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Steph L. - Feb 13, 2010 6:55:48 am PST #12829 of 25501

this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I'm mainly surprised to learn that apparently nobody at Google has ever used Facebook

Or even heard of the concept.

I also don't know why they need Buzz when they have Wave (though I still don't actually understand how Wave works, either).

The reason I jumped on Gmail back in the day was that it was so SIMPLE. They really need to stop complicating my shit up.

§ ita § - Feb 13, 2010 7:22:06 am PST #12830 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I've worked out how to synch iCal with Google calendars. Because of the presence of the Missing Sync product for Android I'm assuming there's no simple way to synch OS X contacts with Google contacts?

Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2010 7:53:17 am PST #12831 of 25501

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

You can sync your Mac address book with Google, too.

§ ita § - Feb 13, 2010 7:58:44 am PST #12832 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

How? I'm not seeing instructions that don't assume I have an iPhone.

Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2010 8:02:07 am PST #12833 of 25501

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Enable Google contact sync without an iPhone or iPod Touch

§ ita § - Feb 13, 2010 8:08:03 am PST #12834 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah--I posted upthread ( ita "Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."" Jan 25, 2010 8:40:08 pm PST) about that. It's not exposing the Google option to me. I've tried with two different iPods.

Have you made it work?

Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2010 9:18:46 am PST #12835 of 25501

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Have you made it work?

Google contacts has always scared me, even before Buzz.

Are you running Snow Leopard?

§ ita § - Feb 13, 2010 9:38:44 am PST #12836 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Are you running Snow Leopard?

No, not yet. Next laptop, when I get that resolved.

I'm trying this now. Their command line instructions gave me the options within Address Book to choose Google, but iSync doesn't run because there's nothing for it to connect to. So I'm doing all the other steps. About to reboot.

§ ita § - Feb 13, 2010 10:21:57 am PST #12837 of 25501

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Whoohoo! Something worked!

All my contacts are now in Google!

Which, sure, sounds weird given current shenanigans, but it's not an email address I send mail from, or anything. Just a conduit to get contacts and calendaring onto an Android phone from my Mac.

I'm pissed that iSync spoilt me so badly this whole time, and also sad that BluePhone elite is seriously neutered when it comes to this OS, though.

And I'm having a bitch of a time getting used to the touchscreen. I'm pretty good with my decision to get a device with a keyboard. It's possible that the touchscreen keyboard that comes with this in particular isn't good, but I try it, and I'm appalling. Trying to use the fingerpads and not the nails, though. Weird.

Jessica - Feb 13, 2010 6:21:58 pm PST #12838 of 25501

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Google says Shit - um, sorry! We're working on it, I swear!. (New Buzz privacy controls to be added soon.)

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