Week 1: I want a Google Wave invite. I want a Google Wave invite
Week 2: I got a Google Wave invite. I got a Google Wave invite
Week 3: It’s lonely here. What do I do with Google Wave?
Sounds familiar?
I was (and am still, in some sense) in that boat – till the guy who gave me the invite just gave me two tips that really helped.
For all those of you who got into Google Wave, only to find that you and your (wave invitation) benefactor make up your entire wave universe, here’s how you can connect with the rest of the world:
a) Type “with:public” in the search box to search for public waves – and start participating in them. There are Sudokus, guides, conversations & spam.
b) Create a wave of your own and make it public by adding public@a.gwave.com as wave participant. There’s a small ‘trick’ needed with this one. When you Click on the + beside the Manage Contacts link and type public.a.gwave.com as a contact, you’ll get an unfriendly “User does not have a Google Wave account” message. Just ignore it, and hit the enter key. The contact gets added and is called ‘Public’ in your contacts list. Now you can create a new wave and add ‘Public’ to the conversation. And don’t forget to add me: aluxtinas AT googlewave.com
That’s it.
Hello World, anyone?
Note to self: try & rack up some good karma points by illustrating the above in a a video.
Hat Tip: The ‘guy’ who gave me the Google Wave invite and these inputs is James Ramya Rajan. Thanks, James.
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I would appreciate if you would send me a Wave invite or help me get one. Bob
I want a Google Wave invite. I want a Google Wave invite
Thank you for your post.
I have visited a nice tutorial about google wave here http://freshnewz.co.cc/
I’m not really sure public waves add much value here.
Every good quality wave eventually becomes an ever-edited chatroom with strangers,
and I don’t think that’s what they made it for. So I still don’t know what i’m supposed to do with it.
If you need someone to Wave with just add chrislang@gmail.com to your Gmail contacts. Then shout me there with your Google Wave account Gmail address. When we are in each others contacts on Google we show up as mutual friends in Gwave contacts.
I have about 800 Gwave friends and I post public discussions on all things Google every day. So I can bring you into some Waves where you can meet some like minded peeps.
See you on the Gwave. – Chris
@Bob, @Vishal: I don’t have invites to give yet – but the moment I do…you’re No.6 & 7 on my list.
@Josh – you’re right. Public waves aren’t what Wave was intended for – but its a start. At least your screen doesn’t look empty anymore – and you get an idea of the stuff others are doing with Wave.
@Chris: Thanks. I just added you. I’m aluxtinas AT gmail THISISADOT com
Hi,
You said,
“… a) Type “with:public” in the search box to search for public waves …”
Which search box are you referring here? I can’t find such a box. Please indicate. Thanks.
Jeremy, this is the box to the right of the button that says [New Wave]
This is in the “Inbox Window” (typically to the right of the Navigation Window)
Hope this helps?
Hi that is a great egg…..some how one day google show us this, when they using thier service for commercial purpose…..I am looking for a google wave invitation..anybody help me?