I recieved my Google Wave invite. I waited and begged for (8) days.
FYI: I am holding onto (5) invite suggestions.
You open Wave and what do you see. Gmail + Docs. Lets just say comfort. The light colors, simplicity, rounded edges giving you a since I have been here before.
I noticed (2) contacts in "contact" window. Are these the (2) I have to thank for my "invite suggestion"? or people in my contacts that also have started using Wave? To be on the safe and curtious side. Thank you Karoli & Francine
This Is How I Got Started
First, there are (2) welcome waves. Watch and click. Then go to Lifehacker and Smarterware. Read and try. I tried doing a search. Started out with the suggested with:public (you type searches in your 'inbox' where it says "in:inbox")
Holy Kaw!
I spent some time wading through the stream of information (nice analogy. I will probably over use it now) Hint: Every wave you click on will show up in you inbox. For some reason I found it necessary to start trashing the ones I didn't want. Not sure why. Trying to keep things tidy. This also made made me take other precautions. Do the "Three Google Wave Searches" that Gina Trapani wrote about. I thought it was good precaution knowing that every wave I click could live in my inbox. Besides now you know how to do your own.
What now?
I decided to check out extensions & bots. My understanding is that this where Wave can get interesting or powerful. I also decided that the Tweet and Posterous bots would allow me to play with Wave for now. then I started thinking...
Wave is only as good as your social network. This is the same principal with all things social; Twitter, Friendfeed, Facebook. So..
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What's The Proper Etiquette?
Do you add who you think would be interesting (twitter)?Use the advantages of the smartest (friendfeed)? or TRY to explain why your friends and family need to be using Wave (facebook)?
Two serious questions then:
Do you want to add me?
Can I add you?
Tell me in the comments or explain what you think is proper. Please.
Another thought: I should probably understand too about adding people to your Waves? Because I added people to this one without asking first. Hope everyone understands. Testing.
UPDATE: This didn't actually get posted through Wave. I did something wrong implementing the posterous robot. researching.
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