Google Buzz 101

Welcome To Google Buzz... as simple as 1, 2, 3 (...4)!

>To new comers on Google Buzz, feel free to reshare this post for your followers.<

1. Get the most out of Google Buzz -> www.goingbuzz.net
2. "What makes Buzz work for me!" by Linda Lawrey -> goo.gl/Kwxeh
3. Nice curated lists by fellow buzzers John Hardy & Tracy Crawford about: 
Who to check out / Who should I follow on Buzz? -> goo.gl/ienDy & goo.gl/aWvI4
4. Going Buzz on Google Buzz: goo.gl/jB2XT

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Dear Google Bookmarks,

I'm using Bookmarks more and more with Chrome and the Share button/extension. I like the idea of sharing my bookmarks on the web and am looking for two particular features that I can't find in the HELP items.

I would like to be able to link, externally, to a list. For example: I have a list called "Photography" and a photography blogger. I would like to be able to add my bookmark list as an external link to the list to my Blogger sidebar, my signature line on other websites, etc. The same can be said for other lists. I think this would be helpful as opposed to sharing via Gmail address/G-Account only. This sort of feature would also be beneficial as a tab in my Profile page -- a bookmarks tab that I can control via the shareability or by bookmark URL or somesuch. I'm not super-web savvy so I'm not sure how that would work.

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Why?

Why do I have two profiles on Hotpot, er, I mean Places? I think one is the actual "Places" profile and the other (lower) one is my Google Account Profile.

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Kittens on a Slide

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Cyndi Lauper - True Colors

Heard this song on a movie last night and forgot it was Cyndi Lauper. Good song. I'm still not sure of I like her voice as I think a huskier voice would work well here, but anywho, I thought I'd share.

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tartan terrors comedy

I didn't think this was nearly as funny as the audience did, but I'm sure some of you will find this funny. Or maybe some of the other videos featuring the Tartan Terrors.

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Do You Like the Funk?

CTHULU: the FUNKSICAL



Seriously, if you like funk and don't mind a heathen god or two you should check this out.

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Buzz Bug?

I've seen this happen a few time lately (when Load More actually works). I get a double post of the separating Buzz. By separating, I mean the last one in my stream before Buzz "loads more." So my last post and my newest post are the same post. Weird.

From Screen Captures

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What experiment? News?

From Screen Captures

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Just a little creepy?

see more WTF Pictures and WTF videos by Picture Is Unrelated

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PSA: Hey Men, Listen Up!!

I can honestly say I've never sent a picture to a woman (it seems without class to me), however, I know some people do which makes this all the more hilarious.

Of course, I don't mind a boobie pic showing up on my phone and you'll see no PSA's from me about stopping that from happening.

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Came in my Email

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Blogger

Does anyone else have this problem in Blogger? When labeling the post Blogger wants to add previously added labels but don't let me add new ones. For example, in this particular post I apparently already used "vampires" but I could not add "vampire." I've noticed this on just about every post I've made over the last year or so. Is this just me? Is there a setting I'm missing?

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A New View of the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

I saw this at Target yesterday. Has anyone read this book? Is it good?

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Who's Suing Who?

Sometimes it can be a pain in the butt trying to follow all the who's suing who going on in the technology sphere. From who's got a similar product or service to who blatantly ripped off an idea to who's name or product, tag line or slogan is too similar to one's own.

Here's a handy-dandy chart for keeping tabs on the jurisprudence slinging this way and that.  Of course, this chart is subject to change upon the hour in direct relation to the hourly fees of the corporate leeches more commonly known as lawyers.

See article here.

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Pac Man

Ha ha ha ha! That's awesome. I laughed so hard!

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Peter Griffin versus Street Fighter

Yeah, you read that right. Fart bombs, away!

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Oregon Legislature Never Going to Give Up ON You

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Space Invaders

Want to see space? How about Earth?

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx

(Image is of the Hubble Space Telescope, but you get the idea.)

