Boing Boing » G+ http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Science shot of the day http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/science-shot-of-the-day.html http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/science-shot-of-the-day.html#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:34:10 +0000 Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/?p=118947

"Boom! Blood stem cells generated from skin cells." — From the Google+ feed of Erik Westin, post-doctoral fellow at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/09/22/science-shot-of-the-day.html/feed 6 Understanding the Nym Wars http://boingboing.net/2011/08/20/understanding-the-nym-wars.html http://boingboing.net/2011/08/20/understanding-the-nym-wars.html#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:55:09 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=114521 great (JWZ) posts (Kevin Marks) on the Nym Wars, in which Googlers, net users, and sensible people try to convince the G+ team that it's insane to tell people that they must socialize using their "real names," and to then try to adjudicate what a "real name" is. Both link out to the canonical essays produced to date on the subject, such as EFF and boyd, and add a lot of good context. ]]> http://boingboing.net/2011/08/20/understanding-the-nym-wars.html/feed 26 Boingers on Google+ http://boingboing.net/2011/07/25/boingers-on-google.html http://boingboing.net/2011/07/25/boingers-on-google.html#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:49:21 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=110602

If you're using Google+, you can find a number of Boing Boing contributors there. Maggie Koerth-Baker, Rob Beschizza, Dean Putney, Mark Frauenfelder, and Xeni Jardin, for starters. When Google+ rolls out support for businesses and organizations, you'll be able to find Boing Boing there, too.

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