I will take this opportunity to mention that because Google is kind of dumb and does not yet support their own service (Google Apps).  So for the moment I am using G+ through one of my old gmail accounts.  This bugs me as I assume I will have to re-do all my G+ settings when I move back to my primary account as well as lose all my history.  History may in fact not be important, I assume stuff that is older than a couple of days will not be looked at ever again, but I like the idea that I could.  It’s true that G+ does currently have a data export feature, but currently has no import feature.

As a application it seems that G+ still has a ways to go before it will be done.  There are some obvious enhancements which I can only assume will come in time.  I am making suggestions as I find them.  I am looking forward to having a social interaction that a larger number of friends and family members will have access to (most people I know have a gmail account).  Even the limited interactions I’ve had with people so far has been fun.  I will re-evaluate as we go along, but it looks like a solid service, and I have high hopes.

There is a large legal door being left open here, but this is still an important decision regarding software patents (and other similar IP patents).