This Just Blew My Mind! Wave.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

This will effectively replace email, instant messaging, blogging, photo galleries, wikis, and pretty much any other kind of electronic communication.

Google Wave (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ)

[BarTopDancer]

I tried to watch it but I got bored.

[CoasterMatt]

Meh.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Meh now... This is going to take over the web.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

Here's how it works: In Google Wave you create a wave and add people to it. Everyone on your wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets, and even feeds from other sources on the web. They can insert a reply or edit the wave directly. It's concurrent rich-text editing, where you see on your screen nearly instantly what your fellow collaborators are typing in your wave. That means Google Wave is just as well suited for quick messages as for persistent content — it allows for both collaboration and communication. You can also use "playback" to rewind the wave and see how it evolved.

Read More... (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/went-walkabout-brought-back-google-wave.html)

[CoasterMatt]

Sounds like vBulletin- The ADHD edition.

[Jazzman]

I agree; Meh...

[€uroMeinke]

I'm intrigued - seems like an easy to use wiki to me, which would be appreciated. I think people will have to play with this format a bit to see the true power - does it really replace all those other services, or will it be just another overlay? If you create them for various purposes is it easy to manage a number of "waves?" I'll be curious to see how it all plays out - and if there's an iphone version ;)

[BarTopDancer]

Sounds like vBulletin- The ADHD edition.

Perfect!

[flippyshark]

I'm still back here in the dark ages avoiding Twitter - but I know I can count on you eggheads here to pave the trail for Johnny-Come-Latelies like me.

[RStar]

I couldn't watch the whole 2 1/2 hr video. But what I saw sounds interesting.

[innerSpaceman]

I couldn't make it through the whole thing either, but I'm very intrigued. I'm not sure if it will replace everything, but it should.

Yes, it's like vBulletin in some ways. It's vBulletin-To-Go. Every email can act like a message board, a wiki, an i.m., and if importing/exporting things from and to the wave, and the wave itself to and from anywhere turns out to be as easy as they intend ... then, say it with me now, this will be the Wave of the Future!

[innerSpaceman]

and, omg, keith .... you posted about this before anyone else did!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I read that Google is putting all its might behind this one, and that this is their attempt to truly take over, as it would involve everything we do on our computers, all the time.

Kinda freaky.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

I'll be curious to see how it all plays out - and if there's an iphone version ;)According to this (http://blogs.computerworld.com/google_wave_who_what_where_why_when), there is an iPhone AND Android version.

[innerSpaceman]

Kinda freaky.

I guess it smacks of monopolization, but it just seems Spockian logical to combine the various modes of internet communication into one form that can be used for any of them.


Could this spell the end of .... the LoT?!? :eek:

[keith - SuPeR K!]

and, omg, keith .... you posted about this before anyone else did!

I searched the LoT for "Google Wave" before posting ;) Usually the things I post don't really have a title and whatever I search for has already been posted, but as something else!

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Could this spell the end of .... the LoT?!? :eek:

No, but we could add a wave to a thread supposedly!

[keith - SuPeR K!]

Sounds like vBulletin- The ADHD edition.

vBulletin isn't happening in real-time though; it really isn't much like Wave at all... Everything on Wave appears as it is happening without any page refreshes... The wiki aspects of it make it great for creating a document quickly and collaboratively. Multiple people can edit at the same time and they will all see each others edits happening as they happen. When someone is typing you can see what they are typing (this can be disabled by a simple checkbox next to the input area), and in cases where you are IMing it can speed up the conversation because you don't have to wait to see their whole thought before you can start replying. Also, using add-ons you can enable things like real-time context spell checking ("Icland is an icland" gets corrected to "Iceland is and island", "I like been soup" gets corrected to "I like bean soup"), real-time inline translation (if you speak a different language it shows your language below what is being typed), and tons of other crazy cutting edge stuff. You can drag and drop photos right into the Wave from your desktop... No upload form. No direct connection to your buddy. The best part is if you jump into a convo late or a bunch of stuff has happened since your last view of it, you can use playback to walk through the convo and see it unfold, addition by addition and edit by edit. It's really quite amazing...

[Not Afraid]

I'm very interested to see how this plays out. Google has developed some really great interactive programs thus far.

[keith - SuPeR K!]

I read that Google is putting all its might behind this one, and that this is their attempt to truly take over, as it would involve everything we do on our computers, all the time.

Kinda freaky.

It's open source so it's an open system. Google isn't hosting everything either. You can install Wave on your own server and run your own Wave system. Your users can also interact with Wave users on other servers just like if they were native to your server.

Interesting note: This was invented by the people who created Google Maps!

[Kevy Baby]

Interesting note: This was invented by the people who created Google Maps!That doesn't bode well for how updated it will be: I've noticed that the traffic on Google Maps tends to be about 20-30 minutes behind "real-time." When trying to get accurate traffic info, that is an eternity!

[keith - SuPeR K!]

I've noticed that the traffic on Google Maps tends to be about 20-30 minutes behind "real-time." When trying to get accurate traffic info, that is an eternity!

Google Maps gets its traffic data from the DOTs and Caltrans... It's only as updated as the traffic info they receive. I agree that it sucks, but until the DOTs and Caltrans give them updates quicker we'll be stuck with late traffic info. After some research it appears sites like Traffic.com have some ground vehicles and other means of obtaining data which helps them stay more ahead of the curve. Traffic.com also includes individual incidents that may affect traffic making their coverage much more comprehensive.

Also important to note: This team of developers left the Google Maps project after launch to start working on Wave. It's likely they didn't participate in the traffic integration.

[Kevy Baby]

Actually, I like Sigalert.com (http://beta.sigalert.com/map.asp).