Exploring Google Wave - will it be 'collaborative but choosy'?

Adam Turner
Friday, 09 October 2009 07:50

Opinion and Analysis

12:46 pm
me:
The big test will be whether people can edit a wave without a gmail account. Blog comments - sounds like Sidewiki - Google makling a land grab for content that rightly should be on the site of the creator of the original content.


12:49 pm
Jacob Chapel:
Again, it has been Google's plan to allow anyone and their mother to host their own Wave server. That also entitles them control over said data, it also federates the data between other servers based on usage between the users.
I agree that content should be apart of the site, I would think that with bots it wouldn't be hard to output all the data that is put in however you would want. Which liberates it. Though that is not optimal, and it would be better for Google to give us a solution directly, they have been pretty earnest about their intents with Wave, and the intent was to modernize communication and collaboration and give them some kind of unity. Even this interface we are currently using doesn't have to be what we are forced to use. People can soon create their own interfaces which further gives the user the power to use it how they want, where they want, when they want, and ultimately not at all but not having lost anything inside of it.

12:51 pm
me:
True, it's going to be interesting to see how it pans out. Still, speculation is bread and butter for us tech journos these days ;-) Interesting times.
Considering this is a public wave, do you mind if I include this conversation in a future blog post on Google Wave. I'm not sure what the etiquette is on such things, but I wouldn't do it without asking permission. I'm happy to shorten your user name to Jacob if you prefer.

12:54 pm
Jacob Chapel:
I wouldn't be using this if I was concerned about my identity or controlling my 'content' as it were. You are more than free to use what I have said as you wish and my name. I hope people don't feel too off when others use their stuff on here, considering the open nature at this state, there is are a lot of ways to get your content. Actually when you press 'Done' that content is forever sealed into the hollows of Google's eternal memory and unless Google wipes the data stores of this Preview, everything will be accessible to most anyone (depending on if it is a public wave or not) at any time with Playback.

1:01 pm
Jacob Chapel:
Well I figure our discussion has wound down, if you want to chat about anything in the future or invite me to other waves, feel free. I added you to my contacts. I think we have poluted this wave enough with off topic discussion. Heh.

1:03 pm
me:
no prob. Good to talk.

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