekly-update-march-23-2019-stadia.html
Click the link below for more links, tips and updates for YouTubers advertisers, webmasters, and more.
Upcoming
* March (soon!): Blogger switches accounts using a Google+ Profile to a Blogger profile
https://blogger.googleblog.com/2019/01/an-update-on-google-and-blogger.html
* March 25: Apple Event “It’s show time”
https://9to5mac.com/2019/03/11/apple-march-event-announed/
* March 30: goo.gl link shortener API shutting down (existing goo.gl links will continue to work):
https://developers.googleblog.com/2018/03/transitioning-google-url-shortener.html
* March 31: YouTube Creators in the USA & Canada: Deadline to apply for YouTube NextUp New York #YouTubeLatino
https://www.youtube.com/creators/nextup/
* March (end): Updates to Google Webmasters Search Console
http://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/01/focusing-on-new-search-console.html
* April 2: Consumer Google+ shut down
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9195133
* April 2: Inbox by Gmail shuts down
https://www.blog.google/prodnucts/gmail/inbox-signing-find-your-favorite-features-new-gmail/
* April 7: Deadline to apply for YouTube NextUp Mexico City Special Edition: Nextup for Gamers
https://twitter.com/YouTubeMexico/status/1108835702836465672
* April 9: Google Partners Academy on Air: Incorporating YouTube into your performance strategy
https://events.withgoogle.com/academy-on-air-2019-na/upcoming-episodes/#content
* April 9-11: Google Cloud Next ‘19
https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next/sf
Image: Colosseum and Moon by Tito Zoe Chiacchiera on Wikimedia Commons, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colosseum_and_Moon.jpg
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Spring has sprung, and while new Google products are budding, we’re down to the final week for Google+ and Inbox. Here is where you can find me after the shutdown of Google+:
https://plus.google.com/+PeggyKTC/posts/4bHg2pPpiRk
* Google’s big announcement at this week’s Game Developer Conference is Stadia, a new cloud gaming platform integrated with YouTube. The games run on Google’s servers, with low enough latency that people using different platforms - phones, tablets, desktop computers - can play against each other, and you may see a “play now” button on YouTube that lets you jump into a game with your favorite gamer. There is a dedicated game controller, with buttons for Google Assistant and live capture and an in-house studio Stadia Games and Entertainment creating content.
* What kind of internet connection do you need? According to Phil Harrison, head of Stadia, “if you get a good YouTube experience, you’ll get a great Stadia experience”. Stadia will be launching later this year in the US, Canada, UK and “most of Europe.”
Have you backed up your Google+ data yet? Create and download an archive today at
https://takeout.google.com/settings/takeout/custom/circles,plus_one,plus_communities,stream
Google+ recommends you start the archive creation process no later than March 31st.
* Coming into the final week of consumer Google+, there is a last-ditch concerted effort to preserve public Google+ content in the Internet Archive. If you want to participate, see the information in the Plexodus subreddit.
https://old.reddit.com/r/plexodus/comments/az285j/saving_of_public_google_content_at_the_internet/
* In another reminder that you should always have your own backup of important files and data, it was revealed this week that MySpace lost all the music users uploaded between 2003 and 2015 when migrating to new servers. Apparently there was no usable backup (or MySpace just can’t be bothered).
* Google Photos is introducing “Express backup” that provides faster backup at a reduced resolution, along with a Data Cap setting to prevent high mobile data usage. These new features are available to users in India and is rolling out slowly in other countries
* 9to5Google reports Google Podcasts is available on desktop web with playback and syncing. This has not officially launched and it is pretty bare bones and the moment. Presumably there are changes to come. The first class of Google’s Podcast Creator Program are currently getting training. Applications for the next class are due by April 14th.
* Google Tasks now lets you add a date and time, create repeating tasks and import your Reminders.
* Google has posted their 2018 Webspam report: they reduced the impact of “user-generated spam” of low quality free blogs and spammy forum posts by 80%, and are still fighting link spam. They encourage reporting spam in the search results and are providing more tools for webmasters and developers to help create high quality content. Check out the report for details.
* Enter your website with a .page, .app or .dev domain in the Google Registry Website Competition by April 30th. Winners will receive a Pixel 3 (or equivalent) and the opportunity to be featured on one of Google Registry's websites (get.page, get.app and get.dev). You can also get a 25% discount at Wordpress.com through the contest deadline on April 30th.
* The Google News Initiative is one year old, and has provided tools and training for hundreds of thousands of journalists world-wide. Two fact checking tools will be coming out of beta very soon: Fact Check Markup, which is an easy way for reporters to add structured data markup to their fact checking content, and Fact Check Explorer to help journalists find fact checking articles.
* Google was fined more than $1.7 billion by the European Union for “illegal practices in search advertising brokering”, including preventing publishers from placing additional 3rd party ads on AdSense for Search results pages. Google changed those policies in 2016 and has made other changes in response to the European Commission’s “feedback” including how Google Shopping works and (coming soon) asking Android device users in Europe which search and browser apps they prefer to use.
