Creating unofficial Google+ Help Guidebook

And I need your help :)

I am collecting helpful & useful & other Google+ posts and I will transform these posts to an e-book.

So do you want to see your own Google+ post in this book?

I am collecting data here:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/projectbook/
(or you can also use Google+ comments :)

I need:
Poster GoogleID (the 21 digit number, you know what I mean :)
Link to a post (public posts only)
Suggestion for a post title (optional)

Feel free to suggest your own posts or someone else posts.

After receiving enough post suggestions I will manually do some curation & book editing. 

+Jaana Nyström 
+Google+ Help (Unofficial) 

Original photo source unknown , found at veryfunnypics.com

Best of +Mike Elgan

Here is the link for "Mike Elgan´s 200 most popular Google+ posts" ebook:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/BestOfMikeElgan.mobi

And here are all the "long posts" , over 200 words: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/BestOfMikeElganLong.mobi

You can read it with computers too:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311

Photo from this post:
https://plus.google.com/+MikeElgan/posts/BNXWNCT2vLw

Human trap

Have a nice day ;)

Edited illustration found here:
http://www.funnytimes.com/cartoons.php?cotw_id=20120627#.UHUYWfmHWQA

My most liked posts:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=110479310742964256734

Google+ Manifesto

Original text: +David Shellabarger 

+Google+ Help (Unofficial) 

Google+ is for...

These words are from +William L. Weaver .

What are your views?

Google+ is for ________
Facebook is for _______
Twitter is for __________

Fill the missing words :)

Tan Lines From Typical Summer Activities

My last post for a while, soon it is time for a work break & Google+ break.

Enjoy the summer my new & old G+ friends

Google+ Photobox

Had fun creating something new for you, first test version ready , hope you like it! 

Google+ photobox examples:
+Chris Chabot 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photobox/?googleid=108189587050871927619
+Athena Carey 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photobox/?googleid=110258598415939907971
+Jeff Sullivan 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photobox/?googleid=107459220492917008623

Your own?
Just replace the GoogleID with your own GoogleID

Things to try:
You can move forward / backward using arrow keys.
Images can be zoomed in and out with mousewheel.


Coming soon
Direct links to your Google+ posts.

Technical details:
Works best with big screen :)
Check post by
+Markos Giannopoulos https://plus.google.com/109098983561044225374/posts/jWieryD6pL4

cc: +Jenny Murphy +Google+ Developers 

Gplustip

Don’t waste your time trying to be successful, spend your time creating value. If you’re valuable, then you will attract success.

Discover the talents and gifts that you possess, learn how to offer those talents and gifts in a way that most benefits others.

(text from http://www.dumblittleman.com/)

Who is your favorite plusser?
If I get enough comments , I will create a new circle from these recommendations and code something new fun later ;)

#gplustip

Cats Versus Window Blinds

Thanks +Tommi Himberg for #caturday  inspiration.
Original source: http://pics.kuvaton.com/kuvei/cats_and_blinds.jpg

#caturday

Original source unknown.

Check your Google+ "Best Friends"

UPDATE: API CALLS ALMOST USED, WILL STOP WORKING VERY SOOON :D

Useless & experimental but maybe a little bit fun new site for some Plussers :)

Check who have been giving +1s / comments / shares to your last 100 public posts most actively.

1) Load site: http://www.googleplussuomi.com/mybestfriends/?googleid=110479310742964256734 with your own GoogleID

2) Wait , wait , wait ... first load ever is slow. Refresh the page and you should see your 100 most active Google+ friends . It is again using my super secret algorithms , meaning my codes gives little higher value for comments and shares than +1's .

And as always, it will work as long as my daily API limit is used :)

Hoping to get a good Computer programming tan this summer too:)

Google+ photos - Pinterest style

Now with adjustable image width.

Examples:
+Alida Brandenburg 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=103765013042311928518&width=200
+Ali Adelstein 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=117520666412794415990&width=500
+Athena Carey 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=110258598415939907971&width=400
+Jaana Nyström 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=107742059751171695340&width=250
+Paul Stickland 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=117245054937343378617&width=300
+Trey Ratcliff 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=105237212888595777019&width=500

My Google+ Timeline - new updates

1) Sorting: New to old - old to new and best posts first
2) Bug fix

FAQ:
Only public posts are shown, can´t access your private posts with API :)
First load will take some time if you have lot´s of posts so be patient.
After first load results are cached for 24 hours.
Ping to +Jaana Nyström +Ahmed Zeeshan

If you have any problems, just let me know in the comments :)

Most important skill to have ;)

Are you good at it?
My own quote , have a nice day :)

Google+ Directory Ebook

+Shamil Weerakoon has done a great job in collecting a big list of Google+ tips & guides & tutorials to his Google+ Directory spreadsheets
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ag0ysqpT1gQUdE8tcnhwbjVyTmVQUHc1NW54MXcxT1E

Used that data to create a new ebook full of wisdom from Google+ users :)

First version available for download here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/GoogleCookbook.mobi

I call it Google+ cookbook :)

Have a check, here is the online version:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/bestofgoogle/html/shamil/index.html

Here are some writers from the book:
+Creative Web Design,+Erik Goldhar,+Kristin Isler,+Tracy Raiteri,+Don Burke,+Peter G McDermott,+Yifat Cohen,+Akasha Tsang,+Debbie Ohi,+Johnathan Chung,+Max Huijgen,+Moritz Tolxdorff,+Jens Graikowski,+Chris Robinson,+Emilie Eggleston,+Michelle Marie,+Gilles-Philippe Morin,+Ryan Crowe,+Jari Huomo,+Robert Scoble,+Jon Cilley,+Making Google Plus Work,+Paul Spoerry,+Trey Ratcliff,+Ahmed Zeeshan,+martin shervington,+Gideon Rosenblatt,+Sarah King,+Saidur Hossain,+Chris Pirillo,+Jessica Safir,+Up Your Plus,+Google Ads,+Sean Lumly,+Jesse Wojdylo,+Gregg Sakauye,+PJ Rosenberg,+Ray Hiltz,+Rod Dunne,+Anthony Russo,+Mike Downes,+Alida Brandenburg,+Jay Patel,+GPlusTuts,+Cora Triton,+Damon Meredith,+Google+,+Rahul Roy,+Google Engage for Agencies,+Melody Lynn,+Gregory Allan,+Dejan SEM,+G+Decoded: Google+ Marketing Made Easy,+Kristoffer Howes,+P E Sharpe,+Leah Davies,+Amanda Blain,+Al Jazeera English,+Anthony Fox,+Mike Shaw

My Google+ Timeline - new updates

1) Layout update: Wanted to get rid of that lame blueish Facebook look. And it is now called my Google+ history.
2) Bug fixes. Better support for embedded videos.

Instructions:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/timelinetest.php?googleid=110479310742964256734

Add your own 21-digit googleid after googleid=

FAQ:
Only public posts are shown, can´t access your private posts with API :)
First load ever & reloading all posts will take some time if you have lot´s of posts so be patient. 
After first load results are cached for 48 hours.
Using all my Google+ API calls everyday, so there are times every day when this tool might stop working :)

More examples:
+Mike Elgan 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/timelinetest.php?googleid=113117251731252114390
+Robert Scoble 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/timelinetest.php?googleid=111091089527727420853
+Jaana Nyström 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/timelinetest.php?googleid=107742059751171695340

+Sharing is Caring on G+ 

Another Google+ user is a real person, a lot like you

So when we yell at a website or company, using our computer or phone appliance, we forget it's not an appliance, but a person that's affected.

It's dehumanizing to have thousands of people passing through our computer screens, so we do things we'd never do if they were sitting next to us.

It's too overwhelming to remember that at the end of every computer is a real person, a lot like you, whose birthday was last week, who has three best friends but nobody to spoon at night, and is personally affected by what you say.

