Re: Google Wave - what's the point? -- PCTECH

Buck,

I agree that it is slow and buggy. It's still in beta and needs work. I see
potential for collaboration with several organizations that don't already
have collaboration software in place. For example,

1) I am on a church committee whose members span several states. It is
expensive to get us all together and pay flights or mileage. When talking
about a person or subject we could include a picture, see each other as they
type and respond. Kind of like a private chat group? (I never was into the
chat thing, so I don't really know) Those who are not on line at the same
moment can be part of the discussion when they can get to their computer.
The discussions might last longer than a half day meeting, but the cost is
much easier to take for a non-profit organization.

2) My son and I do strategic card gaming. We build decks of cards for
tournaments. This would allow us to build and discuss decks, even though we
live in the same house. His and my work schedules do not have us off work
together very often.

I can envision other uses as well, including a nice way to chat with my
brother and include pictures in the chat as we talk about our Thanksgiving
celebrations in separate towns. We can include our kids in those chats as
they have time, one of whom is on a cruse ship managing the theater
productions.

As for an application to share music, I could see a developer making
something to let you do music notation in the wave, as well as recording the
song, and discussing different versions. Is the application there yet? I
don't think so.

Jim

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I don't see the point of Google Wave. It's intended to be this
collaboration enhancer, but unless one has a plug-in for the app one is
collaborating with, it seems like a really slow, really buggy sort of
instant messenger client.

About the only plug-in that seems useful right now is Google Maps. So
it'd be great if one is trying to find a site for a family reunion or
something like that, where some people are in a different time zone and
can't participate in real time. It seems marginally better than
emailing a link back and forth I guess.

Say I wanted to collaborate with a ukulele player and write a bit of
music. Yesterday, I'd call him on the phone, put it on speaker and off
we'd go. During the call, we'd play some, and then write the notes down
on music scoring paper. At the end, we'd enter it into a music editing
program and the score would then be in electronic form.

How would I use Wave to do that?

Perhaps a better question: What do you use Wave to collaborate on?
--buck
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