Google Wave went from Ripple to Tsunami!

Well, when I first heard about Google Wave, I was curious.  Then I watched the Google Wave Developer Preview at Google I/O 2009 (fair warning, pretty long but worth it) and I was BLOWN away!  My mind started racing thinking about the possibilities.  This real-time interaction with an audience was absolutely mind-boggling.  I really think that  Google can give Facebook a run for it’s money if they were to integrate it with Orkut. From the things called Wavelets , Blips and Robots to my favorite, embedded wave (see below), there are amazing and endless possibilities.

At first, Google Wave was invite only.  That created such a feeding frenzy!  The twitterverse was clamoring and bartering for Wave invites.

After 2 months of begging and pimping, I FINALLY got my invite!  Exciting, right!!!  I jumped right in like a kid ripping open the GI Joe box on Christmas morning!  I’m logged in!

Then….the unthinkable!

Uh….er…now what?!  Where do I start? This isn’t like my beloved Gmail.  This isn’t like Twitter.  How do I add an extension?  Where do I find them ? And most importantly, I had no one to Wave to <play fail music from the price is right here>.  So I’ve been sitting in waiting, diligently sending out my invites to friends and family only to have a handful actually try it.  Imagine what it was like to be the first few people on Twitter.  Without the masses GWave was like being a castaway on a deserted island with my fellow plane crash survivors staring at a screen goin’, “ok, now what”.  Oh there have been some REALLY creative uses.  Take this video for example:

Google Wave has just been released to the masses with the doors to it’s potential WIDE open.  I’ve set up our company with the apps integration and we can now start waves with clients and partners for great collaborative efficiency, realtime feedback, and powerful extensions that make the client experience that much richer.

But embedded waves are where I’m really excited to see the imagination of developers with extensions and new dialogs that will emerge from both P2P but also a new dialogue with brands.

If you have a Google account you can sign up for Wave and reply to the poll, add comments, widgets, blips bleeps and blops!  Then when you’re done, you can share this Wave with other wavers.

If you haven’t tried it, you really should and this could be your first blip! When you’re done, you can tweet about it or even Buzz it and keep it in the family!