Has anyone else reripped their entire music collection lately?

Last time was in 2003 so I had bitrates as low as 96k.  Everything is now 320k mp3 and I'm ready to re-import into Google Music.  Some interesting observations:

- CD ripping must contribute to global warming.

- CDs are heavy ~40 lbs of CDs fitting in .1 m³ (about 3.5 ft³)

- Gracenote/CDDB has declined in quality (album art especially)

- Price stickers bring back memories.  Tower records, FNAC and 32 CHF albums, oh my.

Nice thing is I can better judge the provenance of my collection and correct it.  Just received 3 custom CDs from Twin/Tone including two albums from the late-80s Minneapolis band The Wallets.

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Hi, I hear that you're having problems importing..  here's a screen shot that shows where you can upload an address book on the Circles Page.

You can also upload at http://google.com/contacts

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Faces in more places!

If you link github directly to your Google+ profile it's a little easier.

Originally shared by Malte Ubl

Getting author annotations for your Github projects in Google search

See, there is my face next to my Github project :)

How did I do it:

My Github projects has www.nonblocking.io listed as my website. That website has this bit of markup:

<a href='https://plus.google.com/116910304844117268718/posts' rel='me'>Malte Ubl

<a href='https://github.com/cramforce' rel='me'>Malte Ubl @ Github

So it says that both my G+ profile and my Github profile are both "me".

Now my G+ profile links to www.nonblocking.io as well (and actually to my Github profile). Those 3 things together establish a pretty safe link between my Google profile and my Github profile and Google starts to surface the association in search. Neat

PS: Only because I work for Google, absolutely positive does not imply that I know what I'm doing, so your experience may vary.

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A really well written, must-read article about Google's Authorship program.

And this applies to anything you author.  For example, if you're an open source developer you should definitely link your github profile.  Video and photo sites?  Same thing.

Most sites are supporting XFN these days so the more links to your Google+ profile, the more often your face will show up next to your content.

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MapMaker now supports the sharebox.  Nice stuff.  Here's something I added recently.

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Google+ history API code lab about to start in Room 2. #io12

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A video of the Google+ jumbotron at #io12

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This is #myfirstpost (public) -- these tips are as valuable today as they were bak then.

Originally shared by Paul Lindner

Help your friends find you! - another Google+ tip...

Add and verify all of your email addresses to your Google Account here:

https://plus.google.com/settings/general

This makes it easier for your friends to find you now and in the future! I've found that I don't know the gmail address of many people, but I do know their corp email or another alias. Plus if you lose your password you can send a recovery email to your alternate address.

Be aware that you can only associate one email per Google account and you can't add another gmail address to another account. If you want to associate email addresses to your primary account you can visit this page:

https://www.google.com/accounts/EditUserInfo

1) If the email is listed as a secondary address, remove it on the old account and add to the primary.

2) If the email is primary you can change the email address of the unused account and replace it with something like [email protected]. Then add the renamed email to the primary account.

Cheers.

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Added photos to Google I/O After Hours with Train and Paul Oakenfold!.

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Questions?  Stop by the Google+ developer sandbox or the Google+ history sessions.

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Originally shared by Ken Norton

One of my favorite Google+ features is Instant Upload. All the pictures I take with my phone appear in a private album online, and from there I can share with my circles (or not). For me it's a great way to remember my favorite moments, and strike up the right conversations with just the right people.

More generally, we think this difference between saving and sharing is really important for communicating online. After all: not every thought that crosses your mind comes out of your mouth :-) Features like Instant Upload give you control over how you save and share your photos. And today -- with an early developer preview of Google+ history -- we're starting to bring this save/share capability to other online activities.

If you’re a developer, you can get started with today’s preview release by visiting http://developers.google.com/+/history/preview/. With just a few lines of code your app can privately save moments (like a listened song, or a visited restaurant) to a user's Google+ history, and from there users can share those moments with others. Think Instant Upload, but for almost anything! In all cases, moments in history include attribution of your app.

To help get the juices flowing, you as a developer will notice your YouTube, +1, Play app purchases, and Instant Upload activity in Google+ history (with Search and Latitude coming soon) -- all for your eyes only, of course.

We're hosting two Google I/O sessions (Thu, June 28 at 11:45am PT and 5:15pm PT) and a codelab (Fri, June 29 at 9am PT), so you can either stop by in person, or tune in with I/O Live. Android and iOS developers can also use the new Google+ platform for mobile -- attend our session (Thu, June 28 at 1:30pm PT) to learn more.

http://developers.google.com/+/history/preview/

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Heading to Google I/O day 1. I'll be there all three days and look forward to meeting everyone.

