Eric Lander

Having already eclipsed the 10,000,000 user mark (including more than 2 million in the past 32-34 hours) – it’s clear that Google+ has more consumer support and interest than projects like Wave, Orkut and Knol. With an incredible start out of the gate my mind has continued to race with thoughts as to how Google could innovate social experiences online through Google+. The late Dr. Carl Sagan once said, “You have to know the past to understand the present.” In…

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Google+ invites have circulated for a couple of weeks now and as the exclusivity begins to wane, curiosity of Google+’s evolution is on the rise. One thing that seems incredibly common is that Streams are too frequently populated with updates on Google+ itself – something that many users have begun to find quite annoying. Suspiciously absent in all the Google+ talk is an active discussion of how Google plans to make money with their social network.

I never thought I’d come back to the blog after a two year, one month and nineteen day hiatus to blog about Tom, the awkward looking friend we all popped our MySpace cherry with. But I have, and with that said, I’d like to buy Tom Anderson a beer for providing some interesting perspective on Facebook, Google+ and the topic of social media innovation.