“Google Wave” Says Hello World and Gives “The Finger” to All The Other Social Tools!!!

So ok I just recently wrote the The Social Networking Trinity article and gave my top 3 best social tools. Then comes Google Wave in a demo from Lars Rasmussen, Software Engineering Manager.

Google Wave is a product that helps users communicate and collaborate on the web. A "wave" is equal parts conversation and document, where users can almost instantly communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

Dude, my ENTIRE WORLD just changed today. Everything I though about being way in the future was suddenly in a 80 minute presentation. Yeah, it is a ‘geeky’ kinda love right now. But the beauty of this platform is that when it rolls out to the public, they will GET IT almost over night!

• The ability to speak to each other in real time, viewing as the person types give a one-up on instant messages and chats.
• The instant chatting gives a one-up on Twitter, Facebook, IM and the others.
• The file sharing with drag and drop from desktop to browser… OMG, I think I am in heaven.
• And so much more…

I have included the entire 80 min presentation, but it does get geek speak pretty quick. If you are like me, you will watch it all. But if that is not your bag, then check out the quick links below…

1. A really cool demo of the spell checker intelligence. The Bean Soup Demo
2. A Twitter extension demo… Click HERE
3. A seriously awesome demo of the translation ability… Click HERE