9 March 2010

ALL About Real-Life Uses of Google Wave… Finally!

In my previous post I was looking for real-life uses of Google Wave, on top of those advertised by Google. I was looking for real people doing real things with Wave, and I was wrong thinking there were no blog posts about that. A simple search on Twitter led to a few links to blogposts about the subject.

So I decided to search the blogosphere using Google Blogs Search (better late than never…)

I searched for (use business google-wave OR googlewave) in different time spans. I was looking for rear ‘use’s for ‘business.’ I found also several posts about ‘potential’ uses (the vast majority actually) but I didn’t want to exclude the word ‘potential’ to avoid the risk of missing relevant posts containing that word.

I had to skim the massive results (Google’s ‘In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the NNN already displayed.’ led to 726 results) and here’s what I got:

Until Dec 2009 - out of 190 results

Jan 2010 - out of 276 results

Feb 2010 - out of 155 results

Mar 2010 (to date 9) – out of 105 results

…and that’s it!

Eleven blog posts. Hope I missed some :)

I’m sure there are people using Google Wave and not posting out there, but it’s also clear Google Wave didn’t take off yet, despite it’s amazing capabilities!

How long will it take? Anyone else who is using Google Wave in business for real?

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  • margo
    I have not yet understood it's possibilities at all. I am guessing this is what happened to a lot of us trying to use it so far...What is the added extra from all the social groups I am using already?
  • lionzan
    Hi Margo,

    I agree with your comment in terms of "just another social network tool" so to say :) We are submerged by social networks, LI, FB, TW, you-name-it, and now GW.
    What I am interested in, is how the concurrent editing capability can be used by a group of people collaborating on GW. So I look at it more as a 'productivity tool for groups' than as a social networking platform.

    I am convinced that a tool for concurrent editing -which is what GW basically is- has a huge potential for ground breaking applications when used as a productivity tool for groups.
    I am actually building such a tool in the Enterprise Camp, to speed up the discussion and knowledge sharing in the breakout groups (for more details you can check the website at www.enterprisecamp.org) and I am researching other real-life uses in order to make the best use of it.

    In my opinion a tool for concurrent editing can add real value to a group's work, and I am looking for evidence!
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