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    Google Wave

    I am a nice person that wants a Google Wave invite, so if anyone can provide one I will happily send you an invite to Google Mail *sniggers*.

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    Re: Google Wave

    Same. I am fiending for that crack cocaine... I mean... err... Google Wave.

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    Re: Google Wave

    I don't live here any more.

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    Re: Google Wave

    There are no invites. You sign up and you get invited by Google. Do you know someone at Google?
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    Re: Google Wave

    People who access to the service get 8 invites (eventually), I know at least 15 people on Wave, some of which will soon get 8 invites... perhaps one for me

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    Re: Google Wave

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    Re: Google Wave

    i got an invite today to google wave. i decided to try it out, but i have nobody to talk to.
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    Re: Google Wave

    Why do you want an invite to google wave? Isnt it just essentially an online instant messenger that sends text as you type rather than after you hit send? Sounds pretty naff to me... but maybe it has some other useful features I dont know about
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    Re: Google Wave

    It does have some other useful features. It looks pretty good actually but I don't see many people using it, in which case it's pretty useless.

    The nice thing is that you can edit the conversations anywhere. You can also reply to a certain part of the message, which inserts a new conversation right in the middle of the old one. You can also make a private reply to someone, in which case it shows up as a normal conversation for both of you, but it's hidden for anyone else.
    So instead of instant messaging, where you have only a single thread of conversation, or email, where you have to create a completely new conversation, independent from the old one, if you want to 'branch off', you have everything in a single 'wave' or document.

    Then you can use it to work on documents with many people simultaneously. Anyone can edit the conversation (which is now seen as a document) wherever they want, even on the same line. In the end you'll have loads of broken up pieces of conversation, which you can then merge together into one document.

    Also, you can rewind everything to see who made which edit and when. And then you can undo it if you want.

    You can also embed pictures and videos I think. And you can embed the wave into your blog, in which case it is updated live for everyone to see.

    If there's loads of users it would be very cool, but unless they're going to do some serious campaigns nobody is going to even know about it...

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    Re: Google Wave

    I have 12 more invites. It takes about a week for google to activate your wave account. If anyone wants an invite, please send me your google mail address.
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    Re: Google Wave

    Thanks for the invite abhijit!

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    Re: Google Wave

    Quote Originally Posted by chris128 View Post
    Why do you want an invite to google wave? Isnt it just essentially an online instant messenger that sends text as you type rather than after you hit send? Sounds pretty naff to me... but maybe it has some other useful features I dont know about
    So we are getting faster and faster with this communication thing? Pretty soon, you won't have to type at all. In fact, you'll just be able to say the words, and the other person will receive them as you speak them. Won't that be cool?

    Once we get there, people will be able to branch the conversation off into all kinds of different directions until you will need a second computer just to figure out all the different threads people are off on. That sounds just spiffy to me.
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    Re: Google Wave

    you'll just be able to say the words, and the other person will receive them as you speak them. Won't that be cool?
    I am still waiting for when i can just think the words, and people will receive them as i think, and if i think really hard there heads will explode.... oh wait ...
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    Re: Google Wave

    Wow, you mean the other person sees the text as I type it? I haven't seen that kind of technology since my Commodore 64.
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    Re: Google Wave

    It get's better Jenner, you can also edit other peoples posts... I haven't seen that kind of breach in permissions since VisualAd was a moderator :O

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    Re: Google Wave

    Quote Originally Posted by NickThissen View Post
    It does have some other useful features. It looks pretty good actually but I don't see many people using it, in which case it's pretty useless.

    The nice thing is that you can edit the conversations anywhere. You can also reply to a certain part of the message, which inserts a new conversation right in the middle of the old one. You can also make a private reply to someone, in which case it shows up as a normal conversation for both of you, but it's hidden for anyone else.
    So instead of instant messaging, where you have only a single thread of conversation, or email, where you have to create a completely new conversation, independent from the old one, if you want to 'branch off', you have everything in a single 'wave' or document.

    Then you can use it to work on documents with many people simultaneously. Anyone can edit the conversation (which is now seen as a document) wherever they want, even on the same line. In the end you'll have loads of broken up pieces of conversation, which you can then merge together into one document.

    Also, you can rewind everything to see who made which edit and when. And then you can undo it if you want.

    You can also embed pictures and videos I think. And you can embed the wave into your blog, in which case it is updated live for everyone to see.

    If there's loads of users it would be very cool, but unless they're going to do some serious campaigns nobody is going to even know about it...
    Sounds like a wiki on steroids....

    Not sure it's something I'd use.

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    Re: Google Wave

    i got invited... and i must say it is really boring.

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    Re: Google Wave

    You're really boring *oh snap!*

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    I agree with dclamp. Unless you actually need it for doing project-related work which involves a lot of communication and lots of information flowing between lots of people, I really don't think this is something to get excited about yet.

    But then again, it is the preview. And there is probably like 3/5 people who use Google Wave actively. Not exactly squee material for productivity nerds right now.

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