It’s a problem. Perhaps you were “slow” to adopt to technology. Maybe you really don’t understand this stuff on the internet, e-mail, web sites, Blogs, Facebook and now Google +. Somehow though, because of business or your kids pushing you to join Facebook, you are “hooked.” It’s worse than you think. You now have an obligation to learn how to at least be safe without being paranoid.

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Could Google Plus (G+ or Google+ for short) be your one stop shop for Social Media?

Personally, I’m thinking the answer is yes, even at this early stage of development. Well, okay, perhaps with the exception of LinkedIn. First, this is truly a beta release and is also being released in viral fashion. Presently, one can only join G+ (shorthand for Google Plus or Google+) by invitation. For awhile, the invitations were shut off due to the flood of people wanting to join. Having said all that, here are some more thoughts on why this might be the next big thing for a useful Social Network site.

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So I have made my decision, finally. After much deliberation, observation and contemplation I’ve decided an 1873 invention by Latham Sholes is too important for me to ignore. Now 1873 is just a bit before I was born, and here we are some 137 years later and Mr. Latham Sholes is causing me to pick, one kind of PC over another. It’s a long story but those of you who follow the history of technology already know where this is going.

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WARNING: Geek-speak is about to happen in this blog and it’s not really about leadership (at least not directly). I think this is more about catharsis than it is about anything else, yet some of you may be amused by the trials and tribulations of a died-in-the-wool technologist, suffering at the hands of technology.

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