Google Wave?

[Alan Johnson]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Benjamin Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com>wrote:

> APPLICATIONS OF THE TECHNOLOGY
>
...

>   One suggestion was that it might be good for a Q&A or focus group
> type of thing, where everyone starts off on the same thing, but
> discussion quickly fractures into a number of smaller groups working
> on their own thing.  Indeed, this is how the SLUG meeting ended up --
> three or four groups of one to three people working on different
> things.
>

One other thing Wave is clearly valueable for is getting geeks to talk about
google.  =)  Good or bad, the more times we type google, the easier it is
for us to type google. =)

Seriously though, taking this concept to a more general case, a large group
of people could collaborate on a single document in real time.  Small groups
could work on specific sections with immediate access to the work being done
on other sections.  A small number of "managers" could roam around the
document to watch for overlaps and contradictions, and provide guidance as
needed.  Is that right?

I could see the concept being valuable in a code sprint.  It could better
enable remote participation, but I don't imagine the Wave interface applies
well to coding.  Does it?

Oo, oh, or legislatures working on draft legislation might be a good
specific example.  The play back features could be useful for
accountability. =)  Unfortunately, I don't see the US lawmakers being able
to grasp this in any useful way until our kids start getting elected, but
maybe sooner in a more technologically progressive country like Brazil or
something.

Anyway, nice write-up Ben!  Thanks!
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