Google Wave Snapshot

Here's a snapshot of Google Wave info

• created by two of the Google Maps dev team
• strong emphasis on real time communication
• IM's appear as they are typed - no waiting for someone to hit send
• the real time IM can be disabled if you like the traditional style
• can accept files dragged from the desktop
• reinvention of email
• not created with any business model in mind
  
• in development for two years
• signup for the invite-only beta at wave.google.com
  

How do I get Google Wave?

Get in line to get Google Wave. My students visited wave.google.com to sign up and the site was s l o w in the hours after the preview appeared on YouTube. Google is keeping this a closed, invite only beta which will build buzz similar to the Gmail rollout.

When you visit wave. google.com you will have to make a choice before your request is accepted:




You get the sense that there will be a priority based on the choice that you make.

Then you toss out some fairly non-invasive demographic info followed by the opportunity to share some freefrom text. Haikus are enouraged.

Wave in the news

As of right now there are 1,119 posts in Google News for Google Wave. I'll breeze through them a break down some of the best writeups soon.

Twitter results are full of Wave tweets.

How will Twitter fare in the face of Wave?

Google Wave Preview at Google I/O 2009

Roll to about 7:38 for the live demo to begin.

Google Wave

The Google Wave announcement at the Google I/O conference generated a wave (sorry) deluge of media coverage. My web design class debriefed Google's new offering today and we are intrigued. I'm looking forward to the unboxing when my account goes live.



Google Wave News will serve as a resource for watching Wave as it is released to a broader audience. I'm very curious to see how Wave will stack up against Twitter and, perhaps, steal some Thunder from Facebook. Enjoy and comment.

Thanks..