Lars and Jens Rasmussen (who also worked together on Google maps) have developed a highly operational online interactive tool called Google Wave. Lars comments on the new feature:
“A “wave” is equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more. Here’s how it works: In Google Wave you create a wave and add people to it. Everyone on your wave can use richly formatted text, photos, gadgets, and even feeds from other sources on the web. They can insert a reply or edit the wave directly. It’s concurrent rich-text editing, where you see on your screen nearly instantly what your fellow collaborators are typing in your wave. That means Google Wave is just as well suited for quick messages as for persistent content — it allows for both collaboration and communication. You can also use “playback” to rewind the wave and see how it evolved.
Google Wave could conceivably integrate all of the social platforms into a single conversation, eliminating the need for Google to compete with them. A preview of Google Wave gives you an idea of just how interactive it really is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ.
Make schedules, share ideas, integrate with other networks and even plan parties and track invitations acceptances and rejections on Google Wave.
Tags: Google Wave, social networking