This article does a pretty good job of highlighting the reasons why Wave is quite the revolutionary product, and does a pretty good summary for those who can't watch the entire video yet. http://mashable.com/2009/05/31/google-wave-features/
Okay - I must say that I've started to watch the video... It looks amazing! Reading about it just made me crosseyed, but watching the video makes everything clear. I signed up. I'm no longer "old".
I thought I was old when I didn't like MySpace. But now on facebook, which I do use (though not as much as a young person likely does), I realized I wasn't old, MySpace just isn't for me. Same with Twitter. Wave looks pretty neat. I will definitely be a user. That said, I think some have gone a little overboard on how revolutionary it is. It is great, but it's not going to change the way corporations work or anything...it will be a nice step on that path, but not a transformative one, imo
I feel the same way....DAMNIT...I clicked reply and changed the page while listening to the video lol. Anyways, I still don't really understand twitter and will probably just delete my account. I'm not one to update my status every minute. I used to use myspace to keep track of my friends when I left Europe...but so many years later my myspace is never checked, I started a facebook that I never really check... And twitter...never really got into it. I'm only 25....but these online communicating things just don't do much for me anymore, I haven't chatted on msn etc. in years. Blackberry messenger is the only chat I've used in a long time. I guess I just prefer face to face. Big change from how I used to be.
Would you have to have a google email account to use this? Not everyone wants people knowing their email when using sites like Twitter, etc.
http://lifehacker.com/5288931/google-wave-questions-and-answers Google Wave Questions and Answers By Gina Trapani, After whinging loudly about not having access to the Google Wave preview, Santa GOOG dropped me an invite. Last night I held a Wave Q&A on Twitter; here are the results, complete with screenshots. I'm no Wave expert, but now that I've got my dirty little paws on it I had some insights to share. The question and answer transcript is here, plus those images. Note: Sadly we have no invites to share. Q: Explain it in 140 characters, please. I'm still a bit in the shadow about what it DOES. A: Simplest terms: Google Wave is Gmail on crack. Imagine Gmail, Google Talk, and Google Docs in one big inbox. Q: Does Wave require a Gmail ID? A: For the dev preview, I got a new Google Apps login at wavesandbox.com; not sure if regular Gmail will work at release. Update, on further thought: While right now a Google account is required for the dev preview, since the protocol is open and can be hosted on other servers, it's possible a Google Account won't be a requirement. I hope that's the case. Q: Share a cool use case example please! A: Personally I'm dying to co-write a Lifehacker post with @adampash on it! That's one cool use case! Also, it's killer group chat. Q:i wud like to know wht more features r going to b added up into Wave and mostly imp is when can it b made access to evryone A: I don't have a new features crystal ball beyond the ones already demo'ed, but it's supposed to go live later this year. Q: What is wave like in terms of speed? I wonder about its real world performance (like how gmail is sometimes less than perfect) A: The dev preview is super snappy, you get character by character live updates as your recipient types, real-time. Clarification, on further thought and usage: The dev preview is still pretty unstable, with regular crashes that require a refresh. We'll only know what its real world performance will be like when it's out there! Q: Would you consider Google Wave a "Facebook Killer"?? A: IMO Google Wave won't be a Facebook killer, but I can see it subsuming Gmail, GTalk, and to some extent, GDocs. Q: Will Wave be a Basecamp killer? A: IMO not a Basecamp killer (Google Wave isn't a project mgt app), but it will give Campfire a run for its money. Update: And maybe Backpack. Q: How well does it federate with email? A: The email federation question is a GREAT one. It doesn't right now, AFAIK, but I can't imagine it won't by release or soon after. Update: Rafe Needleman reported that the makers of Wave are holding off on email integration to keep it as spam-free as possible. Will be interesting to see how the email federation issue plays out. Q: So is it similar to a whiteboard sharing via WLM and some collaborative doc. editors? what makes GWave unique in that? A: Yes, it feels like screensharing or one of those collaborative text editors. Just, you know, in the browser. Q: Do you find yourself thinking more carefully before you type since the recipient can see it in real time? A: Yes! The checkbox that will let you turn off realtime updates isn't enabled yet! Update: You can easily create and distribute polls amongst your Wave contacts, as shown here. Q: Any news on when it will actually be available to the masses? A: If I'm not mistaken, at Google IO they said Wave will be available to the public "later this year." Q: What's your favorite gWave feature? - A: I love the SubEthaEdit-like collaborative editing (chasing cursors is fun!); also, wave playback is fantastic. Q: 1st of all