Even if you remember it right now, will you remember it next time you're overwhelmed, or perhaps never forget it again?

+Derek Sivers From the Book "Anything you Want"

Four seasons of Finland 2012

Making a 2013 calendar to my dad from my 2012 photos. Hard to choose, some months had several photos I liked and some almost nothing. Should take more photos this year :)

Have a nice weekend

And #caturday

Sufficiency

Once, a powerful executive went on vacation—his first in fifteen years. As he was exploring a pier in a small coastal fishing village, a tuna fisherman docked his boat. As the Fisherman lashed his boat to the pier, the Executive complimented him on the size and quality of his fish.

“How long did it take you to catch these fish?” the Executive asked.
“Only a little while,” the Fisherman replied.
“Why don’t you stay out longer and catch more?” the Executive asked.
“I have enough to support my family’s needs,” said the Fisherman.
“But,” asked the Executive, “what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Fisherman replied, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, and stroll into the village each evening, where I sip wine and play guitar with my friends. I have a full and busy life.”

The Executive was flabbergasted. “I’m a Harvard MBA, and I can help you. You should spend more time fishing. With the proceeds, you could buy a bigger boat. A bigger boat would help you catch more fish, which you could sell to buy several boats. Eventually, you’d own an entire fleet.
“Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you could sell directly to the consumers, which would improve your margins. Eventually, you could open your own factory, so you’d control the product, the processing, and the distribution. Of course, you’d have to leave this village and move to the city so you could run your expanding enterprise.”

The Fisherman was quiet for a moment, then asked, “How long would this take?”
“Fifteen, twenty years. Twenty-five, tops.”
“Then what?”
The Executive laughed. “That’s the best part. When the time is right, you’d take your company public and sell all of your stock. You’d make millions.”
“Millions? What would I do then?”

The Executive paused for a moment. “You could retire, sleep late, fish a little, play with your children, take a siesta with your wife, and stroll into the village each evening to sip wine and play the guitar with your friends.”
Shaking his head, the Executive bade the Fisherman farewell. Immediately after returning from vacation, the Executive resigned from his position.

I’m not sure where this parable originated, but the message is useful:
business is not necessarily about maximizing Profits.

Profits are important, but they’re a means to an end: creating value, paying expenses, compensating the people who run the business, and supporting yourself and your loved ones. Dollars aren’t an end in themselves: money is a tool, and the usefulness of that tool depends on what you intend to do with it.

Your business does not have to bring in millions or billions of dollars to be successful. If you have enough profit to do the things you need to do to keep the business running and make it worth your time, you’re successful, no matter how much revenue your business brings in.

Sufficiency is subjective—how much is enough to continue what you’re doing is a personal decision. If your financial needs are meager, you don’t need that much revenue to keep going. If you’re spending millions of dollars on payroll, office space, and expensive systems, you’ll need much more revenue to maintain Sufficiency.

The more quickly you can reach the point of Sufficiency, the better the chance your business will survive and thrive. The more revenue you generate and the less money you spend, the quicker you will reach the point of Sufficiency.

Once you reach the point of Sufficiency, you’re successful—no matter how much (or how little) money you make.

Reading book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Personal-MBA-Business-ebook/dp/B0046ECJ8M

All plussers are valuable

I made a funny experiment and asked people to post their favorite plussers in this post https://plus.google.com/110479310742964256734/posts/Hw8BrbzKH5N and collected all the mentions to this page: http://www.googleplussuomi.com/mvp/

But like my Timeline tools, not everybody found my creations funny at all :) "Hate these posts" , "New-way to self promote?" and other almost personal attacks.

I think you are all valuable, but the max limit in shared circle is 500 so here are 428 valuable users selected by other Google+ users :)

55% of these plussers have less than 8000 followers.

Sorry +Daniel Sandstein , could not share your post.

My Gratitude Circle

Thanks for the +1´s
Thanks for the comments
Thanks for the shares.

You are awesome & you are the big reason why I spend too much time logged at Google+

http://www.googleplussuomi.com/gratitude/

My Google+ Best Friends

I mean Google+ people who have been most active in plussing and commenting and sharing my last 50 posts.

New counting method giving highest value for comments , then +1´s and then shares.

Check your "Best Friends" by replacing GoogleID to this link: http://www.googleplussuomi.com/mybestfriends/?googleid=110479310742964256734 (will load a while, uses a lot of API calls so be fast ;))

Google+ Photobox - Google+ image gallery that is pretty to look and and easy to use

Small update, now with links back to your Google+ posts.

Example page - Kerry Murphy
+Kerry Murphy 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photobox/?googleid=117681034834791918293

Try your own, just replace the GoogleID with your own GoogleID.

More information in my last post:
https://plus.google.com/110479310742964256734/posts/3DrHhvuiAvx

Thanks a lot for all the feedback & mentions & shares :)

Encouraging long posts to Google+

What is the maximum length of a post in Google+? I have no idea.

Here is anyway some new e-books for you, created from posts longer than 150 words. Google+ is more than just pretty photos. 

Who is your own favorite "long poster"?

+Christina Trapolino
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Christina%20Trapolini.mobi

+Evo Terra
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Evo%20Terra.mobi

+Giselle Minoli
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Giselle%20Minoli.mobi

+Jaana Nyström
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Jaana%20Nystrom.mobi

+M Monica
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/M%20Monica.mobi

+Mark Traphagen
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Mark%20Traphagen.mobi

+Max Huijgen
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Max%20Huijgen.mobi

+Michelle Marie
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Michelle%20Marie.mobi

+Miguel Rodriguez
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Miguel%20Rodriguez.mobi

+Mike Elgan
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Mike%20Elgan.mobi

+Vivienne Gucwa
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/Vivienne%20Gucwa.mobi

+David Bowden 
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/David%20Bowden.mobi

+Elle Gray 
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/books/%20Elle%20Gray.mobi

Launch date,launch date,launch date,launch date

My new children storybook Goldilocks and Three Bears now available
at Apple Store http://goo.gl/KeCkb and Amazon appstore http://goo.gl/D1CII

Next week will be even more interesting , my wife's due date is 5th April and storybook Finnish version should be available 7th April.. do not know which one is more exciting day :D

Google+ #caturday group meeting

Original found at:
http://thechive.com/2013/01/19/cat-saturday-32-photos-6/cat-saturday-9-91/

Google+ Photography Daily Themes Chrome App - Not a official Google product :)

Enhance your Google+ Photo experience with the Daily Themes Chrome App.

Google+ is full of great photos and this application makes following daily photo themes a lot easier.

Get it here:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jbfkifecgifeiclcklkmdcfapafbnnpa

First version , following themes supported.

#MacroMonday +Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden +Kelli Seeger Kim
#MonochromeMonday +Siddharth Pandit
#MountainMonday +Michael Russell

#PortraitTuesdays +Laura Balc
#TonemapHDRTuesday +Drew Pion +Stephanie Suratos
#MyTownTuesday +Eric Leslie +Melanie Kintz

#WaterfallWednesday +Eric Leslie
#WildLifeWednesday +Mike Spinak
#WeLoveMusicWednesday +Folletto Folletto +Harmony Goodson

#ThirstyThursdayPics +Giuseppe Basile
#LongExposureThursday +Le Quoc +Francesco Gola
#SilhouettesOnThursday +Siddharth Pandit

Skip friday

#SunsetSaturday +TJ Kelly
#StreetSaturday +Siddharth Pandit
#SpeedySaturday +Patricia Paton
#SongbirdSaturday +John Briggs

#SacredSunday +Charles Lupica
#SquareSunday +Matt Soave
#SOOCSunday +John Kosmopoulos

And some special tags:
#CritiquePls +Karin Nelson
#FineartPls +Marina Chen
#PlusPhotoExtract +Jarek Klimek

