Empire of Geek

What's up, Google?

I, along with many others, have not received an invite to “play” with Google Wave.  No one I know received one either.  There are a few websites that have popped up to try to get invites, but I have not heard of any of them actually getting someone an invitation through a third party.  This all leads me to wonder who got the 100,000 invitations and more importantly, if the chosen few are not able to invite their friends, then how can they truly test the system.  It seems like it is the equivalent to being the only one of your friends to have e-mail or instant message capabilities.  Google, here’s a hint, if you want people to use and experiment with the service, you need to actually allow people to access it.   The Official Google Blog has been silent about Wave since September 29th.  I guess I am just impatient since it has been so long since this revolutionary product was unveiled.  Oh well, I guess I just have to go back to watching my inbox.

I know I sound like I have had a drink of the proverbial “Kool Aid”, but here I am again going to be harping on Google’s newest product, Google Wave.  For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, here is a video of Google’s presentation at I/O 2009.    If you don’t have the time to watch that hour and twenty minute presentation, there is also an abridged version that someone created for those of us who can’t spare the time.  Anyway, Google is going to be sending out 100,000 invitations to begin using Google Wave to people who have already put their name on the list.  Reports are saying that each invitation will come with 8 invitations to send to your friends.  So if you know someone who gets an invitation, treat them nice.   I put my name on the list a few months back, so hopefully I will be one of the lucky ones that gets an invite.  If anyone reading this gets an invite, post comments about your experience.  Also, if I don’t get my own, I would be more than willing to take one of your 8 invitations!!