Google+ Search Operators Wish-List

It’s great to have Search now working on Google+ but the feature-set is very basic. Ideally we need more advanced operators to aid us searching through the huge amount of content not on the service. The likes of Twitter and FriendFeed give you a great selection of advanced search options. The following is what I’d [...]

Google+ Saved Searches – what searches do you have?

I’m interested, what saved searches do you have? What Google+ hashtags are you following? I only have a few at the moment but in the process of tidying all my searches. #googleplus https://plus.google.com/s/%23googleplus/posts The obvious one and works well with Sparks too #googleplusupdate https://plus.google.com/s/%23googleplusupdate/posts These are posts mainly from the Google+ team, posting about the [...]

My Google+ Hashtags

Yeah I know they don’t really work on Google+ (I live in hope though ) but as you can see I’m already adding tags to most of my posts. Most of the time they are generic tags like #tech but I’ve just been tidying up some old posts and have added the following (potentially) useful tags… at [...]

Some new Google+ themes, maybe? :-)

I’ve got a few themes for my blog, daily tags I use each week. I’m sure you’ve heard of them or even used them before but they are not so popular on Google+ yet. Maybe we could use them? Either way here’s my themes I’m going to try to stick to them here on Google+ [...]

My Podcasts

Following on from my Google Reader Feeds posts yesterday here is a list of podcasts I try to keep up with. I tend to skip some with a particular subject or person being interviewed is not really of interest to me (such as on the Richard Bacon show). Some I skip through, like the New Music Matters [...]

My ‘Regular’ Sites: Sites I Visit Only Once a Day or Once a Week

This post relates to my Google Reader feeds post here: https://plus.google.com/104405539079062799451/posts/ZGsh5XvYSvp Part of the GReader tidy-up included a few sites I unsubscribed from but moved to my “Regulars” bookmark folder. Basically they are sites I don’t really need to visit daily and a weekly visit is probably enough. The list below includes the main ‘regular’ sites (in [...]

My Google Reader Feeds: News and Politic Sites

With these posts I’m basically looking for new suggestions for feeds to follow. The list below is what I currently follow in Google Reader that comes under news and politics. Again, all from the BBC: BBC – See Also: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seealso/atom.xml BBC Blogs: Mark Easton – Home Editor: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/correspondents/markeaston/rss.sxml BBC Blogs: Nick Robinson – Political Editor: [...]

My Google Reader Feeds: Science Sites

With these posts I’m basically looking for new suggestions for feeds to follow. The list below is what I currently follow in Google Reader that comes under science. All from the BBC: BBC Blogs: Richard Black – Environment Editor: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/correspondents/richardblack/rss.sxml BBC Blogs: Tom Feilden – Science correspondent: http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/correspondents/tomfeilden/rss.sxml The BBC science blogs What about you? [...]

My Google Reader Feeds: Movie Sites

With these posts I’m basically looking for new suggestions for feeds to follow. The list below is what I currently follow in Google Reader that comes under movies. Again, not many, I check out video pods mostly: /Film: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/slashfilm The only movie site that seem to post about the big-name movies and some not-so-big-name films [...]

My Google Reader Feeds: Music Sites

With these posts I’m basically looking for new suggestions for feeds to follow. The list below is what I currently follow in Google Reader that comes under music. Just the one here as most of the music I follow comes in audio podcasts (those are to come separately): The Guardian: Music: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/music+tone/news/rss I found every [...]