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October 20, 2009

Google Wave: Why?

Now that I have Google Wave, can someone tell me what I'm supposed to do with it? As a normal human being?

Posted by Tom Guarriello on October 20, 2009 at 08:27 PM | Permalink

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you can live life normally on web everything is on live .. so its like normal life
i wish i can have invite plz if u dont mind cahmedc@gmail mwah plz plz : )

Posted by: twitter.com/ahmedyounes | October 20, 2009 at 08:33 PM

I've had it for a little while. Looks like another time-killer for social networking addicts.

I've been using Etherpad as a collaborative tool for my students to be able to build textual projects together.

It's beautifully simple.

Posted by: SydTheSkeptic | October 20, 2009 at 09:37 PM

Send a invite to me and I help you to use... Slaidel@gmail.com

Posted by: Slaidel | October 21, 2009 at 12:02 AM

Hi Tom, this video gives a clue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDu2A3WzQpo
It's pretty clear people really want invites.
Also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFHmyhy3yE8
Courtesy of @benparr from @mashable.
and http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html
I hope that is a little helpful. I think maybe you're looking for some practical examples. The google video seems to have a little bit of demonstration.

Posted by: Mike Pooposterous | October 21, 2009 at 12:50 AM

I've been afraid to ask what it's all about or to beg for invites, because I know I'll lose full weeks into it. Not that that would be a bad thing, necessarily...

Posted by: Ken G. | October 21, 2009 at 10:49 AM

Well, let me know when you get your hands on it and want to waste some time, Ken. So far, I haven't wasted too much 'cause I have no idea how to!

Posted by: Tom Guarriello | October 21, 2009 at 11:26 AM

You could send me an invite. :)

I assumed I'd get one as a developer with sandbox access. I was wrong.

Posted by: Bill Soistmann | October 21, 2009 at 07:50 PM

As a somewhat normal person I'd planned to do some fun things with the API embedding waves in my website - for comments, or perhaps as a communication page for the semi-annual family Christmas circus. But until they implement the public option (no, not that one!) it's not viewable by anyone who doesn't have a wave account, i.e. not useful. And the embedded waves I did with my developer sandbox account are not viewable by people with preview accounts.

At this point it's just unrealized potential.

Posted by: Bradley Wogsland | October 28, 2009 at 09:32 AM