Archive for the “Google Wave: The bet” category
What Google Wave means for students
by Rob on November 4, 2009
While everyone is waiting to jump on board, the real question remains: what does this mean for students? http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2009/10/30/what-google-wave-means-for-students.html
The first 20 Google Wave invites
by Lennert Dorman on October 31, 2009
So within a week all my invites have been sent out to my coworkers and friends. Within our agency we know have almost everybody on Google Wave. Which means I can already use it for a project. People ‘wow’ when (…)
The genius brothers
by Lennert Dorman on October 30, 2009
The night before Wave’s big debut at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Lars Rasmussen laid in bed from 2:30 to 5 a.m. It wasn’t restful sleep. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/10/27/rasmussen.brothers.google.wave/index.html
Cultural norms and time tricks
by Rob on October 28, 2009
“The cultural norms that will shape Wave’s future are yet to be established”, says Tom Simonite in his NewScientist Tech article.
Google Wave not live until late 2010?
by Lennert Dorman on October 27, 2009
Being tested by hundreds of thousands. Two million on the waiting list but will apparently not hit prime time for another year: http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2009/10/27/google-wave-available-in-2010/
Got an invite, but now what…
by Lennert Dorman on October 25, 2009
This morning I got my Google Wave invite and started to Wave. The initial experience is confusing. You can edit everything which is cool but also slightly confusing. Where am I and where is everyone else in the thread. Email, (…)
Email vs Social Media 1-1
by Lennert Dorman on October 14, 2009
“Email has a purpose and is evolved to fit this purpose well. It’s not going away any time soon, because while it’s not ideal, it’s almost infinitely more convenient than the paper-and-ink communications it replaced.” FastCompany http://bit.ly/Gnka4
Email vs Social Media 0-1
by Lennert Dorman on October 14, 2009
“We all still use email, of course. But email was better suited to the way we used to use the Internet—logging off and on, checking our messages in bursts. Now, we are always connected, whether we are sitting at a desk or (…)
The numbers game
by Lennert Dorman on October 13, 2009
These are the numbers Google Wave is up against: “In August 2009, 276.9 million people used email across the U.S., several European countries, Australia and Brazil, according to Nielsen Co., up 21% from 229.2 million in August 2008. But the (…)
Email vs Google Wave
by Lennert Dorman on October 13, 2009
It will be interesting to see how Google Wave and email will exist next to each other. Even if Google creates gateways the systems are inherently so different that it will be interesting to find out if they can co-exist. (…)