A Sea Of Red

OK, techies. Explain to me again why this is going to revolutionize online communication. I'm not getting the demos but everyone seems in such a tizzy that I clearly am missing the boat. Throw me a lifeline.

http://wave.google.com/

Sly Fox wrote:OK, techies. Explain to me again why this is going to revolutionize online communication. I'm not getting the demos but everyone seems in such a tizzy that I clearly am missing the boat. Throw me a lifeline.

http://wave.google.com/

I don't get it either. And I tried for a few minutes.

It looks like Google has come up with their own version of Basecamp to me. It's a total collaboration system that's probably built off Gmail and Docs.

The best way I can figure it is that they have combined Gmail, Messenger and bulletin boards with file sharing made easier. I get that it is different but I just don't see it as an earthshattering development the way the tech world seems to right now.

Meh.

Sly Fox wrote:The best way I can figure it is that they have combined Gmail, Messenger and bulletin boards with file sharing made easier. I get that it is different but I just don't see it as an earthshattering development the way the tech world seems to right now.

If Google belched the tech world would declare it the most wonderful belch in all of recorded history. I can see it being useful, but the entire time I spent watching the video, I was thinking "I can do that with Basecamp." The only thing really innovative is the whole inserting your comment into someone else's comment. That's not enough to justify the lovefest going on out there, though.

It's cloud computing -- that's what everyone is slobbering over. And when everything is run in the Cloud, and Google crashes (like happened for a bunch of people a little while ago), everything shuts down. I like cloud computing, since it means I really don't have to upgrade my computer as often and I may still be able to use my Pentium 1 laptop for something other than a doorstop, but I don't really think that it's the future.

Thanks for keeping this all in perspective, guys. I was beginning to wonder if I was completely missing something.

phoenix wrote:

Sly Fox wrote:The best way I can figure it is that they have combined Gmail, Messenger and bulletin boards with file sharing made easier. I get that it is different but I just don't see it as an earthshattering development the way the tech world seems to right now.

If Google belched the tech world would declare it the most wonderful belch in all of recorded history. I can see it being useful, but the entire time I spent watching the video, I was thinking "I can do that with Basecamp." The only thing really innovative is the whole inserting your comment into someone else's comment. That's not enough to justify the lovefest going on out there, though.

It's cloud computing -- that's what everyone is slobbering over. And when everything is run in the Cloud, and Google crashes (like happened for a bunch of people a little while ago), everything shuts down. I like cloud computing, since it means I really don't have to upgrade my computer as often and I may still be able to use my Pentium 1 laptop for something other than a doorstop, but I don't really think that it's the future.

yep im not sold on cloud computing either. internet connections arent reliable enough for it.

flamesbball84 wrote:

phoenix wrote:

Sly Fox wrote:The best way I can figure it is that they have combined Gmail, Messenger and bulletin boards with file sharing made easier. I get that it is different but I just don't see it as an earthshattering development the way the tech world seems to right now.

If Google belched the tech world would declare it the most wonderful belch in all of recorded history. I can see it being useful, but the entire time I spent watching the video, I was thinking "I can do that with Basecamp." The only thing really innovative is the whole inserting your comment into someone else's comment. That's not enough to justify the lovefest going on out there, though.

It's cloud computing -- that's what everyone is slobbering over. And when everything is run in the Cloud, and Google crashes (like happened for a bunch of people a little while ago), everything shuts down. I like cloud computing, since it means I really don't have to upgrade my computer as often and I may still be able to use my Pentium 1 laptop for something other than a doorstop, but I don't really think that it's the future.

yep im not sold on cloud computing either. internet connections arent reliable enough for it.

You guys are looking at it from the client-side perspective. Cloud computing from the data center perspective is a very different thing.

That has nothing to do with Cloud, but just something you might want to consider when you're reading stuff about cloud computing.

http://lifehacker.com/5285944/the-googl ... e=true&s=i

here is a good post form lifehacker on google wave, complete with video clips demonstrating some of the best features. after seeing that, I can see why people are so excited over it. it looks to be pretty cool. it's going to make using my gmail account 100x easier.

http://lifehacker.com/5285358/upcoming- ... e=true&s=x
or you can go there for a short summary on it, and other "Upcoming Tech That Will Rock Your World"

flamesbball84 wrote:http://lifehacker.com/5285944/the-googl ... e=true&s=i

here is a good post form lifehacker on google wave, complete with video clips demonstrating some of the best features. after seeing that, I can see why people are so excited over it. it looks to be pretty cool. it's going to make using my gmail account 100x easier.

http://lifehacker.com/5285358/upcoming- ... e=true&s=x
or you can go there for a short summary on it, and other "Upcoming Tech That Will Rock Your World"

I like the contextual spell check. Otherwise it looks like a wiki that exploits a bunch of HTML5 tech. Still meh.