{"id":1037,"date":"2009-06-06T05:48:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T09:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2009-05-30T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T20:04:47","slug":"google-wave-is-it-the-next-big-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/06\/06\/google-wave-is-it-the-next-big-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Wave Is It The Next Big Thing?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can sign up for early access to Google Wave here<\/a>.\u00a0 What is Google Wave? Well to me, it looks like Twitter-Google.com-AOL IM-Flkr-Facebook all rolled into one interface. You can read what Google says about it and see screen shots<\/a> on the Google website for the application.<\/p>\n

To me it looks like the next generation of social networking and team collaboration using many of the same applications that we use separately right now. I am thinking that Google should call it Gitter or maybe GFace, or how about Instant G. But no-o-o-o, they have named it Google Wave.<\/p>\n

Well I will be riding the crest of the “Wave” when it is released and will keep you posted about this revolutionary new web application that will be out later this year.<\/p>\n

The application is being created in part by the same team that has been responsible for Google Maps. With Google Friend Connect, Google is really looking to break into the social networking phenomena and now with Google Chrome in place Google Wave may just be the application that will be positioned to be the tidal wave that will crash the competition in the social networking field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You can sign up for early access to Google Wave here.\u00a0 What is Google Wave? Well to me, it looks like Twitter-Google.com-AOL IM-Flkr-Facebook all rolled into one interface. You can read what Google says about it and see screen shots on the Google website for the application. To me it looks like the next generation of social networking and team collaboration using many of the same applications that we use separately right now. I am thinking that Google should call it Gitter or maybe GFace, or how about Instant G. But no-o-o-o, they have named it Google Wave. Well I will be riding the crest of the “Wave” when it is released and will keep you posted about this revolutionary new web application that will be out later this year. The application is being created in part by the same team that has been responsible for Google Maps. With Google Friend Connect, Google is really looking to break into the social networking phenomena and now with Google Chrome in place Google Wave may just be the application that will be positioned to be the tidal wave that will crash the competition in the social networking field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,195],"tags":[441,194,443],"class_list":["post-1037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bright-idea-tips","category-twitter","tag-social-media","tag-social-networking","tag-twitter"],"yoast_head":"\nGoogle Wave Is It The Next Big Thing? | The Web Authority<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/06\/06\/google-wave-is-it-the-next-big-thing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google Wave Is It The Next Big Thing? | The Web Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can sign up for early access to Google Wave here.\u00a0 What is Google Wave? 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