Hosted by +Rackspace Hosting , so if you get network problem errors, just ping +Robert Scoble ;)

P.S +Gerard Charnley I think you own a Chrome browser ;)

Google+ people who post the most interesting content and share the most valuable content

Now all their best posts in one page:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/bestofgoogle/

Overload of highly quality content and great photos in this page :)

Edit:
Here is the shared circle:
https://plus.google.com/107383157816966336384/posts/6kVCGwJp1q6

+Denis Labelle
+Wil Wheaton
+Peter G McDermott
+Guy Kawasaki
+Colby Brown
+Gabriel Vasile
+Rodney Pike
+Giselle Minoli
+Samantha Villenave
+Johnathan Chung
+Michelle Marie
+Mike Elgan
+Chris Pirillo
+David Bennett
+Alida Brandenburg
+Louis Gray
+byron rempel
+Linda Lawrey
+Dan Gillmor
+Kim Sherrell
+Felicia Day
+Kara Swisher
+Teresa Stover
+Kjetil Greger Pedersen
+Thomas Morffew
+Lynette Young
+Christina Warren
+Charles Dowd
+Alex Koloskov
+Alireza Yavari
+Carter Gibson
+Adam Boenig
+Craig Kanalley
+Mark Rodriguez
+Jaana Nyström
+Ardith Goodwin
+Gerwin Sturm
+Maria Stepanov Sommerfield
+Darren Rowse
+Jessica Pierce
+Mari Smith
+Rehan Ahmad
+Natalie Villalobos
+Robert Scoble
+J.C. Kendall
+Loic Le Meur
+Courtney Boyd Myers
+Derya Unutmaz
+Vic Gundotra
+Philip Plait
+Trey Ratcliff
+Bill Gross
+Terrence Lui
+stephanie wanamaker
+Jay Rosen
+Mohamed Mansour
+Jaime García
+Alex Grossman

+Marilín Gonzalo
+Thomas Hawk
+Ahmed Zeeshan
+Lance Ulanoff
+Andrea Kuszewski
+Dan Leveille
+Chris Brogan
+Kayla McKinney
+Pete Cashmore
+Daria Musk
+Jack C Crawford
+Ryan Crowe
+Amanda Blain
+Ayoub Khote
+M Monica
+Cam Meadows
+Mark Cuban
+Kaylee Goins
+Christina Trapolino
+Brian Rose
+Tom Anderson
+Yifat Cohen
+Jeff Jarvis

My week

How was yours? Have a nice weekend :)

Most Valuable Google+ users - Round 2

Few days ago I posted this post https://plus.google.com/110479310742964256734/posts/Hw8BrbzKH5N and asked a short question: Who is you favorite plusser?
I was quite amazed to get almost 250 comments. Where is this Google+ ghost town? :)

You can check here http://www.googleplussuomi.com/mvp/ about everyone mentioned in that post. Removed all the pages and people that were not posting anything publicly in last 30 days. (sorry +CircleCount , +Daniel Sandstein still in the list :)

Ping +Jaana Nyström +Denis Labelle , you can ping the others :)

MOST POPULAR CHROME EXTENSIONS AND APPS FOR GOOGLE PLUS - UPDATE

Updated list . Thanks to +Gabriel Vasile for his work in collecting these extensions. I fixed broken links , removed extensions that are not available anymore, updated user amounts and added ratings.

If you notice a missing extension/app, please let me know so I can add it to this list

Google +1 Button (425,955 users)
+1 and share a web page, anywhere you go on the web.
★★★★ 4.35 (719 ratings)
http://goo.gl/JoMya

Hover Zoom (289,782 users)
Enlarge thumbnails on mouse over. Works on many sites (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Reddit, Amazon, Tumblr, etc).
★★★★ 4.78 (1220 ratings)
http://goo.gl/UW4x1

Google Translate for Google+ (260,996 users)
Translate your Google+ stream using integrated, inline, Google Translate support.
★★★★ 4.36 (329 ratings)
http://goo.gl/brLcQ

Google+ Notifications (242,472 users)
View notifications of Google+ activity when signed in, anywhere you go on the web.
★★★★ 4.38 (471 ratings)
http://goo.gl/HGLCU

Extended Share for Google Plus (79,246 users)
Extends Google+ to share to Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and many more.
★★★ 3.71 (353 ratings)
http://goo.gl/pYcgY

+Photo Zoom (75,402 users)
Easily zoom photos and profile pics from your Google Plus Stream.
★★★★ 4.75 (923 ratings)
http://goo.gl/lcYFA

SGPlus (59,222 users)
Complete social network integration: post to Facebook and Twitter, see your feeds inside Google Plus, and much more
★★★★ 4.07 (614 ratings)
http://goo.gl/6ic67

Replies and more for Google+ (39,253 users)
Adds reply and reply-to-author buttons to Google+ comments and a number of other enhancements.
★★★★ 4.72 (323 ratings)
http://goo.gl/KPOFL

G+me for Google Plus™ (29,971 users)
Collapses the Google+ stream while keeping live updates: collapses posts, hides comments, etc.
★★★★ 4.7 (416 ratings)
http://goo.gl/yBrXk

Surplus (22,656 users)
Google Plus Integration for Chrome
★★★★ 4.26 (682 ratings)
http://goo.gl/y2uzv

Usability Boost for Google Plus™ (19,578 users)
Greatly improves readability on Google Plus, ability to star posts to read later and some other useful features
★★★★ 4.65 (386 ratings)
http://goo.gl/2gIJE

Google Plus Directory (15,555 users)
Find your G+ is a Google Plus person directory, where you can meet new people, start making new friend circles and more for Google+
★★★★ 3.84 (75 ratings)
http://goo.gl/fwB65

Facebook for Google+™ (14,869 users)
Add your Facebook Stream to your Google+™ Profile (powered by Crossrider)
★★★ 3.22 (96 ratings)
http://goo.gl/lcyGW

Google+ Ultimate for Google Plus (13,033 users)
This is an extension for Google Plus (plus.google.com, G+, Google+) to add functionatility and themeing for the site. I have big…
★★★★ 4.11 (236 ratings)
http://goo.gl/9iVus

Plus Minus (11,986 users)
Plus Minus makes Google+ rock. It lets you select which Circles show up in your Google+ Stream, allows you to easily mark…
★★★★ 4.46 (182 ratings)
http://goo.gl/Cr5rf

-1 Minus One for Google Plus™ (11,476 users)
-1 in Google+
★★★★ 4.29 (146 ratings)
http://goo.gl/DmdFp

RSS Share for Google Plus™ and Google Reader™ (9,447 users)
Google+™ and Google Reader™ Integration. 'Share on Google+' button on Google Reader. Google Reader in Google Plus.
★★★★ 4.29 (90 ratings)
http://goo.gl/Rdo96

G+Twitter for Google Plus™ (8,897 users)
Realtime Twitter™ client for Google+™
★★★★ 4.09 (65 ratings)
http://goo.gl/8MAaC

More for Google Plus ™ (8,769 users)
Loads more content as you reach the bottom of the Google+ page.
★★★ 3.73 (26 ratings)
http://goo.gl/IjvK3

Auto-Colorizer for Google Plus™ and Facebook™ (8,693 users)
Colorizes Google+ and Facebook based on the user's photo.
★★★★ 3.85 (89 ratings)
http://goo.gl/ol8s6

Uncircle Inactives+ (7,599 users)
Google+: Find and Remove Inactive People in Selected/All Circles. Inactivity = No Public/Private Posts At All or Since a Chosen Date
★★★★ 4.14 (63 ratings)
http://goo.gl/L1WC7

Map My Circles for Google+™ (7,589 users)
See where the people you've circled are living
★★★★ 4.09 (22 ratings)
http://goo.gl/daNRu

Google+ Tweaks (7,408 users)
Tweaks to the layout and features of Google+ (Google "Plus") Full width, thumbnails only, etc.
★★★★ 4.56 (126 ratings)
http://goo.gl/ilU39

