My own Google wave spun through Photoshop As much as I recall being smitten by the original Google Wave Preview video (I watched the whole demo, its still on my iPhone), I’ve felt not more than tiny ripples of interest, and until just a few minutes ago, was curious why I was not feeling the giddy euphoria I see elsewhere. Yes, I am still on my medication (just kidding, the only meds I take are the ones my pancreas stopped making in 1970). Maybe it was the let down of all the anticipating for my golden ticket invite, after barking a lot on twitter, I ended up with about 6 invites. cc licensed flickr photo shared by Witheyes After all that, well, if I was a cliche movie figure, I’d be in bed smoking a cigarette wondering if the invite had been good for her. Over my years in the [...]
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Okay, I’m on the Wave
A few weeks ago twitter and some blogs were all a’ gushing about the demo of Google Wave like it was the new Shimmer, maybe even more than a dessert and a floor wax. I tweeted some snark about the hype — a bit foolishly since I had not seen the demo. I failed to heed my own warnings of judging a technology from the outside (well, I cannot help but be from outside, since all I have to go on is an 80 minute demo). Until today on the flight to Hawaii, when I watched the whole demo on my iPhone. I’m surprised the plane held steady with the number of times my jaw dropped or I yelled, “wow”. So I cannot do much except say wow– but–but–but if the wave does break (in the positive surfer sense), this could be a huge game changer. Not only does it [...]
