Yes, I know that I deserve to be shot for the many puns contained in that short title, but I just could not resist.
I have noticed for the past week or so, that wave has been a lot quieter, while my inbox used to be full, now there are just a couple of updates a day. [...]
Archive for the ‘Understanding’ Category
All Quiet on the Wave Front
December 16th, 2009
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The Death of Instant Messaging
December 8th, 2009
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An observation in an earlier article got me to thinking about how Wave stacks up against more traditional Instant Messaging applications.
Wave is more immediate that traditional Instant Messaging, since seeing somebody typing in real time allows me to see what they are saying before they complete the full sentence. Of course, this could lead to problems as [...]
Types of Waves
December 3rd, 2009
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Over my time in Google Wave, I have noticed that waves can be divided into several groups, depending on the intention of the people that have created and joined them. This is my attempt for a (somewhat limited) look at the different types of waves that I have observed so far.
Chat
These are the waves in [...]
The Deceleration of Independence Recreated in Google Wave
November 25th, 2009
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Lars Rasmussen, as a way to illustrate a way to use Google Wave has recreated the American Declaration of Independence in this wave. It is an interesting illustration, and I can encourage everyone to take a look at it, especially the playback.
(via Gizmodo)
Follow/Unfollow Buttons
November 13th, 2009
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I just recently noticed that Google has made another very welcome improvement to Wave: the follow/unfollow button.
Up until now, you got added as a participant to any public wave that you viewed, which led to a fairly cluttered inbox (just because I looked at a Wave does not always mean that I am interested in [...]
Getting Started with Google Wave
November 12th, 2009
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There are a lot of blog posts about getting started with Google Wave, and I did not think that another one was necessary, until one of my readers posted a comment asking how to get started, so here is my take on the best way to get started on Google Wave.
The first thing you should [...]
Google Wave Glossary
October 15th, 2009
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Well, since Google Wave is still new, here is a brief glossary of terms, at least as I understand them. Feel free to let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions.
Google Wave – Probably the hardest term in this list to explain, even if it is the whole reason why this blog [...]
