Abandoning this blog
Folks, I'm really considering abandoning this blog. Here's why:
- Not only can I print my family "circle" stream in Google+, but it prints the comments as well as the posts. One point for G+, minus for blogger
- I don't have to do an extra sign in and do captcha characters to post a comment on someone else's post
- I can post private information, like when I'm leaving on vacation and not worrying about the wrong people seeing it. Only people in my family circle can see it.
- We can do video chats with Cambrie right from Google+
- It's really easy to integrate my pictures BUT WAIT....THAT's NOT ALL! When someone posts a comment on a picture it shows up in my G+ stream. I don't have to subscribe to anything extra to see the comments.
- If you guys happened to move from your blogs to Google+ I (and anyone else in your circles) don't have to go to your individual blogs to see what you've posted. It comes right into my G+ stream (and yours, and yours, and yours.)
- Nobody has to "subscribe" to anything. If you have a family circle with our family members in it, the "family blog" is just created automagically.
- The calendar, wish list, recipe site,etc. are already integrated into it.
- If I post something for the family that I also want to go to other friends, I just add that circle and voila! I don't have to keep things separate.
Ok..the downside of moving our blog to G+.
- I can't customize the header graphic. Yet. (Big whoop).
- I can't link to weather. Yet.
- I can't put our calendar on it. Yet.
- I can't customize what shows on my page. Yet.
- I can't have it automatically email the stream to Buff. Yet (but she's only going to be gone a few more months and I can send her the info other ways)
As cool and easy as Google+ is to use today, remember it's still in the development stage. Google will integrate more things into it. For Christa's complaint that she doesn't want yet another page to have to go to...it's not another page. Worst case is that you stop going to this blog site and start going to Google+ site. One for one trade. Better, and more likely case is that other family members start using Google+ for their worldly communications and it actually reduces the number of sites you have to visit to keep in the loop. So, what concerns do you still have?
"When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge." - Tuli Kupferberg
Comments
Some people (Mom) may benefit from building a Groneman family website on Google Sites, that isn't really updated, but has links to calendars, recipe sites, blogs, other links. Then again, that's what bookmarks are for. It still may come in useful. Maybe.