I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want

I want to be transparent.

I keep hearing people talk about how the Google+ names policy is meant to avoid fakes and pretenders, as though using a pseudonym is about pretence – but I don’t want to use a pseudonym and pretend it’s my real name, I want to use a pseudonym openly, I want to be transparent about it, just as

Shifting the goal posts mid-play is not very nice

Dear Google, Let me try and help you understand one of the reasons why there are people feeling very angry and disappointed with you. It’s this stuff Eric Schmidt recently said about Google Plus being an “identity service” – you see, … Continue reading →

Hi Google, no, I haven’t forgotten about you

I met up with a friend yesterday, we went somewhere nice for lunch and then stayed on and had coffee and chatted about this and that. Incidentally, you may find it hard to believe but the guys serving there didn’t ask our names, and we didn’t

Anything you say may be used against you

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Why would anyone want to use a fake name, I’ve heard people wonder, if they have nothing to hide – implying that if someone wants to use a pseudonym, they must be up to no good. Well, first of all … Continue reading →

But Facebook do it…

Poor Google, I think I can see why you might feel that it’s not fair – Facebook have a real names policy and they’ve got so many millions of happy sheep posting away, sharing their family photos and chatting happily with their friends, so why is this not working on Google Plus?

Only ten per cent?

Dear Google,

I’ve heard it said that when you decided on the names policy for G+ you thought it wouldn’t be bad for your profits because you’d only lose about 10% of the population – because only about 10% of the population wouldn’t be able to fit in with your names policy.

I guess what you didn’t factor in

Dear Robert Scoble

I don’t like: loud music tattoos TMI-type cycling shorts swearing racist jokes people trying to legislate against stuff just because they don’t like it. Oh, and I don’t think you’re a butthead – just a person who is showing a … Continue reading →

Is this the real life? the G+ Rhapsody

Monday morning. Jane gets up, gets washed and dressed and is off to work in a rush as usual. At the bus stop she meets that tall lady with the blonde hair who lives round the corner and they chat … Continue reading →

Hey, Google, let’s talk about our relationship

Dear Google, I admit I’ve never been a Google fan, but neither have I been anti-Google either – just somewhere in between. I have loved your search engine – no question about that, your search engine has absolutely transformed internet … Continue reading →

Hey Google, it’s me again

Dear Google, I wonder how you feel about all these people ranting against your Common Name Policy. Wish you hadn’t started this? Wondering why all this fuss? I’m sure you didn’t mean to get a whole load of bloggers so … Continue reading →