Google Plus News, Blogs, Tips & Updates (7,390 users)
A google plus news, blogs, tips tricks, howto's site that covers stories about what's happening at the google plus social network
★★ 2.68 (47 ratings)
http://goo.gl/ne6j2

My Hangouts for Google Plus (5,409 users)
A better way to enjoy Hangouts on Google+ with Screen Captures and Editing, Maps, Circle Watching, for public and limited hangouts!
★★★★ 4.56 (43 ratings)
http://goo.gl/zezHf

Layouts for Google Plus™ (4,907 users)
Change your Google Plus background to any image you want. Click the 'Edit Background' button in the lower right corner to change…
★★★★ 3.9 (79 ratings)
http://goo.gl/l28ZE

+1 Button - Plus One Button (4,785 users)
Plus one every page you like with only one click, directly from omnibox, without any annoying popup
★★★★ 4.4 (112 ratings)
http://goo.gl/DX0WR

Tweets +1 (4,595 users)
Adds a +1 button to tweets on twitter.com
★★★★ 4.15 (53 ratings)
http://goo.gl/5TFmb

G+ Count in Title (4,029 users)
Adds notification count to the document title in the page tab.
★★★★ 4.53 (17 ratings)
http://goo.gl/GvpnZ

Circle+ (3,705 users)
Add people to your circles on Google+ from any webpage.
★★★★ 4.61 (23 ratings)
http://goo.gl/dnJuo

G+ Game Companion (3,574 users)
G+ Game Companion (formerly G+ Notify Circles) is a Google Chrome extension designed to help you with Google Plus games
★★★★ 4.64 (53 ratings)
http://goo.gl/C1dLW

Notification Count for Google Plus™ (3,559 users)
Extension for displaying unread notification count for Google Plus
★★★ 3.64 (66 ratings)
http://goo.gl/6Ft35

Uncircle Uncirclers+ (3,552 users)
Google+: Find & Remove People in your Circles who've not Added you Back to their Circles. Unfollow Unfollowers, Uncircle Uncirclers!
★★★★ 4.53 (36 ratings)
http://goo.gl/igfDf

Midnight Theme for Google+ (3,206 users)
Tired of all that white? The Midnight Theme extension applies a clean, dark theme to Google+. Even your girlfriend will like it.
★★★★ 4.44 (43 ratings)
http://goo.gl/MgfW3

Helper for Google+ (3,133 users)
Add extra functions the Google+. Get desktop notifications on new posts with TTS (Text To Speech). Share Posts via twitter.…
★★★★ 4.08 (72 ratings)
http://goo.gl/AW0Dd

G+ Manager (3,125 users)
Manage your Google plus! Keyboard shortcuts, notify icon, collapse, translate posts and more...
★★★★ 4.56 (25 ratings)
http://goo.gl/AjUQ2

View original size image for Picasa™ (3,031 users)
View original size image for Picasa™
★★★★★ 4.89 (18 ratings)
http://goo.gl/F4r0k

Slinky G+ (2,867 users)
Smart ,Simple and Beautiful Google +.
★★★★ 4.68 (130 ratings)
http://goo.gl/w2bL9

Gooce+ | Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter in G+ (2,741 users)
Complete social network integration: read and post to Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, search for people and posts inside Google Plus
★★★ 3.42 (36 ratings)
http://goo.gl/TBcH6

G+ Extended (2,572 users)
Additional shortcuts for G+. Including +1 (+), share (s) and expand comments (e).
★★★★ 4.38 (8 ratings)
http://goo.gl/V671C

Share on Google Plus (2,482 users)
Share any webpage on Google Plus
★★★★ 4.15 (27 ratings)
http://goo.gl/uvjcx

G+ Stream Pause (2,398 users)
Allow's you to pause your Google+ stream so you can take your time reading or watching videos posted
★★★★ 4.28 (50 ratings)
http://goo.gl/CLaaK

Plus One Anything (2,067 users)
Adds the ability to +1 most pages on the web.
★★★★ 4.05 (20 ratings)
http://goo.gl/VK5IE

CircleCount.com (2,023 users)
The official Chrome extension of CircleCount.com - showing information about Google+ Profiles and Pages directly on Google+.
★★★★ 4.69 (32 ratings)
http://goo.gl/pBgIe

Circle Management BETA for Google Plus (2,008 users)
Have better control managing your circles.
★★★★ 4.54 (24 ratings)
http://goo.gl/eoyj3

Google Plus Button (1,879 users)
To open google plus fast in a new or current tab
★★★★ 4.27 (11 ratings)
http://goo.gl/lLYYj

Stream Filter BETA for Google Plus (1,787 users)
Gives you the option to filter your stream and track it.
★★★★ 4.49 (37 ratings)
http://goo.gl/hDxa4

G+ Count Favicon (1,735 users)
Replaces the favicon on plus.google.com with one that shows the current notification count.
★★★★ 4.54 (24 ratings)
http://goo.gl/yFspi

Google +1 (1,724 users)
Share the current site with google +1
★★★★ 4.19 (37 ratings)
http://goo.gl/NXrQf

Reader to Plus (1,669 users)
Provides an way to share your Google Reader's items to Google Plus easily.
★★★ 3.16 (19 ratings)
http://goo.gl/knQ32

Color Plus (1,405 users)
A simple extension that replaces any Google Plus bar with a more colorful alternative.
★★★ 3.64 (28 ratings)
http://goo.gl/eEyTP

Golden View for Google+ (1,398 users)
Google+ (Google Plus) enhancements: (optional) modules: User Mute, Default Circle, Hide Images, Hide comments, & Search w/ Google.
★★★★★ 4.81 (32 ratings)
http://goo.gl/cs9Dy

Quick Hangouts for Google+™ (1,353 users)
Adds a link underneath the 'Start a Hangout' button to join any active hangouts, in Google+ (Google Plus)
★★★★★ 4.88 (16 ratings)
http://goo.gl/s0RAd

Google+ Photography Daily Themes (1,350 users)
Enhance your Google+ Photo experience with the Daily Themes Chrome App.
★★★★ 3.88 (8 ratings)
http://goo.gl/ZzjZF

G++ (1,317 users)
Make Google+ Awesome by Adding Facebook and Twitter Feeds
★★★ 3.61 (41 ratings)
http://goo.gl/TI4qj

Gif Stopper (1,297 users)
Stop animated gif images with the escape key. Works with Google+
★★★★ 4.29 (28 ratings)
http://goo.gl/rgg7C

Search Extension for Google Plus (1,263 users)
Search Google Plus (Google+) public contents and profiles online
★★★★ 4.47 (43 ratings)
http://goo.gl/rZ4SO

Google Plus Mania (1,261 users)
Follow the latest Google+ Updates
★★★★ 4 (4 ratings)
http://goo.gl/FKbdh

+OneFB: Plus One Button for Facebook (1,228 users)
+OneFB will add +1 button below each FB post. All articles recommended by +1 button will be appeared on Google Plus profile.
★★★★ 4.22 (9 ratings)
http://goo.gl/4N9QE

Google+ Refined for Google Plus (945 users)
A selection of CSS changes and features intended for a more usable, and customizable, Google Plus experience.
★★★★ 4.22 (23 ratings)
http://goo.gl/UkPsv

Hangout Auto Try Again for Google Plus (825 users)
Tired of clicking the try again button for Hangouts? Then install this :)
★★★★ 4 (13 ratings)
http://goo.gl/aH6DQ

AutoSave for Google+ (799 users)
Automatically save the text, restore it.
★★★★ 4.63 (8 ratings)
http://goo.gl/Jt7LK

Styling for Google Plus (779 users)
Uses CSS to customize Google+
★★★★ 4.17 (18 ratings)
http://goo.gl/AA8GH

