Gotta Ride the (Google) Wave

I received my Google Wave invitation several weeks ago. I have since tried using it several times.

The first time was terrible. It was so early on, I didn’t really know anyone else who has a Wave account. There was no one to talk to, no one to wave at. A few days later, following some tweets, kind people added me into waves. At that point, waves seemed to be all about “testing”. People would do the strangest things, including deleting chains of messages and anonymously editing someone else’s words.

It was a strange experience, and beyond the initial “playing around with a new toy” fun, I really couldn’t see the point in it all. I have tried several times later, and it’s getting a bit better as more people I know have Wave accounts. We can at least experiment with someone we know.

I confess, I still don’t really get the Wave thing.

I read on Mashable today, an article titled
5 Impressive Real-Life Google Wave Use Cases. This tells me two things -

1. Some people have found ways to actually use this thing.
2. Most people have not, hence when some do, it’s making headlines.

Still, if some people are finding uses for it, maybe I will too someday! After all, when Twitter first came out, I was one of those who just “couldn’t see the point in it.” So much so, that I never even gave it a try. I only joined Twitter half a year ago and lo and behold, not only am I addicted, but I find it useful as well.  So, I’ll try and ride the Google Wave for a bit longer – we’ll see where it goes!

In fact, why don’t I try and start a wave for this post? Click to see the wave and join in.

ETA: Apparently the link to this wave isn’t working for other people but myself. I can’t find a way to link directly to a wave – if anyone knows how to, please do add a comment about it.

To find my wave, simply search for “b6s” or “My Google Wave Blog Post Wave ” and you should be able to find it and join
(it is a public wave).

Don’t have Wave yet? They finally gave users invitations, so I’ll be happy to give you one.

Here’s what you need to do -

1. Follow @b6s on Twitter

2. Post a comment here with your Twitter username and let me know that you want a Wave invite. I’ll follow you back on Twitter and you can then DM me your email.

Oh, and almost forgot – anne.moss@googlewave.com on Wave (no email harvesting crawlers spamming Wave yet, right?)

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