InfoQube IM - Community

Submitted by Pierre_Admin on 2009/05/29 15:42

It is hot off the press, so many of you may not have heard of Google Wave. If it ends up doing what they say (and showed) it should be revolutionary.

It is a long video (80 min!), but you'll be amazed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ

Suggestions as to how Wave can help our community and how IQ could integrate with it are most welcomed!

Comments

This would be great for documentation, i.e. building the user manual

Jan Rifkinson

Ridgefield CT USA

HP Blackbird Vista Ultimate SP-1

Yes, I concur with Jan - Google Wave should be a great place for documentation development. But perhaps also for discussions about development and marketing priorities?

Sadly, I'm underwhelmed by Google Apps. Specifically, the individual tools are not all strong. Once Microsoft Office moves into the cloud, Google Apps will offer only one huge advantage - speed. Neither Google nor Microsoft seem to be planning to do database in the cloud - Access is excluded from the list of Office products which will get cloud versions, and Google have nothing as yet.

We should never write off Microsoft or Google in the PIM space. Microsoft researchers are active in the KFTF Keeping Found Things Found research group which centres on the University of Washington. And Google took on Richard Boardman when he finished his Ph.D on PIM at Imperial College London in 2004. I wonder what he's up to now?

Mark Gregory, Rennes, France - GMT +1/+2; EST +6

I agree Gregory. Though their target market is 'mass market' which can be powerful, but they'd never implement something like IQ for example. If you compare Google's Picasa with that IDImager tool Jan referred to, or Google Desktop vs the more heavy duty indexing tools, they are different beasts.

Both influences are good. Just like the IPhone isn't as flexible as smartphones, but it dragged all the other manufacturers kicking and screaming toward a 'large screen' form factor which is good news for the consumer.