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- villainstyle, on 11/15/2009, -0/+126i don't want my co-workers to know that i actually don't do a damn thing.
- theaceoface, on 11/15/2009, -2/+126I still don't know what the ***** google wave is
- BigJMcCarthy, on 11/15/2009, -1/+113I don't want my co-workers to know how slow I type.
- robwhite1979, on 11/15/2009, -5/+105Google Wave: The Segway of the web.
- ShootTheCore, on 11/15/2009, -2/+41I think we're just scratching the surface of what could be achieved with this thing. I wouldn't go quite as far as saying it is as much of a revolution of e-mail, but it's certainly the evolution of IM. Sort of a cross between IM and those business virtual meeting programs.
- whiteyMcBrown, on 11/15/2009, -4/+30I appreciate the hard work that must have gone into Wave, but I still haven't seen a compelling use for it. It seems like an incredibly messy way to work. I like methods like email because you don't have to do things in real time; you have time to rethink ideas and edit before you post. Not everything said in the history of a project needs to be captured; indeed, it's the ongoing parsing of this information that slows projects down. I like things like SVN for working with files because people are checking things out and not deleting a paragraph while I'm making changes to a sentence in it. I like tracking changes to see what people are saying and using something like Basecamp to have conversations about certain elements of a project.
When I work in collaboration with others in real life, I'll take the paper, do something on it and then pass it back to them for them to edit, based on their expertise. We don't both draw a diagram at the exact same time or work on different parts of an article with our pens on the page at the same time. We'd be ruining each others' work and not seeing context for every change. We don't have to both be available at the same time.
Perhaps someone will prove me wrong and show me a really great example of Google Wave, but I haven't seem a compelling use yet. In fact, I see better options for each of the uses. Search, maps, and mail are great, but so far Wave looks like a dud. - miffelplix, on 11/15/2009, -1/+18Collaboration is helpful is certain endeavors, but harmful to others. Like most new technologies, I suspect this one will be over-employed, with less than successful results. As the saying goes, "A camel is a horse designed by committee."
- dawgma, on 11/15/2009, -1/+16It may not be important to see every character, but to see a message as it is being typed can be useful during chat as it will speed up the conversation (you've already read the message by the time they are done typing). Also, I'm sure it would be helpful in collaborative circumstances where you can review what people are typing as they do it. You don't have to wait a minute or two to correct someone if you spot they are on the wrong track.
- dutchguilder2, on 11/15/2009, -3/+18Google Wave is too hard to understand: http://easiertounderstandthanwave.com/
- tacojohn48, on 11/15/2009, -0/+15a system for creating real time wikis.
- HeavyWave, on 11/15/2009, -2/+16Have you even watched the videos? There are numerous applications. Google Wave is just a platform, who knows what will emerge from it.
- themastersb, on 11/15/2009, -1/+15You wouldn't know it, but before submitting this I was going to type "***** YOU!". Luckily this isn't Google Wave.
- dawgma, on 11/15/2009, -1/+14you can disable the feature that shows your text as you type it. Instead, you can click to submit once you've finished composing.
- sporkit, on 11/16/2009, -0/+12What? You didn't have time to watch the two hour presentation on Google's site?
- manogamez, on 11/15/2009, -3/+15This author really doesn't see the true potential of google wave.
Have any of you had to organize parties/dinners in less than an hour?
There's a gadget for that:
http://wavety.com/who-is-coming-gadget/
Want to play chess/backgammon/sudoku live with a friend (or a couple of friends)?
http://bulatgafurov.name/gadgets/chess.xml
http://blah.appspot.com/wave/sudoku/sudoku.xml
Need to show someone where you're apartment is on a live map? How about you and your friend mark the spots on the map where you want to visit on a roadtrip?
http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/101415 ...
Quick polls?
There's one built right into the Wave.
Want to start a bidding war between friends?
http://wavety.com/bidder-gadget/#more-190
ENDLESS possibilities. These are just the gadgets! - cJw314, on 11/15/2009, -2/+12
Main Entry: pro·ac·tive
Pronunciation: \(ˌ)prō-ˈak-tiv\
Function: adjective
Date: 1933
1 [1pro-] : relating to, caused by, or being interference between previous learning and the recall or performance of later learning <proactive inhibition of memory>
2 [2pro- + reactive] : acting in anticipation of future problems, needs, or changes
— pro·ac·tive·ly adverb
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proactiv ... - AngelX, on 11/16/2009, -0/+9Hah, dugg for the "Complicated" midi
- ChromaVita, on 11/15/2009, -0/+9Wow that's a nice MIDI file you got there.
- pyro0, on 11/16/2009, -0/+9http://i.imgur.com/zVn91.jpg
- hoist0that0rag, on 11/15/2009, -2/+10dugg for the shared hate of corporatespeak.
- z0rk, on 11/15/2009, -3/+11Just got my account a few days ago, so far i think it's rather neat.
- Heretushi, on 11/15/2009, -0/+7The tech seems nice, however given the limited access to Wave, I feel it's quite useless for now. :S
- dawgma, on 11/15/2009, -2/+9all the real-time stuff is pretty much optional. you can set up a wave to be operate as a more static object.
I think it's actually a cleaner way to send and manage emails, at the very least. I could see myself using the wave to handle emails at first.. and I might delve into the other features as time goes on. - hoist0that0rag, on 11/15/2009, -1/+7buried for use of the word "extravaganza". this is not a used car lot or mattress store.
