Introduction to Google Wave.

1. Are you ready forGoogle Wave? @KnightBaron

2. Introduction

3. Introduction Today’s Communication Tools Email Bulletins Board Wiki IM IRC / Chat Etc. Computer and Network is vastly improved in the past decades

4. What email might look like if in were invented today?

6. What is Google Wave?

7. What is Google Wave? It’s kind of hard to explain. You should watch the keynote at http://wave.google.com/ Google called it “A new collaboration and communication tool” Many says it’s a combination of Gmail, Google Talk and Google Docs

8. What is Google Wave? My attempt: An extensible platform for real-time shared version-controlled rich-media document with open protocol Each conversation (wave) is a tree in which participants can edit the content simultaneously

9. Comparison with other tools Email mimics Snail Mail IM mimics Telephone Call IRC/Chat mimics Conversation Bulletins Board is a Hosted Conversation Google wave is an attempt to create a communication tool which take advantages of today’s technologies

13. Key Features Real-time Character by character Embedability Embedded API Applications and Extensions Gadget Robot

14. Key Features Playback Wiki Functionality Introduce a new communication model Natural Language Intelligence Spell Checker Icland is an icland => Iceland is and island Translator Watch the keynote at 1:13:13

15. Example usage scenarios Email, IM type conversation Lightweight gallery Collaborative document editor Multiplayer Games Project manager Shared space

16. The Future of Google Wave

17. The Future of Google Wave Rich APIs attract developers to join the party just like what happened to Google Maps It’s has many potentials. It could become a new communication standard. But it’s still too early to say that Personally, I think it won’t replace anything just like IM doesn’t replaced email

18. Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask

19. Thank you

20. References http://mashable.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-guide/ http://wave.google.com/ http://www.blognone.com/node/11840 Many other sites. Just google for “Google Wave”.