Google buzz launched nearly two weeks ago and there’s been mixed reactions all across the board. I personally think buzz has a lot of potential, but it’s up to all the internet users out there to make it work. Right now it’s kind of a wasteland, sort of like Twitter was for the first year or so.

Why should you give a shit about Buzz?
Because I said so. And, more importantly, because it’s a new way to share information with people from around the web and keep conversations going. What makes Buzz different from something like Facebook or Twitter is the way it integrates your other social hotspots like Twitter or Flickr. If you want, you can have it set up that all your tweets from Twitter show up as buzz messages. I especially like being able to upload pics to twitter and have the batch of uploads automatically show up to my Buzz followers.

Oh, and if you use Google Reader to access all your favorite RSS feeds and decide to click the little “share” button to share a cool story, it shows up to all your buzz followers! HOLY FUCK! Isn’t sharing fun?

And the most convenient part of all: it’s built in to Gmail – the one tab almost everybody keeps open in their browser!

So why the balls should you follow me?

1. I’m subscribed to a huge ass-load of  RSS feeds and every day I find cool stories that just don’t fit into Albotas for some reason or another. Follow me, check out cool stories that I share on Buzz, and your boredom will be cured! But you’ll still be dead inside.
2. I’ll be holding special contests just for my Buzz followers! What kinds of contests? Sorry, but I’ll only tell my Buzz brethren.
3. Get a heads-up on new Albotas.com original content. Sometimes I go to awesome places and see some truly awesome things. I then post those things on my Flickr BEFORE I post them on Albotas. Since all my Flickr photos go to Buzz, you’ll get the jump on all the cool stuff I’ll be sharing. And there’s some pretty cool stuff coming up, trust me.
4. It’s better than being cold and alone! Think about it, you could just read stories on Albotas.com which is kind of a one-way stream of information, or we can be Buzz friends and share awesome content with EACH OTHER! Sure, this can be done through Twitter or Facebook, but Buzz lets our followers know whenever a new comment has been posted in a topic. This is a great way to meet new people with similar interests on the web.
5. Because I’m awesome.

Go check out my profile at http://www.google.com/profiles/brownkiddlives and be sure to add me up!