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Who Is Looking Out For You?

When you use the Internet, you entrust your online conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook. But what happens when the government asks these companies to hand over your private information?  Please join me in urging Internet companies to stand up for their users when the government comes knocking. 

https://whohasyourback.eff.org

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There's a zodiac for that?

Based on the birthyear like the Chinese zodiac, there's now  zodiac for geeks. You heard that right: geeks.

Which Sign of the GEEK are You?

I'm a Superhero.



View and Download the High Resolution Version (2000*1517 pixels)

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Firefly

I have one of these, but damn I want them all!

This is the one I have:

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Going Viral

Ten Tips from BuzzFeed on making your social content go viral

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Windows media player

I just had a friend call me and ask if I tried to share anything over WMP with her. Of course not, I didn't even know WMP could share with other people. She said she received an invite from me on her WinVista computer, not through email or chat or anything, wanting her to accept my sharing request.

Um, aside from a short 30 second video I watched earlier today I haven't used WMP in months and I sure as hell don't go around sharing everything I do with WMP.

Which begs the question: are we sharing too much? Facebook and Google seem to think we want to share every aspect of our lives. Google at least learned and now sharing is an option, but FB wants you and me to share everything we do online -- from their infamous "Like" button to their FacebookConnect service. And now our native running programs want to share what we're doing?

That's kind of annoying.

Not to mention I'm not even sure if Microsoft WMP even does share anything with other computers and how it found her email address (I only use an web contacts through Google, no Outlook, FF or anything else) and we're on different ISP networks.

Anyone have an idea? Is there a setting I can't find for sharing in WMP?

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Bad Acting?

I'm not entirely sure this is actually an embarrassing moment or not as the father seems like a really bad actor, but who cares. I mean really, who cares?

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Why Are IT Recruiters F'n Idiots?

Okay, this isn't me, this is an acquaintance of mine who posted this on a local forum that I belong to. But, it's funny and echoes so closely to home in a much better way than I ever could have written it out.

The barriers to entry for the IT recruiting industry are so low to be almost nonexistent. While there may be some small percentage of IT recruiters who are capable in some way, my experience has been poor at best. I've had to deal with them on both sides of the fence. As both a job seeker and a hiring manager. I have been in IT since the early 90s with steady progression up the food chain to even holding a Chief Technology officer position. So I know how the hiring process works. I studied advance engineering in collage and have a few software patents to my credit so I am not an idiot by "most standards". 

I left the IT industry 2 years ago for a startup in a different industry. That didn't work out so now I am getting back in. Seems nothing has changed. It almost seems like it has gotten worse since the economy tanked. 

Some of the highlights of my experiences with IT recruiters are as follows;

One was looking for a PM with agile experience. My resume is covered with Scrum, XP and RUP (yes I know there is some debate about RUP being an Agile method). The recruiter I spoke with was only looking for the term "Agile" on my resume and could not understand that Scrum for example is a "Agile" methodology for software development. She actually wanted me to change my resume to "Agile" everywhere it said Scrum, XP and RUP. 

Another wanted me to come meet with her before I went to an interview to make sure my "Tie was straight". She was 45 minutes in the other direction on the same highway making my commute to let her "Adjust my tie" an hour and a half. This was supposed to be a quick interview during my one hour lunch from work. Would not "Let" me go to the interview until she had approved of my appearance. Would not leave her office to meet me half way because she had a busy schedule. 

Another sent me a document on how to act and dress during the interview (Things like don't chew gum, wear a suit, don't pick my nose) and a list of questions to ask during the interview (None of which had anything to do with the job, wanted me to ask the hiring manager about his hobbies and get a list of contacts at the company or leads). 

Another met me for a lunch interview at a sushi place, drank too much sake, clearly drunk tried to drive away, and hit a car leaving the parking lot. Yes I tried to stop her and was on the phone with 911 when she crashed. Nothing short of assault was going to keep her from getting in the car because "she had another lunch meeting", when I physically tried to take the keys from her she pulled a stun gun on me. Got to go testify at her DUI trial. That was fun. She spent a ton on a lawyer who did squat for her. 