Favorite Posts for Google+™ (745 users)
Keep track of the posts you like directly on Google+!
★★★★ 3.82 (11 ratings)
http://goo.gl/9BQbc

G+ Images Hover Zoom (719 users)
This extension will enlarge the images shown in Google+ stream when mouser cursor is pointing the image.
★★★★★ 5 (3 ratings)
http://goo.gl/Omsx4

G-Minus - Kynetx for Google Chrome (658 users)
Alerts you when you've been removed from a user's Google+ Circles Powered by Kynetx.
★★ 2.43 (21 ratings)
http://goo.gl/mEoQH

LiveOn+ (655 users)
Announces live-stream events happening on Google+ via the LiveOnPlus.com events feed.
★★★★ 4.69 (13 ratings)
http://goo.gl/M3NOM

Stay cool (627 users)
Remove the Google Plus What's hot feature. You can open it by clicking the snow flake.
★★★★ 4.4 (15 ratings)
http://goo.gl/umlOE

Hide Google+ Notification (607 users)
Simple extension to hide the little red Google Plus notification from the global google header toolbar.
★★★★ 4.32 (37 ratings)
http://goo.gl/afgQm

Google+ Hangout Check (594 users)
This extension will check for available hangouts in Google
★★★★ 4.62 (13 ratings)
http://goo.gl/Rj8jH

Everything Went Black for Google Plus™ (485 users)
Google Plus™ Usability Mods
★★★★ 4.65 (17 ratings)
http://goo.gl/Nj9MU

PinIt for Google Plus™ (444 users)
Put a pin in your favourite post and add it to the sidebar in Google+
★★★★ 4 (14 ratings)
http://goo.gl/1LhZ2

Tweetify for Google Plus™ (410 users)
Make your Google+ streams Twitter-like. Heavily experimental.
★★★★ 4.75 (8 ratings)
http://goo.gl/vHgO9

hangouts finder for google plus™ (340 users)
Easily find and share public google plus™ hangouts.
★★★★★ 5 (4 ratings)
http://goo.gl/WU65T

Buzz & Google+ Troll Remover (294 users)
Will help you to avoid trolls on Buzz & Google+
★★★★ 4.48 (25 ratings)
http://goo.gl/ISLXm

Mute Plus (237 users)
Semi-block people from your main stream using this Chrome extension.
★★★★ 4 (14 ratings)
http://goo.gl/VkV4m

Favorite G+ Stream (231 users)
Allow any G+ user to set a Favorite Stream as default. Visit my profile at https://plus.google.com/101147157576507592317
★★★★ 4.33 (6 ratings)
http://goo.gl/ZN6IF

I rec: Google +1[Plus One] & LIKE in 1 click (201 users)
Recommend any webpage via +1 or LIKE in just 2 clicks using I rec [I recommend]. Simple, Fast and Light weight..
★★★★ 4.5 (6 ratings)
http://goo.gl/hJYeK

GCview for Chrome (181 users)
This changes the style of Google +.
★★★★ 4.75 (4 ratings)
http://goo.gl/yJqx0

Trendisimo (179 users)
Trending topics for Google+
★★★★ 4.53 (15 ratings)
http://goo.gl/TZcrw

Ziplbar Plus (143 users)
Take your Google+ bar everywhere you go. Never miss another notification. Also, jump to friends using their zipl.us names.
★★★★ 4.22 (9 ratings)
http://goo.gl/2PDbQ

Goodbye for G+ Games (117 users)
A simple script by Jonathan Android to hide the Games button for Google+
★★★★ 4.6 (5 ratings)
http://goo.gl/c4nMs

PlusNotifier (103 users)
Displays unread notifications count in Google Plus (Google+, G+, plus.google.com).
★★★★ 4.78 (9 ratings)
http://goo.gl/ce1SH

G+ Stats (93 users)
Easy way to show G+ users most popular posts and photos
0 (0 ratings)
http://goo.gl/DyBw5

G+? Why not A+? (86 users)
G+? Why not A+?
★★★★ 4.38 (13 ratings)
http://goo.gl/le1oK

Productivity++ (50 users)
Allows users to hide and show Google+ notifications with one click. It also allows toggling two G+ chat modes.
★★★★★ 5 (4 ratings)
http://goo.gl/OTKVs

Nonplus (39 users)
Automute Google Plus stream entries by hashtag.
★★★★★ 5 (2 ratings)http://goo.gl/2tlXf

Ping to some developers. keep up the good work , you are making the Google+ a better service!
+CircleCount +Mohamed Mansour +Chirag Mehta +Cory Lu Lu +Jerome Dane
+Robert Pitt +Pascal Alberty +Martin Matysiak

This might be interesting post to:
+Denis Labelle +Jaana Nyström +Natalie Villalobos +Paul Spoerry

Wisdom from Gandalf

Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay… small acts of kindness and love

Gandalf - The Hobbit .

Saw the movie today and I enjoyed it a lot.

Wallpaper without the text source: http://www.gdefon.com/download/The-Hobbit-an-unexpected-journey_Gandalf-the/406584/1920x1200

15 reasons why you should not listen to "experts"

1. "Children just aren't interested in Witches and Wizards anymore."
—Anonymous publishing executive to J.K. Rowling, 1996.

2. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
—Ken Olson, Founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

3. "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
—Decca Records executives rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

4. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
—Western Union internal memo, 1876

5. "Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure."
—Henry Morton, President of the Stevens Institute of Technology, on Edison's light bulb, 1880.

6. "You better get secretarial work or get married."
—Emmeline Snively, Director – Blue Book Modelling Modelling Agency, to Marilyn Monroe in 1944.

7. "The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty, a fad."
—The President of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford's lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903.

8. "Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."
—Simon Newcomb; The Wright Brothers flew at Kittyhawk 18 months later

9. "I would say that this does not belong to the art which I am in the habit of considering music."
—Alexandre Oulibicheff, reviewing Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

10. "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy."
—Associates of Edwin L. Drake mocking his idea to drill for oil, 1859.

11. "How, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I pray you, excuse me, I have not the time to listen to such nonsense."
—Napoleon Bonaparte, when told of Robert Fulton's steamboat plans, 1800s.

12. "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English language."
—The San Francisco Examiner, rejecting a submission by Rudyard Kipling in 1889.

13. "Very interesting Whittle, my boy, but it will never work."
—Cambridge Aeronautics Professor, when shown Frank Whittle's plan for the jet engine.

14. "Television won't last. It's a flash in the pan."
—Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948.

15. "To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth – all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances."
—Lee DeForest, Inventor of the vacuum tube, 1926.

Original source: http://goo.gl/WiYmx

Super Finns Circle

50 active Finnish Google+ users (public posts in last 14 days) + 50 people that other Googlers like (shares,+1´s,comments) = 67 Super Finns Circle

Posts in English and in Finnish.

