Pooja Srinivas has called my attention to WaveLook, a self-described "free plugin that integrates Google Wave into your Outlook inbox." If you use MS Outlook 2007, this plugin has the potential to unify your e-mail and Wave inboxes. Waves can be viewed and edited from within Outlook. And multiple Wave accounts can appear in the same inbox. IO Revolution, Inc., the maker of WaveLook, also promises that the plugin syncs with Microsoft Exchange servers. In addition, the company is working on what they are calling the "Wave Revolution Server." This server is being developed to enable you to host corporate waves securely on an internal network.
I don't have Outlook 2007, so I haven't been able to try WaveLook. But from screenshots I have seen, it appears to be a nice integration of Wave and e-mail for Outlook users, which could make Wave more widely useful in an enterprise environment.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Wavespace, Waveforums and Wavelot
In this post I am highlighting three experiments that feature different ways of using or presenting waves. As far as I know, they are not currently available for all to use, but their creators may "open source" them in the future.
Wavespace is an experiment by Dragon Silicon which puts two waves side-by-side on a webpage. The main document on which participants are collaborating is in the wave on the left and a second wave for commenting and brainstorming is in the wave on the right. The purpose, in the words of Dragon, is "to better coordinate development, and keep the main document clean, and blog-ready." It appears to me that something similar to Wavespace can be achieved by giving people the URL of two side-by-side waves, but Wavespace has the advantage of being a page outside of Wave.
Waveforums is a second experiment by Dragon. This lists all the waves of a given Google group (in this case, Wave Watchers) in a forum-like array. It is a nice set-up for using Wave as a forum.
Wavelot, created by Anders, is the third experiment I wish to highlight. Anders describes it as follows: "Wavelot allows you to browse, edit and create public Google Waves sorted in sections of popular topics, such as News, Politics and so on." The navigation panel on the left side of the Wavelot page is designed to match the format of the embedded wave. I can envision the Wavelot format as being useful for developing a series of waves on subtopics in a given field of study
These experiments give us just a taste of some of the creative ways in which Google Wave may be adapted and used in the future.
Wavespace is an experiment by Dragon Silicon which puts two waves side-by-side on a webpage. The main document on which participants are collaborating is in the wave on the left and a second wave for commenting and brainstorming is in the wave on the right. The purpose, in the words of Dragon, is "to better coordinate development, and keep the main document clean, and blog-ready." It appears to me that something similar to Wavespace can be achieved by giving people the URL of two side-by-side waves, but Wavespace has the advantage of being a page outside of Wave.
Waveforums is a second experiment by Dragon. This lists all the waves of a given Google group (in this case, Wave Watchers) in a forum-like array. It is a nice set-up for using Wave as a forum.
Wavelot, created by Anders, is the third experiment I wish to highlight. Anders describes it as follows: "Wavelot allows you to browse, edit and create public Google Waves sorted in sections of popular topics, such as News, Politics and so on." The navigation panel on the left side of the Wavelot page is designed to match the format of the embedded wave. I can envision the Wavelot format as being useful for developing a series of waves on subtopics in a given field of study
These experiments give us just a taste of some of the creative ways in which Google Wave may be adapted and used in the future.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Article on Using Wave in the Classroom
This article, "Teaching with Google Wave," by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, is worthy of a careful reading by anyone interested in learning how Google Wave can be used in the classroom. The article focuses primarily on using Wave to have students take notes collaboratively. But it hints at other ways Wave can be used as well. (Note that Ms. Fitzpatrick does not appear to know about the Ferry robot, which would have allowed her students to export their notes to Google Docs.) My thanks to Lisa Miller for calling this article to my attention.
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