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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Manchester, UK
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As with all these new-fangled Internet ideas, I'm intrigued with Google Wave and what it has to offer. As far as I can tell, it opens in about 90 minutes to people who are already invited. If you happen to have a spare invitation, I'd appreciate one!
Cheers.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Union County, NJ
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Adding to the list of people that would like an invite.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Your Anus
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I don't get it.
Am I getting old?
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My sig is 1 pixel too big.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Switzerland
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Requested an invite myself, but no dice so far. Any invites going free are gratefully accepted!
/blurry lines
/end gmail flashback
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Games Meister
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Eternity
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Add me to the list of people who do not want an invite.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Back in the Good Ole US of A
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Just what I need... another "tool" that will make my life "easier".
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Games Meister
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Eternity
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If you ask me life is already too convenient!
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2003
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"The road to success is dotted with the most tempting parking spaces."
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY²
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I signed up to join the beta when I first saw the form but it doesn't seem like I've been accepted into the beta.
Likewise, I'd love to get an invitation code if anyone has any.
Thanks.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Union County, NJ
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Invitations go out at around 10am Aussie time (about 8pm ET).
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The deep backwoods of the PNW
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Is there any good reason to want in on Google Wave other than "it's a Google product; therefore it must be awesome"...?
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Sell or send me your vintage Mac things if you don't want them.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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That infers that Google products are on general, awesome. Which they aren't.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The deep backwoods of the PNW
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I don't know about that. I really like Google Docs, Google Calendar, and Google Voice.
I wouldn't, however, pay $300 on eBay for an invite to any of them. It's just a website, after all.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Google Docs? Can't even keep a list properly formatted! Ever tried copying that **** back and forth with expected results? *sigh*
Google Docs, while immensely handy, feels much more like a beta product than Gmail EVER did despite it's beta tag.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The deep backwoods of the PNW
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Oh. I mostly just use it for sharing lists via the spreadsheets. I've used it for a few other things, but that's its biggest use to me.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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erik, it doesn't infer, it implies. A common mistake.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Thanks BM. Got to work on my ESL skills a bit more I see.
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Senior User
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Did anyone get invited so far?
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"The road to success is dotted with the most tempting parking spaces."
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
That infers that Google products are on general, awesome. Which they aren't.
What have the Romans ever done for us?
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Central Texas
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I have Wave, but so far I really don't see the benefit.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Google Wave: "We took the worst parts of Wikipedia and added a bunch of Ajax. And YOU'RE NOT INVITED"
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Southern California
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Eh, I'd love to play around with it if anyone does get some invites, but I'm not sure if it'll catch on.
And judging by the way they handled Analytics and Gmail, it'll stay beta for quite awhile.
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Addicted to MacNN
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Location: The deep backwoods of the PNW
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Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -
Google Wave: "We took the worst parts of Wikipedia and added a bunch of Ajax. And YOU'RE NOT INVITED"
Well, don't you know that AJAX makes everything better?
AJAX: the new Flash. Use it because you can, not because you need to.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Union County, NJ
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
Well, don't you know that AJAX makes everything better?
AJAX: the new Flash. Use it because you can, not because you need to.
Sounds like someone knows nothing about AJAX. What exactly do you have against it? I found that AJAX helps with at LEAST, live updates of information very well, without having to F5 the sh*t out of a site.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Cooperstown '09
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Don't tell me, I bet it's in "beta"....right?
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The deep backwoods of the PNW
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(
Last edited by shifuimam; Oct 5, 2009 at 04:15 AM.
Reason: I'm just that awesome.)
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: UK
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Maybe I'll really like it if I ever got to use it. But at the moment, I don't think I even understand it. Some kind of merging of emails, tweets and MSN, with widgets, i think, and, err, somebody called rosie who translates things incase you want to talk to foreign people, and you can play chess and sudoku. Nope, definitely don't understand. There's a video, yay, its 1 hour 20 minutes long, ugghhh. Anybody watched it?
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Yamanashi, Japan
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It'd be nice to have the 'open' the beta a bit more. Sending invites to just bloggers and tech pundits may help create buzz, but it doesn't show google the needs of the 'common people.'
Who do what common people do. Who want to live like common people. Who want to live like common people like you. Who laugh, and drink, and screw because theres nothing else to do.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Colorado
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Bump on this older thread.
I got my account today, it's kinda weird. I don't understand it at all. Anyone else use theirs?
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Calgary
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I played with it for a few days, but haven't touched it in weeks. Right now I can't see any use for it.
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: The Intertube
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i would like an invite... i remember signing up weeks ago but haven't heard from Google ever since.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
Anyone else use theirs?
It's only useful if everybody else uses it. I haven't used my account once so far.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Colorado
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Originally Posted by Sealobo
i would like an invite... i remember signing up weeks ago but haven't heard from Google ever since.
PM me your Gmail addy and I'll send you one when my account is enabled to send invites... they usually take a day or so to show up.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Yamanashi, Japan
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Wow. For some reason my old college room mate sent me an invite. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it, how to use it, or if anyone else I know is actually using it.
Awesome.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2007
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I would love to use this, but of course I'm excluded from the beta. Yet, I had no problem getting a Google Voice invite in no time back in May.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Suffolk, VA
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Originally Posted by Phileas
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Aquaducts? Roads?
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The deep backwoods of the PNW
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Well, I got my invite.
I have absolutely no idea what I would ever do with this. But hey, it looks neat!
Actually - I do think it could have its uses, but EtherPad does the same thing, at least for the things I want to do...
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: UK
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
Well, I got my invite.
I have absolutely no idea what I would ever do with this. But hey, it looks neat!
Actually - I do think it could have its uses, but EtherPad does the same thing, at least for the things I want to do...
Same here, but I think it might be useful for some of the stuff I do in work, now if only everybody else in work had it too!
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: on the verge of insanity
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Got one a couple weeks ago. Hooray, I have no frickin people to use it with.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 1999
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It's the thin/thick client argument again. Everyone starts a move to thin clients, then everyone realizes how stupid it is to let other people be in charge of your own data, hardware catches up in performance and price, everyone moves back to thick clients.
Rinse and repeat. Happens every decade.
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY²
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You can search for with ublic (with : public no spaces) in your wave search bar and it'll show you all the public waves that you can interact with.
I think Google Wave has potential but, like everyone says, right now there isn't anyone to interact with.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: T •
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I can't quite figure out what I want to do with it. Seems like a glorified IM to me.
The interface is typically bland google also.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2003
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google probably bought the technology by accident.. and don't know what to do with it.. ya like I would trust some 3rd party multinational with sensitive data...
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The deep backwoods of the PNW
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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES
I can't quite figure out what I want to do with it. Seems like a glorified IM to me.
The interface is typically bland google also.
Pretty much, except that I guess it's easier to do multi-person IM, and it saves all your stuff for you so you can search it later.
You know, if you don't use logging already.
I do like the ability to drag and drop photos directly into a wave, though.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Up north
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I kinda found it to be somewhat like a wiki, but with more of a conversational focus, and with real-time editing.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Switzerland
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If anyone still needs an invite, PM me.
Although, atm I am kind of 'huh?' in regard to it.
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: on the verge of insanity
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I am not sure if I have invites to send, or where I would find them....
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Colorado
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When your account is activated for sending invites, it'll show up as a wave. I've had my account for some time now, and haven't been activated. Rarg.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Colorado
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I have 7 invites to give out, DM your Gmail addy if you want on the boat (pun not intended).
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