Comments | cupidsbow: OMG Google Wave

cupidsbow

OMG Google Wave

Jun 18, 2009 23:10

Watching Google Wave demo. Stop. OMG. Stop. I want it. Stop. Start now pls.

Why did none of you tell me about this? What else have I missed!!!?!

*goes off to look at Google Chrome*

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sars June 18 2009, 15:45:44 UTC

*wants*

omg, I'd seriously consider switching to a blogger account for this. I haven't watched the whole thing yet but it looks amazing.

Why isn't everyone talking about this? The geek gossip network is clearly failing in some way :)

cupidsbow June 18 2009, 16:28:03 UTC

I know, the network *has* been falling down lately. There's barely been any word about WolframAlpha either. And it is also shaping up to be awesome.

But Wave? Perfect tool for fanfic projects, with embedded art as you go! Storytime will be a whole new experience!

*yearns*

sars June 19 2009, 06:05:02 UTC

Oh, WolframAlpha is the most amazing thing. We were geeking about it on Twitter awhile back. Maybe that's the problem. No one is talking about these things on LJ any more because we're all tweeting them instead and if you're not following the right geeky people you miss them.

I love the whole collaborative editing thing. It's like they've taken all the best bits of all the little apps and social networks we're using and seamlessly integrated them into one program.

seekergeek June 18 2009, 17:20:10 UTC

SWEET. JESUS.

That will frickin' revolutionize internet communications. The things fandom could do with this!

cupidsbow June 18 2009, 17:51:56 UTC

TELL ME ABOUT IT. I keep having a geekgasm every time I think about it.

seekergeek June 18 2009, 18:41:06 UTC

It could make collaborative projects like "Written by the Victors" commonplace. *gets chills at the possibilities*

cupidsbow June 18 2009, 19:01:34 UTC

I keep imagining storytime, in which a group of us are writing and adding stuff, and then someone makes art on the fly and adds it in, and then someone drops in a youtube vid with the bit of dialogue we want to quote, and then the story branches out into two different endings... and then it's posted to the AO3.

It's just... like it's *made* for fans.

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sarka June 18 2009, 17:37:13 UTC

I just looked at that, being an expat and... that thing is going to change MY LIFE.

cupidsbow June 18 2009, 17:51:03 UTC

I know, right?

orwhoeveriam June 18 2009, 20:34:51 UTC

Yes, look at chrome! I'm literally the only person I know who uses it. Other people should be converted.

cupidsbow June 19 2009, 03:18:27 UTC

I've been trying it out. It's very elegant, but omg, I need my Firefox apps. How did I live before session manager? And Read it Later? It's nice to have a usable second browser though; I shall use it for my not-very-secret socks. :)

strifechaos June 18 2009, 22:51:37 UTC

I've been using chrome for a while, it's pretty nifty. The only problems I've had with it are that sometimes it doesn't load a site, and that when I sent into my application for work it didn't register on their system, so I had to use Explorer. But I've gotten really used to the Top 9 sites on the new tab.

cupidsbow June 19 2009, 03:21:39 UTC

It's very elegant! Ironically, I tried out an app just like the Top 9 sites on Firefox, and got rid of it coz I never used it.

I don't think I can use a browser without the apps I use all the time on FF. Like Read it Later (so awesome). I'll play with Chrome a bit more and see if it grows on me. I'll definitely use it as my second browser in place of MS Exploder, tho, on those occasions when one browser is not enough. :)

mr_booboo June 19 2009, 06:53:59 UTC

Wait for Firefox 3.5. Chrome will be the default.

cupidsbow June 20 2009, 05:51:22 UTC

Really? Okay, I think I'm liking that plan.

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