Surfing the wave
The easiest way to understand a new technology is to compare it with something known. For example, a car is a carriage without the horses, e-mail is a letter without paper, a mobile phone is a phone without the wire and so on. You can explain almost everything in that format.
Almost. Twitter is like ___ without ____. And Google Wave? Well, I think you have to be a user of Twitter and Google Wave to understand what are they about or what are they good for. When it comes to communication tools, you obviously need someone to communicate with, because the value of the tool is linked to what your friends are doing with it. I've using Wave for only a couple of days, and at first glance is hard to understand where to start. Plus, the only way in is by invitation, so not everybody is there yet.
Let's wave together!
- If you want to add me to your contacts, I'm natalia.ventre[at]@googlewave.com
- I have 18 invitations left, if your are interested, send me a DM at Twitter, a message via FaceBook, or whatever you like, with your email.
