Oops. I should have said that I agree with Al Geucia. Terry At 09:28 AM 1/10/2013 -0600, you wrote: >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/b4778186/attachment.htm>
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