Table of Contents
Introduction 1
What’s in This Book 1
What You’ll Need 3
1 Essential Buzz 5
Getting Buzzed 5
Posting Some Buzz 6
Reading Some Buzz 6
Commenting on Posts 8
Buzz in Your Email 9
Buzz on Your Profile 11
Sending Individual Comments Using @replies 12
Buzz Searches 12
Posting Photos 14
Posting Videos 15
Connecting Buzz to Twitter 15
Connecting Picasa to Buzz 16
Connecting Flickr to Buzz 17
Connecting Buzz to RSS 18
Buzzing to Groups 19
Buzzing by Email 20
System Requirements 21
Buzz Policies 22
2 Starting the Buzz 23
Getting Started with Gmail and Buzz 23
Creating a Gmail Account 24
Starting Buzz 28
Following People on Buzz 31
Customizing Buzz 37
3 Reading Buzz 45
Reading Your Buzz 45
Commenting on a Post 45
Liking a Post 50
Linking to a Post 51
Emailing a Post 52
Viewing All Posts from a Specific Person 53
Following People 55
Unfollowing People 55
Seeing Who You’re Following--and Who’s Following You 56
Muting Posts 57
Reporting Abuse 57
Handling Recommended Buzz 58
Searching Buzz 58
Blocking People 59
Using Buzz with Mobile Phones 60
4 Buzzing 63
Posting Your Buzz 63
Getting Buzz in Your Inbox 70
Posting by Email 72
Posting Privately by Email 74
Knowing Your Followers 75
Editing Your Profile 76
Deleting Your Profile and Disabling Buzz 80
Uploading a Photo to Your Google Profile 80
5 Posting Links, Photos, and Videos 83
Posting Links 83
Posting a Link to a Buzz Post 84
Posting Photos 86
Posting Videos 95
Emailing Buzz with Links 97
Emailing Buzz and Photos 98
6 Linking to Flickr and Twitter 99
Using Flickr 100
Using Twitter 108
7 Linking to Google Reader and Picasa 117
Using Google Reader 117
Using Picasa 127
8 Getting More Interactive with Google Chat 135
Setting Your Chat Status 135
Setting a Custom Chat Status 137
Buzzing Your Chat Status 138
Inviting Someone to Chat 140
Accepting a Chat Invitation 142
Starting a Chat Session 143
Chatting 143
Ending a Chat Session 145
Creating a Group Chat 145
Chatting in a Stand-Alone Window 146
Using Emoticons in Chat 148
Showing Videos in Chat. 149
Blocking a Person 150
Installing Video and Voice Chat 151
Checking Your Chat History 152
Turning Off Your Chat History 153
9 Troubleshooting Buzz 155
Is My Browser Supported? 155
Error: Your Browser’s Cookie Functionality 156
Clearing the Browser Cache 157
Error: Oops 158
I Cannot Access My Account (Including Lost Password) 159
Error 502 160
Enabling JavaScript 160
I Can’t Start Buzz 161
Keeping Posts Private 162
Correcting Posts 163
Too Much Buzz in My Inbox 164
I Don’t Want Who I’m Following to Be Made Public 165
I Don’t Want Someone Following Me 166
Unfollowing Someone 167
My Browser Keeps Refreshing 168
My Password Has Been Stolen 168
I Hate My Photo 169
10 Gmail: Buzz’s Home 173
Gmail Basics 173
Signing In to Gmail 175
Getting Your Email 176
Sending Email 177
Setting Out-of-Office or Vacation Responses 190
Using Labels 192
Deleting Email 195
Working with Contacts 195
Index 199
