Comments on: Google Wave: What is it and how will it impact ministry in the church? http://davidhelbig.com/google-wave-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-impact-ministry-in-the-church/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:15:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Michael Lonergan http://davidhelbig.com/google-wave-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-impact-ministry-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Michael Lonergan Sun, 31 May 2009 17:19:43 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=1934#comment-628 Jeff, I think the problem is, that many consumers and users tend to be very conservative when it comes to trying out new technology. The idea of having an all in one feature seems great. But, here's the question: Can they sell it to regular Joes like myself? I still refuse to use Twitter because I cannot see the point of updating my friends on every little thing I do during my day. Jeff,
I think the problem is, that many consumers and users tend to be very conservative when it comes to trying out new technology. The idea of having an all in one feature seems great. But, here’s the question: Can they sell it to regular Joes like myself? I still refuse to use Twitter because I cannot see the point of updating my friends on every little thing I do during my day.

]]> By: Jeff http://davidhelbig.com/google-wave-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-impact-ministry-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Jeff Fri, 29 May 2009 12:51:04 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=1934#comment-622 If Google Wave catches steam it has the potential to change the way we communicate with each other tremendously. We currently use a lot of tools to communicate. email, IM, phone, twitter, sms, and more. The idea behind Wave is to bring it all together so our communication can be done with one tool. Google is making this an 'open source' platform with extensive API's to get more people on board. Google has also built Google Voice which I would anticipate would become a piece of Wave in the future. This could be a game changer and revolutionize the way people interact with each other. Chrome will be becoming more popular as Google begins having the browser pre-installed on PC's that people are buying. They are moving slow but with Wave it is becoming a bit more clear why Google has been buying various companies and why they built Chrome. They are a big player in HTML 5 and are grabbing and building tools to leverage HTML 5 in a powerful way. I am excited for Wave, but time will tell if this ends up being just another program to use, or if this platform changes the way we communicate with each other. If Google Wave catches steam it has the potential to change the way we communicate with each other tremendously. We currently use a lot of tools to communicate. email, IM, phone, twitter, sms, and more. The idea behind Wave is to bring it all together so our communication can be done with one tool. Google is making this an ‘open source’ platform with extensive API’s to get more people on board. Google has also built Google Voice which I would anticipate would become a piece of Wave in the future. This could be a game changer and revolutionize the way people interact with each other.

Chrome will be becoming more popular as Google begins having the browser pre-installed on PC’s that people are buying. They are moving slow but with Wave it is becoming a bit more clear why Google has been buying various companies and why they built Chrome. They are a big player in HTML 5 and are grabbing and building tools to leverage HTML 5 in a powerful way.

I am excited for Wave, but time will tell if this ends up being just another program to use, or if this platform changes the way we communicate with each other.

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://davidhelbig.com/google-wave-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-impact-ministry-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Michael Lonergan Fri, 29 May 2009 03:54:11 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=1934#comment-619 That is true. I find it odd that if you use G-Mail, it still says it's in Beta testing! LOL That is true. I find it odd that if you use G-Mail, it still says it’s in Beta testing! LOL

]]> By: todd mullins http://davidhelbig.com/google-wave-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-impact-ministry-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-618 todd mullins Fri, 29 May 2009 03:53:34 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=1934#comment-618 david - terry has been tweeting (?) all day about this - let's get on this - and incorporate it into how we do ministry at CF. david – terry has been tweeting (?) all day about this – let’s get on this – and incorporate it into how we do ministry at CF.

]]> By: David http://davidhelbig.com/google-wave-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-impact-ministry-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-617 David Fri, 29 May 2009 03:27:01 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=1934#comment-617 You could be right! More powerful than the success of the product itself though, is the concept. The fact that web communication is being redefined is at the crux of it. Email/IM is 20 year old technology. It will be redefined in the coming years and Google is raising the expectation of users to reach for a much higher standard than what currently exists. You could be right! More powerful than the success of the product itself though, is the concept. The fact that web communication is being redefined is at the crux of it. Email/IM is 20 year old technology. It will be redefined in the coming years and Google is raising the expectation of users to reach for a much higher standard than what currently exists.

]]> By: Michael Lonergan http://davidhelbig.com/google-wave-what-is-it-and-how-will-it-impact-ministry-in-the-church/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Michael Lonergan Fri, 29 May 2009 02:21:50 +0000 http://davidhelbig.com/?p=1934#comment-616 I'm wondering at what point do people say, "Enough, already!" It seems that we are being inundated with new apps and features almost every day. I think Google Wave may go the way of Google Chrome. I do not know too many people using Chrome, which, granted, blows any version of IE out of the water, but comes nowhere near Firefox in my opinion. Tried it. Didn't like it. Went back to Firefox. I’m wondering at what point do people say, “Enough, already!” It seems that we are being inundated with new apps and features almost every day. I think Google Wave may go the way of Google Chrome. I do not know too many people using Chrome, which, granted, blows any version of IE out of the water, but comes nowhere near Firefox in my opinion. Tried it. Didn’t like it. Went back to Firefox.

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