Whats that buzzing in my ear?

So it's been about a week since the launch of Google's newest social tool and the buzz has finally settled (see what I did there?) so where does Buzz stand and where does Google need to improve? Several places actually.

I found it very interesting that Google had declined to pull your entire Twitter/Facebook feed into the Buzz stream and this is because when I first read about Buzz it seemed like Google was simply providing a central location for all of your social networking. That would have been reasonable considering it would be pretty cool to check your email and social stream all on the same site and in the same stream. Google instead went with building a whole new social infrastructure for the whole world to embrace as apposed to the tired model of building a brand new website and starting from scratch every time. With the Google approach, they are creating more of an infrastructure not just a site. The best part? Google doesn't go down just because users decide to get chatty about something.

What I have been struggling with, as I did on Twitter, is with standing out in Buzz. My main concern here is to not feel to loud and generate a great signal to noise ratio. I do this by generating my own content and only linking to things I really care about. The problem with this is I only post 2 or 3 things a day which are quickly pushed down when old posts and highly commented posts are placed over it. I had a great discussion with a few of my Buzz followers here and that sums up my thoughts on the subject.

This is by no means a full review, it is simply a couple things I felt needed to be pointed out and was frustrated by. I encourage everyone to try it out (and follow me!). It's a bit different than anything I was used to but it's become very useful for facilitating conversations with others users, far better than Twitter for this use. So go ahead check it out and let me know what you think!