So im giving away some google wave invites...

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Posted by Waterproofpaper on Nov-13-2009 04:28:

So im giving away some google wave invites...

I have 10 so if anyone wants to pick up a free invite, PM me your gmail!

Posted by TSG on Nov-13-2009 05:23:

I'm a noob so I'm going to ask.... "what is that?"

Posted by in2muzikk on Nov-13-2009 05:28:

Google says that it will replace email, we'll look back and say "that was silly." The word "email" will be associated with a bygone era. Others are skeptical...

Posted by Jim Carson on Nov-13-2009 05:28:

quote:
Originally posted by TSG
I'm a noob so I'm going to ask.... "what is that?"

That's what Google is for. It took me two seconds to find out what it was. How long have you been using the Internet?

Posted by Jim Carson on Nov-13-2009 05:30:

Posted by R!CH on Nov-13-2009 06:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Jim Carson
That's what Google is for. It took me two seconds to find out what it was. How long have you been using the Internet?

seriously. i wasn't gonna say it, but i was definitely thinking it. it literally takes LESS time to find the answer for yourself than to ask someone to define it for you--and you have the added benefit of not looking like you're completely clueless. i guess the information age left some people behind.

Posted by Jim Carson on Nov-13-2009 06:08:

quote:
Originally posted by R!CH
seriously. i wasn't gonna say it, but i was definitely thinking it. it literally takes LESS time to find the answer for yourself than to ask someone to define it for you--and you have the added benefit of not looking like you're completely clueless. i guess the information age left some people behind.

I think I am doing TSG a favor by pointing that out. I hope I get a present next time I see her at Circus. A taco or something. Carne asada burrito con queso y guacamole at least.

Posted by Waterproofpaper on Nov-13-2009 06:50:

Invited everyone who PMed me with their emails. It takes a few hours to get the invite but it is coming! Hopefully you guys emailed me non misspelled emails.. because if you did, you just wasted my invite.

I wish i had google voice invites but just gotta wait for a little.

Posted by TSG on Nov-13-2009 06:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Jim Carson

I think I am doing TSG a favor by pointing that out. I hope I get a present next time I see her at Circus. A taco or something. Carne asada burrito con queso y guacamole at least.

No comprendo. Yes, I am slow and I get slower each day.

Posted by Kismet7 on Nov-13-2009 07:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Jim Carson

Interesting concept, but not sure if this will work on a mass scale like email, facebook, myspace, basic chatrooms, twitter, youtube have been able to catch on. Outside of maybe business applications or more serious purposeful networking, the chances are slim for Google Wave. I doubt it will take off as a social networking phenomenon because it asks people to actually pay attention to what is going on within the Wave to be the best contributors to the Wave. If we look at research data, society has a dwindling attention span, and with the amount of distractions rising, attention spans are overtapped. Social networking works because the dynamics ask people to be both active and they can be passive (works out for the masses), you contribute and socialise on your own time and avoid it when you want. Just like how this forum works. For this to work properly, it might ask people to be more active or at least watching what is going on within the wave to get the most out of it. And if they're not getting the most out of it by being active, then they're not earning the rewards (incentive) that will keep them using it.

Its kinda like building a sand castle with a few people, after a while you get tired of building sand castles, especially after a few have failed. For businesses, I thnk it can be used as an info and keyword mining tool, for Google to sell to companies looking for info about what the general public are talking about. Also as a viral marketing tool to create hiveminded opinions about things, using individuals as the catalyst to drive interest and consensus. Like "lets all go see Twilight : New Moon" and 3 people say "yes lets go" which triggers person 5-10 to also join in, something Facebook and Twitter already accomplish decent enough.

Besides the points already mentioned, people really have to be bored, and highly tolerant of eachother for them to keep coming back to this type of online social environment. Its seems like its like a chatroom in dynamic email format. Whens the last time you wanted to regularly be part of a chatroom, or would you want to going forward? With zee business/market analyst hat on, I dont see this taking off anywhere near the level of other social networking applications.

Posted by in2muzikk on Nov-13-2009 07:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Kismet7
Interesting concept, but not sure if this will work on a mass scale like email, facebook, myspace, basic chatrooms, twitter, youtube have been able to catch on. Outside of maybe business applications or more serious purposeful networking, the chances are slim for Google Wave. I doubt it will take off as a social networking phenomenon because it asks people to actually pay attention to what is going on within the Wave to be the best contributors to the Wave. If we look at research data, society has a dwindling attention span, and with the amount of distractions rising, attention spans are overtapped. Social networking works because the dynamics ask people to be both active and they can be passive (works out for the masses), you contribute and socialise on your own time and avoid it when you want. Just like how this forum works. For this to work properly, it might ask people to be more active or at least watching what is going on within the wave to get the most out of it.

