Written by Jonas Klit Nielsen
“While we’re waiting” is a rough translation of the title of a program on national TV here in Denmark. The program is shown every year on the 24th of December and starts in the morning to make the day fly by for all the children looking forward to getting presents in the evening (yes, in Denmark we get presents in the evening on the 24th. We don’t have to wait until Christmas morning).
Well, that same feeling hit me today when looking at yet another article speculating in Google Wave. Will it forever change the way we communicate or will it flunk? After watching the Developer Preview about two months ago, I personally am getting more and more certain that Wave is going to change a lot of the ways we communicate today, and my trust in Wave is not just being Danish and believing in the to Danish brothers Lars and Jens Rasmussen who have been in charge of developing Wave (Lars and Jens started working at Google when Google bought their little start-up, which we today know as Google Maps). My excitement is mostly due to the feeling you get when you watch the video, and that little tinkle you get from the fact that Google has build the platform with a rich set of open API’s.
I just can’t wait, and more than 3.3 million people have now watch the Developer Preview since the 28th of May. If you haven’t seen it yet – well, grab a cup of coffee and lean back for an 80-minute cool and enlightening video.
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