Google Wave

**w31n3r** · October 3rd, 2009, 06:56 AM

so has anyone here tried out google wave yet? i'm pretty excited about it, it sounds like the next best thing since sliced bread. as a small businessman, i could see a lot of ways it can help me out...could i wave my products and invite my customers to review them? get them participating and keep me in mind the next time they need something ;) that'd be one way to use it!

just wanted to ask here since with half a million members, surely theres someone on ZP who's had a crack at it. i've seen the review on lifehacker, but they're basically ga ga on google, and alternate views would be nice.

**Hath** · October 3rd, 2009, 07:14 AM

I'm still trying to figure out what it is exactly.

**w31n3r** · October 4th, 2009, 05:40 AM

it's basically a collaboration tool, and you can do all kinds of things with it. currently, people usually have to use multiple programs and services to collaborate over something, but i think google makes it possible to roll all this into one place.

currently, it's invite only just like gmail was, and it could turn out to be just as good too.

**El Comandante** · October 4th, 2009, 11:45 AM

I would think that sites like facebook and linkedin would be very concerned. I see the immediate potential for small business but large companies will never adopt this (at least not for a while). I had never heard of it... the videos are interesting. The interface looks very cool. I would use it.

Perhaps we can trade wave invites here!!:silly:

**w31n3r** · December 2nd, 2009, 01:02 AM

i guess the general consensus is, wave is the way email would be, if email was created today. i can't wait for google to integrate this with gmail!

Originally Posted by El Comandante

Perhaps we can trade wave invites here!!:silly:

btw, i've been handing out wave invites to total strangers at LH like crazy, just realised that some of my peeps here may need a few too. i have 5 left for now, FOR THE REGULARS ONLY, don't go asking for one if you've just signed up. maybe we can start a ZP porn wave too ;)

**Broccoli** · December 2nd, 2009, 03:49 PM

I'm on it! It's kinda neat. Still trying to figure out how to use it to its full potential.

**mountain_rage** · December 2nd, 2009, 03:52 PM

Wouldn't mind an invite, once I'm done studying I might play around with it a little bit.

**Potato** · December 2nd, 2009, 03:59 PM

I'm playing sudoku in it. By myself.

**w31n3r** · December 2nd, 2009, 10:43 PM

i've been using wave with some of my suppliers at work, it's far easier now to discuss marketing tools with those guys, instead of going back and forth via email (which almost seems messy now).

@MR: PM your email so i can forward the invite to you.

**wingnut2600** · December 3rd, 2009, 12:37 AM

It would be cooler if people were actually there...

**Potato** · December 3rd, 2009, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by wingnut2600

It would be cooler if people were actually there...

I'm a people and I'm there.

**w31n3r** · December 3rd, 2009, 09:54 PM

i think the problem is that it's invite only as of now, but seeing that there are so many ZP members on wave now, how about a ZP wave?

if there's anyone left without a wave account, don't feel shy to ask. it's not like you're asking for a torrent account. and believe me, wave or some iteration of it WILL replace email someday soon. this is a great chance to become an early adopter of new technology!

**mfgbypooter** · December 3rd, 2009, 10:34 PM

No body ever invites me to anything.

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**mountain_rage** · December 4th, 2009, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by w31n3r

i think the problem is that it's invite only as of now, but seeing that there are so many ZP members on wave now, how about a ZP wave?

if there's anyone left without a wave account, don't feel shy to ask. it's not like you're asking for a torrent account. and believe me, wave or some iteration of it WILL replace email someday soon. this is a great chance to become an early adopter of new technology!

As far as I'm concerned you could simply call it a new email client. Sure it isn't "email" but sooner or later all email clients will follow some new standard that will be similar to wave.

**w31n3r** · December 4th, 2009, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by mfgbypooter

No body ever invites me to anything.

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the nice neighbour lady might have something to say about that ;) PM your email addy if you need to be hooked up.

Originally Posted by mountain_rage

As far as I'm concerned you could simply call it a new email client. Sure it isn't "email" but sooner or later all email clients will follow some new standard that will be similar to wave.

exactly! it's like IMAP on steroids, if google somehow integrates gmail with this, as i'm sure they will, email as we know it will be dead. about time too, email hasn't really changed since it first came out what, 30, 40 years ago. seems odd it took this long :/