Google Wave is a new communication platform from Google that allows for real-time collaboration. It features wiki-style document editing, extensions, drag-and-drop uploading, embedded waves, playback functionality, and an open source model. Key aspects include waves (documents), wavelets (revisions), blips (comments), robots (automated participants), and gadgets (embedded applications). Google Wave aims to change how users communicate and work together online.

1. Google Wave
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2. Google Wave
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3. Timeline
2009-05-28 Presentation Google I/O 2009
Access for developers (wavesandbox.com)
2009-09-30 private Beta - 100.000 invites
(googlewave.com)
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4. Wave Team Leaders
Lars + Jens Rasmussen
Stephanie Hannon
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5. Layers
Product
Web Application (HTML 5)
Platform
set of APIs
Protocol
storing, sharing, live concurrency
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6. Terminology 1
Wave
Wavelet
Blip
Document
Attachements
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7. Terminology 2
Extension
Robot
Gadget
Embeded Wave
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8. Some Features
Wiki-Style document editing
Extensions
Drag’n’Drop File Uploads
Wave Embeds
Playback
Open Source
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9. Google Wave
Counter:
# of waves with
unread messages
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10. Google Wave
Contacts:
no availability
indicator in beta
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11. Google Wave
Saved searches
Folders
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12. Google Wave
Settings:
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13. Google Wave
Search:
query
in:foldername
with:public
by:me
tag:xy
has:gadget (attachement, ...)
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14. Google Wave
Participants:
other users, robots, groups
add public@a.gwave.com =>
public wave
private replies possible
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15. Google Wave
Playback
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16. Google Wave
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17. Keyboard Shortcuts
official list: Link
Space - next unread message
Shift+Enter - reply / end editing
highlight text + Enter - inline reply
...
No UNDO! (yet)
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18. Google Wave
IPhone Client
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19. Extensions
How to find extensions:
Google Wave Sample Gallery - Link
Wave - search for xy
Google ;-)
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20. Robot Details
Wave participant
Lives in the cloud
Interacts with the wave
Complete view of, modifies the wave
One instance per wave
responds to wave-related events (cron is possible)
Currently AppEngine only
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21. Robot Examples 1-4
Polly the Pollster (polly-wave@appspot.com)
Creates and distributes multiple choice poll
questions.
Yelpful (yelpful@appspot.com)
Adds an in-wave interface to Yelp.com
RSSyBot (rssybot@appspot.com)
Adds an RSS feed to Wave.
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22. Robot Examples 2-4
TwitUsernames (twitusernames@appspot.com)
Links @usernames to Twitter.com.
Blog bot (blog-bot@appspot.com)
Publishes waves to blog posts
Wikify (wikifier@appspot.com)
Adds Wikipedia links for topics
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23. Robot Examples 3-4
Wave Alpha (py-robot@appspot.com)
Uses Wolfram Alpha to calculate clever stuff and
query Wolfram Alpha.
WaveVotely (wavevotely@appspot.com )
With a tiny gadget, votely allows you to vote public
waves up/down; enabling high-quality content to
float up.
Bouncy (bouncy-wave@appspot.com)
Removes bots from Waves. Once added use the
command "bounce:botname@appspot.com"
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24. Robot Examples 4-4
XMPP (wave-xmpp@appspot.com)
Allows you to subscribe to waves so that your
receive notifications via XMPP when users modify
them
KaSyntaxy (kasyntaxy@appspot.com)
Does blip-by-blip syntax highlighting for a variety of
languages including Python, Java, C, C++, html, css
and javascript.
Rosy Etta (rosy@wavesandbox.com)
Translator (40 Languages)
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25. Robot Ideas
Automatically generate Links to external
systems
e.g. Books -> Amazon, Names -> CRM, ...
Text Expansion: Templates for Keywords
e.g. Meeting Wave -> Template for
Participants, Agenda, Meeting Minutes, ...
Gadgets are updated to show relevant
context information
e.g. KPIs from business applications
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26. Gadget Details
Wave element
Lives on the client
Interacts with the user
Limited view of the wave, modifies its own state
multiple instances per wave possible
Deploy anywhere (public location)
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27. Gadget Examples
1-4
Ajax Animator Gadget - In Progress - Link
A fully integrated multi-user web based vector
graphic animation authoring environment.
AmazonBot Gadget - Link
The AmazonBot gadget can detect products and
return inline product links or a custom full
product browser.
Bidder - Link
Simple Auction.
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28. Gadget Examples
2-4
Checky - Link
Basecamp-like checklists with drag-and-drop.
Click me - Link
Shows a button with a counter. Each time the
button gets clicked, the counter is incremented
by one. Shows off how the state interaction
works.
HTML- Link
Embed any HTML into a wave.
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29. Gadget Examples
3-4
<iframe> - Link
Embed any web page (as <iframe>) into a wave.
iWave - Link
Allows you to create a profile on wave to make
wave just a little more personal. Uses facebook
connect to retrieve your details if you sign in.
Napkin - Link
Example of Flash/Flex Wave Gadget, similar to
Whiteboard gadget above - source on Google Code.
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30. Gadget Examples
4-4
Ratings - Link
Lets participants rate and review a topic (movie,
restaurant, etc) in a wave and shows a tally of the result.
Slashdot Gadget - Link
Loads latest Headlines from Slashdot.
Whiteboard gadget - Link
Draw on a virtual whiteboard.
Who is Coming? - Link
Show a list of all people that have said whether they
will come or not.
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31. Scenario Ideas
Wave-Powered Forums
Wave-Powered Commenting Systems
Wave-Based Content Management Systems
Wave for Customer Support
Example: Salesforce
Wave for Education
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32. Kurzprofil Alexander Benker
Werdegang
Seit 08/2009 Freiberuflicher Berater
2007-2009 Senior Consultant, Cassini Consulting
2001-2007 Senior IT Architect, Xavo AG
Schwerpunkte
Business Analyse
Faktor Mensch, Collaboration, Networking
Personal and Team Productivity, Knowledge Management
Social Media, Web 2.0, Google Technologien
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33. Weiterhin...
Blogger: http://blog.abenker.com
Autodidakt
GTD-Evangelist
Gründer der Düsseldorfer Google
Technology User Group (DUS-GTUG)
Mitgründer des Wavetank
-Google Wave und Zusammenarbeit
http://wavetank.de
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34. Angebote Google Wave ToDo
von Alexander Benker
@web
- Erarbeitung von Business
Cases rund um Google Wave http://abenker.com
- Workshops @call
von 0.5 Tage oder länger +49 151 15 77 33 53
- Vertiefungsworkshops @mail
-- Collaboration
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-- Knowledge Management
@Xing
-- ...
- Coaching
https://www.xing.com/
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