The blog of Abraham Williams

Google's ownership of my digital self is ever increasing and with the introduction of Google+ I don't see this trend changing. After taking a quick gander at my Google Dashboard I decided to write up a list of Google products to see how much of my online life touches Google's datacenters. Primary tools I use these Google tools more often then competing products Gmail - My primary email client for many years. Calendar - Keeps my events synced between everything. Chrome - Fast and clean with great developer tools. Reader - Keyboard commands Google+ - Quickly taking the place of Twitter and Facebook. Search - # 1 since I switched from Dogpile. Openid delegation - I use http://abrah.am as my OpenID delegated to my Google Account. Analytics - Wish it was realtime but I use it to track all my sites. Blogger - Primary blog platform since I realized hosting my own Drupal site was a PITA. Contacts - Tight integration with Gmail and sync to my phone. Docs - Hos...

I think the Google+ branding is brillent and works on many, many levels. It shows that is is still Google at the heart with the extension of so much more. Google plus more Google plus you Google plus your friends Google plus etc But Plus is also it's own separate entity, strategy, and social layer. It is a new way for people to connect and communicate on the internet. It is even a new phase in Google's existence and a new approach to product and user interaction. Going even further though we now find that Plus can be layered on top of any existing Google products and it is clearly just an extension of the existing features plus more, you, your friends, etc. Chrome+ YouTube+ Blogger+ Documents+ Perhaps the most exciting aspect (for me) is the Plus concept getting extended elsewhere. Expect Google to eventually launch an API+ to bring the power of Plus everywhere. www+ Google www+ you abrah.am+ your friends abrah.am+ etc There is a huge amount o...