Goodbye to the year of the Wave
Will 2009 be remembered as the year of the Wave? Google Wave is still in trial, and having played around with it for a bit, it is clearly still a bit rough around the edges. One tends to try and use it like we use email, and knowing where to put waves, where to find them, how to navigate, gets difficult.
It is a bit frustrating, and many people seem to think it is a solution waiting for a problem. However, it also has a very “right” feel to it, but it is caught in a dilemma – it cannot replace email until everyone is using it. As long as one wants to link it to old-style email with warnings and notifications, then it will remain just another collaboration environment. I think it is more than that, but I don’t yet see how Google will get it there. I long for the day when it can replace email, wikis, instant messaging, Lotus Notes, all in one simple online tool.
In the meantime, it seems to have sparked some creativity in the form of mini-movies (from the same folks that did that wonderful Pulp Wave Fiction):
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