Mike Kaul talks Google Buzz

I just tried Google Buzz and OMG!

Oh, I don’t mean, “OMG this is great”. Well, sure, it is cool and relevant enough that we at Miyowa are prototyping it to incorporate it into our InTouch5™ product.

What I do mean is:  OMG, please not another social network.

I already network on all the standards:  LinkedIn, Facebook (multiple versions including fans of Miyowa, Fans of Pascal, my neice’s cool group, etc.), Twitter, and I continue getting requests to join all kinds of groups. I am connected, but it sure takes time and I am all over the place trying to stay connected.

I chat on every flavor known.  My colleagues want me on Yahoo IM; others want me on Skype, some on Windows Messenger, and so it goes.

Everyone complains that I am not “present”.  But, who has the time to keep connected through all these networking mechanisms?

So, Buzz on, Google, but I need filtering, aggregation of social networks, and a simpler, consolidating way to stay connected—not another social network.