Google unveiled their latest project yesterday, the somewhat ominously named Google Wave. Now before all you surfer dudes get excited, it’s not going to let you Google “6 foot swell Jeffries”. Instead it’s an attempt to revolutionise the way we communicate online.
http://wave.google.com/

The idea is to combine the best features of email, instant messaging, blogging and collaborative formats (like wikis) into a single “wave” of communication. A user starts a conversation (or “wave”) with someone, like starting a chat or sending an email. The other person can respond either instantly or later, and both of them can add other people to the conversation.

All the people in a conversation can simultaneously add text, pictures, videos, sound and links to the conversation and – here’s the kicker – they can also simultaneously edit any part of conversation. Then, at any point you can “replay” a conversation to see how it grew and who added and edited what.

A wave can evolve over seconds or over weeks – so in theory it is useful for everything from arranging a night out with friends to collaborating on a yearly marketing plan with your Australian business partner.
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