Andrew Maxwell

Web designer in Portland, Oregon

Entries for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Find A Problem On The Web?

This year I have been trying to make a point to participate in making the web a better place. I know there are a lot of tools and websites out there, and many of us use these on a daily basis, but how often do we notice a bug, or an issue and just move on?

Google Buzz Up – Portland, Oregon

I’ve been talking about Google Buzz now for a few months and now it is time to take it up a notch. I am organizing a Google Buzz meet up here in Portland Oregon. The meet up will be Saturday, July 24th.

New Buzz Post Static Link

One of the goals for the new blog design and layout was to bridge the gap between Google Buzz and this blog.

Communication: A Must For Any Website

Being a web developer I use many websites on a daily basis, some for my social needs like Google Buzz, Twitter, Facebook and even Youtube and others for News, like Google Reader, NY Times and the local TV news. What do these sites have in common? Almost all of them have no way for a [...]

How I Buzz

I have been asked by a few people how I use Buzz. I created this document so that people can reference and use it to help them with Buzz. Below you will find screenshots and methods that I use to help me with Buzz. All important items are highlighted in red.

Problems With Google Buzz Mobile

In response to the positive feedback that I got from my previous article, from both Buzz users and the Google Buzz Team, I decided to explore the mobile version more and give my opinion on it as well. Below you will find things that I think could be ironed out further to make the mobile [...]

Problems With Google Buzz

Over the past couple of months I have truly fell in love with Google Buzz, which I am sure you are aware of with my previous articles. That being said there is still room for improvements.

How To Save Google Buzz Posts To Read Later

If you use Google Buzz right now you will notice that there is no Star feature like there is in Gmail or a way to save a post to read later. Well I found a simple solution using Evernote.

Google Buzz Etiquette

I worked out some basic Buzz Etiquette yesterday. If you have any other suggestions please add it to the comments below.

Google Buzz: Started Sloppy, But Working Hard To Change

Since Buzz came out 2 months ago they have been trying to make Buzz the tool that their users want.