Google Wave - time sink?

Well, I got an invite, and now I’m staring at an empty screen.  I’ve sent a few “um, hi?” messages to some friends, and now I’m waiting for a reply.  Google wave kind of reminds me of what I don’t like about skype (and video chatting). It dominates your time.  So when I fire up a video chat, all my other productivity stuff stops while I talk. 

I can see how google wave is sort of like a mix between IM and email, but to fully appreciate the “real-time-y-ness” of wave, I would have to schedule times to chat.  I’m eager to get into a real discussion with someone so I can can understand wave better.

I like email because I can decide WHEN to respond to it. I don’t want Wave taking away my “when”.

On 21 October 2009, William Dou inscribed the following thoughts about this post:

Invite plox?

On 04 November 2009, Brian inscribed the following thoughts about this post:

I just got Google Wave last week and its pretty nice so far, just wish there were more people here. And the lag.

On 16 December 2009, Brian inscribed the following thoughts about this post:

We’ve been using Google Wave during our weekly podcasts as a way to IM each other during interviews.  Handy tool, but it’s instant message in a fancy package.