Re: Google wave
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:14:47 -0600
Message-ID: <6b499f0c1002121014j23bd9db3r816673c8845d1258_at_mail.gmail.com>
Personally, i have no problem turning the connectivity off. You certainly need to "unplug" regularly, just like you need sleep.
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Goulet, Richard < Richard.Goulet_at_parexel.com> wrote:
> Oh dear, another off topic subject that's starting a storm. Personally I
> think we've got tooo much connectivity as it is. When I started in IT cell
> phones were non-existent and when they did come in they weighed 5 pounds bag
> & all. There is no private time anymore. No turning the world off. And
> these services are to blame. I've a younger cohort who was dating a certain
> young lady who was interrupted in the middle of I'm sure you can guess by a
> text message from twitter. Bother & shut them down.
>
>
> *Dick Goulet***
> Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead
> PAREXEL International
>
>
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Roach
> *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2010 12:32 PM
> *To:* Guillermo Alan Bort
> *Cc:* cruepprich_at_gmail.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> *Subject:* Re: Google wave
>
> Guillermo, what if Google expanded GoogleDocs to let you have online
> SVN/Git repositories and even leverage Google Code so you can create
> projects and seamlessly share it with people much like you do your Google
> Calendar or docs?
>
> I think the key is integration. I think Google has done a very lousy job of
> integrating all these new services. I think Google Docs and Gmail integrate
> well, but that's about it as far as I can tell.
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Guillermo Alan Bort <
> cicciuxdba_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have both wave and buzz. Don't really like any of them. Buzz looks to me
>> as a 'counter' to twitter/facebook/orkut, that allow you to 'share' 'what's
>> on your mind'. It's rather annoying really...
>>
>> Wave has some nice features... it has potential to become a collaboration
>> suite some day... but it's far from it. I think that shared code editing
>> would be a nice feature, or perhaps a cvs/svn service...
>>
>> I'd also like the ability to join wave with gmail... since gmail is my
>> 'google central'...
>>
>> hth
>> Alan.-
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Christoph <cruepprich_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, Wave is still in beta, so naturally there are still some bugs. I
>>> too wish there would be gmail notifications whenever waves get updated. I
>>> think, however, there may be a gadget for that.
>>>
>>> Voice seems to integrate nicely into gmail for me. Getting text versions
>>> of voicemails is certainly nice.
>>>
>>> As for buzz, well, it seems to be a twitter clone. Not sure of any good
>>> uses for it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Thomas Roach <troach_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My biggest gripe about wave and voice was that it did not seem to
>>>> integrate with gmail. Not sure if I am doing it wrong, but it was like I had
>>>> to add users separately outside of my gmail address book. Like it was a
>>>> whole new service so I didn't bother to try and leverage it.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone find a way? is it integrated better now since buzz?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Christoph <cruepprich_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> I would like to know if any of you are using Google Wave<http://wave.google.com/>,
>>>>> and if so, how.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Christoph
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thomas Roach
>>>> 813-404-6066
>>>> troach_at_gmail.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because
>>> they quit playing."
>>> - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Thomas Roach
> 813-404-6066
> troach_at_gmail.com
>
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