Google+

Google plus has been the most overhyped product since the Segway. Google+ fails to do several things:

• It fails to solve any problems. I don't care if you are in a circle. Seriously.
• It gives me no reason or incentive to check Google+ over Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. The only time I check it is if I see a notification in Gmail.
• It is, if we are all honest, nothing new. You could slap a Twitter or Facebook logo over the Google+ logo and I wouldn't be surprised.

I do think that Google+ will be more important for Google search, but right now, the most over-hyped website of the century award goes to Google+.

Spotify
You may have heard about Spotify, but you can't understand it until you start to use it. Spotify has almost every song ever produced, for free.

Unlike Google+, Spotify wins in many different areas:

• It solves a problem. We pay too much for music (whether is be through iTunes, Amazon or CDs). Spotify has a free version. Last time I checked, free is better than the over $1,000 I've spent on iTunes over the past couple years.
• It's something different. It's a completely new way of playing music. Imagine having an unlimited iTunes credit - that's what you have with Spotify.
• Today, I couldn't wait to get back from a meeting, turn on Spotify and listen to some new tunes.
• It's social, without reinventing the wheel. It's integrated with Facebook, all of your friends show up in a sidebar. You can click on their name, see their playlists and send them songs. Easy peasy and beautiful.
• It's also super fast. iTunes = slow monster. Spotify = superhero fast.
• Spotify makes me feel stupid for ever spending so much on iTunes. I upgraded to the Premium version after a couple of days, simply because I hated the ads and I wanted to use the mobile app. It was well worth it.

If I were you, I'd stop making stupid circles in Google+ and start making some playlists and share them with me.