It’s taken me a while to figure out the niche for Google Wave, but I can pretty much see it now. Or at least what it is at present.
Basically, if two people want to have a conversation, and Google is the software provider of choice, Google Talk is the tool there, and it conveniently archives everything for reference.
On the other hand, if you’re after a conversation with three or more (especially a protracted one over days, weeks or months), that’s Wave country. Again, it neatly archives the whole thing.
Of course if you want to have just a one-person conversation, I’d recommend the Second Life blog, a friends-only post at Live Journal, a YouTube comment, a mirror, or this:
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Look carefully into it. Wave. See the realism and responsiveness? Now talk. Notice how you can hear your words very clearly, as if you were in the same room? Eat your heart out, Project Natal.
I look forward to seeing this technology repackaged as Google Reflect, or Microsoft Navel.
I’m not sure I’ll like wave for chatting with many, though I can see how some might. To me, the usefulness of it is in the ability to create mini-wiki pages live with other people. I can see it replacing basecamp for me, perhaps, once I get a better grasp of things like security and history, etc.
Good SL examples might be waving to share windlight xmls or tourist SLURLs.
Brilliant Tateru, just brilliant
we all love shiny things!!
The phrase “rapier wit” is not inapplicable
Although your new application does have a bit of a gamma problem. I can see the possibilities! That guy seems to be able to anticipate my every move… How do they do that?
Perhaps you are more predictable than you think, Scarp? could be Chrome Narcissism too
*shrug* I’ve read some blog posts about Wave, and I see it as something both complicated and nothing I have a use for.
Of course, I tend to be a late adopter…