Oh and make sure your socks are firmly attached!

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Have you noticed that there are lots more Sub Pop Records albums in Google Play?  Lots of grunge era stuff and more...

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I asked what time zone on the original post.  Not sure, but people think it's 6:30 UK time which is in about an hour from now.

Originally shared by Google UK

Watch a live Google+ Hangout with Rafa Nadal, tonight at 6.30. #askrafa .  

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Remember folks you get a free play if you use Google Play and are in the USA. If that describes you and I'm not already following you let me know in the comments or DM me via my profile and I'll add you to my Google Players circle.

Oh and here's 17 tracks of awesome.

http://iggypop.org/iggy2.html

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Gotta look good for Google I/O

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Nice to see Ultra Records titles popping up in Google Play including this one from France.

I'd recommend starting wtih the electronic-surf themed Tchiki Tchiki Tchiki.

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From Denmark - Burning down the wheels tonight'

The laser beams on the right sure resemble the Google Play logo..

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seulement disponible sur iTunes!

Greetings Ubloggers

Anyone want to help me complete my Shaka Ponk record collection?  I can't get you into Google I/O, but I'd happily pay triple and send you all the Google schwag you can handle..

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The Current described this well:

“All My Life” is futuristic gold that I only wish could loop on for another 10 minutes. Twin Cities vocal talent Jana Nyberg lends her chords to the first two tracks of this EP and it’s safe to say that without her this song would not be as complete. You can feel her body pulsating to the beat just as easily as yours probably will, and in an instant we’re transported back to the height of Studio 54. The All My Life EP is out now on Kitsuné.

http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012/06/local-radar-gigamesh-murder-crows-and-minnesota

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Want to make your blog stand out in search results?  Here's how you do it with Typepad!

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Getting ready to watch The Shins livestreaming on Google TV at the Bonnaroo music festival.  Gotta say the picture quality is top-notch.

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Here's a pop song from Switzerland to get your morning moving.

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Nice to see more tennis coverage on G+.

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Check out Duluth's finest bluegrass.

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So many photos of this bike in my stream :)

Originally shared by Mike Brzozowski

Seen outside the office yesterday. Possible explanations:

- 100 days before Burning Man, gotta prepare for the Playa

- Lady Gaga now works in our building

- New Google bikes are even more theft-deterrent (see how it's not even locked to anything?)

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I wasn't expecting LinkedIn to show up here. They have a resourceful blog and they hold some great events. I'll be interested in seeing what they end up doing here.

Note to my former LinkedIn colleagues -- verify your site by following the directions here:

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1708844

You can even put the rel="publisher" link in the head. No visible link required! Also contact me off-list about getting name verified.

Welcome to Google+

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Thought I'd add some variety to my commute so I'm listening to Couleur3 again on TuneIn. Sort of like the Suisse version of KEXP or The Current they're publicly funded and play an interesting mix of music.

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Here's a fun visualization I made last year for the Apache Shindig project using Gource. Learn how to make your own at http://code.google.com/p/gource/

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Here's a blast from the past. I wonder if the Google lawyers would let us slip a T-Shirt clause into the next version of the Google terms of service?

[FYI - I'm finally migrating my youtube videos from an old google account to match the account I use for Google+. I recommend you do the same, it's just so much better to have the two accounts linked together...]

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The new version of this great android app now works on Google TV.

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Thanks for adding me back, fun times over here in Google+ land.

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I was always a fan of John Peel. Now you can follow the John Peel Archive on Google+.

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Good new for Typepad bloggers! It's now much easier to get your Google+ profile to appear next to your blog posts in search.

Here's what you do:

- Edit your Typepad settings:

https://www.typepad.com/secure/account/profile/accounts

- Select Google+ from the Add an account popup:

enter your Google+ 21 digit identifier.

- Add a link to your Typepad profile from your Google+ profile

https://plus.google.com/me/about/edit

Edit your Other Profiles section.

In a few days you'll start seeing your name and face next to your Blog posts in search. Check out the example below to see what it looks like.

Enjoy!

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I don't comment on ongoing legal issues with my employer. However I think we can all agree that this is one awful sketch artist.

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A great deal @$3.99 for people in the US. Although I must say I like the original Hanging on the Telephone by The Nerves just as much:

The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone, Original version 45, Blondie. 1976.

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