When Twitter was in its prime and everyone was arguing its usefulness, I specifically remember someone asking me, "well if Twitter is so great, then what's next?" And for the life of me, I couldn't answer that question. It's as if I was looking down a narrow tube of thought and I couldn't get out. I wasn't seeing the big picture. Then I realized that's it's never been about Twitter's usefulness. It's about how we communicate, period. Twitter, like it's predecessors (email, AIM, Myspace, Facebook,) is nothing more than the evolution of communication. Then along came Google Wave.
As communication evolves throughout time, some things make huge impacts on society and some are just blips on the radar. Google Wave is no blip. Google has found a way to take, not only real-time communication, but real-time collaboration to anyone, anywhere in the world. Head on over to Google's site which gives a nice description on what Google wave is all about. If you've got a little over an hour to kill then check out the video below.
As communication evolves throughout time, some things make huge impacts on society and some are just blips on the radar. Google Wave is no blip. Google has found a way to take, not only real-time communication, but real-time collaboration to anyone, anywhere in the world. Head on over to Google's site which gives a nice description on what Google wave is all about. If you've got a little over an hour to kill then check out the video below.
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