Wave: What is That Sucking Sound?

November 28, 2009

I like sucking sounds. In fact, one of my favorite words is “suck”. My preferred usage is the sound of slow moving companies going down the financial drain. The BearStearns, the Tyco, and the Enron implosions were suck music. Maybe I should collect these sounds and put out an Addled Goose album for download.

When I read “Why Google Wave Sucks, and Why You Will Use It Anyway”, I thought now there’s my favorite word presented with a twist. The write up makes a good point in my opinion:

If you criticize Google Wave, you should keep in mind that it is a “preview” now. It’s not a beta, and it’s not a final release. The Google Wave team has set out to create “email as it should be in 2010?. And from what I see, they have a good chance of doing so, but 2010 is less than two months away. However, I am willing to bet that this piece of software will eventually overcome Robert Scoble’s criticism. For professional collaboration, I still recommend the wikis mentioned above. But if you’re into real-time collaboration, Google Wave will eventually be your choice. Just make sure to bring advanced web skills.

This comment comes at the foot of a pretty good discussion of Wave. What troubles me is that there is an on going perception that Wave is a variant of email with some other functions tossed in. In my research, I uncovered some other facets of Google’s technology that can be glimpsed within the “preview” and “beta” of Wave. I want to mention one and leave it to you to work through this useful article. Dataspace. Oh, and what does Google have with a collection of dataspaces running on its platform? Now that’s a question that will really suck some competitors into a new place in my opinion.

Stephen Arnold, November 28, 2009

Disclosure: No one at NASA paid me to use the word “dataspace” or to write this article. How will I pay my deaf, rescued boxer, Tess? Maybe she can beg with a sign around her neck and an empty dog bowl in front of her.

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Business strategy, Database, Google, News, Social, Technology

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.