Monday, November 2, 2009

Google Wave



Finally after a month of waiting, I got the invite to Google's new, hyped product "Wave". By now everyone has heard or come across the term Google Wave somewhere, if not, Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration.

Google Wave is a next generation email like tool, where everything is in real-time, so you can discuss and collaborate. But unlike email, all the participants must be in Google Wave. Also, they should be added to one of the waves you've created.

To begin with you need to be in Google Wave. You cannot join directly as of now as it is in a limited preview, so you need to be invited. You can get invited by either visiting this page OR by getting a invite from a friend. Both of which might take time with the current rate at which invites are being sent. You can also get a invite from me, Read on. After getting the invite, all you need is a Google/Gmail account. You will be asked to create a new one or to log into an existing one.


Once in, you will get a ID which will look like YourGmailID@googlewave.com . Your contacts from Google are added to your Wave contacts, if they are already in, that is. Creating a wave is as easy clicking 'New Wave'. Waves are how you will be communicating and collaborating with people. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Then you can add contacts to that wave. And you are good to go. The chat can be real-time considering your friends are online at that time. You can add photos, vids and other contents to your wave and download them too. Adding photos is as simple as drag and drop. The real-time is as real as possible with all the keystrokes and corrections.

For me Wave is a upgrade from IRC. Unlike IRC, Wave is real-time, has threaded reply so you can reply to a particular thread/comment when in Group discussion. Also its clutter-free and more professional looking.

There are a few extensions for getting something extra in Wave. Extensions include games which you can play with your friends in real-time. Few of the extensions are featured here .

Similarly lot of bots seem to be coming out for Wave. Bots like Tweety help to Tweet from Wave. All these bots are email like IDs which you have to add to your contacts and you're good to go. Will post more on Bots in next post.

If you need a invite to Google Wave contact me on Twitter or by leaving your mail ID here in the comments. I'll send you the invites. If you are already in Wave, add me to your contacts meet.naik.1988[at]googlewave[dot]com .

Until next time.
Regards,
Sumeet

Note: Due to overwhelming requests for invite and shortage of the same with me, I'll be needing your blog and profiles links to make sure you're not a bot or a troll looking for let-in. I need two links preferrably one to your blog and an open profile anywhere on any known social network(facebook, twitter). Make sure your profile is open to visitors, thats all. Hope you understand. And thanks.

Updates:
Winners have been contacted and the invites are all sent.

A similar Google Wave invite give-away is run by @Indyan and @Mrintech at here and here respectively. Enter at both the places for a better chance at getting the invite.

18 comments:

Unknown said...

I am looking for a Google Wave account for a few weeks now. Could you please send me an invite? Thanks in advance. mbotty[at]gmail[dot]com

aimeeMLVC said...

Hi Sumeet, excellent blog! I would be extremely grateful if you could send me a Google Wave invite, my email is aimeeMLVC@hotmail.co.uk. I'm also following you on twitter, I hope that's okay. Thanks alot!

arqueon said...

HI I'm Ruben Garcia, I'd really love to have an invite to Googl Wave:
arqueonautis@gmail.com

Thigs said...

Please send me an invite pleeease!!! =)

thiago.prodrigues@gmail.com
I'll also send you a twitter from Thigs.

Cheers!

itdude said...

Hmm.....very nice n well formated blog, hey pal if u have some invitees left plz do send me :
kr[dot]pradeep007[at]gmail[dot]com

Have fun !!!

Unknown said...
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joseba said...

Hi, there. Could you send an invite please?

kamio.joseba@gmail.com

Thnx in advance.

Unknown said...

Hi, i would really love to give google wave a try, i'm looking forward to help, and maybe program an extension or something :P, but mostly i wanna know what the fuzz is all about, hehe.. could you send me an invite? ..
my mail is jesusoterogomez@gmail.com

and two of my social net profiles are:

http://twitter.com/jesusoterog
http://www.last.fm/user/jesusotero

i really really hope that's enough :P

thanks in advance.
-Jesus

jojogo said...

Hey, I would love an invite too.

www.twitter.com/glikstar
www.facebook.com/GV28II

You can email me at gv2811@gmail.com to verify !! :)

Thanks a lot :)

mdingrimsby said...

I would love a google wave.
Blog yculturetalk.blogspot.com
Twitter mdingrimsby

Unknown said...

May I get one invite too?

Name - Rohit Langde
URL - http://www.blogsolute.com
Twitter ID - http://twitter.com/blogsolute
http://twitter.com/rohitweet

Dejan said...

d.jelisavac@gmail.com

bob said...

Hey, do you still have any invites left? Do you think you could send one my way?

Peace,

Bob H.

debatebob@gmail.com

Unknown said...

Could you please send me an invite. gojuhappo@gmail.com

Ricky Johnson said...

hey man, I would LOVE an invite. Could you please send me one?-ricky
rjohnsonvisuals@gmail.com

Ricky Johnson said...

woops, forgot the links:
rjohnsonvisuals.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/richardtjohnson
-ricky

andrew valentine said...

i would love an invite pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!

andrew.r.valentine@gmail.com

Sumeet said...

All the above request were considered and I've started sending out invites. Will mail you the same on the given emmail ID.. There will not be invites for comments below this comment..