Make Waves with Google Wave

You may be noticing the buzz about Google Wave and wondering if it is just a bunch of hype over the latest shiny object on the web. Google aficionados seem to think this is a game changer… a disruptive technology that will fundamentally alter the way people communicate. But are they just enthralled by the Google mystique and overly impressed by a slick demo of some clever technology?

Well, you can put me in the camp with those who believe that this is a technological milestone with significance comparable to radio, television, computers, and the Internet itself. Like all of those key developments, Google Wave is not so much an invention as a synthesis of many components into a unified technology that is much greater than the sum of its parts.

I can hear some saying, “oh, brother. It’s just a next generation email application. Not that big a deal.” Even if Google Wave were just an “email on steroids” proposition, that would still be pretty huge given there have only been incremental advances in email over the last 40 years. But Wave is much, much more than that.

By starting from scratch with a fresh look at the concept of “communication” and with all the Web 2.0 technology available today, Google has developed a platform that will dramatically streamline the communication process while it enables and facilitates the creation of still greater technologies. Just as computer operating systems spawned entire industries driven by application developers, the Google Wave Program/Platform/Protocol will spawn untold new businesses and industries.

Case in point: WaveCenter. We envisioned WaveCenter long ago as a network where people could easily collaborate on projects in very flexible but structured ways. Whether it’s writers collaborating on stories, scientists doing research, or entrepreneurs building their businesses, WaveCenter will provide applications custom made to help people work together in very specific ways. Before Google Wave, that vision was simply too ambitious. Soon it will be reality.

Through its concept of federated open source servers and extensible architecture, Google Wave will quickly become the platform onto which all other social networks, communication applications, and web services will be compelled to dock—not through coercion but because it will be the conduit through which data flows smoothly and easily. From the end-users’ perspective the value of every application they use will be enhanced through it’s connection to Wave. An application not integrated with Google Wave will be isolated, like CompuServe in the early days of the Internet.

Google has a history of building better mousetraps—from the original search engine to AdWords to AdSense to Google Apps, etc.—but Google Wave may just be their greatest contribution to humanity yet.

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Oh man, this Google Wave thing is going to be HUGE! “Tidal”, as one pundit has put it. (Get used to that pun). Like everybody else who groks what this major development means to the Internet, to communication, to humanity, we’re excited about catching this massive wave. And we are so ready to roll!

WaveCenter was envisioned as a collaborative social network no less than 15 years ago. But the domain has drifted quietly in cyberspace for much of that time—like a surfer bobbing up and down in the ocean. And now, here comes the whopper we’ve been waiting for—the wave of a lifetime! And we are paddling like hell!

This post will be short and sweet. In future posts I’ll be expanding on the vision of WaveCenter. But for now, you probably already get the gist of it: a next generation collaborative social network based on the Google Wave platform. Believe me, there’s a lot more under the surface. So if you want to be at the center of the Wave revolution, bookmark this site. Check back in soon and you will start to see a revolution form before your very eyes.

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Here’s a great article explaining why and how Google Wave could be a paradigm-shifter in the way we communicate. This article highlights some of Google Wave’s most unique and promising features…

The Top 6 Game-Changing Features of Google Wave

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Here’s both the full abridged version of the Google Wave presentation…

and the 10 min. abridged version…

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