By Edmund Despot

I posted my Blog in June, 2009 and I got no response. I soon discovered that more must be written, than just posting a blog. I found the dash board and started to interface with the dialogue boxes and I got responses. I am at the mercy of Google+ and I am hoping that they have the answers, after all they are offering a free medium on which to Blog. I have some rough moments, an individual notified me that he is taking me out of his circle. I am shocked!  The people I come into contact with on Google+ have varying talents and for me this is most rewarding.  Should I use a single Blog for all my post or not, it is a decision I have to make.  The Google+ software prompts you and this makes it easy to navigate on the Blog, providing you have some basic software knowledge. Sometime I am hopelessly lost, I utter, “Where on earth am I, on this Google+ page”!

Why am I not getting a response from Bloggers, I posted my first blog “Living in Panama” June 2009.  It was just the punch line no more information.  I was working in the dash board clicking on the dialogue boxes seeking some kind of reaction. I had no one to call, I live in Trinidad and Tobago a twin island republic in the Caribbean. In my country, Bloggers are few and difficult to find. Even at this time I do not know any individual whom I can call and get help to navigating my way around the blog. With Google on my side I am hoping that I will prevail on the blog.

With Google as my tutor, I am guided in the dash board and prompted, to follow   groups or individuals. Put names of people in  circles and name the  circles. I did. I tinkered around and I clicked on “View in Google”, one thing led to another and there I was, seeing the "Stream" for the very first time . Filled with glee, I am out of the dash board discovering and exploring my circles. So I am very cautious, filled with anxiety, as I charge into my adventures.

I am shocked, to have a Google+ member posting a note to me, “I am going to take you out of my circle”. I remembered posting an article on “Universal Children’s Day Nov 20”, then another post, about Cruelty on Whaling. I responded to the individual asking what had offended him but I got no response. However if I published some item that offended this individual or any other persons, it was not intentional. In the absence of a response from the individual, I am truly sorry if I offended you. This individual will continue to remain in my circle.

Thrilled! I am notified by someone that I was placed into their circle on Google+. Then the invitation came, “say hello” to a fellow Google+ for placing me in their Circle. I can still remember Marina Gomez saying “Hi”, she is from India. This is indeed a global family. There is also those that have tolerated, pointed and guided me, in the stream. They have done this by inviting and encouraging words, I appreciate this. 

After posting fifty-nine articles on the same blog, “Build the Pan American Highway across the Darien Gap”, I am thinking that this not the best approach. With this Blog I was hoping to build some interest in completing the 18000 miles long Pan American Highway. There is a 50 miles gap in the highway between Panama and Colombia, if completed, you can drive from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuaia in Argentina. To continue to spread the message about completing the Pan American Highway, I will use another strategy on the blog.  Google+ is indeed an experience worth sharing.

With Google’s supervision, I have been able to navigate the blog, I am evolving. It is with much trepidation I decided to use Google+ to express my views. I can recall days when I screamed “where on earth am I on this Google+”!  It is a challenging medium where you will eventually find yourself running with the wolves but I dare say, that, “I am in the pack”.  Google, sounds like a baby goooogling with saliva running from its lips. I wonder when Google+ is going to learn to talk?