Facebook

A friend asked what I like about google+, and as I started posting a reply , I noticed there were enough to make a blog post. So here goes… Here’s a quick list: 1. Mobile app on android and iphone are awesome! 2. Automatic upload of pics on phone/picasa 3. Non-crappy photos (allows 2400+px, and g+ renders pictures better, since they don’t mess with the image, if it is smaller than the max size) 4. Easier to mention specific people in a conversation. (auto-completes ppl’s profile name) 5. hangouts (free video conferencing) 6. Group messaging done right (huddle) on the mobile phone 7. decent integration with email (I guess this is just coz I use Gmail) 8. Privacy - predictable and manageable (not that it matters to me) 9. Much less noise (a - mostly used by techies for now, b - allows asymmetric relationships à la twitter) 10. Keyboard shortcuts (J, K work. Someone at google like vi – a lot) ...

I wrote this a few months back, when I had just starting using facebook, but never got around to posting it. With a recent cleaning spee (of my laptop) I found it lying in a neat corner. If you are not already infected by facebook, here it is. Facebook, is a web2.0 app that has the most serious drain on productivity, and got me to waste all of 5 hours on it, doing nothing but organizing, linking, inviting hundreds of friends; and just lounging around! ...