Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-05 Thread Bob Giles 

On Monday 04 Jul 2011 16:41:26 Dino T. wrote:

Sent to those who asked. :) Hope you got the emails guys. Let me know.

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Dino,

Like Vince and Mac, I have received nothing. Ho hum!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-05 Thread Kris Douglas 
Google has put a hold on the invites.
On Jul 5, 2011 2:16 PM, "Vince Marsters"  wrote:
> On Monday 04 Jul 2011 16:41:26 Dino T. wrote:
>> Sent to those who asked. :) Hope you got the emails guys. Let me know.
>>
>> *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)*
>>
>> 
>>
>
> I sent you an email direct Dino but unfortunately haven't received
anything
> yet. I wonder if Google are queuing the invite releases until they have
some
> more capacity?
>
> Vince
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-05 Thread Vince Marsters 
On Monday 04 Jul 2011 16:41:26 Dino T. wrote:
> Sent to those who asked. :) Hope you got the emails guys. Let me know.
> 
> *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)*
> 
> 
> 

I sent you an email direct Dino but unfortunately haven't received anything 
yet. I wonder if Google are queuing the invite releases until they have some 
more capacity?

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-05 Thread mac 
On 4 Jul 2011, at 16:41, "Dino T."  wrote:
> Sent to those who asked. :) Hope you got the emails guys. Let me know.

I'm sorry to say that I didn't get the email invitation to join Google+.

If anyone did, and could now offer me an invitation, I'd be most grateful:
ammgramm [at] gmail [dott] com

Thanks!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-04 Thread Dino T. 
Sent to those who asked. :) Hope you got the emails guys. Let me know.

*Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)*





On 4 July 2011 16:23, Paul Tansom  wrote:

> ** Liam Proven  [2011-07-02 13:48]:
> > On 1 July 2011 16:58, Paul Tansom  wrote:
> > > ** Dino T.  [2011-07-01 14:37]:
> > >
> > > I didn't realise you could associate Hotmail or Yahoo addresses with
> your
> > > Google account, I'm curious now - not that I use them for anything!
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/23/getting_most_gmail/
> >
> > In my *completely unbiased* opinion, a wonderful, helpful & insightful
> > article. ;-)
> ** end quote [Liam Proven]
>
> Ah, collecting mail via POP3, I was assuming something more sophisticated
> for
> some reason! :)
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-04 Thread Paul Tansom 
** Liam Proven  [2011-07-02 13:48]:
> On 1 July 2011 16:58, Paul Tansom  wrote:
> > ** Dino T.  [2011-07-01 14:37]:
> >
> > I didn't realise you could associate Hotmail or Yahoo addresses with your
> > Google account, I'm curious now - not that I use them for anything!
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/23/getting_most_gmail/
> 
> In my *completely unbiased* opinion, a wonderful, helpful & insightful
> article. ;-)
** end quote [Liam Proven]

Ah, collecting mail via POP3, I was assuming something more sophisticated for
some reason! :)

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-04 Thread Paul Tansom 
** alan c  [2011-07-01 14:17]:
> On 01/07/11 13:38, Paul Tansom wrote:
> >Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica, 
> >preferred
> >by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base.
> 
> I have an account, to support it. It would be rather good if I knew
> some others also using it.  Like Ubuntu, it needs people's
> actions.
** end quote [alan c]

My main problem is that the search seems completely unable to find people so I
have no idea who is on there. If I search by name it seems to only use the
first name and not the second. I did manage to find someone once, but it took a
bit of playing around, a marginally unusual name and a dose of luck! I've used
Google+ more in the day or so I've had access!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-03 Thread Andres 

