I finally got to play around with Wave tonight, and my only thoughts after shutting it down was, “Man, email is for losers”. You know what? It’s totally a little bit true. That might make you think I’m saying Google Wave is the greatest thing since Mr. Berners-Lee dropped the www bomb back in’92, but I’m not.
I think it’s going to super useful for people collaborating. I love that Wave can bridge the gap between IM, and email. I hate having to dig through IM conversations to get info, and I also hate missing important info because I didn’t have my email client open. So, people who say Wave doesn’t solve a problem don’t spent a lot of time on the internet.
There’s so many reasons why Wave won’t be replacing email though. The type of work I do probably puts me in the top 1% of people who spend ridiculous amounts of time on the internet, and even I could live without Wave. But gosh darn, it’s pretty neat. It’s going to come down to how many people I know that use it, and how good the mobile app will be. If nothing else, Wave is a pretty big step forward, and pushes a lot of the bounds of what even the most web 2.0 people thought was possible.
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