what the buzz

WTB – What The Buzz!Your Tiny Guide To Google Buzz

What the buzz is Google Buzz.

Google says : “Start conversations about the things you find interesting. Share updates, photos, videos and more with your friends.”

Ok, this is cool, but What is Google Buzz?Googling GBuzz this is what you will find out:• It’s a Twitter clone• something similar to Facebook but faster.• a mess• a revolution• a new way of communication• a new feature of Gmail• a new feature of your phone• A thing where everyone is talking about everything … a mess.• And so on..

What is Google Buzz.

Defining Google Buzz is hard and maybe useless but everyone is asking me about this. So..

Google Buzz is a social networking platform, fully integrated in Gmail.

Where is Google Buzz?

Google Buzz is on the left panel of your Gmail account.

Feature 1 : Tell&Read.

This is your Buzzing interface

WritingGoogle Buzz has few writing features that you have to know to

create the best post ever.

This is the output :

Posting

You can post your Buzz to everyone or just for your friends or co-workers, using the same groups of gmail contacts.

• Use your Gmail Groups is easy :

Step 1: Click contacts on the left sidebar

Step 2:Click the second button on the contacts tab

Sending your first private Buzz

Embedded Intelligence

This is what your Buzz will look like.

Connect your Buzzy life

You can connect Google Buzz to a blog to twitter or Picasa and others.

• Just Click on the top “connected sites”.

Import Your contact to Buzz from Twitter

Here there is a cool link that explains everything: http://ow.ly/17uAv

Warning : This is very slow…

Refine your search

• author:<name> finds all the messages written by a specific user

• commenter: <name> finds all the comments from a specific person.

• Source:Flickr (Twitter etc.) searches Buzz imported from twitter, Flickr etc.

• -source:Twitter The service specified is out from results.

Cool ShortCuts!

• Enable your gmail shortcuts

Click on Settings

Enable shortcut

Cool ShortCuts in Google Buzz!

• Now you can use a lot of keyboard shortcuts to manage Google Buzz.

• Gb (fast sequence) : open Google Buzz.• Shift+l : like a message• r : reply to a message• p / n : previous or next buzz• o : expand buzzes• m : mute a buzz

Update by Mail

Send a message to buzz@gmail.com from your gmail account to post a new buzz. Image attachment works fine!

Help ME!

I hope you will help me to find other functions and tips to create the perfect guide.

Buzz-me or email : afontana.work@gmail.com

This is just a work in progress 0.1. Every infos is avayable surfing, I’m just trying to make it clear and simple for everyone.