- Speedy7, on 11/15/2009, -3/+9Certainly impressive.
- cJw314, on 11/16/2009, -0/+6"where did you find that?"
At http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proactiv ... you stupid bastard.
Do you have a dictionary in your house? Better yet, have you ever even SEEN a dictionary? Wait... what am I thinking - can you even read? - Nereus90, on 11/16/2009, -0/+6I invited rbreece and xerophon.
- festriaqua, on 11/16/2009, -0/+5free invite
https://wave.google.com/wave/invite?a=pre&wtok ... - muzfuz, on 11/15/2009, -1/+6Is it possible to install any of these extensions yet?
Gravity would be very useful. - Nephersir7, on 11/15/2009, -0/+4Just got my 8 invites. Who wants one?
M8R-j1evjs@mailinator.com - Nereus90, on 11/16/2009, -0/+4I invited you. They say it takes a while to go through though. Other people I've invited say it took like 2 days or something.
- Nephersir7, on 11/15/2009, -0/+4I do
- Lucid00, on 11/15/2009, -1/+5Yea, it's hard to say. I mean the one thing that e-mail has gained a lot of use with is notifications and Wave is definitely too complex for that area (Google has talked about e-mail integration with Wave, but they haven't prioritized it, I think they should).
- bacon_skoda, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3IM is like Taylor Swift accepting her award.
Google Wave is like Taylor Swift accepting her award with a collaborative Kanye. - Wakuko, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3Oh come on, that was easy
men = beer + sex
Now, change it to wave vs women and wave would be a walk in the park - kalvinb, on 11/15/2009, -2/+5Why would there even be an option to show every character you type besides it simply being possible?
- Nereus90, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3Invited.
- HeavyWave, on 11/15/2009, -1/+4Does anyone have an invite?
- rumblestrut, on 11/15/2009, -7/+10So, because you work in a way differently than Wave does, it's a dud? That's some failed logic.
I'm working with a business partner to on a web project and we're using Wave and loving it. It beats the hell out of email, and when we're ready to add others into the work flow, all we'll have to so (providing they have a Wave account, which is a shortfall at the moment) is add them to the Wave and they can see where we've been.
Don't discredit something just because it's different than how you do things. - directedition, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3so google wave's chat app is a web version of UNIX Talk?
- Nereus90, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3Invited, takes a couple days to go through I think.
- Nereus90, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3Done.
- JStraum, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3...and why does it feel like I'm missing something?
- maffiou, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3Isn't there a way of coming up with wave template for specific purposes? I could see a template for a website brainstorming, product launch, wedding planing... etc... With predefined sections and elements...
But maybe I've misunderstood what Wave is about... - Nereus90, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3Invited
- derektherock42, on 11/15/2009, -0/+3I have four invites. Anyone want one?
- tama00, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3It's pretty much just a multi-media chat room.
- TinfoilHats, on 11/16/2009, -1/+4omg now I can IM in the same tab without having to have a google doc in one and IM going in my gmail tab. lame.
- derektherock42, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3@barbapapa78 @habibbijan @ricerfuel @DavidGX: Sent. You should be on Google Wave within 4-7 days (they slowly add the invited people so their servers can handle it).
Everyone else, sorry, better luck next time. - kanojo1969, on 11/16/2009, -0/+3for me it began in the 80s when 'professional' stopped meaning someone with a degree (lawyer, doctor, engineer) and started meaning anyone in a sharp suit and haircut who would suck a dick for a pay raise.
For kids coming out of school, appearing 'professional' was far more important than actually having anything worthwhile to contribute. Being called 'unprofessional' was about the worst insult you could get.
By the 90s, people had moved on from just *looking* professional, they started to *sound* professional as well, and so began the age of never saying 'use' when you could say 'utilise' instead. Corporate-speak was in it's infancy but once powerpoint hit the shelves we were drowned in halfwits who looked professional and sounded professional and who's presentations actually used animations that weren't ***** clipart... God I grew to despise these people, and while I had previously kind of played-along with it all just to be good, I now started actively disparaging empty-headed suits whenever I could.
And then came the internet, which was OK for the first few years but then there was a bubble. And the whole universe of tony-robbins-adoring, positive-thinking, monetizing ***** just grew exponentially because now anyone, from anywhere in the world, seemed to be able to intrude into my world whether I wanted them there or not, and blather on about more and more ridiculous ways they could squeeze money from the internet and it's users.
And then came google. Ad-sense. S. E. O, black-hats and white-hats. And everything is tainted now. There are vast tracts of the web with thousands of websites constructed out of nothing BUT words like synergy and proactive, multi-phased, broad-band-uptake blah blah.... and there are people who spend all their days pasting nonsense comments into blogs with some ***** URL attached, and others who do nothing but figure out how to monetize their secret method for improving your pagerank by 1 point. Digg power-users, twitterers, facebook scammers and every other type of money-crazed loser that universities and colleges are churning out by the hundred.
They all make me sick, I despise with every ounce of my being every single person who has ever made money from a website. You are ***** ruining everything.
But I digress a little! Having said all that, you can't blame the internet for these people, and you can't blame google wave for the obnoxious jerks that will infest it.
It's a very cool bit of software and definitely a precursor to the sort of tools we will be using in the future. -
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