People in random order:
+Karri Anttila
+Harri Kivistö
+Tiina Niskanen
+Rami Saarikorpi
+Matti Partonen
+Heikki Leskinen
+Marita Kaatrala
+Lauri Kutinlahti
+Janne Saarikko
+Timo Nurmi
+Cristina Andersson
+Jaana Nyström
+Elisa Tammela
+Jari Juslin
+Annika Ruohonen
+Tuija Aalto
+Janos Honkonen
+Pasi Ääpälä
+Jussi Alanko
+Risto Linturi
+Petri Pusa
+Ulla M. Saikku
+Jaakko Paarvala
+Jaakko Wallenius
+Timo Kantola
+Jukka Niiranen
+Tarja Ollas
+Tanja Tulonen
+Mikko Tyllinen
+Sami Haahtinen
+Risto Talman
+Vesa Linja-aho
+Mikko Piippo
+Pia Leppänen
+Jarmo Lahti
+Anne Rongas
+Jussi Silvonen
+Markus Översti
+Jani Lilja
+Christian Utter
+Suvi Korhonen
+Antti Lindström
+Aki Antman
+Jari Knuutila
+Mia Leijonstedt
+Jussi Virtanen
+Freja Wagner
+Niina Sauvolainen
+Helge V. Keitel
+Jari Huomo
+Teppo Saari
+Pekka Pekkala
+Tom Nuorivaara
+Markus Kartano
+Tommi Himberg
+Petri Mertanen
+Veijo Vilva
+Jari Salo
+Late järvinen
+Pasi Heinonen
+Tarmo Pekola
+Keijo Savolainen
+Mikko Hakkarainen
+Daniel Schildt
+Marketta Aaltonen
+Joonas Grönlund
+Miku Puustineviz

Oletko suomalainen ja haluat mukaan listalle:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/lisaa/henkilo

How to catch a cat - #caturday  guide

1) Find an empty box
2) Wait

Source:
http://imhomir.com/blog/998.html

Some great Google+ ebooks

Now that Google+ API limits are gone (thanks again +Jenny Murphy) I created some new ebooks from Google+ posts.

If you want your own ebook, just ask in the comments

If you don´t have an ebook device, you can read these in your PC/MAC too:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311
http://www.amazon.com/gp/kindle/mac/download?forced=1

+Max Huijgen
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/MaxHujigen.mobi

+Tom Anderson
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/TomAnderson.mobi

+Jaana Nyström
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/Jaana.mobi

+Ahmed Zeeshan
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/AhmedZeeshan.mobi

+Robert Scoble
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/RobertScoble.mobi

+Trey Ratcliff
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/TreyRatcliff.mobi

+Christina Trapolino
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/ChristinaTrapolino.mobi

Google+ Help to your Kindle

Created an ebook from +Google+ Help (Unofficial) posts.

Download it here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/GoogleHelp.mobi

You can read it in Kindle for Android, Mac , iOs , PC
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311

My gratitude circle

Circle of nice Google+ users/pages who have lately wasted their time by sharing,commenting and plussing my Google+ posts , I like you all :)

http://www.googleplussuomi.com/gratitude/

Thank you

+Jaana Nyström,+Pasi Ääpälä,+Max Huijgen,+Ben Locke,+Plusmeme,+Heli Järvenpää,+Elisa Tammela,+Mika Latvala,+Antti Luoma,+Annika Ruohonen,+Juuso Palander,+Denis Labelle,+Jaakko Paarvala,+Kimmo Vornanen,+Athena Carey,+Dirk Reul,+pio dal cin,+Shamil Weerakoon,+Matti Ollikainen,+Laura Balc,+Kristian Rink,+Minna Serula,+Fionna O'Sullivan,+Sami Haahtinen,+Christina Trapolino,+Euro Maestro,+Melody Lynn,+Mikko Tyllinen,+Keijo Savolainen,+Trudy Conway,+Marie Hélène Visconti,+Timo Kalkela,+Miika Sandberg,+Marko Renvall,+Rumyana Draganova,+rahul roy,+Slava Ivanov,+Deise Lemos Almeida,+Dirk Talamasca,+Susanne Ramharter,+Kellya Clanzig,+Yasmin Simpson,+Alfredo Zavala,+Verissa Simosa,+Markus Lehteinen,+Markus Laumann,+Soili Marila,+Henry A. Otero,+fiona munday,+Claudia Penniall Hodgkinson,+Vladimir Maksimov,+Danijela Meier,+Tanja Tiitu-Manner,+Marcin Ciszewicz,+jUKKA Kansanaho,+Ali Adelstein,+Stuart Williams,+Suomi Hangout,+Lars Fosdal,+Monika Ljubičić,+Juhani Tapanainen,+Jerry Johnson,+Jakob Nilsson,+小骆驼商队,+Jaska Partanen,+Laurence Hubbard,+Monique Yates,+Virpi Haikarainen,+Bram Tahapary,+Андрей Тульчинский,+Seppo Alaruikka,+Jeremy Hodges,+Mark Esguerra,+Jyrki Koponen,+Ninja On Rye,+Ali Babakisiyev

LMAO = french cat

Have a nice #caturday  :)

New member in our family :)

Google+ photos - Pinterest style

Update: Two different versions now :)

Show most popular from your posts 

Example +Mikko Lagerstedt :
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=103761326311610249621

Show most liked from your posts and shares:
Example page:
+Black and White Fine Art Photography Gallery 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbsall.php?id=101977805475001139450

The 10 Most Common New Year’s Resolutions as Illustrated by Cats

What are the most common New Year’s Resolutions? These cats are here to help you find out :)

#caturday

More at:
http://www.pleated-jeans.com/2012/01/04/the-top-10-new-years-resolutions-as-illustrated-by-cats/

An Unexpected Ass Kicking

That’s the problem with a lot of people”, he continued, “they don’t try to do stuff that’s never been done before, so they never do anything, but if they try to do it, they find out there’s lots of things they can do that have never been done before.”

I nodded my head in agreement and laughed to myself – thinking that would be something that I would say and the coincidence that out of all the people in the coffee shop I ended up talking to, it was this guy. What a way to open a conversation.

The old man turned back at his coffee, took a sip, and then looked back at me.

“In fact, I’ve done lots of things that haven’t been done before”, he said half-smiling.

Not sure if he was simply toying with me or not, my curiousity got the better of me.

Oh really? Like what types of things?, All the while, half-thinking he was going to make up something fairly non-impressive.

I invented the first computer.

Um, Excuse me?

http://joelrunyon.com/two3/an-unexpected-ass-kicking

A must read story.

Cats are waiting

Make them happy.

#caturday

It´s just a phone!

My thoughts exactly , good night :)

Found it here:
http://twitter.yfrog.com/z/oelyoanj

 

What´s hot around the Google+ Ghost world

Just open this page and you will see:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/hotaroundtheworld.php

First page photo posts from What´s Hot lists around the world.
Page is updated every 30 minutes.

Archive of What´s hot posts:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/hotaroundtheworldarchive.php

+Google+ Help (Unofficial) 

How To Change The World

Via +Matti Ali-Löytty ;)

Short and cold photo walk today, but is was worth it :) Now time to shut down Internet and enjoy Christmas.

10 ways how to succeed on Google+

My favorite is number 10: Be yourself!

Thank you +Jaana Nyström & +Google+ Help (Unofficial) for this list.

Music & Cats

#caturday  

Have a nice weekend!

Edited photo found here:
http://www.glittercats.com/

Happens to me every night

I think I heard footsteps... better go now .. bye

Little Cat - Little on Google+

Found at: http://imfunny.net/little-cat-little-on-facebook/

#caturday

Disconnecting myself from Google+ for a few weeks.

But I´ll be back :)

Hi Dad

- Optimized your codes. You need to use Bresenham Algorithm! It works much faster with that. Can we now stop working and play with toy cars?

- Okay.

Photographers from Finland

Mixed set of pros and amateurs posting beautiful photos :)

A few persons I would like to mention quickly with link showing some of their best photos posted to Google+

+Mikko Lagerstedt Bought a DSLR because I saw his photos - enough said :)
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=103761326311610249621

+Joni Niemelä Newcomer in Google+ , stunning photos
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=106002034879424321249

+Annika Ruohonen High quality SOOC :)
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=111988916680313318873

+Jaakko Paarvala Claims to be a "amateur photographer" but his photos are not very amateurish! Great processing , lot´s of creative ideas!
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=114124121045669648448

+Risto Talman Birds , birds & birds :) And other animals sometimes.
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=112750733404297151260

+Rami Saarikorpi Panorama specialist
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=103001594897968299050

+Kimmo Vornanen Beautiful nature & landscape shots
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=101091784694471581950

+Keijo Savolainen Lot´s of beautiful long exposure photos
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=100962627237594547235

Friday Funny - Typical Android / iPhone /  Blackberry user

Old classic, still so funny! Or at least I think it is funny. Someone might not see this funny at all :) 

"The real reason some people choose an iPhone and others choose an Android or Blackberry device is personality. People are different. Article by +Mike Elgan
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221503/What_Android_fans_think_of_iPhone_users? " 

(+Dusan Vrban , feeling like Einstein today? :)

Source:
http://www.csectioncomics.com/

My first year of photography

One year ago I had no knowledge about the meaning of strange words like shutter speed , aperture , depth of field , exposure or what are the strange numbers in my lens. Learning has been fun and I have taken thousands of really bad photos.

