Carl Vervisch, Creative Director at Carl VervischOne other thought —To this point, part of why email hasn't been replaced is because it continues to be the communication medium through which communications media reach the user with their most urgent/important information — Facebook notifications, Twitter DM's, Google Doc notifications, etc. Instead of replacing email, these systems have actually elevated it as the premier personal communication tool online. A necessary part of unseating email would be to ignore it entirely and create a new client-side application to replace it. I suppose Google would be a top player to work toward this — perhaps starting with a 'Wave Viewer' in Gmail and slowly growing that segment... very compelling indeed!3 years ago
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Red Magma at Red MagmaHey Carl. Good question. You can also have a Wave with just two people which works a bit like instant messaging only with extra features. We just got access to Wave in the last fortnight ourselves -- the Preview version is a long way from what's promised in their presentations so you're not missing a huge amount at this stage. One key issue will be adoption -- it's only any use if all your colleagues use it too which could take some time, and it's a complex app to learn to use. Watch this space...3 years ago
I would hypothesize that, regardless, it surely won't be the end for e-mail. Agreed the implications for improving collaboration are serious, but while many of the e-mails we send are in regards to collaborative projects, there's still a fair amount of one-on-one interaction that's necessary. Sue and Scott will still have a need for conversations that they don't want Purchasing involved in, etc. Not to mention the purely 1-on-1 and personal uses for e-mail. Perhaps I took this too literally. Or perhaps (as someone who doesn't yet have Google Wave *sniffle* ) I don't fully understand the capabilities.3 years ago
EMAIL IS SO 1973 An Introduction to Google Wave. Could this spell the end for email? Tom Jarrett Red Magma
SCOTT SUE SUE SENDS A MESSAGE TO SCOTT
SCOTT SUE SCOTT REPLIES TO SUE
SCOTT SUE
PURCHASING TEAM RESPOND INDIVIDUALLY SCOTT SUE
SCOTT SUE NO-ONE REALLY KNOWS WHO SAID WHAT TO WHO
NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE ROYAL MAIL*
*OTHER THAN THE AMOUNT IN YOUR INTRAY
WHAT WE NEED IS A way to collaborate with groups of stakeholders efficiently The tools to work across geographical boundaries
WHAT WE NEED IS A solution that brings together our many forms of online communication (IM, social networks, blogs etc) A system that developers everywhere can contribute to and improve to keep up with our changing demands
IN TODAY’S WORKPLACE, WE USE EMAIL TO DO ALL KINDS OF THINGS...
GLOBAL TEAMS PREPARING DOCUMENTS
SHARING NEWS IN A HEARTBEAT
CAPTURING opinions
A B C E F G D H I J 17 45 1 2 3 192 4 5 6 7 8 9 COUNTING UP THE LATEST DATA 10
THE LIST GOES ON....
SO GOOGLE CREATED A“HOSTED CONVERSATION” CALLED WAVE
NOW SUE AND SCOTT CAN SEE THE SAME CONVERSATION IN REAL-TIME....
AND SUE CAN INCLUDE PURCHASING! WAVE
ALL USERS CAN EDIT THE WAVE AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME
Everyone’s screen updates as fast as they can type
YOU CAN EVEN REWINDAND REPLAY A WAVE
40 INSTANTLYTRANSLATE BETWEEN LANGUAGES
NOW YOU CAN HOLD A BROWSER BASED CONVERSATION
WITH INTERNATIONAL COLLEAGUESIN REAL-TIME
BUT WAVE IS MORE THAN JUST REAL-TIME MESSAGING
WAVE IS OPEN SOURCE...
SO IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE APPLICATIONS SUCH AS... FACEBOOK
SO IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE APPLICATIONS SUCH AS... MYSPACE FACEBOOK
SO IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE APPLICATIONS SUCH AS... MYSPACE FACEBOOK YOU TUBE
SO IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE APPLICATIONS SUCH AS... MYSPACE FACEBOOK FLICKR YOU TUBE
SO IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE APPLICATIONS SUCH AS... MYSPACE FACEBOOK FLICKR YOU TUBE BLOGGER
SO IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO INTEGRATE APPLICATIONS SUCH AS... MYSPACE FACEBOOK FLICKR YOU TUBE BLOGGER WORDPRESS
ADD REAL-TIME TOOLS TO YOUR DISCUSSION: LIVE POLLING
ADD REAL-TIME TOOLS TO YOUR DISCUSSION: LIVE POLLING A TWITTER FEED
ADD REAL-TIME TOOLS TO YOUR DISCUSSION: LIVE POLLING A TWITTER FEED A MULTIPLAYER GAME
UNLIKE MOST ONLINE TOOLS, YOU DON’T NEED TO VISIT ONE PLACE TO USE WAVE
YOU MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A WAVE FROM YOUR WEBSITE, or
WAVE IS NOT JUST A GOOGLE SERVICE
CORPORATIONS CAN THEIR OWN WAVE SERVER WHICH IS NOT DEPENDENT ON ANY GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY.
AND MAKE M NEY GOOGLE SAYS IT WILL ALSO INTRODUCE A MARKETPLACE FOR WAVE APPLICATIONS SO THAT ANYONE CAN CREATE AND SELL NEW REAL-TIME TOOLS* * Source: http://www.businessweek.com/
I would hypothesize that, regardless, it surely won't be the end for e-mail. Agreed the implications for improving collaboration are serious, but while many of the e-mails we send are in regards to collaborative projects, there's still a fair amount of one-on-one interaction that's necessary. Sue and Scott will still have a need for conversations that they don't want Purchasing involved in, etc. Not to mention the purely 1-on-1 and personal uses for e-mail. Perhaps I took this too literally. Or perhaps (as someone who doesn't yet have Google Wave *sniffle* ) I don't fully understand the capabilities. 3 years ago