So if you’ve been reading my blog regularly, and I know you have, then you’ll be aware that I have requested a Google Wave account from anyone willing to give me one. I’ve begged on the streets for one. I’ve even posted requests on other blogs and on Facebook.
I finally got one, thanks to Joe Franks, developer genius and all-around good guy. Just to give you a timeframe of what all of this is about–he sent my request two weeks ago. I got it last night.
This morning, after a round of emails about an iPhone app from my bed, and after my first round of too many morning coffees, I finally was able to log in. Here’s what I saw:
At first glance, you will immediately see that I have no one to actually communicate with except Joe. And Joe doesn’t typically wake up until after lunch. Since he’s on CST and I’m in NY, that leaves us about 3 solid hours to Wave at each other during the day. But we won’t because we already chat through AIM. Furthermore, we just don’t chat that much unless we’re collaborating on a project or he’s trying to get me to migrate off of his server.
I tried adding some of my other friends under Contacts, but Google said they didn’t have Wave accounts. Ok, that makes sense. But when I tried adding a few colleagues from work who share the same Google Apps account, success! Wave allowed me to add them. Their photos showed up and everything. But… they never received an email notifying them of anything. Here I am the loneliest Waver. Or, perhaps, everyone on Wave right now feels the way I do.
Here’s another screenshot for your edification, since that’s pretty much all you can do with Wave right now–take screenshots of it:
