Google Wave And The Dawn Of Passive-Aggressive Communication
We’re now a little over a week into the extended roll-out of the preview build of Google Wave. This is an important time for the service because many people can now finally start using it as they eventually may — which is to say, with their friends and colleagues. Of course, the backlash is also already in full-swing, as expected.
Scattergories: Toys & Games
Durability: 4.0 out of 5 stars Educational: 4.0 out of 5 stars Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars Scattergories is a really good game. Basically, you roll a dice which gives you a letter from the alphabet.
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.
Google Wave crashes on beach of overhype
I just got my Google Wave invite. No, I’m already out, so I can’t send one to you, sorry. But this service is way overhyped and as people start to use it they will realize it brings the worst of email and IM together: unproductivity. See, the first thing you notice is that you can see people chatting live in Google Wave. That’s really cool if you are working on something together, like a spreadsheet or a Word document. But it’s a productivity sink if you are trying to just communicate with other people.
Del.icio.us Auto-Complete - John Resig
A Greasemonkey extension that adds tag auto-complete capabilities to the traditional del.icio.us posting areas. This is a powerful extension which can greatly increase your del.icio.us posting speed. I’ve spent some time playing around with it, thus far, and it’s been helping me out significantly. The premise behind this extension is that it goes through your existing ‘Post’ page, takes the tag data from within the page and gives you auto-completion capabilites of it.
Windows Mobile 6.5 Arrives, Mostly Disappoints - PC World
The reviews of Microsoft's new mobile OS, Windows Mobile 6.5, are in -- and none of them are glowing. It seems that Windows Mobile 6.5 is more of a superficial cosmetic overhaul, not a bona fide upgrade capable of handling the mobile market's stiff competition. John Herman of Gizmodo says, "Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't just a letdown -- it barely seems done." Herman continues to say things aren't much better underneath the hood, and a quick peek "reveals an OS that hasn't been fundamentally changed in years, and which bears a strong resemblance to Windows Mobile 6.1, and a startlingly not-weak resemblance to PocketPC 2002." Staying far behind the race seems a reoccurring theme in Gizmodo's review. Herman also has strong words for Windows version of the App Store: "This isn't even a 6.5-exclusive service, and just about any app written for 6.5 will work on 6.1 and 6.0, and vice-versa."
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?
Google Wave's Best Use Cases
@arekkusu82: Realistically, Wave is just a new implementation of an old idea. You can acheive much the same thing with SharePoint Discussion boards, or Microsoft Groove (which was developed by a different company before being gobbled up my Microsoft), or ShareFlow by zenbe. Wave is extensible, but so is SharePoint. Sure, the real time translation is pretty sweet, but all the "oooh, shiny" stuff in Wave are just features. The idea behind wave isn't anything groundbreaking...people just think it is because it's a Google project (Oooh!
The Weblog - Freeware Game Pick: Rom Check Fail (Farbs)
ROM CHECK FAIL is a new action game from the developer of Fishie Fishie and Polychromatic Funk Monkey. Players have to clear the screen of all enemies to complete each level, but the task is made a little more difficult by the random switching of gameplay rules where ideas are recycled and remastered as an odd mix of arcade or console classics from the past. Use the arrow keys to move. The space key acts as an action button. Press the left alt and enter key to switch between full screen and windowed mode.
