I recently received an invitation to a Google Wave account, so I’m taking it for a spin. I’m not quite sure what to think yet — you really need to collaborate on something real in order to get a feel for it. So I’ve stated a wave (Google Wave, capital W refers to the Google client software, a wave, lower-case, is the content) to discuss the use and requirements for collaborative tools at Yale. If you have an account and want to join let me know. If you want a Wave account, let me know — I have a couple of invites.
Audio-visual transmission sent over the Cortex. Full waves (audio and visual) are generally only available within major Alliance systems. Once a ship has left a major system (or is traveling in a system too unimportant to have a Cortex beacon), the sender must resort to more primitive means of communication.
Meet Google Wave – The Complete Guide to Google Wave: How to Use Google Wave
Wave is not proprietary to Google. Like email, Wave consists of several parts: a protocol, a server, and a client. The protocol itself is an open standard, created by but not beholden to Google, and free to all software developers to make products that utilize it. Therefore, if Wave usage catches on, more Wave server and client software from many different companies and organizations may become available in the future—like web browsers and email programs did. The Wave protocol is federated and does not centralize all information on Google’s servers;
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