Ride the Wave

It actually came. About a month ago, I got my very own Google Wave invitation. I was somewhat excited. Sign up was super easy as I already have a Google account. Actually, in my case, it was an activation rather than a sign-up.

So there it was. Google Wave. I looked at it, and honestly, I have no freaking idea what to do next! No wonder this site exists.

Fortunately, I know where to get some help. If you have been listening to This Week in Google podcast, you would know too. Complete Wave Guide by Gina Trapani. By the way, if you haven't listen to this podcast, you should.

So, after reading through the guide, here’s the very key concept of Wave:

• Wave is a new take in communication; real time, archive-able, multi-edit. It even requires its own infrastructure.
• It is not to replace email, but to take on one of the thing that people have (mis)used email for; collaboration.

I now know what to do. Then, my next problem came. I have no one to Wave with. I nominated some friends, and 2 of them have joined, but that didn’t help us at all. We quickly realize the reason why we are not able to use Wave. We don’t have anything to collaborate on.

So here’s what I have to say about Google Wave; It is cool and useful tool if you have a use for it. Right now, it’s more a solution looking for a problem. And honestly, I have never had the problem it is trying to solve.