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First ever Google+ New Your City HIRL (Hangout In Real Life)

brucekgarber — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:59:42 +0000

Google+ nycHIRL Feb. 5, 2012

First ever Google+ New Your City HIRL (Hangout In Real Life) took place in February 2012 with 70+ friends that meet in a Google+ hangout from around the word.

We gathered in New York City to celebrate our friendships by hanging out in real life.

Matthew Rappaport and Tiffany Henry organized a weekend that built memories that will last a lifetime.

We meet at the G+ HIRL HQ (head quarters) on Thursday night where there were a lot of hugs and kisses. Matthew went live ON AIR with his show Hangout Conversations with special guest Daria Musk and Ram Rich as a pre-show for the concert.

Friday we had a tour of the Google office with some free time to follow.

Friday night we were entertained by three of the most popular recording artist’s on Google+. Heather Fay, Ryan Van Sickle and Daria Musk. The music filled the room with fun and excitement that one can not explain. You’ll have to experience it for yourself however, we hope that by watching this video you’ll feel a piece of what we did.

Saturday we had a photo walk starting by walking over the Brooklyn Bridge, around the city, Ground Zero and ended by Battery Park looking at The Lady, The Statue of Liberty.

And just as fast as it began it ended. The first ever nycHIRL was over. But we did not exit the hangout sad, because we know that all we have to do is log back on and all our friends our close friends will be there.

We hope you enjoy this short video and feel a piece of what we felt.

There are a number of close friend that could not be with us for this event do to various reasons but made a contribution to our experience. I want to highlight one of many. But this man, this illustrator just makes you feel good when your with him in a hangout and I am sure in real life as well. Mike Searle created some artwork as a way to help us promote the event. Thank you Mike. Your work is great and very much appreciated my friend.

Thank you to Ron Jackson for capturing a video via live smart phone live hangout as we visited the Google office. A memory we would not have with out you doing this.

There are so many other friend to many to thank here, but we all know who you are. We hope to meet you in real life sometime very soon as well. And we all thank you for what you do every day.

Please feel free to share this post and video as a way to let others know that Google+ is here to stay. It’s the fastest growing social media network in the word that has so much power and potential you have to experience it for yourself to understand.

So log on, and lets hangout!

Google+ NYC Photowalk Contest Images

brucekgarber — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:55:20 +0000

Here are the Google Plus NYC Photowalk Contest Images recorded by our friends during the first ever New York City Google+ Hangout In Real Life (#nycHIRL) put to music of +Ryan Van Sickle who also walked the G+ photo walk with us.
This photo walk was organized by Photographer Daniel Enloe.

Great time with so many great artists.

Sarah Hill_U_News Behind Scenes via Google Plus On-Air Hangout

brucekgarber — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:21:24 +0000

Here is a short segment of us as we spoke about some new On Air features from Google+ from U_News uses G+ Hangouts as a “back channel” of sorts to interact with viewers during the show and also give people a forum to comment about the day’s news.

This video clip is behind the scenes of yesterday’s show. We had about 6 co-hosts on yesterday’s show from all around the globe. U_News airs on +KOMU 8 News , the NBC affiliate in Columbia, MO. KOMU-TV is also the training lab for the Missouri School of Journalism, so students are also learning how to integrate this Hangout technology into their crowd sourcing and their storytelling.

Daria Musk – Google+ Hangout Concert Album L+VE

brucekgarber — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:31:57 +0000

Fun to hangout with Daria Musk and her producer RAM Rich last night for her Google+ Hangout Concert Album L+VE.
Here’s the video +1 Me with a special saxophone intro.

Daria Musk LIVE at Google Seattle WA 11/11/11

brucekgarber — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:18:15 +0000

Tonight Daria Musk performed a musical concert at the Google office in Seattle Washington. Chee Chew introduced Daria Musk as she performed a one hour long concert to the Google employees. David Bennett along with a room full of our Google friends were their.

Daria Musk started the concert off with her new hit +1 (plus one me) me that she wrote about her and our Google+ experience.

Thank you to Chee Chew and the entire Google+ team for giving us this space to play in. We are having the time of our life and meeting so many very nice people.

Thank you to Taylor Guitars ( Taylor Guitars ) for supplying our friend Daria Musk with the acoustic and electric guitars she played tonight.

And of course a big thank you to our very good friend Daria Musk for taking us with her (as Daria put’s say’s) in her pocket and on her laptop, sharing her experience with us where ever she goes.

This is what live social and now is all about.

We had the opportunity to stream this concert live and record it tonight.

To learn more please visit HanoutNation.org and bruceKgarber.com

Thank you for watching.

cc: Katherine Gramann

Daria Musk Concert Rehearsal 10-23-2011

brucekgarber — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:58:43 +0000

Daria Musk joined us tonight in our hangout for a rehearsal for her up coming concert kinking off tomorrow afternoon in New York.
We wish Daria Musk the very best with her tour.
It’s so nice that she takes along with her where ever she goes and everything she does.
Thank you very much Daria from your G+ fans.

I’m A Caricature

brucekgarber — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:16:15 +0000

My friend from Bearman Cartoons captured me as a caricature.
Very nice work. I like it a lot.

NewzGuy-HangoutBuddies

brucekgarber — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:07:22 +0000

Thank you very much my good friend Ron Jackson star of both the big and small screen as well as the air waves. It is so very cool that NewZGuy made an appearance this weekend as promised. What a great surprise that a busy man like NewzGuy made the time to report on his friends from the Google+ Hangout.

Sarah Hill at The Reynolds Journalism Institute – Oct. 10, 2011

brucekgarber — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:55:44 +0000

My friend Sarah Hill an interactive anchor that sits on the news desk at of KOMU 8 U-News gave a presentation today at The Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri.

It was so nice of Sarah to invite me (Bruce Garber) along with our friends Robert Redl, Mike Downes, Michael Nast, Michele Spry, Kempton Lam, and Joseph Puglisi into this Google+ hangout to help teach and share with these students about this new and exciting technology.

I was able to stream Sarah Hill and this presentation and is now available on demand.

Interactive News Presented To Students via Google+ Hangout

brucekgarber — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:40:35 +0000

On September 24, 2011 While I was attending PodCamp Boston 6 at the Microsoft N.E.R.D. center in Boston I took part in a Google+ hangout with +Sarah Hill The Interactive Anchor/Reporter at KOMU-TV. Host of U_News @ 4, an interactive conversation about “U” and today’s news.

As Sarah spoke to auditorium of students and parents calling us her international inner circle.

All had heard of Google Plus but none had heard of Hangouts.

We demonstrated one and you should have seen the look on their faces. Don’t you just love seeing the first Hangout aha moment?

+Peter McDermott simulated a breaking news event on his Ipad2 walking around neighborhood, I was impressed with the video quality.

Thanks for helping me demonstrate Hangout’s use in TV News +Kim Beasley +Bruce Garber +Mike Downes +Laurent Jean Philippe Ravalec +Dolidh Young +Alejandro Fernandez-Lovo +Joseph Puglisi

video originally screen captured and shared by +Kim Beasley