does wave work seamless between windows & apple and also in secure business architectures, thanx? A: Yup, it's a web application so only a browser is required, all operating systems. Your Wave session is encrypted, too (https). Q: Is it really different from existing wiki or groups? A: It isn't. The Ah-ha! is the combination of features from wikis, email, IM, VCS, blogs & doc managers into one interface. Q: Do you think it's going to change everything about how we interact with each other? (Of course!) How soon will the change be? A: I wouldn't say Google Wave is going to "change everything"; but it does take online communication/collaboration to the next level. Q: Dug Wave real-time blog updates. Might B cool to see your fav bloggers as they work. Might be lil' creepy 4 the blogger though! A: It's totally embarrassing to know that your recipient can see all your ugly typos happen live (even when you correct them!) Update, on further usage: Everyone feels this way, and after a few chats you get used to it. It's really fun watching a message come to life as it happens, though it's a little less efficient, too. (If you watch someone type continuously, it's slower than just reading the finished product of that typing.) Q: Can you peel off a wave into a side convo? A: Yes, you can copy a wave into a new wave and drop other contacts onto it to have a side convo. Q: Now you mention it, how good is the integration between Wave and the other Google products??? Is it the app to rule them all?? A: Still early, but right now you can embed maps, YouTube videos and Google search results into a Wave. Definitely more to come. Update, on further use: I've also got the blogger integration going. Here's my Wave blog. Q: Will it help me to move through my daily 2.0 site slog quicker? Too much time in all this, need a centralized tool… A: Right now it puts messaging (email & IM) and document collaboration in one place, and more to come with extensions… Q: How does it work cross browser/platform, memory usage? A: so far so good on Safari & Firefox on my Mac. I'll keep an eye on memory usage and report back. Q: How can Wave help cope with info overload? Do u forsee there being a problem getting 2 Wave Zero like email? Does realtime help A: Google Wave has all the info (overload) mechanisms Gmail does: archiving, tagging, advanced search operators. Plus folders! Q: Is Google Wave close to iPhone/mobile browser friendly? A: It's not compatible with the current Android browser (haven't tried iPhone yet) but as the demo vid showed, it will be. Q: When's it supposed to launch? And is it integrated with reader? A: later this year, & I didn't see Google Reader integration… yet. Since it's extensible, that seems inevitable eventually, though. Q: What browser are you waving in? A: So far I've waved in both Firefox 3.0 and Safari 4.0, it worked well in both (tho I hear it's even faster in the Chrome nightly) Q: Is receiving and sending single messages quick or are there extra actions required. cheers A: As quick as sending an email; quicker if your recipient is online (b/c s/he could see the message as you type it). Q: Tell us if Google Wave is really the future of online communication A: Haha, I don't have a crystal ball, but it IS very promising! Q: Do you see yourself using Wave on a daily basis? A: Could be my excitement about the novelty talking, but once all my contacts are on Wave, I could see using it instead of Gmail entirely. Q: Is it as fast as the demo showed? Oh, and can you get every single one of us on Google Wave? No, aww. Please? No? Well, dangit. A: Yes, it is as fast as the demo showed. It's truly a WHOAH! moment the first time you watch your contact edit a wave live.
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I am waiting for my invite... it was sent today. since I am one of the cool kids I will let yall know how I like it.
Thanks for the link. Good stuff. I wouldn't know where to begin with all of this. I'm not into Twitter, so maybe I'll give this a try.
Looks Badass! However I don't see it replacing twitter. Could eventually replace FB, but it looks more like the Email+IM of the future, which is pretty cool since i've recently completly lost interest into IM and Emails due to the facebook chat & Inbox system. Looking forward to the official release with the non-gmail accounts!
As a geezer I've always wondered why anyone gives a rats ass about the minutia of anyone else's life or why they would want anyone else to know the minutia of their lives. It seems to me it would take so much time that you would actually miss the living; like the kids that walk around staring at their phone missing the whole world around them. Then again there is a lot of insecurity, confusion and loneliness out there so I can see how the validation of a peer group could be comforting. But as a platform for the development of innovative thinking this type of system could be hugely important. The spark of an original idea can be modified and mutated by collective thinking quickly, exponentially and indefinitely. Peer review can be fairly instantaneous. This could be an interesting development along the path of the human civilization process.
Does anyone know how long invites are supposed to be received? I have two people who supposedly sent me invites Satuday and have still not received them.
