Written by John
Last Updated November 2, 2009
Google Wave is a new online communications tool that enables groups of people to edit and discuss documents simultaneously on the web. The Google Wave team says Wave is "what email would look like if it were invented today."
However, because Wave is mostly a document collaboration tool, the oversimplified email metaphor can mislead new users. The initial Wave experience can feel chaotic and confusing, but use cases for Wave abound. Come on in and meet Wave.
Google Wave’s biggest downfall is how confusing it can be for new users when they try it out. Parody web site www.EasierToUnderstandThanWave.com jokes that heady topics like radiocarbon dating, neoclassical economics, and polymodal chromaticism are easier to understand than Wave.
The joke rings true because the initial Wave confusion is a nearly universal experience. The first waves you’re bound to receive from your friends and co-workers, fresh on Wave, will say things like "I don’t get it" and "This is weird."
The Wave tool is kinda odd to me too and at first it was notoriously difficult to understand. This guide will help. Here you’ll learn how to use Google Wave to get things done with your group. Because Wave is such a new product that’s evolving quickly, this guidebook is a work in progress that will update in concert with Wave as it grows and changes.
The Complete Guide to Google Wave is a comprehensive user manual by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash. Read more about The Complete Guide to Google Wave.
Written by John
Last Updated February 27, 2009
You know I have a wierd view on many things, right? I am sure you all that follow this blog can attest to that. Well two of my Twitter friends responded to this post that I made…
Here is what these 2 Twitter buddies responded…
Now keep in mind that these are friends of mine on Twitter and NEITHER of them go un-noticed by me, EVER. I know they were just making general statements on the topic and not about me. So yeah, we get that.
However it did make me want to respond in more than 140 characters so I started shooting this impromptu video.
Written by John
Last Updated October 16, 2008
It is no secret that I am a Twitter nut! I love it for many reasons and it just works for me, literally! I am unashamedly a “bottom line’ person by design and I don’t like to spend time on fruitless ventures, even casually. So I got a saying that “if it don’t make dollars, it don’t make sense”.
So how can Twitter help you with your bottom line? Here are a few good links to help you out with that. Let me share with you 15 links about Twitter that can help you grow your own business…
- Guide to Twitter for Business: By Shara Karasic, Work.com
- Top 8 Twitter Tips for Business: By Ellen Petry Leanse
- Question To Consider Before Using Twitter for Business: By Twitter Maven
- Why Twitter Matters: By Stephen Baker, Businessweek
- Tweeting for Companies 101: By Tara Hunt
- How To Listen for Opportunities on Twitter: By Chris Brogan
- The Evolution of Brands on Twitter: By Jeremiah Owyang
- Barack 2.0 Business Lessons for Social Media (NON political): By Brent Leary
- Why Brands Are Unsuccessful on Twitter By Jeremiah Owyang
- Is it Time for Corporations to Get a Twitter Presence?: By Valeria Maltoni
- Ultimate Guide to Twitter Tools and Resources for Journalists: By New Media Bytes
- Twitter for Business Reading List: By Pistachio Consulting
- The True Meaning of Twitter: Fortune Magazine, August 2008
- How Tweet It Is: Clay Shirky and Bob Garfield
- Huge Twitter Resource Page: http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/
