[Web4lib] Google Wave bye-bye

[Alan Cockerill]

I don't buy it Walter, the name has nothing to do with it (otherwise who
would ever have used Google).  I think, and their blog says as much, that it
was tool that was useful to too small a section of the web audience to
justify it's continued development in that form.

Yet another example of Google's (simultaneously frustrating and admirable)
ability to drop web applications regardless of what investment has been made
in them if the payoff isn't deemed high enough.

Cheers, Alan.

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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Walter McGinnis
Sent: Friday, 6 August 2010 9:21 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Google Wave bye-bye

It's pretty simple why it failed. It never had a compelling story to explain
what it was.

The reason it never had a compelling story? They chose a vague name that
didn't give any real insight into its nature over an enlightening unifying
metaphor.  Personally, I thought it was closest to a chat room model, but
where there were products of the conversations.

People are pretty familiar with the virtual "room" concept for conversing.
The idea is to tie in output of the conversations, maybe something that
riffed off "the writers' room".

Cheers,
Walter

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On Aug 6, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Michael Schofield wrote:

> 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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