Google Wave

I got a Google Wave invite today, which I had really been hoping for, for some time now. I was really curious to see, what was it that this new Google "technology", if-you-will, could do.

Truthfully, Google Wave is not a new technology, but a new way of communicating and collaborating online using a new and expandablee interface. The interface in some ways is like an email client or a chat client, where you pick someone to talk to and send them a message. However, it's more than just that. You can send them a message, watch them reply (complete with typing mistakes/corrections), correct their spelling, bring up a map that you can both see AT THE SAME TIME and edit AT THE SAME TIME, etc., etc. The possibilities are endless, I am sure, but the key is simultaneous communication and collaboration.

I am not doing it justice at all, but consider a chat program where you type, the other person types, back-and-forth, over-and-over. Or email. You send, wait, read, send, wait, read... Google Wave takes out the waiting part in some cases, so that you can immediately converse, share pictures, videos, ideas all online no matter how far apart the two (or more!) parties are.

Right now, it's in the invite only stage, so you have to wait for someonee you know with an invite to get you in, but once in, you can look at the different gadgets availalbe and start doing things together. There aren't a lot of useful gadgets yet, but there are a few interesting ones out there.

Once I get my invitations, I will start handing them out and see just what kind of fun I can have wiith Google Wave. For now, I only know the person who sent me the invite, so I will do what I can, but it will be quite limited for the time being.

Get into it, y'all! And Have Fun!!!

Cheers!

Slyde