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Google Thingy on the side bar
I put a Google Thing on the side bar.
I am not quite sure what it’s for… but…
I put a Google Thing on the side bar.
I think people are supposed to … I don’t know… something….
UPDATE 9 Jan 2226 GMT:
There are 99 so far since the original posting at 7 JAN 0111 GMT
Not sure if that is good or not.
UPDATE 10 Jan 0615 GMT:
Lots of pictures of people’s pets. Interesting.
Especially cats. What’s with that, anyway?
131 now.
UPDATE 11 Jan 2000 GMT:
163 now. Have you signed up?
UPDATE 15 Jan 1859 GMT:
229!
UPDATE 19 Jan 0312 GMT:
240
I have also joined a bunch of other people’s google thingies.
Good morning, Fr. Z!
Well, I used the “Google Thing” on the side bar to…become a fan? A follower? A friend? I can’t keep all this social media lingo straight. (lol) [You aren’t alone!]
However, it is good to see this option. (If indeed it is the you’re referring to.) I have a Blogger account and it has a “followers” widget, too. I’ve been mulling over a switch to a WordPress account but liked “meeting” other Catholics with the Friend Connect function. Now I remember that Google bought Blogger, so as long as WP plays nice with Google, I can still have that feature.
I always like clicking on the faces to find out more about someone. Hopefully more folks will fill out their profiles and add a picture. :-)
Comment by Mary Rose — 7 January 2010 @ 5:36 amThanks for the option, Father.
Comment by maskaggs — 7 January 2010 @ 8:04 amI have that Google thing in the sidebar at my blog too, Father. Go ahead and click on it…you know you want to… :-)
Ditto maskaggs comment. Thank you!
Comment by LarryD — 7 January 2010 @ 8:18 amI like the RSS thingie myself. I’ll have to check out the google thingie
Comment by patrick_f — 7 January 2010 @ 8:51 amOk, I did the google thingy. So does that hook up with the facebook thingy? Too many thingies to keep track of. Oh for the days when it was just email…
Comment by Agnes — 7 January 2010 @ 6:29 pmI posted my picture, a cut from my first communion picture, Many Many Many Moons ago. boy were things different then
http://germanegyptian.blogspot.com/2008/12/more-home-church.html
Comment by The Egyptian — 7 January 2010 @ 7:41 pmOkay, so I joined using the Google whatchamajigger, but I couldn’t find a Facebook dealibob. You’re now at 125 and growing. Isn’t it nice to have so many potential stalkers haunting your site?
Comment by TonyLayne — 9 January 2010 @ 10:03 pmI am connected … to the thingy.
Comment by Nora — 9 January 2010 @ 11:01 pmYes – it took me 2 months to get less than half that many! :-}
Comment by Vincenzo — 10 January 2010 @ 12:31 amNora: Thanks for connecting to the thingy.
Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 10 January 2010 @ 12:39 amVincenzo: it took me 2 months to get less than half that many.
Ummm… is that good?
Is this like golf, where the low score wins?
Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 10 January 2010 @ 12:40 amTony: I could add the Facebook doohicky also. Haven’t gotten to that yet.
Would that pick up all my “friends” on Facebook too?
Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 10 January 2010 @ 12:41 amY’know, FB is great in some ways, because I’m back in touch with many people I’ve missed for years. On the other hand, there is such a thing as “too much information”. And I don’t have nearly the free time I’d need to play all the games I get invited to. C’mon, folks, I got blogs to read! (And sporadically write.)
NEway, I think the FB dimaflaggie is a one-way gate: if I press it, it’ll send your blog to my wall, but it won’t automatically send to your friends unless you link it through a fan club application … I think. I know that your “friends” won’t automatically appear here as “followers” [disciples? :^)=)]; they’ll have to do either the Google thingy or the RSS button.
Comment by TonyLayne — 10 January 2010 @ 3:37 amI signed up for the thingy using the twitter thingy. I’m too swamped to stay connected to most of these thingys. My phone does a poor job of twitter updates and I’m too preoccupied with real life to figure out how to make it function better.