Here are some of my favorite landscape & nature photos from my photography adventure :)

Friendship

Looking for people with similar interests - try Google+ search!

Have a nice weekend & #caturday  . Now time to unplug myself from the Internet :)

Are you a photographer?

Try this:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=WRITEYOURGOOGLEIDHERE

That page will load and show your most popular Google+ photos
(public photos only & first time slow to load if you have over > 1000 posts)

And will work as long as my Daily API limit is used :D

Some examples:
+Trey Ratcliff
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=105237212888595777019

+Mikko Lagerstedt
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=103761326311610249621

+Ben Locke
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=112750091316252656625

+Eric Leslie
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=103216887847401478447

+Billy Wilson
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/photos.php?id=105706178492556563330

Photo below was taken last autumn.

Happy midsummer / Hyvää Juhannusta

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” 
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

You better watch out , Santa Claus is coming to town.

Source:
http://www.moillusions.com/2010/09/scary-santa-optical-illusion.html

Time to get focused, old post from my Google+ archives

Here is a great mind map "How to Focus in the age of distraction."
http://www.mindmapart.com/how-to-focus-mind-map-jane-genovese/

There are many things that I use personally.

Google+ Terms of Service updated

#googleplusupdate  #gplusupdate #caturday
Modified from: http://horseecomics.tumblr.com/image/37310985421

Wisdom

Again this is for my Google+ friends +Dirk Talamasca , +Eileen O'Duffy and +Dusan Vrban .

#caturday   #puppylove  

Cheer Up! - 17 reasons it's a great time to be alive

1. We’re better off now
Compared with 50 years ago, when I was just four years old, the average human now earns nearly three times as much money (corrected for inflation), eats one third more calories, buries two thirds fewer children, and can expect to live one third longer. In fact, it’s hard to find any region of the world that’s worse off now than it was then, even though the global population has more than doubled over that period.

2. Urban living is a good thing
City dwellers take up less space, use less energy, and have less impact on natural ecosystems than country dwellers. The world’s cities now contain over half its people, but they occupy less than 3 percent of its land area. Urban growth may disgust environmentalists, but living in the country is not the best way to care for the earth. The best thing we can do for the planet is build more skyscrapers.

3. Poverty is nose-diving
The rich get richer, but the poor do even better. Between 1980 and 2000, the poor doubled their consumption. The Chinese are ten times richer and live about 25 years longer than they did 50 years ago. Nigerians are twice as rich and live nine more years. The percentage of the world’s people living in absolute poverty has dropped by over half. The United Nations estimates that poverty was reduced more in the past 50 years than in the previous 500.

4. The important stuff costs less
One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived, and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel, and shelter—have grown markedly cheaper. Take one example: In 1800, a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work. In the 1880s, the same light from a kerosene lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for. In 1950, it was eight seconds. Today, it’s half a second. In these terms, we are 43,200 times better off than in 1800.

5. The environment is better than you think
In the United States, rivers, lakes, seas, and air are getting cleaner all the time. A car today emits less pollution traveling at full speed than a parked car did from leaks in 1970.

6. Shopping fuels innovation
Even allowing for the many people who still live in abject poverty, our own generation has access to more calories, watts, horsepower, gigabytes, megahertz, square feet, air miles, food per acre, miles per gallon, and, of course, money than any who lived before us. This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be.

7. Global trade enriches our lives
By 9 a.m., I have shaved with an American razor, eaten bread made with French wheat and spread with New Zealand butter and Spanish marmalade, brewed tea from Sri Lanka, dressed in clothes made from Indian cotton and Australian wool, put on shoes of Chinese leather and Malaysian rubber, and read a newspaper printed on Finnish paper with Chinese ink. I have consumed minuscule fractions of the productive labor of hundreds of people. This is the magic of trade and specialization. Self-sufficiency is poverty.

8. More farm production = more wilderness
While world population has increased more than fourfold since 1900, other things have increased, too—the area of crops by 30 percent, harvests by 600 percent. At the same time, more than two billion acres of “secondary” tropical forest are now regrowing since farmers left them to head for cities, and it is already rich in biodiversity. In fact, I will make an outrageous prediction: The world will feed itself to a higher and higher standard throughout this century without plowing any new land.

9. The good old days weren’t
Some people argue that in the past there was a simplicity, tranquillity, sociability, and spirituality that’s now been lost. This rose-tinted nostalgia is generally confined to the wealthy. It’s easier to wax elegiac for the life of a pioneer when you don’t have to use an outhouse. The biggest-ever experiment in back-to-the-land hippie lifestyle is now known as the Dark Ages.

10. Population growth is not a threat
Although the world population is growing, the rate of increase has been falling for 50 years. Across the globe, national birth rates are lower now than in 1960, and in the less developed world, the birth rate has approximately halved. This is happening despite people living longer and infant-mortality rates dropping. According to an estimate from the United Nations, population will start falling once it peaks at 9.2 billion in 2075—so there is every prospect of feeding the world forever. After all, there are already seven billion people on earth, and they are eating better and better every decade.

11. Oil is not running out
In 1970, there were 550 billion barrels of oil reserves in the world, and in the 20 years that followed, the world used 600 billion.
So by 1990, reserves should have been overdrawn by 50 billion barrels. Instead, they amounted to 900 billion—not counting tar sands and oil shale that between them contain about 20 times the proven reserves of Saudi Arabia. Oil, coal, and gas are finite, but they will last for decades, perhaps centuries, and people will find alternatives long before they run out.

12. We are the luckiest generation
This generation has experienced more peace, freedom, leisure time, education, medicine, and travel than any in history. Yet it laps up gloom at every opportunity. Consumers do not celebrate their wonderful field of choice and, according to psychologists, say they are “overwhelmed.” When I go to my local superstore, I do not see people driven to misery by the impossibility of choice. I see people choosing.

13. Storms are not getting worse
Not at all. While the climate warmed slightly last century, the incidence of hurricanes and cyclones fell. Since the 1920s, the global annual death rate from weather-related natural disasters (that is, the proportion of the world’s population killed rather than simply the overall number) has declined by a staggering 99 percent.
The killing power of hurricanes depends more on wealth than on wind speed. A big hurricane struck the well-prepared Yucatán in Mexico in 2007 and killed nobody. A similar storm struck impoverished Burma the next year and killed 200,000. The best defenses against disaster are prosperity and freedom.

14. Great ideas keep coming
The more we prosper, the more we can prosper. The more we invent, the more inventions become possible. The world of things is often subject to diminishing returns. The world of ideas is not: The ever-increasing exchange of ideas causes the ever-increasing rate of innovation in the modern world. There isn’t even a theoretical possibility of exhausting our supply of ideas, discoveries, and inventions.

15. We can solve all our problems
If you say the world will go on getting better, you are considered mad. If you say catastrophe is imminent, you may expect the Nobel Peace Prize. Bookshops groan with pessimism; airwaves are crammed with doom. I cannot recall a time when I was not being told by somebody that the world could survive only if it abandoned economic growth. But the world will not continue as it is. The human race has become a problem-solving machine: It solves those problems by changing its ways. The real danger comes from slowing change.

