It seems sort of cumbersome. You have to click “reply” and then type in your response, then click “done”. Please. Why can’t it know that I want to respond because I have clicked within the pane? Also, it is SO browser-based. It doesn’t alert me (via email or text) when a new wave is started - I have to have my browser open. Maybe there’s a setting - nope, just checked - that area is still under construction. But they have my email address! I know many people are making up new email addresses for this, but shouldn’t there at least be a “email me at this address when a new wave is begun?” option.
I agree with http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-i-finally-tried-wave.html and http://scienceoftheinvisible.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-wave-algorithm.html - that wave is part of a bigger plan. And maybe embeddable widgets will be the killer app.
Wave - as a beta, yeah, it works okay, but the concept is not up to speed.
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sort of a random comment, but it is really awesome when you remember only the article title, but not the URL and you don’t want to sift through your entire hugely long browser history
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“Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often.” - Johnny Carson
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if you add “s” after http - so it’s https:// and put facebook into secure mode, it displays just fine! chat doesn’t work, but i don’t really use that anyway, so i don’t care. and sometimes you have to add “s” time and again, but it’s worth it to be able to see facebook from my desktop instead of having to go to my laptop. and contrary to popular belief, i actually HAVE CLIENTS asking my advice about facebook, so it’s a good thing to be able to see… :-)
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When they first came out with Young Folks there was a feeling of “one hit wonder” about this band. Not anymore, they keep putting out catchy songs that make their way into the Pop Tones Top 40. Last year, they did it with Nothing to Worry About. This year its Second Chance. Part of the appeal is that they make simple songs interesting with the arrangements. Its not the same old drums bass and guitar. There’s always something different like the whistling and choruses of children. Would like to see them live someday.
“You can wail you can holler you can blow what’s left in my right mind” sings “VV” (Alison Mosshart, a Yank) of The Kills in “The Future Starts Slow” from their release from last Spring Blood Pressures. Her partner “Hotel” (Jamie Hince, a Brit) provides the killer guitar hook on this single which has moved in and made itself comfortable on the Pop Tones Top 40.