eWorld – InternetColumns – come again! Wave Rich R. Dinakaran

It could be a coincidence. the week after I wrote about Google Wave, I got two Waves from Google.

My friend said he had also sent me an invite, and I am awaiting it.

Now I have two Wave accounts, which means I have 16 invites to give away! from a pauper, I am in a position to offer Wave invites to over a dozen people.

But there is a small catch. Google doesn’t deliver your invites immediately. It takes its own time. It may be a couple of days, or even weeks. Google itself alerts you: “Invitations will not be sent immediately. we have a lot of stamps to lick”.

As Google licks the stamps, it reveals the reason for offering invites. “Google Wave is more fun when you have others to wave with, so please nominate people you would like to add.”

Google is right. There is no point in having a Wave account if you don’t have others to collaborate or `wave’ with. When you spread your invites, you must also ensure that you give a few to those with whom you will have to `wave’ or collaborate often. else, Wave will be just a glorified chat application.

There are other problems with Wave. Most of those who have Waves don’t know what to do with it. Online collaboration is new, and it takes time to learn. I am still learning how to surf the Wave – usefully. only now have I learnt to embed a Youtube video.

Google also warns you to “keep in mind that this is a preview so it could be a bit rocky at times”. Rocky it is, to some extent, but given Google’s reputation, we can expect it to iron out the creases soon. the `welcome’ video also alerts us to the fact that the Wave is in `preview’ mode, which means it is not perfect.

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