16. This depression is not depressing
The Great Depression of the 1930s was just a dip in the upward slope of human living standards. By 1939, even the worst-affected countries, America and Germany, were richer than they’d been in 1930. All sorts of new products and industries were born during the Depression. So growth will resume unless prevented by wrong policies. Someone, somewhere, is tweaking a piece of software, testing a new material, or transferring the gene that will make life easier or more fun.

17. Optimists are right
For 200 years, pessimists have had all the headlines—even though optimists have far more often been right. There is immense vested interest in pessimism. No charity ever raised money by saying things are getting better. No journalist ever got the front page writing a story about how disaster was now less likely. Pressure groups and their customers in the media search even the most cheerful statistics for glimmers of doom.

Don’t be browbeaten—dare to be an optimist!

By Matt Ridley -http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/reader%27s-digest.aspx 

My beautiful hometown was frozen in -22´C  weather. Luckily not so cold anymore since our house run out of oil :)

Google+ is a lot like ancient Egypt

Isn´t that horrible great ?!

#caturday

Original photo:
http://stinkulousreddous.deviantart.com/art/The-Egyptians-Worshipped-Cats-131883175

Have a nice weekend

and #caturday & saturday

Photo source: www.animallwalls.net

Beware of the Ninja

Indoor classic , artist Miloje
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Miloje/150476148398910

One more long exposure sunset shot.
Hope you had a fun week and have a nice weekend :)

#sunsetsaturday +Dennis Hoffbuhr +Sunset Saturday
#nightscapes +Christopher Prins and +Dennis Hoffbuhr
#sunsunday +Shauna Dominguez
#skysunday +Randy Scherkenbach and +Patrick Scherkenbach

Exposure 98s , ND110 filter used.

Saturday, my favorite Google+ day. I can create photos of cute animals combined with quotes ;)

Have a nice weekend.

#caturday

#nordiclandscapes

Jari in Wonderland :)

Improve your Google+ Photography experience

1. Open web page www.dailythemes.org/themes (Firefox not supported) or install
Daily Themes Chrome app https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jbfkifecgifeiclcklkmdcfapafbnnpa
2. Press 's' key to open settings (or double click / douple tap and click settings icon)
3. Select a few daily themes and press done.
4. Enjoy the full-screen photo experience :)

You can change pages using left/right arrow keys.
i key shows your more information about photo
o key opens photo page in Google+.

Following themes currently supported, if your favorite theme is
missing, let me know and it could be added soon.

(curators check those links, will save your time a lot. Ask Charles Lupica if you don´t believe :))
#macromonday +Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden +Kelli Seeger Kim
#monochromemonday +Siddharth Pandit
#mountainmonday +Michael Russell
#actionmonday +Adrian Buturca
#moodymonday +Philip Daly

#grasstuesday +Ray Bilcliff
#portraittuesdays +Laura Balc
#tonemaphdrtuesday +Drew Pion
#mytowntuesday +Eric Leslie +Melanie Kintz

#waterfallwednesday +Eric Leslie
#wildlifewednesday +Mike Spinak
#welovemusicwednesday +Folletto Folletto

#thirstythuesdaypics +Giuseppe Basile
#longexposurethursday +Le Quoc +Francesco Gola
#silhouettesonthursday +Siddharth Pandit

#floralfriday +Tamara Pruessner
#foodfriday +Charles Lupica
#filmfriday +Richard Call

#sunsetsaturday +TJ Kelly
#streetsaturday +Siddharth Pandit
#speedysaturday +Patricia Paton
#songbirdsaturday +John Briggs

#sacredsunday +Charles Lupica
#squaresunday +Matt Soave
#soocsunday +John Kosmopoulos

#critiquepls +Karin Nelson
#fineartpls +Marina Chen
#plusphotoextract +Jarek Klimek

If you do not want your photos to be shown in , let me know and I will filter your photos.

Doctor I don’t feel well.

Via +Santtu Määttänen 

:)

Happy Birthday Google+

I rarely post GIF animations, but since it´s birthday day I wanted to do something fun to celebrate Google+!

Based on a true story by +Yonatan Zunger , in comments here +CircleCount http://goo.gl/jit2d

Happy Birthday to +Vic Gundotra and Google+ team :)

Read old posts from the first days of Google+:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/googlehistory.php

The Most Cunning Trap of All

via +Santtu Määttänen 

Source: buttersafe.com

Is quitting Facebook the new "I quit television"?

According to NYU assistant professor Laura Portwood-Stacer, who recently examined why people leave Facebook, how they communicate their rejection, and how their abstention comes across, quitting Facebook has become "a new, elitist form of 'conspicuous non-consumption,' on par with refusing television." 

"Many Facebook refusers actually revel in their difference from the mainstream, seeing it as a mark of distinction, superior taste, and identification with an elite social stratum. This is consistent with (the) finding that families who chose not to consume television share a belief that they were iconoclasts, and for the most part, they relished that role"

http://thestir.cafemom.com/technology/149103/quitting_facebook_is_the_cool

What do you think?
My reason for quitting Facebook soon is that I just like Google+ more :)

Launch date Part II

+Jaana Nyström profile photo elephant jumping even faster than last time :)

After a long wait last night Finnish version of my storybook was finally accepted to Apple store http://itunes.apple.com/fi/app/kultakutri-ja-kolme-karhua/id514914146

My Google+ Year 2012 - My most plussed posts

Here you are:
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/timelinetest.php?googleid=110479310742964256734&afterdate=2012-01-01&sort=plus

Just replace the GoogleID with your own GoogleID to see your own posts.

Journey is the adventure

Google+ will be having it´s first birthday June 28, 2012 :)

Today I want you to use my time machine and make a trip to the Google+ launch date!

Instructions:
1) Open page http://www.googleplussuomi.com/googlehistory.php
2) Enjoy and open the "Read in Google+"  links and start giving +1´s and comments to all these oldies.

Quite a random circle of people. Some manually selected Googlers and other posts are from Google+ users whose profile&posts has been loaded using my stats / timeline tools.

Hope you like it.

+Jaana Nyström Ready now, you can write a better presentation text :)

Best of +Jaana Nyström

Here is the Jaana Nyström's most liked posts e-book, too bad videos
are not showing in Kindle :)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26005155/BestOfJaana.mobi

Photo from this post:
https://plus.google.com/+JaanaNystr%C3%B6m/posts/f7KTBko9CBR

If anyone else would like to get own book , let me know in comments and I will create some with my automatic book creator tools later.

Hat made by my wife

Trying to get +Anne Huomo to be more interested at Google+

Her interests are knitting, crocheting, sewing , jewelry making and some other things I understand as much as she understands about coding :)

Any recommendations for her - plussers , pages , communities?

Water is the driving force of all nature - Leonardo Da Vinci

The Dam of Imatra. Photo taken today. I really enjoyed the view . 

For more realistic view try this while watching this photo in full screen:
1) Open http://www.soundsnap.com/node/96399 for water sounds
2) Spray some water to your face and enjoy :)

For #monochromemonday  +Jerry Johnson +Hans Berendsen +Manuel Votta

Google+ photo posts Pinterest style

Visual eye candy for your Monday with my latest Google+ tool.

+Melody Lynn 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=114326903094745477264

+Amanda Blain 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=107982618909749811163

+Jaana Nyström 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=107742059751171695340

+Michelle Marie 
http://www.googleplussuomi.com/thumbs.php?id=114618043230336563405

Check your own posts by replacing the 21-digit GoogleID to the link.

Long exposure

I am not allowed to use Internet after 21.00 (http://goo.gl/Ic5yR) so I had good time for a evening walk yesterday.

For the ladies

Wisdom text found via Twitter.

Life with Google+

Reading:
The Digital Detox: How and Why to Do It 
http://www.wisebread.com/the-digital-detox-how-and-why-to-do-it

Original illustration:
http://www.chewingfat.co/comic91.html