Comments on: Wave on Slow Cook http://firstwaves.org/wave-on-slow-cook/ Examining Google+ as it Grows Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: A Bunch of Stuff « Josh Nunn's Geekorium http://firstwaves.org/wave-on-slow-cook/#comment-30 A Bunch of Stuff « Josh Nunn's Geekorium Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:47:03 +0000 http://firstwaves.org/?p=229477507#comment-30 [...] Waves is going great-guns. tjb654 tweeted “Wave on Slow Cook” and was retweeted by Pamela Fox (one of the Wave API evangelists). So I got a bunch of new [...] API evangelists). So I got a bunch of new […]

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]]> By: joshnunn http://firstwaves.org/wave-on-slow-cook/#comment-27 joshnunn Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:50:26 +0000 http://firstwaves.org/?p=229477507#comment-27 You're exactly right. And while all the robots etc are somewhat limited at the moment, it's easy to imagine bots and gadgets that help integrate all sorts of other comminucation into Wave - for those of use who want that.<br><br>As for the horizontal communication, I suspect that Google are working on that. The recent API update has shown that this is where it's all headed eventually. It's just baby steps all the way. And people forget that this is the way Google works. None of their most successful products started out the powerhouses they are today, they grew slowly over time. The same philosophy applies doubly to Wave.<br><br>Thanks for your insights. I appreciate you taking the time to comment! You’re exactly right. And while all the robots etc are somewhat limited at the moment, it’s easy to imagine bots and gadgets that help integrate all sorts of other comminucation into Wave – for those of use who want that.

As for the horizontal communication, I suspect that Google are working on that. The recent API update has shown that this is where it’s all headed eventually. It’s just baby steps all the way. And people forget that this is the way Google works. None of their most successful products started out the powerhouses they are today, they grew slowly over time. The same philosophy applies doubly to Wave.

Thanks for your insights. I appreciate you taking the time to comment!

]]> By: Tim http://firstwaves.org/wave-on-slow-cook/#comment-26 Tim Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:39:06 +0000 http://firstwaves.org/?p=229477507#comment-26 I do wish people would stop talking as though their failure to understand what Wave is all about is a failure of Wave in the "marketplace".<br>I have no problem visualising Wave as a replacement for email, as it stands; in some cases, existing friends have moved over to using it for much that purpose already.<br><br>Arguably the plethora of little robots and extensions can become a gimmick, especially if people think the things they do should be done in the underlying platform. The flip-side is that Wave has to bring something useful to sites that try to make themselves visible on it.<br><br>The main problem I see with the platform is that it is too cartesian: it's a simple framework of waves and blips and whatnots, and either you're an extension in which case you live entirely within a blip or you're a robot in which case you're entirely within a wave. There's not enough horizontal communication to blur between the two modes of operation. I do wish people would stop talking as though their failure to understand what Wave is all about is a failure of Wave in the “marketplace”.
I have no problem visualising Wave as a replacement for email, as it stands; in some cases, existing friends have moved over to using it for much that purpose already.

Arguably the plethora of little robots and extensions can become a gimmick, especially if people think the things they do should be done in the underlying platform. The flip-side is that Wave has to bring something useful to sites that try to make themselves visible on it.

The main problem I see with the platform is that it is too cartesian: it’s a simple framework of waves and blips and whatnots, and either you’re an extension in which case you live entirely within a blip or you’re a robot in which case you’re entirely within a wave. There’s not enough horizontal communication to blur between the two modes of operation.

]]> By: Screenbeard http://firstwaves.org/wave-on-slow-cook/#comment-92 Screenbeard Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:50:00 +0000 http://firstwaves.org/?p=229477507#comment-92 You're exactly right. And while all the robots etc are somewhat limited at the moment, it's easy to imagine bots and gadgets that help integrate all sorts of other comminucation into Wave - for those of use who want that. As for the horizontal communication, I suspect that Google are working on that. The recent API update has shown that this is where it's all headed eventually. It's just baby steps all the way. And people forget that this is the way Google works. None of their most successful products started out the powerhouses they are today, they grew slowly over time. The same philosophy applies doubly to Wave. Thanks for your insights. I appreciate you taking the time to comment! You’re exactly right. And while all the robots etc are somewhat limited at the moment, it’s easy to imagine bots and gadgets that help integrate all sorts of other comminucation into Wave – for those of use who want that.

As for the horizontal communication, I suspect that Google are working on that. The recent API update has shown that this is where it’s all headed eventually. It’s just baby steps all the way. And people forget that this is the way Google works. None of their most successful products started out the powerhouses they are today, they grew slowly over time. The same philosophy applies doubly to Wave.

Thanks for your insights. I appreciate you taking the time to comment!

]]> By: Tim http://firstwaves.org/wave-on-slow-cook/#comment-91 Tim Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:39:00 +0000 http://firstwaves.org/?p=229477507#comment-91 I do wish people would stop talking as though their failure to understand what Wave is all about is a failure of Wave in the "marketplace". I have no problem visualising Wave as a replacement for email, as it stands; in some cases, existing friends have moved over to using it for much that purpose already. Arguably the plethora of little robots and extensions can become a gimmick, especially if people think the things they do should be done in the underlying platform. The flip-side is that Wave has to bring something useful to sites that try to make themselves visible on it. The main problem I see with the platform is that it is too cartesian: it's a simple framework of waves and blips and whatnots, and either you're an extension in which case you live entirely within a blip or you're a robot in which case you're entirely within a wave. There's not enough horizontal communication to blur between the two modes of operation. I do wish people would stop talking as though their failure to understand what Wave is all about is a failure of Wave in the “marketplace”.
I have no problem visualising Wave as a replacement for email, as it stands; in some cases, existing friends have moved over to using it for much that purpose already.

Arguably the plethora of little robots and extensions can become a gimmick, especially if people think the things they do should be done in the underlying platform. The flip-side is that Wave has to bring something useful to sites that try to make themselves visible on it.

The main problem I see with the platform is that it is too cartesian: it’s a simple framework of waves and blips and whatnots, and either you’re an extension in which case you live entirely within a blip or you’re a robot in which case you’re entirely within a wave. There’s not enough horizontal communication to blur between the two modes of operation.

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