Another had me take some computerized tests to ensure I had the skills for the job. I was expecting C or PHP programming tests. Nope, got a rudimentary math and English test, then a strange multiple choice test on American customs at work (things like how to greet your boss, how to answer the phone, how to shake hands). 

Another offered to take me to lunch, racked up a huge bill and "forgot his wallet". Promised to pay me back that afternoon then never returned my phone calls. Never did get my money back. 

Another had me come in four times to interview with their staff in one week, each time telling me I was meeting with someone with hiring authority. The company was over an hour away (2 hours round trip). Come to find out they have a process of interviewing candidates at least 3 times by three different people before they will submit resumes to a potential hiring company. Didn't validate the parking ($5 an hour). Wanted to ensure commitment to the job. Each time I was told we need you to meet with one more person before we make the final decision. Turns out the job description was bogus. They weren't in business long. 

Another company wanted me to sign a contract giving them exclusivity in finding me a job for 6 months. If I tried to find a job on my own during those six months I would owe them 6 months of my salary should I be hired "ANYWHERE". And no they were not going to pay me while I was "on the bench" for up to 6 months. 

A couple have sent me to the wrong job interview. 

How about the 100s of emails I get every week from someone in India (I assume India because of the Indian names) who wants me to start tomorrow on a 6 months contract 1000 miles away (Fl, NY, Seattle, etc) for 25 an hour on a entry level Database admin or programmer project. 

Another was a recently divorced woman who latched on to me "Because I was a nice guy". Started to call me every day and we went on a few "dates". She was actually pretty cute until I found out the kids she was claiming were "Her sisters who was in drug rehab" were actually hers and she didn't want anyone to know that she had kids. She had them call her "Aunt". That's got to mess with a kids head....When I confronted her she had a "nervous breakdown" at work and had to be rushed to the hospital. 

And the piece de resistance! I had a recruiter once try to submit my own resume to me as a potential candidate. I was leaving a company and agreed to hire and train my replacement. I was a manager at the company and had hire and fire responsibilities. The company had a policy of using outside recruiting (HR department was useless but well paid). I had been looking to leave for about 6 months and had my resume out there. This total numb nut calls me up and says I have the perfect person for you. Proceeds to tell me all about me (I didn't know it at the time as I had not seen the resume). It sounded great because the description was exactly what we were looking for. I had basically just described myself for the job description. I told numb nuts to send me the resume and lets set up a interview. I got a voice mail from him on my cell about half an hour later telling me what a great position he found for me and to call him right away. I was in a meeting and had not looked at the resume yet. Putting two and two together, I quickly took a moment to review the resume and found that he had doctored up "MY" resume to their format removing any identifying information and sent it over to me (no wonder this guy sounded so great, IT WAS ME!). Had a blast fucking with this guy when I had him and his boss come meet with me. 

I could go on and on....

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2011 Monster Girls Australia Calendar Shoot

Because, well... why not?

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Blog This from Picasa

The BLOG THIS button in Picasa doesn't seem to be working for me today. It's not really uploading anything to Blogger leaving only a small empty square where an image should be. Very inconvenient.

From Stuff

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What? Google Doesn't Know Everything?

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Freebies

What's one of my mottos? That's right: "Free is my favorite number." And while I haven't tried most of these I'm sharing them with you anyway in case you want to try them out on your own.

Free Computer Tools From Across the Web

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Buzz Comment

Looking at this Profile and the Buzzes in them I noticed a comment box. Is that normal? I haven't seen that before. Not without hitting the "Comment" tab anyway.

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The Wife.

Wives. They can be so silly if you make their chains too long.

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Day 2

Reading "The Wise Man's Fear" by Patrick Rothfuss.

I'm only 3 or 4 pages into it right now, so don't ask me any questions yet. :D

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