You may have heard about Google Wave which is a new collaboration service from Google that’s currently in “limited preview” but should be available to everyone in the near future.
This service has the potential to replace email as the primary way that groups of people communicate and work together. Doesn’t matter whether your group has 3 people or 300 people. This service/concept could be used by a group of friends, co-workers or a mixture of employees and clients. The possibilities are almost endless.
There is a very lengthy (over 80 minutes long) official video available here that talks about everything this new service can do. However, I suspect that most people don’t have the time or patience to watch that one. So here are some much more concise resources (videos and articles) to help you learn about this new service.
First up is a two minute video that gives you a very brief idea of the concept of this service…
Hopefully that video piqued your interest. If so, we have an eight minute video done by two members of the Google Wave team. It gives some excellent visual demos of how the service works and how it could be used. They use a couple of technical buzzwords like API (Application Programing Interface) and UI (User Interface) but for the most part this video is safe for even non-techies…
Next up is an article from Mashable that gives you an overview of the service and describes some of the components. It does get a little technical in some spots. However, there are also a few links to other Google Wave articles and resources if you want to learn more on your own…
Google Wave: A Complete Guide
http://mashable.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-guide/
Finally we have an article from Lifehacker. They had asked their readers for ideas on how they might use Google Wave if they could get an invitation to try the service. The article lists several real world examples of how it could benefit a group of people so you might find these scenarios helpful in seeing how you and/or your staff could use the service…
Google Wave’s Best Use Cases
http://lifehacker.com/5381219/google-waves-best-use-cases
Hopefully those videos and articles helped to give you a better understanding of Google Wave and whether or not you should care about it.
If you’d like to try the service for yourself you should fill out the form at the link below to request an invitation to the service…
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