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- Original message -
> On 03/07/11 10:30, Paul Sutton wrote:
> > On 03/07/11 08:29, alan c wrote:
> > > On 02/07/11 22:36, Andres wrote:
> > > > i registered my email with diaspora* almost a year ago. But i did
> > > > not get any confirmation that it was working. Should I register to
> > > > a local one of some sort?
> > > 
> > > Not sure, I have a home page   but without a few more people I am
> > > slightly lost. I do not use facebook so my experience is a bit
> > > limited.
> > > 
> > Sane here,   registered with diaspora and got nothing,   thing is I am
> > not sure what I am meant to get.
> 
> LOL
> Like me!
> We should form a diaspora group 'what gives'!
> 
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so... You guys got a bit further. Does your homepage hava a url? I do use 
facebook and twitter a quite a bit. But no diasora and when i register my email 
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-03 Thread alan c 

On 03/07/11 10:30, Paul Sutton wrote:

On 03/07/11 08:29, alan c wrote:

 On 02/07/11 22:36, Andres wrote:

 i registered my email with diaspora* almost a year ago. But i did not
 get any confirmation that it was working. Should I register to a local
 one of some sort?


 Not sure, I have a home page  but without a few more people I am
 slightly lost. I do not use facebook so my experience is a bit limited.


  Sane here,  registered with diaspora and got nothing,  thing is I am
not sure what I am meant to get.


LOL
Like me!
We should form a diaspora group 'what gives'!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-03 Thread Kris Douglas 
I would be very grateful for a G+ invite if you have one going :)

On 1 July 2011 14:35, Dino T.  wrote:

> I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
> hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.
>
> Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls
> called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu etc. if i join a
> network, i want my id to be unique. anyone can create a diasp.domain etc
> with my name and claim to be me. Its a pet peeve of mine.
>
>
> *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)*
>
>
> 
>
>
>
> On 1 July 2011 13:38, Paul Tansom  wrote:
>
>> ** Alan Bell  [2011-07-01 13:19]:
>> > well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so
>> > now have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
>> > . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and
>> > render Facebook redundant. Discuss!
>> ** end quote [Alan Bell]
>>
>> If I could get an invite to take a look I may have something to discuss ;)
>>
>> Actually I'm in two minds, I don't like Facebook much but it does have the
>> killer feature of user base - or more specifically the fact that people I
>> know
>> use it (technically I have a Hi5 account because I was trying to get in
>> touch
>> with someone who used it and not Facebook, but it isn't a nice service and
>> I'd
>> rather they'd been on Facebook!). In theory Google should be able to use
>> it's
>> position to gain traction, and making it use Gmail for messaging and
>> Picassa
>> for photo sharing could give it an edge in flexibility (and instant user
>> base).
>>
>> Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica,
>> preferred
>> by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base.
>>
>> Somebody ought to do a mashup that combines something like Identica,
>> Wordpress,
>> IMAP mail with webmail, Gallery, Jabber or etc. using RSS / Planet so the
>> actual
>> service being used for each contact is largely irrelevant. Then it
>> wouldn't
>> matter what blogging, instant messaging, picture sharing, 'tweeting'
>> services
>> were used.
>>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-03 Thread Paul Sutton 
On 03/07/11 08:29, alan c wrote:
> On 02/07/11 22:36, Andres wrote:
>> i registered my email with diaspora* almost a year ago. But i did not
>> get any confirmation that it was working. Should I register to a local
>> one of some sort?
> 
> Not sure, I have a home page  but without a few more people I am
> slightly lost. I do not use facebook so my experience is a bit limited.
> 
 Sane here,  registered with diaspora and got nothing,  thing is I am
not sure what I am meant to get.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-03 Thread alan c 

On 02/07/11 22:36, Andres wrote:

i registered my email with diaspora* almost a year ago. But i did not get any 
confirmation that it was working. Should I register to a local one of some sort?


Not sure, I have a home page  but without a few more people I am 
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-02 Thread Andres 
Hi Alan,

i registered my email with diaspora* almost a year ago. But i did not get any 
confirmation that it was working. Should I register to a local one of some sort?

