Google Wave

ora · #1 October 21st, 2009, 07:33 AM

Anyone else get into the wave?

It is kinda fun, and I can see it has potential - not sure it is the email killer yet, but it is a step in the right direction, and email really needs to be replaced in my opinion.

This video explains hwo it works in an amusing but somewhat NSFW way (uses audio from pulp fiction).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcxF9oz9Cu0

Natobasso · #2 October 22nd, 2009, 02:43 PM

Seems to me it's google saying, "Look at what XMPP can do, join us on this platform". Revolutionising things these days means starting a framework and getting as many people to adopt it as you can. Even google knows this.

I wish I had an invite! Even though I poo poo it and say it's just a mashup of Twitter and Email and a google doc.

bbloke · #3 October 22nd, 2009, 08:00 PM

I've not used it, and have to admit I'm not totally clear about what it is. At first glance, it looks like a more sophisticated version of an instant messenger. Or am I missing something?

ora: Out of interest, what is it about E-Mail that you think needs replacing?

Satcomer · #4 October 22nd, 2009, 10:35 PM

Heck No! I am not giving into the Google overlords.

ora · #5 October 23rd, 2009, 10:51 AM

Email is an old protocol overloaded with newer features -hence why attachments increase the size of files. Use of rich features is unstable or incomplete, and if you get deluged with them it is oh so easy to get lost in the morass. I get a couple of hundred mails per day and in my industry i get off lightly.

Wave is an attempt at being rich, annotated, both synchronous and asynchronous, and all sorts of other stuff. It is faaaaar from perfect but it is an attempt, and a serious one, to move beyond email, which I think needs to happen.

Also weird as it is, you have to use it before you dismiss it. You may dismiss it anyway, but it is worth a look.

EDIT

I met this guy a few years back who talked a lot of sense about the issue with email - his line is don;t replace it but fix/augment it. Like http://www.gaborcselle.com/blog/2008...-in-email.html

**Giaguara** · #6 October 23rd, 2009, 11:30 AM

Ah so Wave is like facebook then

ora · #7 October 23rd, 2009, 11:43 AM

Oh god, I have ended up advocating googlebook!

DotResults · #8 November 1st, 2009, 01:49 AM

I'm looking forward to seeing what happens with Wave and other ideas like it. Email communication at companies needs a lot of work, plus managing lists and team addresses is messy.
Good article on Google Wave and Facebook Graph:
http://socialnode.blogspot.com/2009/...to-google.html