Finally have a frigging Google+ account!

[randysmith]

(Yeah, I know, I work for them, shouldn't have been hard--put it down to a combination of stubbornness and slightly misdirected principles

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[benndragon]

Yes, I am having a finding-you fail. If you don't know my full name, send me e-mail.

[redjo]

Ditto.

[randysmith]

I'm having a "I am a poster child for the mundane problems of using real names in social networks" :-}. You're added, Brynn's emailed (* embarrassed look*).

[benndragon]

It just means you're not the only one having name issues! ;)

[yagagriswold]

I'm there, but if I decide to post at all, it will only be trivia. I'm going to keep the more personal stuff here.

[randysmith]

Makes sense. What goes into making those kind of decisions for you? (Feel free not to answer if you don't feel the urge.)

[yagagriswold]

There's a lot of stuff I'd rather have divorced from my the name I use at work. And, the relationship between my gmail account and Google+ is just too close for comfort. The first time Google+ suggested I add a board member to a circle I nearly fainted. Finally, I have concerns about the way the +[username] feature works.

In short, I'm not persuaded that Google+ is going to be any more secure than Facebook, so, I'd rather keep my presence on both of those platforms pretty light.

[randysmith]

D'oh! Sorry, I've definitely had the realname/online name issue at top of mind before now, but somehow hadn't thought of it when I asked. That makes sense; thanks for the summary.

I'm not sure about how the +[username] feature works--I'll have to look into that. I've seen it used to bring people into a conversation, but I have no idea how it interacts with circles and privacy, and there are some obvious important questions there. Hmmm.

[ruthling]

looks like you found me (I'm VERY easy to find when using real names, just the opposite of you)

I have no idea what I'm going to use it for.

[randysmith]

looks like you found me (I'm VERY easy to find when using real names, just the opposite of you)

You were in my initial suggestion list, presumably because we're email contacts. You were easy :-}.

I have no idea what I'm going to use it for.

Cool; you're embarking on a voyage of discovery! (I appear to be in a punchy mood :-}).

[flexagon]

I'm having trouble finding you as well... I thought I knew your name, so that's pretty embarrassing.

If you drop me a line at myfirstname.mylastname@gmail.com, I'll encircle you. :)

Oddly, it never crossed my mind that Google+ would be a replacement for Livejournal. LJ still seems much better suited to long-format posting. The content here isn't squished into a narrow column, and there's no substitute for the threaded commenting.

[randysmith]

You've been circled--hopefully a circle back is relatively easy :-}. But yeah, I think you do know my name. It's in my LJ handle, after all. But "Smith" is common enough that I suspect the needle's not easy to spot :-}.

But you're probably right about LJ; I haven't really started to engage with Google+ yet, so I haven't figured out what it's good for. And heck, maybe they'll add threaded comments at some point :-}.

[randysmith]

On Google+, Randy finds you?? :-} Just put you in a circle ...