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Ya know, I don't think you can find waves, unless they're public. It's a bit like email. You have to get "sent" a wave, in a way, by being added to it as some point in time. Otherwise it'd be like gate crashing someone's email conversation <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

I have to say, I don't like using it as a chat medium. It gets too confusing as you can add a reply to anywhere in the conversation, so you're going up and down like a hoors knickers. The likes of IRC or messengers are better as it's more linear. The real power is hat it has been billed as a collaborative tool. Take a look at the help tutorials (I did, as I was wondering what the hell was I going to do with it!). There are tips on how to use the damn thing, but also some examples of why you would use it. The best was a short one about a group of people workig on an article. Everyone could be assigned bits to do, comments were added and removed as the text grew, and then it was all cleaned up to a final document. Nice and simple, and interactive.

There are two waves now. One I set up as a way to get the beer bloggers I know on wave together, the other was set up by TBN for ICBers as it became clear there were a good few of us with accounts. These are just topicless conversation sandpits though, but helps <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

Adeptus, now that you have explained it a bit it could be of some use. For example there are times on this forum where people post discussion topics as opposed to questions. For example there was a post about what should be taught to bar staff in relation to craft beer.

Using this as an example you could set up a google wave with a view to putting together a short document or 'cheat sheet' for bar staff in relation to serving draft beer and then have imput from different people as to what it could comprise.

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You could have a google wave that focussed on beginning brewing, with different people adding different sections, one on equipment, one on sanitising, ingredients etc etc. This could all be enhanced with video and photos. Then when someone new registers on the site you could invite them to join this wave as an introduction to brewing.

my god, google are geniuses <!-- s:!: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_exclaim.gif" alt="" title="Exclamation" /><!-- s:!: -->

&amp;quot;halite&amp;quot;:1pzxa91f wrote: my god, google are geniuses <!-- s:idea: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_idea.gif" alt="" title="Idea" /><!-- s:idea: -->[/quote:1pzxa91f]The Dublin office holds a monthly beer tasting. Of course they are <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

Well, that's the theory. For large docs it may be as useful to let people go off and do it offline and get an editor role to stick it together as one limit at the moment with Wave is you can't export the content. But sure, it can be used. For small bits of text it's definitely good.

Also, it looks like a great way to arrange trips, events and such. You can add a map, draw all over it, and people can chime in with opinions etc. Group discussions that are very fluid in other words.

I've got 15 invites, is it a public wave?

&amp;quot;tba&amp;quot;:vwpysa4c wrote: is it a public wave?[/quote:vwpysa4c]No such thing, I think. What's your Wave address?