Are You Doing the Wave?
To start with, try Googling this and look at the Google logo: ascii art Notice a change? Just a little Easter egg I found.
As many readers of this site probably know, Google today released 100,000 invitations to Google Wave. Due to the social nature of it, those who receive invites are given additional invites to invite others to Google Wave. Even though I signed up way back on the day of the keynote where it was initially announced, yours truly still hasn’t gotten an invitation (If there are any kind souls reading this that happen to have gotten one, though, I would be most obliged if you sent one to me – contact jack@tonysgeektips.com to get my Gmail address =D ).
For those who aren’t familiar with Google Wave, we posted on it way back in May. Google Wave’s goal is to revolutionize the way people use the internet. Combining Email, social networking, IM, and more into one tool with advanced GUI components, it looks very promising.
If you’ve gotten a chance to take a peek at Google Wave, why not share your thoughts in the comments?
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Well, I’ve had Google Wave for the longest time now, and I’ve tried out several aspects of it, so I think I have a few things to say.
First of all, like everyone else, when I saw the YouTube video, I got all excited and requested an invite. I saw (and still see) great potential for waves as the “communication of the future”.
However, the big problem is… Nobody uses it! Why that could be, I have no idea…
I think the big thing is: Everybody is so used to email that they see wave, think it looks cool, and have no idea how to use it (no, I don’t mean how to use the features, I mean what is wave good for). I wish there were a simple solution to this… Suggestions, anyone???
Really, while Wave itself is powerful, the real power is in the extensions/gadgets. With Wave Teleconferencing, or collaborative drawings with “Napkin”, you can do all kinds of stuff never imaginable with email.
by Nathan on May 20, 2010 at 3:10 pm