3.5% Of What Google Wave Can Do

So, those of you who know me (and some of you who don't) know that I now have a Google Wave account. I'm beyond impressed with it right now, but there are a couple of drawbacks.

1) Nobody else is on it
I only have a couple of friends on it at the moment, and as interesting as it is talking to strangers, it's hard to gauge the usefulness of the platform/product without being able to use it for real life uses, like conversations, organising nights out, work-related email on logistics or just even general communication.

2) Nobody really understands it
Possibly to a lesser extent, considering I've been using it, this also applies to me. I saw this entertaining video though:




It really does sum it up in a pithy and effective way, but my concern about the future of Wave comes from the certainty that "real people", meaning people who aren't techie geeks, are going to find it either overwhelming, or will look at it as a solution to a problem that, to them, doesn't exist...or at least doesn't warrant such a radical change in thinking.

Please do what you can to get an invitation - when you have one, play with it, add me to your contacts, drop me a wave...let's see what this baby can do and how useful it is.