Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Buzz, The Wave... are we ready?

Google, Google, Google... ready to take over the world.  Or perhaps I should say, flex their muscles once again.  They're so jealous, Google, aren't they?  They need to take over everything.

Well, whatever we might think about it, the wave is coming.  The 'Buzz' today on Google's new social tilt and adding social to GMail is rockin'.  And deeper down, Google Wave is lurking.  Those of us who've tried the beta version are either pretending we can wrap our head around it, or just admitting we can't, but don't care.  Is this another example of something that will all become clear once it gets into the every day digital usage lexicon?  And is it going to be the "king of convergence" when it comes to the future of social media.  If you made me bet on it right now, I can't think where else I'd put my money. 
http://www.pcworld.com/article/189019/google_buzz_versus_google_wave.html