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> On 01/07/11 13:38, Paul Tansom wrote:
> > Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica,
> > preferred by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on
> > user base.
> 
> I have an account, to support it. It would be rather good if I knew 
> some others also using it.   Like Ubuntu, it needs people's actions.
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-02 Thread Liam Proven 
On 1 July 2011 16:58, Paul Tansom  wrote:
> ** Dino T.  [2011-07-01 14:37]:
>
> I didn't realise you could associate Hotmail or Yahoo addresses with your
> Google account, I'm curious now - not that I use them for anything!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/23/getting_most_gmail/

In my *completely unbiased* opinion, a wonderful, helpful & insightful
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Chris Rowson 
>
> I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
> hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.
>
> Dino,
>
> I would be grateful for an invite.
>
> Bob

I got sent an invite by somebody yesterday but I keep getting a
message indicating that signup is currently closed when I click on the
link.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Bob Giles 

On 07/01/2011 04:35 PM, Dino T. wrote:
I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or 
hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.



Dino,

I would be grateful for an invite.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread alan c 

On 01/07/11 14:35, Dino T. wrote:

  im not a fan of the multiple urls
called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu etc. if i join a
network, i want my id to be unique. anyone can create a diasp.domain etc
with my name and claim to be me.


As I understand it, this a major objective of diaspora, to be 
distributed! A centralised system implies that *you* do not control 
your data,  'central person' does.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread gazz 


On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 14:15 +0100, alan c wrote:

> I have an account, to support it. It would be rather good if I knew 
> some others also using it.  Like Ubuntu, it needs people's
> actions.


Agreed!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Rob Beard 

On 01/07/11 14:35, Dino T. wrote:

I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.




Could I also have my name put in the hat for an invite please?

My google account is trevorkevorson at google mail dot com :-)

Ta,

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Mark Fraser 
On Friday 01 Jul 2011 14:35:02 Dino T. wrote:
> I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
> hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.
> 
> Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls
> called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu etc. if i join a
> network, i want my id to be unique. anyone can create a diasp.domain etc
> with my name and claim to be me. Its a pet peeve of mine.

Dino,
If you have any left, mine's mfraz74 at gmail.com.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread mac 

On 01/07/2011 14:35, Dino T. wrote:

I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.


That would be good.  I am

ammgramm followed by the [at] gmail [dott] com domain

Ta very much!

mac



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Rob Beard 

On 01/07/11 13:18, Alan Bell wrote:

well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so now
have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
. . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and
render Facebook redundant. Discuss!

Alan.



Looks like you have 40 likes now.  I really must check my mail more, I 
think I missed the original e-mail about it :-)


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Tansom 
** Dino T.  [2011-07-01 14:37]:
> I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
> hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.

In which case my address is paul.tansom with the usual gmail dot com domain at
then end of it :) Only really used for testing sending mail in and out of
various places really, but I do have one. I need to get my head around the
Google calendar which on the face of it seems to insist on dealing with a Gmail
account so I never see any reminders.

I didn't realise you could associate Hotmail or Yahoo addresses with your
Google account, I'm curious now - not that I use them for anything!

> Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls
> called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu etc. if i join a
> network, i want my id to be unique. anyone can create a diasp.domain etc
> with my name and claim to be me. Its a pet peeve of mine.

I take the point, and it is one of the 'features' of a distributed system I
guess, but at the same time the domain bit in the ID is pretty much the same as
an email domain, so it is only the equivalent of somebody setting up a Hotmail
or Yahoo email that seems to match you.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Yorvyk 
On Fri, 1 Jul 2011 14:35:02 +0100
"Dino T."  wrote:

> I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
> hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.
> 
> Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls
> called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu etc. if i join a
> network, i want my id to be unique. anyone can create a diasp.domain etc
> with my name and claim to be me. Its a pet peeve of mine.
> 
> 
A couple of good assessments on Google+

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/07/alt-text-google-plus/
http://xkcd.com/918/

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Dino T. 
I can send google+ invites to anyone, just need a gmail address or
hotmail/yahoo that has a google account associated.

Not a fan of Diaspora*, simply because im not a fan of the multiple urls
called seeds like diasp.org, joindiaspora, diaspora.eu etc. if i join a
network, i want my id to be unique. anyone can create a diasp.domain etc
with my name and claim to be me. Its a pet peeve of mine.


*Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)*





On 1 July 2011 13:38, Paul Tansom  wrote:

> ** Alan Bell  [2011-07-01 13:19]:
> > well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so
> > now have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
> > . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and
> > render Facebook redundant. Discuss!
> ** end quote [Alan Bell]
>
> If I could get an invite to take a look I may have something to discuss ;)
>
> Actually I'm in two minds, I don't like Facebook much but it does have the
> killer feature of user base - or more specifically the fact that people I
> know
> use it (technically I have a Hi5 account because I was trying to get in
> touch
> with someone who used it and not Facebook, but it isn't a nice service and
> I'd
> rather they'd been on Facebook!). In theory Google should be able to use
> it's
> position to gain traction, and making it use Gmail for messaging and
> Picassa
> for photo sharing could give it an edge in flexibility (and instant user
> base).
>
> Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica,
> preferred
> by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base.
>
> Somebody ought to do a mashup that combines something like Identica,
> Wordpress,
> IMAP mail with webmail, Gallery, Jabber or etc. using RSS / Planet so the
> actual
> service being used for each contact is largely irrelevant. Then it wouldn't
> matter what blogging, instant messaging, picture sharing, 'tweeting'
> services
> were used.
>
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread alan c 

On 01/07/11 13:38, Paul Tansom wrote:

Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica, preferred
by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base.


I have an account, to support it. It would be rather good if I knew 
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Paul Tansom 
** Alan Bell  [2011-07-01 13:19]:
> well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so
> now have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
> . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and
> render Facebook redundant. Discuss!
** end quote [Alan Bell]

If I could get an invite to take a look I may have something to discuss ;)

Actually I'm in two minds, I don't like Facebook much but it does have the
killer feature of user base - or more specifically the fact that people I know
use it (technically I have a Hi5 account because I was trying to get in touch
with someone who used it and not Facebook, but it isn't a nice service and I'd
rather they'd been on Facebook!). In theory Google should be able to use it's
position to gain traction, and making it use Gmail for messaging and Picassa
for photo sharing could give it an edge in flexibility (and instant user base).

Diaspora*, if it ever gets going, will likely be much like Identica, preferred
by techies, but always the also ran to Twitter purely on user base.

Somebody ought to do a mashup that combines something like Identica, Wordpress,
IMAP mail with webmail, Gallery, Jabber or etc. using RSS / Planet so the actual
service being used for each contact is largely irrelevant. Then it wouldn't
matter what blogging, instant messaging, picture sharing, 'tweeting' services
were used.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Dino T. 
Sent you an invite Matt but registration is closed now due to full capacity.
Check the status for when you can use it.


*Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)*





On 1 July 2011 13:33, Matthew Daubney  wrote:

> On 1 July 2011 13:18, Alan Bell  wrote:
> > well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so now
> have
> > a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
> > . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and
> render
> > Facebook redundant. Discuss!
> >
> > Alan.
>
> Not having had an invite to google plus, the concept both amuses and
> confuses me. Should anyone wish to help clarify my confusion by
> sending me an invite (to daubers AT gmail dot co with the dot uk),
> please feel free :)
>
> -Matt Daubney
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Matthew Daubney 
On 1 July 2011 13:18, Alan Bell  wrote:
> well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so now have
> a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
> . . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and render
> Facebook redundant. Discuss!
>
> Alan.

Not having had an invite to google plus, the concept both amuses and
confuses me. Should anyone wish to help clarify my confusion by
sending me an invite (to daubers AT gmail dot co with the dot uk),
please feel free :)

-Matt Daubney

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[ubuntu-uk] Facebook page - now with extra vanity

2011-07-01 Thread Alan Bell 
well we reached the milestone of 25 "likes" on our Facebook page so now 
have a sparkly new vanity URL: http://www.facebook.com/UbuntuUK
. . . and we got it just in time for Google Plus to be released and 
render Facebook redundant. Discuss!


Alan.

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