I have been messing with Wave for a short time now and I can tell you it is ‘neat’, and powerful, but fairly hard for the average joe to understand. I think the potential is huge; if I can just figure out how I will actually use it. 🙂
Google Wave was designed by software engineers to solve a problem that didn’t really exist till they created it. A lot like Twitter. And most of you know how I feel about that. This guy has good rundown of the idiocy of Twitter. But I digress..
Google Wave looks to be a great help to people who regularly and continually need to collaborate in a ‘live’ environment. Like software engineers! Go figure.
It combines a live very powerful Wiki, email and documents in one single point in ‘real time’. For people in businesses that require lots of quick correspondance to work on and complete projects this could be a big help. Likewise for social groups (PTA, Boy Scouts, Soccer Club, Business Alliance etc.) to keep events organized this may prove very powerful.
I like the ability to ‘drag and drop’ files right into a wave.
Here is Google’s best description I’ve seen to date.
LifeHacker has a good post about how people are actually using it in various scenarios here.
It has been hyped to no end by Google and the media. Check it out for your self. You may find a good use for it you may not, who knows.
You may get an invite soon if you are reading this; I ‘nominated’ a lot of my contact list. 🙂
Anyways have fun all.
Peace.