I got Google Wave -- now what?
OK, so it's a little early in the game to call this one a total fail. But after the breathless anticipation that greeted Google Wave and the hot rush to get an invitation for its beta testing, lots of users found themselves asking, "OK ... now what?"
Google, for its part, released an 80-minute tutorial video -- leading some observers to argue that if you need an hour and 20 minutes to explain what your product does, you might be in trouble.
It's designed as a platform to allow users to communicate and collaborate in real time -- a tool some predict will be used effectively by developers in the future.
But for now, it's inspired the creation of a Web site -- Easier to Understand Than Wave -- on which users compare the online tool to other sometimes obtuse subjects (Both Ozzy Osbourne and the geopolitical climate of Southeast Asia are easier to understand than Wave, users voted, while Sarah Palin and Scientology are both more difficult).
