Scott Cramer wrote this.

I'm about half-way through it. I came in with the disposition of "another Google+ help book for someone to capitalize on" and you know what? It's really spot-on. I will recommend this to a couple family members that I think I can get to switch over. Even if you are an advanced G+ user, you may pick up a tidbit or two. For the time (it's a quick read) you will enjoy Guy's style. Plus, if you care about helping out others in the community, it will be a great reference.

Thanks +Guy Kawasaki for the post (and the book) and +Vicki Elam for the share.

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(Mon03) In 1983 I saw a Macintosh for the first time and fell in love. I loved Macintosh so much that I wrote a book about it. In 2011 I saw Google+ for the first time and fell in love again. And now for the second time in my career, I’ve written a book about a product: What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us.

I wrote What the Plus! to help people understand and master Google+. I cover the essential Google+ skills: creating your profile, circling people, commenting, posting, responding to posts, hanging out, and sharing photos. Here’s what some experts had to say about the book:

“We didn’t expect over 100,000,000 people to join Google+ so quickly. If we had, we might have written a tutorial like this one. Lucky for us, Guy has written this wonderful introduction to Google+. Highly recommended!” Vic Gundotra, Senior Vice-President, Social, Google

“What The Plus is the G+ motherlode! Guy’s book will make you fall madly in love with Google+ and never look back!” Mari Smith, author of The New Relationship Marketing and coauthor of Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day

“People ask me why I like Google+ better. I struggle to find the words, but Guy Kawasaki not only figured it out but shows you how to get the most out of this new social network.” Robert Scoble, Rackspace videoblogger

My buddies at Samsung have sponsored free copies of the PDF version of What the Plus!. Go get it but act fast because there are only 1,000 copies:

http://WhatthePlus.com

Hope you enjoy it!

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I especially liked the knife fight! Oh… err… sorry. 😉

Thanks +Henry A. Otero for the post!

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I thought this was great… TV Stars teaching fans "Official Spoiler Rules" LOL
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6739482/official-spoiler-rules

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Seriously. They should make everyone at the U.N. communicate from showers. Non televised. Ew.

Thanks Ryan Dow! http://ryandow.com/ic/2007/01/27/shower-scene/

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For +Dan Wilcox and +Vicki Elam. You know why. 😉

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Courtesy +Halfdan Reschat. Let's just say, any and all ideas are appreciated!

Ergh. On second look at the original photo, those were pretty darn good (wonder if that will get me outta this?!). Except for C3PO's head. I just can't admit that one.

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Cramer Costume Contest – Star Wars Edition
Yesterday +Scott Cramer posted the photo below, characterizing the costumes as indescribably bad (goo.gl/Bliyr). Because of his statement I challenged +Scott Cramer to do better himself; a challenge he accepted and got his brother, +Keith Cramer, to accept too. This means it is time for another Cramer Contest:

Objective: Make a Star Wars costume which is better than the costumes in the photo below.

Constraints: As little help from others as possible. Buy as few materials as possible – use what is lying around; be creative.

Contestants: +Scott Cramer and +Keith Cramer

Deadline: Game of Thrones season premiere (April 1st, 9:00 PM EST). Photo of creator wearing the costume needs to be posted, even if the costume isn't finished, by the deadline.

Voting: Determining whether or not the costume is better than the costumes in the photo below is done by a secret, unbiased jury. The winner of the two brothers is determined through +1 comment voting; if this voting is found biased, the jury steps in again.

Loser Punishment: Wear Slave Leia costume in public Google+ hangout and more Google+ ridicule.

Winner's Reward: Google+ glory, including three days of Google+ honor/promotion.

May the Force be with you.

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If I go by the chart, am I being almost pessimistic or beyond optimism with that statement?! 😉

Another from +Marcelo Almeida!

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🙂

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+Max Love beat me to the punch with that quote on Marcelo's stream. Had to post! 😉

Thanks +Thomas Hawk for the post and +Marcelo Almeida for the share.

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Pain — Miami, FL

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Daughter made cupcakes for her Uncle +Keith Cramer 's birthday. She decorated some by writing on them with icing. Except… it wasn't icing. It was gel food coloring!!! 🙂

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Truly classic Danny Kaye! Well worth watching the entire movie. 🙂

Dedicated to +Damian Sanchez. He knows why. Unless he doesn't.

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I am so sorry!!! From about 3:05am to 3:20am, my G+ Mobile app flooded the stream by sharing a post of Keith's birthday surprise around 100 times! I lost count, so it may have been more. I have NO IDEA what the heck happened. Keith called when he noticed and I deleted all of them.

Has anyone else had this happen?!?!

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