tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post1482074500576395182..comments2009-10-17T11:58:49.594-05:00Kevin Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659162207319457717noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-72133801262968898632009-10-17T11:58:49.594-05:002009-10-17T11:58:49.594-05:00One thing I did with my recent wave invites (after frittering away about half on acquaintances) was to invite people I thought I might actually collaborate with. That will allow me to be more concrete.Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890564471631569204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-38890745639749506772009-10-17T07:22:46.239-05:002009-10-17T07:22:46.239-05:00Bud, we&#39;re in agreement here. It does have some rough edges and needs to become easier. Which is why I was surprised when the Slate article didn&#39;t focus on that at all except for the title.<br /><br />I think the collaborative writing thing make take off more than people think. It&#39;s pretty much like Google Docs now in regards to the interface, but it adds has the necessary social aspects.<br /><br />I think it will take some time to catch on. I suspect we&#39;ll see some really cool apps built on Wave for starters. I don&#39;t think it will take a decade, however. (But why quibble over a couple of years either way.)<br /><br />KevinKevin Gamblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00659162207319457717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-30554418510311020142009-10-17T05:49:27.201-05:002009-10-17T05:49:27.201-05:00Let me add further that I think that Wave *will* have to clean up its act a bit for mass adoption. It&#39;s not at the brain dead simple stage yet.<br /><br />Google is really trying to do some sort of combo of IM, wiki, and email. What are the real use cases and standards of practice that just work? Email and IM are sort of obvious in this regard. Wikis less so. How you would put all three together, probably less than wikis. I&#39;m not sure that the patterns of behavior that work with any one will transfer over.<br /><br />So, I agree on huge, but I think it might be a decade long process.Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890564471631569204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323202250325013491.post-69685433079427875692009-10-16T21:28:04.513-05:002009-10-16T21:28:04.513-05:00Kevin, I&#39;m in your camp on this. Wave could do with some simplifications, but the platform shows real promise for collaboration.Budhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10890564471631569204noreply@blogger.com