Figuring out Google Wave
Thanks to a coworker, I recently jumped into the pool that is Google Wave. (I couldn’t resist the water analogy.) While I find many of its features exciting and innovative, like many other people, I am still kind of struggling with it. The best thing I think it could do for me at the moment is to facilitate real-time collaboration. However, I don’t have anything right now — or anyone — that I need to collaborate with!
Just for kicks, I decided to start a public wave on the topic of UIUC GSLIS. With it in place, will anyone come? It’s too early to know for sure.
After about two weeks of dabbling, I can say that this service is very interesting but the beta label definitely applies. Stability isn’t its strong suit, yet. Neither is performance.
