Google+ For Photographers And Episode 50 Celebration

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This week is our 50th episode! We give away a couple prizes to live listeners. Plus, all the latest news from Google including: Google Drive, new Google+ For Photographers book, White House Google+ Photowalk, Larry Page going to space and the Google+ for Photographers conference.

Guest Colby Brown:

Colby is a professional landscape, travel and humanitarian photographer, photo educator and author based out of Denver, Colorado. He recently finished his book called, “Google+ for Photographers.”

Discussion

1. Giveaway – $50 Amazon gift card and Colby’s book (Items were given away during the live event)

Gift Card Question – What was the episode number of the only show when two guests joined us?
Answer – 12

Book Question – Who is the VP of Google+?
Answer – Vic Gundotra

2. Google Drive – Comparison – TOS Confusion
After years of waiting, Google’s cloud file storage application is now available. New users automatically receive 5gb of free storage.

3. Colby’s Book – Google+ for Photographers

4. White House Photowalk
The White House hosted a Google+ photowalk for the first time. They say: The President and Mrs. Obama are committed to opening the doors of the White House to all Americans. Google+ photowalks bring the online community offline to photograph places and events around the world.

5. Google Space Venture
Google CEO Larry Page, former CEO Eric Schmidt and James Cameron have joined forces for a space mining venture.

6. Google+ Photography Conference
The top photographers on Google+ announced the “Google+ Photographers Conference.” The event will be primarily a hands on photography seminar.

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