5 Ways to Use Google Wave for Business

Remember Google Wave ? Clearly, Google Buzz has recently overshadowed Google’s other hotly anticipated social communication platform, but before you ditch your Wave account, give it a second try. There are many useful business applications for Wave, especially in situations that call for collaboration with a group or managing a project. Wave can easily allow users to dispense with the formalities (and expenses) of meetings, phone calls, travel, etc. and instead make it easy to collaborate across time and space.

Here are five examples of common workplace activities that Google Wave can support.

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Google Wave in Action: Real-World Use Case Studies

A week ago we asked readers to tell us how they’re using Google Wave in their daily lives, and despite a bit of “ha! no one’s using Wave!” snarking on the Twitter, we got lots of interesting responses.

Unsurprisingly, most Wavers use it as a real-time wiki, but some take advantage of features unique to Wave, like inline and private replies, public tags, and gadgets. I featured the most unique use cases I got in a brand new chapter just added to The Complete Guide to Google Wave. The following is the text of the just-published Chapter 10, which describes ways in which a few people who don’t work for Google are using Wave to get things done—with screenshots.

So far you’ve learned the finer workings of Wave in great detail, but there’s a big difference between understanding how to swing a hammer and building a house. In this chapter, you’ll meet regular people who are already getting things done with Wave in their daily work and life. You’ll learn the Wave techniques they’ve developed through trial and error, and the specific Wave features they use to get certain jobs done. Finally, you’ll create wave templates you can use and reuse for your own purposes.

Take a look at some real-world case studies of Wave in action. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Wave Versus the Rest, Feature by Feature

We got a great response to last week’s frequently asked questions about Google Wave, and decided it’s worth expanding further on the differences between Wave and the current crop of web-based collaboration offerings.

Wave combines features from email, instant messenger, Google Docs, wikis, and forums and throws its own spin on things. For a quick visual of its offerings versus similar tools, check out this feature-by-feature comparison table. Read the rest of this entry »

Voľné pozvánky do Google Wave

Dnes som si našiel nové voľné pozvánky do Google Wave. Ak máte záujem, napíšte mi cez kontaktný formulár (na stránke nižšie) mail.

Aj v tomto prípade platí, kto skôr príde, ten skôr mele.

My Google Wave Web 2.0 Expo Keynote Video

How to Manage a Group Project in Google Wave

The mere promise of Google Wave inspired a rainbow of potential use cases, but Wave’s best real-world use boils down to this: it helps a group get things done together. Here’s how to manage a group project in Wave. Read the rest of this entry »

Google Wave Account Activated

Dnes ráno som si v pošte našiel linku na aktiváciu Google Wave Account-u. Touto cestou sa chcem poďakovať Ferovi Volárovi (alian.info). Fero dostal 30 pozvánok do Google Wave, tak som mu včera jednoducho napisal cez contact form a dnes mám aktivovaný účet. Zábava s vlnkami začína.

O Google Wave sa môžeš dozvedieť viac z mojich článkov, alebo si prečítaj a pozri pár videocastov na stránke completewaveguide.com.

Two-Minute Video Makes a Lot of Sense of Google Wave

Google Wave First Look

Google’s new Wave overview video nicely illustrates some of the features I’ve highlighted above. Read the rest of this entry »

What Works: The Web Way vs. The Wave Way

Anil Dash napísal pekný článok o Google Wave. Vyjadril zaujímavé myšlienky a tiež ako ja, verí v úspech tejto novej “hračky”. Je to naozaj pekné čítanie.

Google Wave is an impressive set of technologies, the kind of stunningly slick application that literally makes developers stand up and cheer. I’ve played with the Google Wave test sandbox a bit, and while it’s definitely too complex to live up to the “this will replace email!” hype that greeted its launch, it certainly has some cool features. Read the rest of this entry »