* It was revealed this week that Facebook stored hundreds of millions of user account passwords in plain text for years, and those could be accessed by Facebook employees. Facebook has said they have no evidence that "anyone internally abused or improperly accessed them." Even so, change your password now!
Get all this week’s tips and updates:
https://www.peggyktc.com/2019/03/weekly-update-march-23-2019-stadia.html
Click the link below for more links, tips and updates for YouTubers advertisers, webmasters, and more.
Upcoming
* March (soon!): Blogger switches accounts using a Google+ Profile to a Blogger profile
https://blogger.googleblog.com/2019/01/an-update-on-google-and-blogger.html
* March 25: Apple Event “It’s show time”
https://9to5mac.com/2019/03/11/apple-march-event-announed/
* March 30: goo.gl link shortener API shutting down (existing goo.gl links will continue to work):
https://developers.googleblog.com/2018/03/transitioning-google-url-shortener.html
* March 31: YouTube Creators in the USA & Canada: Deadline to apply for YouTube NextUp New York #YouTubeLatino
https://www.youtube.com/creators/nextup/
* March (end): Updates to Google Webmasters Search Console
http://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/01/focusing-on-new-search-console.html
* April 2: Consumer Google+ shut down
https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9195133
* April 2: Inbox by Gmail shuts down
https://www.blog.google/prodnucts/gmail/inbox-signing-find-your-favorite-features-new-gmail/
* April 7: Deadline to apply for YouTube NextUp Mexico City Special Edition: Nextup for Gamers
https://twitter.com/YouTubeMexico/status/1108835702836465672
* April 9: Google Partners Academy on Air: Incorporating YouTube into your performance strategy
https://events.withgoogle.com/academy-on-air-2019-na/upcoming-episodes/#content
* April 9-11: Google Cloud Next ‘19
https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next/sf
Image: Colosseum and Moon by Tito Zoe Chiacchiera on Wikimedia Commons, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colosseum_and_Moon.jpg
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Enter Google Registry's Website Competition with your site on a .page, .app, or .dev domain
Nine winners will be selected based on their website’s user experience, user interface, originality, design and content clarity. Winners will receive a Pixel 3 phone or equivalent prize and the opportunity to be featured on one of Google Registry's websites (get.page, get.app and get.dev).
1. Register your .page, .app or .dev domain. All three extensions are secure by default (registered domains only work with an SSL certificate). You can register your domain through your preferred registrar.
2. Build your website. You can get started building your site on WordPress.com and save 25 percent using the promo code SAFE_A24F at checkout. (The offer is valid until April 30, 2019.) Websites created in other ways on .app, .page and .dev are also eligible for the contest.
3. Learn more about the contest rules here (https://safe.page/contest-rules), including eligibility restrictions, prize details and entry deadlines. Submit your website to the contest at safe.page.
Deadline is April 30th.
Info:
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/tips-from-google-to-stay-safe-while-browsing-the-internet/
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Nine winners will be selected based on their website’s user experience, user interface, originality, design and content clarity. Winners will receive a Pixel 3 phone or equivalent prize and the opportunity to be featured on one of Google Registry's websites (get.page, get.app and get.dev).
1. Register your .page, .app or .dev domain. All three extensions are secure by default (registered domains only work with an SSL certificate). You can register your domain through your preferred registrar.
2. Build your website. You can get started building your site on WordPress.com and save 25 percent using the promo code SAFE_A24F at checkout. (The offer is valid until April 30, 2019.) Websites created in other ways on .app, .page and .dev are also eligible for the contest.
3. Learn more about the contest rules here (https://safe.page/contest-rules), including eligibility restrictions, prize details and entry deadlines. Submit your website to the contest at safe.page.
Deadline is April 30th.
Info:
https://www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/tips-from-google-to-stay-safe-while-browsing-the-internet/
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Deadline to apply for the next class of the Google Podcast Creator Program is April 14th
The first class is currently undergoing training. Learn more about them:
https://www.blog.google/products/search/bringing-new-voices-and-communities-world-podcasts/
Apply: https://googlecp.prx.org/
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The first class is currently undergoing training. Learn more about them:
https://www.blog.google/products/search/bringing-new-voices-and-communities-world-podcasts/
Apply: https://googlecp.prx.org/
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Google Podcasts creator program
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MeWe Google+ Importer is live (but it's not clear how exactly it works)
I read through their instructions for exporting your Google+ data and importing into MeWe and the good news is that it seems very easy to do. However, I have a few questions about how it works exactly which I'd like to see answered before trying it.
1. The instructions say to include your Google+ Circles data in your Google Takeout archive. It's not clear what MeWe uses this data for.
2. The instructions say to include our Google+ Communities data in your archive. Since the Google+ Communities Takeout archive now includes all posts in the public Communities you own or moderate by default (unless you de-select them), it's not clear to me what MeWe does with those. Do they all get imported as posts on your own MeWe profile? I hope not.
3. The process looks like it happens in two steps. The first step is that you upload the Google Takeout archive zip files to MeWe, and then from those MeWe imports your public posts. But I'd like to know what happens then to the zip files you uploaded that may include private posts as well (I know mine does).
