I agree with Ron. To me, the problem is that it is web based. Terry Beckingham At 08:31 AM 1/10/2013 -0600, you wrote: >Yes, but it appears to be a _good_ web-based system. 8^) And at least >email _replies_ are supported, and from within the Gmail apps, replies are >even more simple. > >Kent > >Sent from my iPod > >On Jan 10, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft ><<mailto:alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com>alliedpianocraft at hotmail.com> wrote: > >>Ron, thanks for giving this a try, but the way I see it, if you can't >>initiate a post through email, then we're back to a web based system. >>That's what makes the pianotech list is so easy to work with. >> >>Al - >>High Point, NC >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Jan 9, 2013, at 8:04 PM, Ron Berry >><<mailto:berrypiano at gmail.com>berrypiano at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>Google has recently created a new service on Google+ which are called >>communities. It looks to me like this may be useful as potential future >>for the Pianotech list. This is different than the Google Group which >>already exists. I have created a Google+ Community called Pianotech and >>set it up as public but memberships must be approved. The interface is >>pretty simple to use and it is very easy to include pictures or videos. >>It seems friendly to email at least in receiving posts and commenting on >>them. I'm not sure about creating a new post from email. I have been >>experimenting with this using Gmail which is better connected to Google+. >>I don't know how well the email works with other systems. There is a nice >>Google+ app for IOS systems that works beautifully. >> >>Google+ is Google's attempt to grab some of Facebook's space. Whereas >>Facebook makes all your posts public unless you say no, Google+ lets you >>create circles of people with common interest and send your posts only to >>them. You can also make your posts public. You do need a Gmail account >>and use that login for G+. >> >>The only thing obviously in question is archiving. We don't know how long >>posts will be retained. There is a good search of the community to find >>old posts. (This is Goggle after all) I'm sure we will find other >>questions or issues as we mess with this. I do find using G+ is easier >>than my.ptg, and the mobile app for G+ is already created. I can see that >>my.ptg will be more useful for committee work where we want post to carry >>over to a new group of people. It looks like G+ might be a good option >>for something like Pianotech. Google is a major player and is committing >>a lot of resources to this. I'm sure this will be updated constantly. >> >>I am coming to like G+ better than Facebook as a communication place. The >>photos from my phone upload automatically to a private folder and can >>then be shared in any post. This makes sharing them easier. >> >>I would like to get some more of you to subscribe to this community and >>let us experiment with it. This is in no way an official PTG function, it >>is just a group of techie members experimenting with a new service. The >>Pianotech Google group never gained much traction. I would say G+ would >>be a good replacement for that. I hate to create yet another group, but >>this one looks promising. I also wanted to grab the name Pianotech for it. >> >>If you would like to try this out, go to <http://google.com/>google.com >>and set up a gmail account. (I would highly recommend that anyway since >>it is a great mail service) >>Then go to >><https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105661078186330061386>https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105661078186330061386 >>and use you Gmail login there. I will have to approve the memberships but >>will watch it carefully. I set it up that way to try to keep down >>spammers from joining just to spam the community. >> >>Thanks, >>Ron >> >>-- >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Ronald Berry Piano Service >>Indianapolis, IN >>317-255-8213 >><mailto:ron at berrypiano.com>ron at berrypiano.com >>http://www.berrypiano.com >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>Ask me about Healthy Chocolate! >><http://www.berrygoodchocolate.com/>http://www.BerryGoodChocolate.com >> >>Public Key >><http://www.berrypiano.com/key/Ron_Berry.txt>http://www.berrypiano.com/key/Ron_Berry.txt >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130110/1cc1bb12/attachment.htm>
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