[Web4lib] Google Wave bye-bye

[Michael Schofield]

That is really a shame - but I think we'll see other incarnations of the 
same pop-up as the virtual office gains traction. For a semester long 
project, my team and I organized into a mock web development firm with 
digital library friendly services, and we kicked clunky Elluminate to the 
curb--and because Citrix GoToMeeting wasn't an option due to cost--used 
Google Wave for all of our business planning. After we established some 
ground rules about tagging waves, surfing through the dozens and dozens of 
documents we produced (and collaborated on in real time) was a breeze. Once 
they integrated video chat into the mix and Google Voice, we didn't even 
need to use the Elluminate room our professor set aside for us.

The Geek in Me: It was also ideal for text-based RPGs for those of us who 
grew-up on MUDs and MUSHs - you could even do dice rolls.

What a bummer.


Michael @ BCPL 
-----Original Message-----
From: Leo Robert Klein <leo at leoklein.com>
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:11:05 -0500
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Google Wave bye-bye

It bit the dust yesterday:
http://searchengineland.com/google-wave-crashes-48086

Wicked Thought of the Day: Do a search on 'Google Wave' and 'disruptive' 
and count the chickens.

That said, I actually think the analyses of why it went bust may be more 
interesting and useful than the original product itself.

LEO

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On 8/5/2010 8:44 AM, Thomas Bennett wrote:
> I haven't really kept up with Wave but it has been available on our Google
> Apps site for sometime now.  But I haven't heard anything about it being 
a,
> for lack of a better word, dropped project.  Did I miss something?




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