I’m actually pretty surprised that I would be this excited about Google Buzz. I guess it could be the fact that it’s integrated into a system I already use that makes it appealing. Or perhaps I’m tired of limiting what I have to say and read to 140 characters. If the idea behind 140 characters was based on SMS, and SMS is now outdated because we’re all sending emails from our phone, shouldn’t the next step in technology evolution be limitless character status updates? With photos and video attachments too!

I remember a service around the same time Twitter gained it’s popularity called Pownce. They tried to accomplish a social network based around status updates with no limits, and failed, while everyone jumped on the 140 character limit text only status update bandwagon. Maybe people are tired of this limit and Buzz will pull people away from Twitter? Or will Buzz be too complicated to use and the 140 character limit and it’s simplicity will keep their users separated for now?

For myself, I love Twitter and I love Google. So I’ll keep both. For now. I’m making an app that will sync my tweets with my buzzes and my buzzes with my tweets.(not really)

I’ve been pretty busy working on my current project and needed a break to let my mind rest and decided to try out Radiant CMS.

A few hours and I fully converted my website over, with a little hacking to get my URLs to match. I was very impressed on how easy it was to setup. I actually thought there would be more to do.

Anyways, I’m definitely excited to play with some of the extensions for Radiant CMS. For now, comments are gone, but they’ll be back soon I hope.

Also would like to mention that my site feels faster by at least 50%. Loving the built in caching.

Update: Comments are back, took all of 5 minutes to setup Disqus!