’It’s in the news today, oh boy’, (to borrow a line) and I thought I’d collect some of the ‘noise’ and provide it here for anyone interested. Google Wave has been announced to developers and coders to drum up some application, plugin, widget, & extension development before it gets released to the world.
If you’ve got the time and bandwidth check out the developer preview at Google I/O (181MB & 80mins) “Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web, coming later this year.”
Commentators have been busy writing about the implications of this service/application for the use of the web, in education, and business. I’ve collected a few links and apologise for not annotating them…
The Top 6 Game-Changing Features of Google Wave
Google Wave – the beggining of the end for VLEs?
Look out Outlook, Google’s Wave is coming
I’ve Seen the Future and the Future is Us (Using Google)
What Intrigues Me About Google Wave
Does Google Wave Mean the End of the LMS?
A Google Wave to the LMS Haters
Google Wave: What Might Email Look Like If It Were Invented Today?
Google Wave Drips With Ambition-A New Communication Platform For A New Web
Whatever the ‘wave’ ends up being capable of, it does point the way towards being more collaborative while using an integrated interface in the web browser, and I reckon that’s cool.