Err Google, I’m not waving, I’m drowning…

You may have heard (I say slightly in jest), but Google has recently rolled out a new tool, Google Wave, which is supposed to revolutionise the way we communicate and collaborate online. Google’s master stroke, which has got everyone talking, is the fact that they have made this service invite only for now, and up until yesterday, (when Google released another bout of invites), invites were pretty hard to come by.

I was (supposedly) one of the lucky ones, who managed to nab a Google Wave invite fairly early on, and I have been signed up to the service for quite a while now.

So, has it revolutionised my life?

As tempted as I am to answer that question (you can probably take a guess from my tone what my answer would be), I am going to wait a couple of weeks before I tell you.

According to Google, “Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.”

Whilst I have been on Google Wave for a while, I haven’t really had anyone to wave to, and from Google’s description it sounds like it will be a lot more useful and fun when there are more people involved. So what I have done recently is invite the rest of Graphic Alliance to join me on the service, and we will be making waves next week. Therefore, I will report back at the end of next week, and give you my verdict.

And, if you want to get on to Google Wave and haven’t found an invite yet, just let us know. We have a few going spare!