There are lots of things in the world that Max Silvestri does not understand. Or maybe he just doesn’t pay attention. Each week in this column, Max uses the Internet to figure them out.

When I first heard someone mention “Google Buzz,” I thought they were telling me to try and find out what Kevin’s mean older brother in Home Alone looks like now. He’s still fat! But he seems nicer.

Go get em, kid! But I was wrong. Google has a new “thing” out. I don’t know what to call it. It is their best “thing” since Wave. Remember Wave? What a game changer. I miss that old game before it all got CHANGED. Everyone just started Waving. JK, that didn’t happen at all. I guess some people use it? Look, I am really smart. I went to school and I work with computers. But I never really figured out Wave. Will my grandkids make fun of me for that? Probably. Yes.

But this is what Buzz is, according to Google.

Perfect! Very good explanation. This definitely doesn’t confuse me at all. For those of you who didn’t watch the video, here’s a transcription:

“The first thing we all do when we find something interesting is share it. More and more this kind of sharing takes place online. Google Buzz is a new way to share photos, videos, updates, quotes, statuses, articles, dick pics, and other stuff. Because there is definitely no way to share information with your friends as it stands right now. That’s definitely something the Internet is missing.

“Boy, I sure wish there was a free platform to network, SOCIALLY network, with real life and internet acquaintances. Maybe there could be a profile picture of everyone’s face, so I could remember what they looked like. And all these things people want to share, arranged by their faces, would make a kind of constantly updating book about the world around me! I’ll call it BookFace.

“So you just post things you want to share with the people who follow you. Who follows you? Your friends, automatically, maybe. But also strangers. Have you ever sold tickets to someone on Craigslist and then had two emails with them? Yeah, you are probably automatically following them. Oh, cool, there’s your landlord. He can now read about what you are doing with your day. I bet him seeing your name in his Google Buzz feed reminded him he needs to change the memory card on the camera in that “smoke detector” in your bedroom. When we said “follow” you probably thought of Twitter, but Google Buzz is very different than Twitter. Because we own it, not Twitter, who we tried and failed to buy.”

This is actually what Google Buzz is good for.

In an effort to shirk my workload I’ve decided to roll out a new blog series that revolves around member uploads. That’s right, now my leisurely Friday afternoons perusing the internet is actually work. I’ll be publishing the best of videos I find here, every Friday.

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