Google Wave Shortfalls
It seems like everyone is waiting for their Google Wave invite. But once they do get it they don’t know what to do with it. Wave invites are collectors items for the tech savvy.
Twitter had a similar problem a few years ago before it evolved into what we know it is today. Lots of people were talking about it, but the masses really didn’t need or care for it. I hope that Wave can grapple some of these issues so it can really become a useful tool.
1) Exclusivity. Who’s on Google Wave? No one. You only get about 10 invites to create your network. Really? And you can only connect with people who use Gmail? That is limiting and frustrating. I get that Google is cross promoting their other products. But what about business colleagues? Opening yet another email account doesn’t streamline organization, it muddies it. I now have 5 or 6 email accounts to manage and it’s overwhelming.
2) Purpose. Sure, I watched the videos. But the content doesn’t show anything practical. Show what people are doing or post case studies or endorsements. Twitter got flack for what is was trying to be and not what it was really being used for – it would be great to see the difference between those two aspects of Google Wave.
3) Integration. I have a huge network on Twitter, Facebook, AIM and my other email address books. All of them let me connect with anyone I know. I want to connect with those contacts in this medium.
The more I use it the more it should define itself. But for now Google Wave is just something I log into every now and then to see a blank canvas.
Glee takes a page out of the Power Ranger playbook
Have you noticed the Power Ranger wardrobe color scheme in Glee? Watch for these next time and notice that ROYGBIV is in every rehersal.
Quinn: yellow
Asian girl: blue
Other Asian: yellow (seriously, same as Trini)
Shaft: red
Wheels: white
Rachel: Pink/”berry” colors, or white
Santana/Britney: red
Puck: gray
Gay kid: ROYGBIV + white, black: he’s a rainbow but not all at once!
Finn: stripe combo of white with blue, green, or red with footballers (he brings everyone together, get it?)
Emma is dressed in bright sherbert solids and Mr. Schuester is the opposite in stripes, plaids, tweeds, and rustic solids.
-Lonnie’s Glee Watch
(No sound.)
This was the beginning of the parade. A huge green urn filled with prayer cards from the audience ushered in the All Souls Parade in Tucson. Two participants ritualistically swept and cleansed the route with salt for the souls to follow. Music played and although you can’t here it in these videos, it was very somber and eerie.
Everyone’s jaws were wide open, the effect of this float set the tone for introspection and wonder.
I love phx
These photos were taken onmy iPhone while cooking, eating,
gardening and living in Central
Phoenix. But, I grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ¡Qué Viva!
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