KMwaves.org

It is good to see that an impressive amount of people immediately showed interest in this community website. We would love to open up the floor and discuss everybody’s ideas for this community. We have started a wave to brainstorm and comment on ideas. We hope that you will also share your ideas with the community, so that we can get maximum value  out of this interesting group of people.

Please ping weknowmore.research@googlewave.com if you want to be part of this wave.

We are just starting up, but hopefully will pick up some speed soon!

You can already register here: http://www.kmwaves.org/register

At the moment, you can make your profile and use the ”What is new” box to share what you are doing with Google Wave at the moment, and/or to invite people to certain waves you want to experiment with. After those experiments we hope that you’ll share your lessons with the wave community.

We are just in between switching servers for the website. When that process is finished, it will be possible to have your own blog at http://www.yournamehere.kmwaves.org on this website. We hope that this process will not take longer than two weeks.

We are looking forward to sharing experiences with you and other knowledge professionals!

Tom Simonite wrote an interesting article on the Psychology of Google Wave. Some highlights of this article are presented here below:

“Early reviews have been positive, and demand for invitations outstrips supply (Google says ours is still on the way). But even for those who have tried and liked it, Wave’s potential is still hard to assess. The problem is that most talk about it is focussed on technology, not people. (…) The cultural norms that will shape Wave’s future are yet to be established. But informed crystal-ball gazing is possible, based on what we know about how people use existing technology. Read the rest of this entry →

Google Wave is featured with a real-time typing functionality. Not everybody is too happy about that:

Farhad Manjoo writing in Slate about Google Wave

The trouble is, everything you type into Wave is transmitted live, in real time—every keystroke was getting sent to Zach just as I hit it. This made me too self conscious to get my thoughts across. Read the rest of this entry →

Ever wondered how you could ever find people and public discussion waves about your favorite subject(s)? You are obviously at the right place if you want to discuss its implications for knowledge management, but if you are looking for other communities there is a new site in the air: waverz.com – a public, browsable group aggregator for wave. Read the rest of this entry →

Ben Parr of Mashable wrote an excellent, extensive introduction into Google Wave. One element of this introduction was the Google Wave Terminology. “Google Wave actually has its own lingo – yes, you have to learn a few definitions if you’re going to really understand this new communication platform. Having knowledge of these terms will help you understand more about Google’s newest project.” Read the rest of this entry →

We came across a great article on Google Wave by Daniel Teller, and we couldn’t agree more. Below we have a few citations of this article:

“There are countless pundits and other tech gurus describing Google Wave as a disappointment, lately. Most of that seems to come from the fact that nobody seems to get what Wave is for. So they compare it to social media.

Is Wave the next Twitter? Nope. Is it the next Facebook? Nope. Is it going to replace Instant Messengers? Possibly, in some circumstances, but not any time soon.” Read the rest of this entry →

This video gives an overview of the most important changes Google Wave will make opposite to traditional e-mail communication.