Switching to pure HTML for Google+ badge, +1, and Share
As you may have noticed, Google+ has been pushing to an updated approach to rendering the +1 and share buttons. I for one have been a guilty party and have needed to update my +1 and share links on my…
A tale of two RESTful API queries…
At the suggestion of +Will Norris, I updated this demo code for translating URLs to activity IDs to now use a filter. The following code highlights the differences: < + '/activities/public?fields=items%2Fid%2Citems%2Furl&key=' + key — > + '/activities/public?key=' + key The…
A roundup of my Google+ posts by category
I have now been working on Google+ for about 3 months – boy how the time flies. Since starting, I have tried to grasp the core technologies for Google+ and been careful to document my learning in this blog. The…
Quick Demo: Back-filling moments to Google+ History
We talked about it briefly before, but it’s now possible to write moments in the past so that publishers can back-fill a user’s history with all the moments that they could have created. The following code shows an example payload…
Using the Google .NET client library with Google+
Overview IMPORTANT NOTE: This post covers old information on the client libraries. Please read this post for updated information. The first time you use Google+ and .NET, it can be a little tricky to…
Slow updates this week and upcoming talk next week
Just wanted to post something because I have been working pretty hard this week with Google+ history and using the API from .NET applications so things have been quiet – (it’s hard!). Also, a gentle reminder that next week I…
OSCAR, the hangout robot
A Robot in a Hangout I have been having fun recently playing around with hangouts and I thought it would be nifty to create a robot that can join and be controlled from within a hangout. Rather than wait for…
Retrieving Google+ profile data client side with the sign-in button
Overview profile data retrieval As you might have noticed, the sign-in button, used in the Client Side Flow Example for Google+ history and the Server Side Flow Example, is a very easy and lightweight way to integrate Google+ communication into…
Schema.org, Open Graph, and making links to your site from social look pretty
I have only been working on Google+ for two weeks and I have already learned so much about what Google is doing in this space and why they are doing it. I recently started learning more about the publishing features…
Novel uses of the Google+ button widget
I’m still learning the Google+ features for publishing but I realized how useful and simple it would be to perform various cool things using the + button. The following examples are just the tip of the iceberg for what is…