4. Free MeWe accounts offer 8GB storage. If your images use more storage space than that, you will need to pay $4.99/month for 50GB storage. So what happens if your Google+ archive has more than 8GB of photos? Does it only work to import if you have already paid for more storage?
I'd be happy to hear from anyone who knows the answers or can share their own experience.
Announcement on Twitter (since MeWe posts aren't public):
https://twitter.com/mewe/status/1106226305131909121
My questions to MeWe on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PeggyKTC/status/1106791867285274624
And I do have a MeWe profile, but I haven't posted anything yet and I'm not sure how much I'll use it:
https://mewe.com/i/peggyk
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I read through their instructions for exporting your Google+ data and importing into MeWe and the good news is that it seems very easy to do. However, I have a few questions about how it works exactly which I'd like to see answered before trying it.
1. The instructions say to include your Google+ Circles data in your Google Takeout archive. It's not clear what MeWe uses this data for.
2. The instructions say to include our Google+ Communities data in your archive. Since the Google+ Communities Takeout archive now includes all posts in the public Communities you own or moderate by default (unless you de-select them), it's not clear to me what MeWe does with those. Do they all get imported as posts on your own MeWe profile? I hope not.
3. The process looks like it happens in two steps. The first step is that you upload the Google Takeout archive zip files to MeWe, and then from those MeWe imports your public posts. But I'd like to know what happens then to the zip files you uploaded that may include private posts as well (I know mine does).
4. Free MeWe accounts offer 8GB storage. If your images use more storage space than that, you will need to pay $4.99/month for 50GB storage. So what happens if your Google+ archive has more than 8GB of photos? Does it only work to import if you have already paid for more storage?
I'd be happy to hear from anyone who knows the answers or can share their own experience.
Announcement on Twitter (since MeWe posts aren't public):
https://twitter.com/mewe/status/1106226305131909121
My questions to MeWe on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PeggyKTC/status/1106791867285274624
And I do have a MeWe profile, but I haven't posted anything yet and I'm not sure how much I'll use it:
https://mewe.com/i/peggyk
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End of an era for Nexus as the official Nexus Help Community shuts down
Announcement: It’s the end of an era for the Nexus community. While Nexus will always hold a special place in our hearts, we are excited to keep pushing forward with our MadebyGoogle hardware family.
Forum content will remain seeable in this community, but the ability to create new posts will end on Friday March 22, 2019.
For Android related questions you can check out the Android platforms help center.
Android Platforms Help Center:
https://support.google.com/android/
Pixel Phone Help Community
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/community
Announcement:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/qWa8-oKGuxE
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Announcement: It’s the end of an era for the Nexus community. While Nexus will always hold a special place in our hearts, we are excited to keep pushing forward with our MadebyGoogle hardware family.
Forum content will remain seeable in this community, but the ability to create new posts will end on Friday March 22, 2019.
For Android related questions you can check out the Android platforms help center.
Android Platforms Help Center:
https://support.google.com/android/
Pixel Phone Help Community
https://support.google.com/pixelphone/community
Announcement:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/qWa8-oKGuxE
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Reddit showing "ERROR: COPYRIGHT NOT DETECTED" to European users to demonstrate what may happen if the new EU Copyright Directive passes
Starting today, March 21 (Brussels time!), when Reddit desktop users in EU countries attempt to make a top-level post on Reddit, they will be met by a simulated error message citing failure to confirm the copyright on their post (don’t worry, in actuality, your post will be fine). This experience, meant to mimic the automated filters that users would encounter should the Directive pass, will last through March 23rd, when IRL demonstrations are planned across Europe.
This is all leading up to the final Plenary vote on the Directive in the EU Parliament likely next week (though exact date still TBC).
Learn more
https://redditblog.com/2019/03/20/error-copyright-not-detected-what-eu-redditors-can-expect-to-see-today-and-why-it-matters/
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Starting today, March 21 (Brussels time!), when Reddit desktop users in EU countries attempt to make a top-level post on Reddit, they will be met by a simulated error message citing failure to confirm the copyright on their post (don’t worry, in actuality, your post will be fine). This experience, meant to mimic the automated filters that users would encounter should the Directive pass, will last through March 23rd, when IRL demonstrations are planned across Europe.
This is all leading up to the final Plenary vote on the Directive in the EU Parliament likely next week (though exact date still TBC).
Learn more
https://redditblog.com/2019/03/20/error-copyright-not-detected-what-eu-redditors-can-expect-to-see-today-and-why-it-matters/
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What do you think Google is going to announce at the 2019 Game Developers Conference?
Join Google March 19, 2019 10AM PDT live at https://g.co/gdcreveal19 as they unveil Google’s vision for the future of gaming. Sign up to receive the latest updates at https://g.co/gatheraround.
Teaser
https://youtu.be/HJclcGp8K_4
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Join Google March 19, 2019 10AM PDT live at https://g.co/gdcreveal19 as they unveil Google’s vision for the future of gaming. Sign up to receive the latest updates at https://g.co/gatheraround.
Teaser
https://youtu.be/HJclcGp8K_4
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