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Google Wave crashes on beach of overhype

Oct 01, 2009

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I just got my Google Wave invite. No, I’m already out, so I can’t send one to you, sorry.

But this service is way overhyped and as people start to use it they will realize it brings the worst of email and IM together: unproductivity.

See, the first thing you notice is that you can see people chatting live in Google Wave.

That’s really cool if you are working on something together, like a spreadsheet or a Word document.

But it’s a productivity sink if you are trying to just communicate with other people.

It also ignores the productivity gains that we’ve gotten from RSS feeds, Twitter, and FriendFeed.

What do I mean by that?

It is noisy, but the noise often happens way down in a wave deep in your inbox.

This is far far worse than email. (New email always shows up at the top of my inbox, where Google Wave can bring me new stuff deep down at the bottom of my inbox).

It’s far far worse than Twitter (where new stuff ALWAYS shows up at top). It’s even far worse than FriendFeed, which my friends always said was too noisy. At least there when you write a comment on an item it

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Comments (2)

Eemorningwood,

Oct 02, 2009

So its a chat room :O

Tweric,

Oct 02, 2009

How can it be overhyped? The hype is happening. Even negative criticism. But it's a new web, aren't we supposed to see the value and give the feedback? Repurpose? The question isn't how is this ditracting, it's how can this be productive?