'Short Subjects': An Experiment
First a note of explanation..... For over a year I have been sending out a 'Short Subjects' e-mail newsletter to family and a small number of close friends. Gradually, this has come to include more and more graphics (some of them from Posterous postings). Then I found Google Circles and a whole new source of material. Also I found it was easier to share from one Google Circle to another than it was to share to an e-mail newsletter. I started a limited Circle for my newsletter recipients. However, many of these recipients are not willing to open Google accounts. As I've become more comfortable with Google Circles and have acquired more followers (now 192), I've been posting more of the good stuff I find to my 'Public' circle, which is accessible to everyone who can find it. The "Experiment #2" part of the short posting below was intended for my e-mail recipients who don't (or won't) have Google Circle (or Google+) accounts so that they can follow my 'Public' circle postings. As I think about the implications of "Public" postings, I realize there's no reason not to share with my Posterous followers. "Public" is, after all, public. Hence, I've redirected what I sent out earlier so that it will be posted in my Posterous blog. Anyone reading this is invited to visit my 'Public' Google posts. If you like them and also have a Google Circles account, you're welcome to follow me and, if you let me know via comment somewhere, I'll be happy to follow you back.
Experiment #1: I've just embedded a hyperlink into the above photo. If you click on the photo, it should take you to the video in your web browser. Try it. Experiment #2: Although I've posted this in Google Circles to my 'Short Subjects' circle (which only you can see IF you've joined Google Circles), I've also posted it to a 'Public' circle which everyone can see (whether you have a Google Circles account or not (I think)). Try this link and let me know if it works for you. https://plus.google.com/106279627540580120308/posts
Most of the items I add to my 'Short Subjects' circle, I put there as a supplement to the Short Subjects e-mail, as when there might be 60 gorgeous photos -- which would overload your e-mail In-Box if I were to copy them all to here. Other items I 'share' only to the online 'Short Subjects' circle because it's trivially easily to do so from another circle I'm visiting and not particularly easy to add to an e-mail. Still other items are shared to the online circle because I see them at lunchtime at work and have no access to my e-mail account at home. So all of those are in my online 'Short Subjects' circle which you can see only if you have a Google Circles (or Google Plus) account. As I've been thinking about this, there's very little I put into 'Short Subjects' (e-mail or circle) that I wouldn't be willing to share with a wider audience. I guess the inner Journalist within me is speaking now. So I've been increasingly sharing to a 'Public' circle. What is 'Public'? I'm not sure. It could mean 'available to everyone with a Google Circles account', whether I add them to my 'Short Subject' Circle or not. Or 'Public' could mean 'available to everyone', period. I.e., if you can find my account somehow, you can see my public postings, Google account or not. So this is Experiment #2. Click on my 'Public' link. https://plus.google.com/106279627540580120308/posts Send me some feedback! Let me know if this works for you or not. I find I'm not shy about sharing to the 'Public' circle, and I've been increasingly doing that. My e-mail Short Subjects distribution grows very slowly. It's still fewer than a dozen people whom I count as friends. My 'Public' circle is seen by 192 people within the Circles world and by anyone else who can find it. Frankly, the larger audience appeals to me. Check out my 'Public' circle. If you like it, add it to your browser's bookmarks and revisit it often. If you already are in Google Circles, add me to a circle and let me know so that I can add you to my circle.
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The Beauty of Pollination If you love nature films, if you love the 'micro' world (small creatures), if you love color, if you love slow-mo, then this is the video for you.
Experiment #1: I've just embedded a hyperlink into the above photo. If you click on the photo, it should take you to the video in your web browser. Try it. Experiment #2: Although I've posted this in Google Circles to my 'Short Subjects' circle (which only you can see IF you've joined Google Circles), I've also posted it to a 'Public' circle which everyone can see (whether you have a Google Circles account or not (I think)). Try this link and let me know if it works for you. https://plus.google.com/106279627540580120308/posts Most of the items I add to my 'Short Subjects' circle, I put there as a supplement to the Short Subjects e-mail, as when there might be 60 gorgeous photos -- which would overload your e-mail In-Box if I were to copy them all to here. Other items I 'share' only to the online 'Short Subjects' circle because it's trivially easily to do so from another circle I'm visiting and not particularly easy to add to an e-mail. Still other items are shared to the online circle because I see them at lunchtime at work and have no access to my e-mail account at home. So all of those are in my online 'Short Subjects' circle which you can see only if you have a Google Circles (or Google Plus) account. As I've been thinking about this, there's very little I put into 'Short Subjects' (e-mail or circle) that I wouldn't be willing to share with a wider audience. I guess the inner Journalist within me is speaking now. So I've been increasingly sharing to a 'Public' circle. What is 'Public'? I'm not sure. It could mean 'available to everyone with a Google Circles account', whether I add them to my 'Short Subject' Circle or not. Or 'Public' could mean 'available to everyone', period. I.e., if you can find my account somehow, you can see my public postings, Google account or not. So this is Experiment #2. Click on my 'Public' link. https://plus.google.com/106279627540580120308/posts Send me some feedback! Let me know if this works for you or not. I find I'm not shy about sharing to the 'Public' circle, and I've been increasingly doing that. My e-mail Short Subjects distribution grows very slowly. It's still fewer than a dozen people whom I count as friends. My 'Public' circle is seen by 192 people within the Circles world and by anyone else who can find it. Frankly, the larger audience appeals to me. Check out my 'Public' circle. If you like it, add it to your browser's bookmarks and revisit it often. If you already are in Google Circles, add me to a circle and let me know so that I can add you to my circle.












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New Halloween costume?? 