Dave Elkins

Google recently opened up Google Wave to developers and I was lucky enough to get one of dev accounts.  I have been working with Google Wave for a few days.

Google Wave is a next generation communication environment that is an attempt to reinvent email, IM, and collaboration on the web in general.  There are many companies trying to do this Twitter and Facebook to name a few.  Google Wave is the first attempt to make something that will be open and not a walled garden like Facebook or Twitter (at least that is what Google is saying too early to see what really happens).

Google says that they will be open sourcing all the code so anyone can setup their own Wave server and that the servers will be able to communicate with each other similar to how email servers communicate.

So just like today how someone with Yahoo Email account can send and receive emails with someone with a Google Email account, the intention is that someone with a Wave Account with Provider A should be able to communicate seamlessly with someone with a Wave Account with Provider B.

It is very early but it looks really exciting and has a lot of promise.

There are more post to come that will break down how Google Wave works, how to use and how to develop for it.

Stay tune.