Design Patterns for Wave Robots

by Christopher O'Donnell @markitecht markitecht at gmail.com No affiliation with Google

The Challenge How to design for a mysterious interaction environment? Everyone uses the web, no one uses Wave (yet).

How to design for a mysterious interaction environment?

Everyone uses the web, no one uses Wave (yet).

The Environment read the docs, starting here: http://code.google.com/apis/wave/guide.html

Robots Robots are participants. Robots are made aware of changes to the Wave. Robots are allowed to contribute to the Wave. Robots may, most immediately, bring to bear the capability set provided by App Engine. (vroom!)

Robots are participants.

Robots are made aware of changes to the Wave.

Robots are allowed to contribute to the Wave.

Robots may, most immediately, bring to bear the capability set provided by App Engine. (vroom!)

Design Pattern #1: Mediator Modifies/enhances textual input of participants. Participant enters text Robot modifies / enhances text Wave is modified accordingly Examples: Rosy, Complety, Wave Participant Map, Yasr, Cartoony, Stocky, Debuggy, Emoticony

Modifies/enhances textual input of participants.

Design Pattern #2: Syndicator Publishes textual input of participants to external services. Participant enters text Robot formats text and relays it to external service External service consumes message Examples: Bloggy, Tweety, etc. Replaces: Publishing platforms, Communication clients

Publishes textual input of participants to external services.

Design Pattern #3: Paperboy Publishes content from external service(s) to the Wave. External service publishes content Robot formats text and relays it to a Wave Content appears on the Wave Replaces: Portals, RSS readers, news aggregators

Publishes content from external service(s) to the Wave.

Design Pattern #4: Master of Ceremonies Sets collaboration goals, prompts input, evaluates input of participants, provides feedback and outcome. Robot sets context and prompts participation Participants respond Robot evaluates responses Participants receive feedback (and respond)

Sets collaboration goals, prompts input, evaluates input of participants, provides feedback and outcome.

Design Pattern #5: Blackboard "Useful for problems for which no deterministic solution strategies are known" Robot maintains blackboard and prompts k. sources Participants (knowledge sources) respond Robot modifies blackboard Participants (knowledge sources) respond Authors: Frank Buschmann, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad, and Michael Stal

"Useful for problems for which no deterministic solution strategies are known"

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