Google Wave: Ripple or Tsunami for Research

Google Wave Ripple or Tsunami? http://ww.ﬂickr.com/photos/quaelin/3574598412 CC-BY-NC-SA

http://ww.ﬂickr.com/photos/quaelin/3574598412 CC-BY-NC-SA

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-drips-with-ambition-can-it-fulﬁll-googles-grand-web-vision/

http://gigaom.com/2009/05/28/google-climbs-to-new-heights-of-arrogance-with-wave/ http://scobleizer.com/2009/10/01/google-wave-crashes-on-beach-of-overhype/

http://easiertounderstandthanwave.com/

http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2009/08/gartner-hype-cycle-version-20.html

Searches for “google wave”

Big invite rollout “Public” preview Google IO launch

What is Wave?

Automation Native to and connection the web Real time communication

Gadgets Automation Native to and connection the web R ob ots Real time communication

Gadgets Automation Native to and connection the web R ob ots Real time communication rat ion C oll abo

Is it useful for research?

What are our needs?

Formal communication... http://ﬂickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2756494307/

Dead. Broken. Disconnected.

The web...

The web... ...scales

Average Capacity of Human Researcher 5.00 3.75 2.50 1.25 0 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006

Our record is not wired up http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tessawatson/427108549

Why not? http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mattymatt/3017263513

Researchers are busy here... http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/argonne/3654538029

...and not interested in this

Capture first... http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/furtwangl/3851841424

Dionaea muscipula Musca domestica chomped on ...then add structure

Tools for capturing... http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pandawan/3950755957

Tools to connect objects up

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/24801682@N08/4117012787

The potential

Natural user interaction Easy user interaction with web services and databases Per user, per experiment, per group storage of information

Problems...

The client. User understanding.

Conclusions?

Watch... http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/1517171173 CC-BY-SA

...don’t (necessarily) jump... http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/divemasterking2000/3827673841

...unless you like this kind of thing http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/nov03/4087845032

...in which case have some fun!

Gadgets Automation Native to and connection the web R ob ots Real time communication rat ion C oll abo

Cameron.Neylon@stfc.ac.uk http://blog.openwetware.org/scienceintheopen http://slideshare.net/cameronneylon Twitter: @cameronneylon Friendfeed: cameronneylon Wave: cameronneylon@googlewave.com Thanks to: Sciencetwists, Friendfeeders, and the wider online community for ideas, criticism, and conversations. Deepak Singh, Larry Lessig, Andy Powell, and John Wilbanks for presentation inspiration. Flickr (and in particular @andypowe11) for images

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