Geekology has 10 Google Wave invites to give away!

31 Oct 2009 31 Comments

In case you haven’t heard of Google Wave yet, it’s Google attempt to create “what email would be if it was built today“.

Waves (Google Wave messages / documents) are fully collaborative in that participants can edit any part of the Wave, see others’ changes in real-time as they are made, and play back past changes to see how the Wave has grown over time.

This video does a pretty good job of explaining the basic idea behind Google Wave:

According to Google, a wave is:

Equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps and more.

Shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.

Live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.

Additionally, waves feature:

Real-time collaboration. Concurrency control technology lets all people on a wave edit rich media at the same time.

Natural language tools. Server-based models provide contextual suggestions and spelling correction.

Extendability. You can embed waves in other sites or add live social gadgets, thanks to the Google Wave APIs.

Playback. Users can playback any part of a wave to see changes in the order that they occurred.

Drag-and-Drop File Sharing. To upload a file to a wave, simply drag it from your desktop and drop it inside the wave (requires Google Gears).

Applications and Extensions. Developers can build their own apps within waves.

Open Source Code. The Google Wave code will be open source to foster innovation and adoption amongst developers.

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A more in-depth description as well as several screenshots can be found in Geekology’s review of Google Wave, here.

Invite giveaway

Google Wave is currently in a limited invite-only preview (just like Gmail when it was released), but Geekology has 10 invites to give away to its readers. To stand a chance of winning one simply follow these instructions:

  1. Follow Geekology on Twitter
  2. Leave a comment on this post with your Twitter username
  3. Tweet the following status update: “Geekology.co.za is giving away #google #wave invites: http://geekology.co.za/gwi (via @willemvzyl). Pls RT.“

Winners will be selected randomly on Friday, the 6th of November 2009 and notified via Direct Message on Twitter.

Good luck!

 

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31 Responses to “Geekology has 10 Google Wave invites to give away!”

  1. Sergei Müller Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 01:37

    So… Does this mean I get an invite? Hit me up on @sergeimuller

  2. Zoe C Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 01:40

    Zoezoepuffs is following you for the google wave invite!

  3. Jonathan Wolf Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 01:42

    @dokuritsuzero

  4. Derek Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 03:23

    Just RT the message!

    My twitter username is dbdraper.

  5. Ivan Golinko Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 03:26

    twitter @golinko

  6. Richard A. Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 07:00

    So, just for clarification, will the winners be selected randomly from among those who meet the conditions? @y4140

  7. italianomonkey Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 08:35

    Awesome! Been waiting for a long time for this!

  8. Lkamau Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 08:55

    waiting for the google wave invite!

  9. Makalani Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 09:05

    @revmak man, I will name my next child after you if you can hook me up with a google wave invite. Singing in my best James Brown pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

  10. italianomonkey Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 09:28

    @italianomonkey

  11. Louis Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 09:34

    Twitter user: lrossouw

  12. Martijn--g Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 09:37

    Twitter account: martijniglo

  13. Imran Shahid Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 09:38

    Twitter: ishahid

  14. Maurizio Cecconi Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 09:42

    @puta

  15. Joost de Boer Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 10:11

    Twitter username = @pflanzerholz

  16. Gordon Bergling Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 10:14

    I would like to receive an invitation for google wave. Twitter @gbergling

    Thank you…

  17. Willem Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 11:21

    @Richard A: Yes, I’ll choose 10 random winners. :)

  18. mrigankroark Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 21:40

    Happy Halloween to everyone! Please add my name to the giveaway list! A Gwave invite candy would be great for trick-or-treat ;]

    twitter username: mrigankroark

  19. @simonbotes Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 23:17

    Yes please – Would love to get an invite.
    @simonbotes on twitter

  20. Christina Reply 31 Oct 2009 at 23:41

    Over 15 tweeps already … we all want what can’t have, still gota give it a shot! @christina_em7

  21. pamQ Reply 01 Nov 2009 at 06:44

    Well, I suppose it won’t hurt to try. :)
    My twitter username is @pamQ

  22. Paul Maunders Reply 02 Nov 2009 at 00:39

    I’d love an invite too….

    Twitter account: @paulmaunders

    Thanks!

  23. Van Aarde Krynauw Reply 02 Nov 2009 at 09:20

    @thecrazycoder would LOVE to have an invite!!!

  24. arantxaguilera Reply 02 Nov 2009 at 10:29

    Hi guys, I would like to get one of these invitations!! My Twitter name is @arantxaguilera
    Thanks and congratulations for your page :-)

  25. WP Reply 02 Nov 2009 at 10:52

    GWI seblief: @wpeenz

  26. jairo gonzalez Reply 02 Nov 2009 at 11:54

    hey i really want one invite pleeaseeeee
    @c0mikita
    pleeeeaseeeeee!¿

  27. Laura Reply 04 Nov 2009 at 18:37

    tweeted and follow

    @addeviant

  28. Pankaj Reply 06 Nov 2009 at 06:56

    I would love an invite @pankajs

  29. ewanjrc Reply 06 Nov 2009 at 07:04

    @ewanjrc
    Rt & followed

  30. Mannon Reply 06 Nov 2009 at 07:15

    @mannonc

    GL everybody. ;p

  31. willem Reply 06 Nov 2009 at 13:37

    Hey everyone!

    OK, the competition’s closed, and the lucky winners are…

    @paulmaunders
    @pankajs
    @simonbotes
    @dbdraper
    @lrossouw
    @dokuritsuzero
    @mannonc
    @zoezoepuffs
    @gbergling
    @addeviant

    Congrats! I’ll DM you on Twitter to check your email addresses.

    After Wave invites are sent out, they can take a few days to arrive, so be patient. :)

    Come say hi to me on Wave when you get your invite!

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