Its kinda like building a sand castle with a few people, after a while you get tired of building sand castles, especially after a few have failed. For businesses, I thnk it can be used as an info and keyword mining tool, for Google to sell to companies looking for info about what the general public are talking about. Also as a viral marketing tool to create hiveminded opinions about things, using individuals as the catalyst to drive interest and consensus. Like "lets all go see Twilight : New Moon" and 3 people say "yes lets go" which triggers person 5-10 to also join in, something Facebook and Twitter already accomplish decent enough.

Besides the points already mentioned, people really have to be bored, and highly tolerant of eachother for them to keep coming back to this type of online social environment. Its seems like its like a chatroom in dynamic email format. Whens the last time you wanted to regularly be part of a chatroom, or would you want to going forward? With zee business/market analyst hat on, I dont see this taking off anywhere near the level of other social networking applications.

Sorry, stopped reading after the 3rd line, had to go feed the cat. Wait, I don't have a cat?

Posted by Kismet7 on Nov-13-2009 07:33:

quote:
Originally posted by in2muzikk
Sorry, stopped reading after the 3rd line, had to go feed the cat. Wait, I don't have a cat?

Thasss koool buddy, because you just helped prove one of my main points. Part of why Google Wave wont work is that people have dwindling attention spans, like you showed here, and this application requires attention from the user, for them to get the most reward out of it.

Posted by Waterproofpaper on Nov-13-2009 18:41:

Sold out! Google wave wont work outside of business, but i think thats their target audience. Its very good for people to throw ideas around in real time.

Posted by RobertStern on Nov-13-2009 18:44:

i'll take one

[email protected]

Posted by JD8899 on Nov-13-2009 19:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Waterproofpaper
wish i had google voice invites but just gotta wait for a little.

Try Ribbit Mobile ( http://www.ribbit.com/mobile/ ). It does more and the beta is open now.

Posted by Waterproofpaper on Nov-13-2009 20:07:

They are eventually gonna charge $30 a month? No thanks.. i would rather pay vzw $3 a month for the same service.. or even use my google voice now for free. I wouldnt want to hassle with something temporary when gvoice is free forever.

Oh, and out of invites! sorry guys. Ill bump the thread back up if i have more invites.

Posted by HotDogWater on Nov-13-2009 21:36:

quote:
Originally posted by JD8899
Try Ribbit Mobile ( http://www.ribbit.com/mobile/ ). It does more and the beta is open now.

www.youmail.com is similar and free as well

Posted by Waterproofpaper on Nov-13-2009 22:10:

Just watched a video on the features and it could be nice for collaborating event pictures and whatnot to make like a TA event gallery. Whats nice is that everyone can work on it at the same time in real time so it can be organized with the quickness. Theres other things like setting maps for locations of meetups and whatnot.

Posted by Orbital32 on Nov-14-2009 00:30:

quote:
Originally posted by HotDogWater
www.youmail.com is similar and free as well

While i have youmail as my voice mail, having an extra phone number from google is pretty bad ass. Especially if you have a smart phone and only limited amount of minutes. Google voice uses data, not minutes.

Posted by DaveT on Nov-14-2009 01:20:

I love having Google Voice.

Posted by Lomeli on Nov-14-2009 01:49:

Send me an invite please

[email protected]

Posted by Hypersky on Nov-14-2009 01:59:

How do you get it ?

Posted by mar46017 on Nov-14-2009 05:54:

https://services.google.com/fb/forms/wavesignup/

Posted by approximalia on Nov-15-2009 00:17:

quote:
Originally posted by in2muzikk
Sorry, stopped reading after the 3rd line, had to go feed the cat. Wait, I don't have a cat?

ROFL! Someone invited me to Google Wave recently, I'm super excited about it, but I haven't had time to sit down and figure it all out yet.

Posted by alpha.wav on Nov-15-2009 02:03:

in2musikk - that was hilarious!!!

im down to wave,

hey did u guys notice that steph had a mac and greg had a PC ...

looks like one of those MAC & PC commercials!

wow, something interesting came out from down under....

if this thing flies, I say we get a LA-TA wave going on!

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