A Guide To Google Wave By Lifehacker

I always consider myself to be at the forefront of the tech world. I like to know yesterday what’s happening tomorrow. But, I will have a moment of honesty, when I accept that Google Wave is going over my head a little bit. I understand its purpose and understand where it is going. But I think until it really opens up to everyone, it will remain a little stagnant.In the meantime, a guide like this goes a long way. I always mention Lifehacker whenever I can on here. It is one of my favourite sites. They have compiled a guide on using Google Wave. And when Lifehacker does something like this, I always sit up and listen. They always write so accurately and easy to follow articles.  At the minute the book is free as a pre-release, before officially going out in January. The finished product will be fantastic as always. At the moment, it is in WIKI format. Given the nature of a WIKI, they will probably be regularly updating it as time passes. (maybe). Either way, it will be worth keeping an eye on until the final version can be purchased. One article that stood out to me immediately in the topics list was this one - “Wave’s Downfall: A Universally Confusing Initial User Experience”. Helps you realize, you are not alone in your initial confusion. Which I feel is a good starting point. You can get a glimpse of the topics here:

The list of topics are fairly comprehensive, which makes me look forward to the release version. Interestingly, the wiki contains videos. I just don’t know how they are going have videos in the book. But then I am always amazed at their work, so I’ll wait and see. Click here to get access to the book and get reading up on it.

Here are their own thoughts on why they wrote this book.

Got an interest in Google Wave but have absolutely no idea where to get started? Try out The Complete Guide to Google Wave, a new (free) book written and edited by my pal and Lifehacker cohort Gina Trapani and yours truly. Google Wave may not be available to everyone just yet, but there’s still a lot to learn about it and not that many places to do that learning. That’s where The Complete Guide to Google Wave steps in.

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