http://googlewavesurfer.com Tips, Tricks, Hacks and Help for surfing the GoogleWave Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:12:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Google engineer David Wang explains how collaborative editing through concurrency control and operational transform work in Google Wave. You can also check it out on youtube.com. http://googlewavesurfer.com/99/live-collaborative-editing/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Integration, a form of an extension, is a wonderful concept that the Google Wave team capitalized on. Through integration, users will be able to bridge the gap between various websites and Google Wave. One example of this is Twitter. Users will be able to see other people’s tweets, search tweets, ... http://googlewavesurfer.com/81/integration-merging-websites-with-google-wave/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed As people embed photos and videos onto their websites, waves will also have the capability of being embedded into websites. This is truly remarkable because all of the same functions that are possible on Google Wave will also be possible on any website simply through embedding. Through this ability, a ... http://googlewavesurfer.com/74/branching-out-the-marvels-of-embedding/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Here you will see a couple examples of extensions, and the second example is a phenomenal robot named Rosie. With this, you can talk to anyone in the world! http://googlewavesurfer.com/63/talking-amongst-robots/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed We wanted to show you a short clip of gadgets that the Google Wave Team has implemented into their waves. They are truly remarkable! I can't wait to play a game of Scrabble with other wave users! http://googlewavesurfer.com/54/examples-of-gadgets/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Extensions on Google Wave can be thought of like applications on Facebook or Myspace. Having applications on your Facebook account allows for a more complete experience, and in the same way, extensions will be devices that will enhance your Google Wave affairs by far. There are two types of extensions: ... http://googlewavesurfer.com/44/a-new-front-of-applications-extensions/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed This clip shows one of the major advantages of having Google Wave as an open source software. Before you know it, people will be using "Hotwave" and "Yahoo! Wave" like it's yesterday's news. http://googlewavesurfer.com/38/other-wave-systems/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed What does it mean for a software to be open source, and how will it shape the future of Google Wave? According to OpenSouce.org, open source is " a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is ... http://googlewavesurfer.com/34/open-source/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed What is a wave? What can you do within a wave? A wave is a collection of information, such as text, photos and videos, within a hosted conversation that is shared among those who are invited in the conversation. It's kind of like email and IM on steroids. Some of the cool ... http://googlewavesurfer.com/29/basic-functions-of-the-wave/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed For those of you who do not have the time to watch the whole eighty minutes of the Google Wave Developer Preview, here is a brief summary of the presentation. More focused, shorter clips will be posted very soon! http://googlewavesurfer.com/22/google-wave-a-quick-glance/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed