How Google Wave could transform journalism. Google Wave lets users collaborate live on documents.
The tech world is awash with excitement for today's scheduled release of 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave. Seems like everyone is buzzing about how the collaborative Web tool will revolutionize how we do business, organize parties, manage projects with friends, cheat on homework and market brands (trust us, we've seen the news releases, plural). The term "Google Wave" has been on Twitter's top-trending list all day.
For the last two months, while we've been testing the Google Wave developer preview, we have been talking amongst ourselves about how this thing could change (or add to) what we do. So, here's a list of a few wild ideas we had for using Wave. Collaborative reporting: You may notice that double bylines aren't very common. The process usually involves one reporter talking to and researching a few things and another following a different set of sources and finally combining their findings toward the end. Google Wave: Is the World Ready? On May 28th, tech circles went wild when Google revealed Google Wave at its Google I/O conference.
The response to and the questions about the new communication platform were staggering. Is it something I should use? Is it a game-changer? Could it kill email itself? This type of lofty rhetoric will always raise hopes and draw scrutiny. It's All or Nothing with Wave I have used Wave extensively since the sandbox preview became available, and I will tell you this: it breaks normal conversation conventions left and right. We know that the early adopters will use this (and forgive its flaws) in a heartbeat. Google Wave is asking people to do things that grind against the norm. Google Wave will either succeed spectacularly or completely bomb. Is the world ready for Google Wave?
One more thing: if you want to be in on the action, you better sign up for an account soon. More Google Wave Resources from Mashable. Solid State Group Tech Blog. First Thoughts on Google Wave Yesterday I was given my Developer Preview account by the Google Wave team. To say I have been eager to try Wave out since watching the original video is something of an understatement! I felt a bit like Charlie unwrapping his chocolate bar and finding a golden ticket. OK well maybe not that excited, but you know, a brand new messaging medium in a world where I receive coming on to a thousand emails, IMs, tweets and SMS messages of day is something to get excited about. Then I started thinking; is this thing going to add to the information overload, or actually help me make sense of it all?
Yes, it's a Paradigm Shift Is it an IM app? I think it's more accurate to say that it's a bunch of shared IM conversations that are organised like email messages and stored on the server for time immemorial. Another analogy - it's like real time email. Once you include the gadgets and robots, things start getting a bit out of control! User Interface It's pretty slick.