I think that is a fair question. As we are scrambling around in this new piece of software/technology, and trying to learn all these new features, we seem to forget what we want out of it.
It happens all the time.
When I talk to people about starting their own blogs with WordPress, the first question they ask is usually, “What can WordPress do?”, and my usual reply is, “what do you want to do (with it)?”
Remember when Google Wave was first introduced? The very first question by the Wave team which caught my attention was: If we were to invent email today, what would it look like?
I personally think it is pretty cool to use Wave as an email platform. I can add or remove(?) recepients and use playback to track the conversations with ease.
How about Wave as an instant messenger? I had a chat session with someone a while back. Even though it was pretty interesting at first to see characters appearing as he was typing, I wasn’t that impressed.
Wave as social media, (micro)blogging, forums, or photo/video sharing platform? I am not sure yet.
The fact of matter is, it probably can’t do everything. It will be great at just a few of them and suck at the rest. Make up your mind on what you want to accomplish with this new tool, then perhaps it would be a lot easier making it work for you.
P.S. I have some WAVE invitations available. Send me an email if you want one.
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