Using Google Wave for a Manhunt

November 30, 2009

The Seattle Times is trying a to use Google Wave for a pretty serious task — catching a killer.
They’ve created a public wave with information about the chase for the man suspected of killing four Seattle police officers a few days ago.  There are over 100 people in the Wave that are adding video footage, [...]

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A Day of a Student with Google Wave

November 30, 2009

(note: this is a guest post from Simon, one of the winners in a contest we recently held)
07:00 – Wake up
It’s seven in the morning, time to prepare for a brand new day at school. Let’s check last night’s updates, right from the bed thanks to the iPhone interface. Wow, yesterday’s party pics has been [...]

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So who got the invites so far?

November 26, 2009

We’ve been giving out invites for about four hours today, and we’ve still got a few left!  A ton of you have donated them to us, and we’re handing them out as fast as we can.
As of this writing, everyone that has requested an invite (either via Twitter or by leaving a comment) has had [...]

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Want an invite? Get one NOW!

November 26, 2009

We’ve been giving away invites on Twitter today, and they’ve been going pretty fast.  However, we still have a TON left (thanks to people like you) so we thought we’d open them up here.
If you want an invite, just leave a comment to this post with your email address.  I’ll delete comments after I’ve given [...]

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Download the Complete Guide to Google Wave

November 23, 2009

Gina Trapani and Adam Pash of Lifehacker have put together a book titled “The Complete Guide to Google Wave“.  It’s a 102-page, DRM-free ebook that you can get right now for only $6.
If you don’t feel like shelling out $6 for an ebook, you can read the entire book right on their site!  It covers [...]

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Google Wave for Teachers: A Concept

November 20, 2009

(note: this is a guest post from Mike Kirk, one of the winners in a contest we recently held)
Last month, Google announced beta for an upcoming product called Wave which the tech giant refers to as “what e-mail would look like if it were invented today”. By that they mean a communications system with all [...]

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A bunch of new tips

November 18, 2009

Google posts new tips from time to time.  Here are a few recent ones:
Search for public waves in your language — Search for “with:public + terms” and you’ll get a ton of results in your language (35 available).
Color code your inbox with saved searches — This is a neat way to mark things in your [...]

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Google Wave 101

November 17, 2009

I’ve had a few people tell me they’ve gotten their Wave invite and then jumped in to check it out, but they didn’t really know what to do with it.  I’ve just put together a quick 4-1/2 minute screencast that shows some of the basics.  In this video, I’ll show you how to:

Add contacts so [...]

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A big day for invites! Here’s who got them.

November 15, 2009

As we often do, we gave away a ton of Wave invites via our Twitter account.  We had hoped to give away about 40, but ended up giving away more than 70 of them!  If you didn’t get one this time, keep watching us on Twitter as we hope to give more away pretty soon.
Even [...]

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Do you have extra invites? Share them! Here’s how.

November 13, 2009

If you’re one of the lucky ones that are already using Google Wave, consider helping some other folks to finally get an invitation.  It’s easy to do, and you can make some people really happy.
Poke around in your Google Wave inbox (or maybe your “All” section) and you’ll possibly have a wave titled “Invite others [...]

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