However I do miss the twitter updates for Zchat, which I haven’t done in a while.
Comment by nasman2 — 11 January 2010 @ 4:36 pmYes, I signed up with the Google Thingy… which is a good thing(y) ... right? And I’m hoping to swing by Z-chat again soon… which is another good thing-y! And I will take this opportunity to thank you, Father Z, for ALL that you do. You remain in my prayers.
Comment by SophiaGrace — 11 January 2010 @ 5:57 pmSigned up for the Goggle Thingy in the sidebar! Well i do have cat(s), but i am sticking with my lamb.
Comment by MaryAgnesLamb — 11 January 2010 @ 6:52 pmNo, I did not sign up. It requires a google ID or some kind of other ID which I do not have. I don’t want to apply for all these IDs if I don’t need them. I have signed up with Fr. Z to access his site, and that suffices. I hope.
Comment by Allan S. — 12 January 2010 @ 9:50 amI signed in with my google ID, although my computer still goes to this one.
Another way to say “Catholic” is “Cat-holic.” Surely our Holy Father is an example of this.
Comment by Melody — 12 January 2010 @ 2:29 pmI don’t get it. Why a Google thingy? Cats, I can understand, and Cat-holics, a very permissible addiction. Google thingies, I do not.
Technology frightens me.
Comment by Agnes — 14 January 2010 @ 11:43 pmBe not afraid!
Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 15 January 2010 @ 12:08 amI already had the google ID thingie for email, and the most attractive photo I have is of the kitten we rescued. I scare small children with my face, so I use the kitten’s instead of my own.
Comment by Tewkes — 15 January 2010 @ 12:38 amFather: LOL!
Comment by Melody — 15 January 2010 @ 12:56 amI’m just wondering… WHY? “Join this site”
Comment by liebemama — 15 January 2010 @ 2:16 amWhat does it mean?
Is it a better way to support you, Fr. Z?
But I do love reading all the comments about this …. thing-y.
I am a luddite. I do text, not pics. [My huz is the camera and computer geek.] I don’t get the Google thingy and other social networking.
Yet, I have put in a bid for a Kindle for the B-Day. [Can I still get it if my BDay is during Lent, as usual?]
Hope your flight is exceedingly dull.
Comment by Peggy R — 15 January 2010 @ 9:14 amI still don’t know what this Google side bar thing is. I’ve signed up to it, but my life has not changed as a result.
Comment by Magpie — 15 January 2010 @ 10:11 amMagpie, perhaps… it is not there to entertain us… I wonder if… should we … somehow… be entertaining… IT ???
I fear a heresy in the works…. At the sound of trumpets, lutes, cymbals, harps, and all manner of noise, all must subscribe to the Google Thingy. I say RESIST!
Comment by Agnes — 15 January 2010 @ 12:02 pmI can’t say that I think the google-thingy is a great feature but I signed up.
A request: I think a more useful thing for myself and maybe others would be a search bar on the side for this site. So many things are posted each day that even if I want something from a week ago I have to spend a lot of time scrolling and going back and sometimes pass it up and never find it. From experience blogs posted a month ago or more are unobtainable.
I know you can go to google and put something in the search field like, “search wdtprscom/blog for:” but each time I have tried doing this I don’t have the exact phrase for that and thus become frustrated during my attempts. Can someone refresh my memory on how to do that? To summarize, a search bar would be lovely. :)
Comment by Laurinda1230 — 15 January 2010 @ 12:56 pmLaurinda1230 –
I think you want to try this:
site:wdtprs.com then the word you are searching for.
Comment by Frank H — 19 January 2010 @ 7:22 amI second Laurinda, why not have a search bar and people who really really want to could still use Google? just a thought. I was looking a few months ago for a detailed post on cassock-makers in the US and abroad and couldn’t find it. WDTPRS is so full of information that an in-house search bar would be a great help.
Comment by Agnes of Prague — 19 January 2010 @ 10:45 amFrank – Thank you!
Comment by Laurinda1230 — 19 January 2010 @ 12:56 pm