Google Wave: Invites Anyone?

I have some Google Wave invites. If you are interested let me know….

Google Wave is Google’s answer to the question, “If e-Mail was invented today what would it look like?” Wave is an interesting approach and is still under development, so if you want to use Google Wave, remember that there are no guarantees of performance or stability–though it has been working very well so far.

What is Google Wave? The best visual I can think of is this…

Imagine that you begin writing a note to a friend or friends. You open a blank note/document and start to write. When you are done writing, you send it to your friend(s). Meanwhile you decide to go back and edit the note–your friends have already begun to read the note, and they can see in near real-time that you are adding to the note while they are reading it. This is close to a live chat session–but with one major difference. Playback!

Playback allows someone that comes late to the note to rewind note to the very beginning and then play it forward to see what was added when and by whom.

Couple this with the ability to branch a Wave into a new Wave, and the ability to embed rich media directly into the note and you begin to see the power this platform brings.

If you are interested in gaining access to Google Wave, let me know. I only have a few invitations, so please be sincere in your desire to be part of the extended working group.