Update: Okay, so Google Wave is officially closing down. However, many of the technologies in Wave have made their way into other Google products and I believe many of the concepts within Wave were just ahead of their time and poorly launched. Here’s Google Official Announcement about Wave.
I’m beside myself with excitement!!! About three hours ago I got an instant message from my brother Hayden that said, “I just got into google wave”. I’ve just now received my invitation to join Google Wave myself (thanks Hayden for using one of your precious 8 invites for me!).
Check out this video to preview how communication will work in the coming post-email era:
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What is a wave?
A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.
A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.
