The pleasures of Google+

Over the past week or so, I've been playing around with Google+, Google's answer to Facebook and Twitter. You can see my posts here. Whenever a new social media system rolls out, I give it a test-drive. Sometimes I end up in a ditch. Here is my MySpace page, last updated three years ago and now lingering on like a time capsule. Here is my abandoned Quora page. I asked one question: why does Chewbacca used a crossbow instead of--you know--a laser or something more effective?After I got some answers, I lost all interest. For the most part, though, I try to make social media part of my life. My rational explanation for this is that, as a writer, I ought to head for the virtual spaces where people congregate and look for things to read. Of course, I'm also lured by the addictive procrastination. It sometimes feels like channel-surfing ...