MOST IRISH people driving past trees adorned with strands of clothing know what it represents. And it's also true that people can often summarise their colleagues or their favourite things just by a single throwaway line.

It's important to consider this line of questions: "When someone speaks about you to someone else, what do they say? How would they refer to you? What would be the brief way they sum you up?"

If your gadgets define you, then you might be stereotyped as an Apple or Android fanboy. If you consider yourself "True Red" in Ireland, people will probably think "Cork" or "Liverpool" or even "ManU."

IN THIS THREE-MINUTE video, I offer a quick look at the way Google Plus appears on my screen after my first morning pass at it.

The information comes pouring through as an aggregate. For those used to the easy flow of Facebook, handling Google Plus effectively might be daunting. Interpreting--and leveraging--Google Plus is an essential skill in knowledge workers who attend modules I teach in the Limerick Institute of Technology.

Watch this on YouTube Produced with Camtasia Recorder on a Dell M2400 laptop.

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