Comments on: Google Wave as a Tool for Journalists and Writers

By: Seth M Baker

Seth M Baker — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:11 +0000

I haven’t used wave yet, but thinking back on my brief stint with a small book publisher, I think it would be a great way to work on team projects.

Those folks at Google, so clever.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:18:19 +0000

We’ve been playing with Google Wave over at Pocket Cultures (http://pocketcultures.com/) but have now moved on to Google Sites. We’re still experimenting a bit but I think having a team site is going to suit us better since we are all in different time zones, etc. It’s more stable somehow. But I do like the potential of Google Wave and will watch it grow since they’ve said it’s not really finished yet.

By: Angela Corrias

Angela Corrias — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:03:46 +0000

Thanks for the tips and the link on how to use it, I’ve just received an invitation and didn’t understand much of it…

By: Nomadic Matt

Nomadic Matt — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:51:08 +0000

I love the wave. I am using it to collaborate with a number of people right now and it’s very very helpful.

But that’s all it is to me- a collaboration tool.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:40:25 +0000

Interesting viewpoint on Wave from the guy who created gmail
http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-i-finally-tried-wave.html

By: danmur

danmur — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:19:12 +0000

I love google wave. I can’t wait for more bots and extensions to get added. There is a Trippy extension that let’s you help plan trips. It’s very cool.

By: Candice

Candice — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:52:17 +0000

I love how personal Google Wave as. I felt a little self-conscious about you being able to “see” my thought process, but at the same time, it’s damned fascinating.

By: Glenn Charles

Glenn Charles — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:20:21 +0000

This was a great article to see today as I finally got my Google Wave invite after waiting a month. I look forward to playing with it and seeing how it can help me with my adventure travels.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:10:05 +0000

Interesting stuff. I’m not big into chatting, be it AOL, Facebook, whatever, so maybe I’m wrong, but does this remind you of a super functional chat room? I love the real-time aspect for collaborations, and the ability to easily add pics and stuff.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:43:39 +0000

Ditto on the intuitive nature, or lack there of. I’ve had google wave for a month and it’s not as elegant or easy to use as other google apps that I’ve had the pleasure of using. It’s kind of like a mind-map. Useful for putting ideas down but you can almost get lost in it.

I think it has great potential for collaboration purposes as you said. I saw a video somewhere where they talked about Google Wave as “email if it was built now” or something to that effect. I don’t agree with that at all. It seems to be a very easy way to share thoughts, ideas and notes for ongoing projects, but as a tool for direct communication, it doesn’t work as efficiently as email for me.