Google Wave… can it really help remote I.T. Staff?

Google Wave is proving popular, what, you have’nt started to use it yet?

So, you’re already using social media, email and trying to share documents online between groups of people then you should check it out. Wave is likely to be able to rid you of issues of where-did-that-email-go-i-can’t-find-it-in-inbox-folder-sent-sheesh syndrome.

If you have not used Wave before it is It is a web application and computing platform that is designed to bring together your -mail, IM, wiki, and social networking, there’s a strong collaborative focus, mixed with spellchecker and some translator extensions, which are all able to work in real-time.

So if you’re a coding or desiging for a client and you’re using email as the primary communication tool and it’s going back and forth to communicate, you’re losing time waiting for the mail to come through, finding that you’re unable to decipher the ammendments, starting multiple threads its going to jeopordise the quality and standard of work.

Google Wave is prooving to be an ideal choice for

- remote brainstorming sessions
- meeting notes and data sharing
- projects, group projects, freelance projects
- interactive games

Ask any IT freelancer webdesigner about a project they had and why it wasn’t succesful the answer you are given is likely th to inlcude include poor customer/client mis-communications. Wave is proving to be a good option, view the video we found that cuts through the bloat to give you the overview you need.

Google Wave: The quick guide and explanation

“Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more” - Google

It’s amazing to find that email has been in the same format more or less for 40 years which also shares the same year that the lava lamp was invented. Are you using Wave in the workplace ?< >< ><-->