I have been wondering how else Google Wave can really help an individual or a business and there are many interesting accounts of how Google Wave is making gradual but steady inroads into people’s lives.  Read my other post  “3 awesome ways you can use Google Wave for business” for some more ideas.

I stumbled across a short video that shows almost everything Google Wave can do, albeit, a little chaotic.  Its a little out date since it was more of a goodbye to 2009,  but it was the video rather insightful in a short amount of time, and  entertaining.

I could see how audio, video, file-sharing, email and chat could all make collaboration fun and effective to begin with. On top of it, document exchange becomes an easy affair as compared to using different applications to produce documents and then another suite of applications to exchange these documents with your team.
Clearly, Google Wave is still in muscle-training. Added to that, Google still has this “invite” strategy on so the number of accounts opening up is rather limited. It’s just a matter of time when it will be as wide-spread as gmail itself and that should be good news. Have you used Google Wave yet? Could you share some tips, insights, secrets and other ways to use Google Wave?

Ok, so to keep this in perspective, the tweetmeme plugin was on and off this year, and has been permanent for about 2 months now, and I know these are not Chris Brogan or Mashable numbers, but they do show off which content the twitter community jived with most.

1.With 16 Retweets, this post comes in at number 1 for 2009

3 Awesome Ways You Can Use Google Wave For Business

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2. At number 2 with 13 Retweets…

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A tie at number number 3 with 5 Retweets each

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5. I like this one, and if it wasn’t for me having tweetmeme down, I think it would’ve gotten more, at number 5 with 4 Retweets….

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Just short of the top 5, but honorable mentions at 3 tweets each….

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When Google Wave was released in May this year, I had a feeling that it was being hyped a little too much. I was somewhat excited when it got released and I got an invite from my colleague Michael Stearne.  Shortly thereafter, I thought it was too naive an application and it’s apparent usefulness has been a mystery, to say the least.   However, if you look at it carefully, and when the application becomes more mainstream,  there are plenty of ways you can use Google wave.   Here are 4 incredible ways you can use Google Wave For Business:

Customer Support: If Twitter can be used for Business, why not Google Wave?   Twitter — with its 140 character limit and inability to host anything more than some text and links — ripped through the Internet and actually made money for businesses in various ways, it has also been used for customer support. Dell, Delta Airlines and many more companies are good examples of how twitter can be used for support. Google Wave has no character limits, comes with the ability to store and share files, video,  audio, images in real-time (or any-time). Having said that, Google Wave can be an incredible way to provide customer-support in real time.  You could use it to open-tickets, solve your customers’ problems in real-time, converse with them live, etc.

Brainstorm for Great Ideas: Most businesses have dreaded meetings which have no outcomes — at least nothing I can bet my money on.   Brainstorming, however, is critical to formulate ideas for product development, marketing and many other business functions. Google Wave can be used for brainstorming. You can use Google Wave’s concurrent editing functions and managed quality of the discussion among people who can even be in different geographical locations at the time of brainstorming. Shoot your ideas, brainstorm, distill and implement.

Work and Collaborate online: How would you like to use Google Documents on Steroids? Perhaps you would like to drag and drop a file for immediate review with your client to speed things up? Why not put up the presentation on Google Wave for your group of trainees and enable them to learn right there? Draft your content, request feedback, collaborate, edit and make all the changes you want without wasting time by sending emails, downloading or uploading files all the time.

Google Wave For Collaboration and Work ( Img Courtesy: Google)

Have you used Google Wave Yet?   Could you think of more uses of Google Wave for businesses?

Check out my contribution to the Path Interactive Blog about Google Wave.   Here is an excerpt…

“Why all the attention?

This isn’t just another application, the preview of the tool shows how transforming it can be.  According to co creator Lars Rasmussen, It’s “what email would look like if it were created today”.   If Lars sounds familiar, it’s because he along with his brother Jens, co created Google Maps, which actually delayed the concept of the Wave.   This communication tool marries email and instant messaging with some rich functionality added onto it.  Although, there is only a preview available, some of the sleekest features include…”  Go to full post

Check out my contribution to the Path Interactive Blog about Google Wave.   Here is an excerpt…

“Why all the attention?

This isn’t just another application, the preview of the tool shows how transforming it can be.  According to co creator Lars Rasmussen, It’s “what email would look like if it were created today”.   If Lars sounds familiar, it’s because he along with his brother Jens, co created Google Maps, which actually delayed the concept of the Wave.   This communication tool marries email and instant messaging with some rich functionality added onto it.  Although, there is only a preview available, some of the sleekest features include…”  Go to full post