20 New invitations. Who are your friends now?
Wow. Without any notice or even a blog post that I can find, a huge new slew of invitations just went out to Wave users around the world.
I noticed 20 new Wave invites in my Wave inbox this evening, and if the tweet activity is any indication, I am far from alone.
This will dramatically increase the user base of people using Wave, and will enable conversations among actual groups of people who know each other in the real world. Right now there are countless Wave conversations going on with complete strangers writing things to each other just so that they can try out Wave.
"Mr. Watson. Come here. I need you!"
And perhaps it will cut down on the number of Google Wave Invite scams.
Now, I still stand by what I wrote, I still think that for all but the most diehard technical users, it's good to wait for a while to get into Wave.
If you get one of these new invitations, however, don't turn it down. Just take a bit of a look around and then be sure to subscribe to this Examiner to learn all the best ways to use Wave in the coming months and years as it gets much better and more add-ons and clients are built for it.
If you were one of those who got 20 new invites, tell me, how are you going to give them out? Let me know, I'm interested.
Just remember... If you do some sort of contest and end up giving your invitations to people you don't know, you will be linked to that person forever within Wave. Just sayin'.
I am playing with Wave every day and reading lots, but I am open to all suggestions about what aspects of Wave to cover. If you have a tip, well, I'm like a waiter: I live on the tips. Contact me on Scott, or in Wave on "scodtt" or via Twitter using the button below. Also, be sure to grab the RSS feed or subscribe to my email using the buttons above so you can get all the very best in Google Wave news and analysis from a non-technical perspective.
Comments
You don't have a spare wave invite do you?
I really like following your write-ups.
hey , plz if u have one , invite me too . viraj886@gmail.com thnx .
if u have invitations please invite me
istand4u@gmail.com
Could I get an invite please?
DudeYzerman(at)aol.com
Look, please don't ask me for invites. As I wrote above, if I give you one I'll be linked to you forever.
Also, Wave is about communications, and we won't have anything to communicate about if I don't know you other than, "Boy, this is cool."
Search around among people that you actually know and ask if they have extra invites. If they are in Wave, they may not even know yet that they have the invites to give out, they just started popping up in the last 24 hours, and the only notification comes within Wave itself.
invite please? thanks!
lol... are these ppl dumb or wat... read his article for heaven's sake.... Scott.. u really opened my eyes into waiting till i get a legit invite... peace
I'd love an invite man. shayan.moosa@gmail.com. Thanks!
id like one, gneo54@gmail.com
Wow, thanks Scott! By whats happening on twitter,as you note,folks are swimming in invites. I guess,but some look rather fishey to me. Some don't understand what wave is or what if any use it will be for them. Due to the phis twwets intising them to get a 'free' invite.
Dare I say this has opened a can of worms.
Thanks for the follow btw.
And others,please read the whole article!
Hi,
If you have invitations please kindly invite me
zhangwanbao@gmail.com
Thanks and Best Regards
Wanbao
At least I only got 1!
hey scott, if you have any spare wave invites, i'd very much appreciate one - wilkanardo@gmail.com
If anyone has a spare one, could I get one as well
pavelkiev@gmail.com
First of all: I wouldn't mind having complete strangers in my contacts list. As a matter of fact I actually meet a lot of people on public waves who end up in my contacts list. Great for networking. Second: Don't you think it will eventually be possible to remove contacts? Wouldn't it be a flaw if that's not possible ever?
I would appreciate a lot of power to take to big wave, if it had someone raul.serna@gmail.com
I got 20 invites, and I sent them out to friends and colleagues in law school, as the majority of us are in our third year and this will be a great collaboration tool for us to share outlines, job tips, bar review info, etc.
I got 20 invites, and I sent them out to friends and colleagues in law school, as the majority of us are in our third year and this will be a great collaboration tool for us to share outlines, job tips, bar review info, etc.
I'd like an invite if someone has one to spare please! Kitporath@gmail.com
haha, I think more invites have to be send by Google if I take a look at the comments here ;~)
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