Well, what's more interesting to a group of readers? Technology that's on its way or technology that's already spent? In other words, should they be writing about ICQ or Google Wave? I'll take the latter. - Akiva Moskovitz

Akiva - true - unless we consider that there used to be a time when people didn't write about products until it was widely available - this way the writing showed up on the day of the major release. Guess this doesn't matter with the way Google releases by invites. - LPH™ and his dog P™

And the fact that so many products are in perpetual beta. - Akiva Moskovitz

Google Wave has potential, but I do agree that it is silly for people to write about it and made judgments so early, considering it is still just a small preview of what Google Wave may become. As for right now, I was honestly severely disappointed when I first tried Google Wave. I still have faith that it will become something usable, fun, and productive, but right now it just isn't. I can't force myself to stay on it for more than 10 minutes at a time, it is too difficult to read it because updates pop up all over in one single thread, and every thread you visit comes up in your inbox whenever someone types in it or even clicks on a poll without even typing. The filtering and search needs to be a little easier before people will use it on a day-to-day basis. Contact management has a really long way to go as well. - Devin Gaughan

Thank you Devin for an honest appraisal of the current state of Wave - like you - the early judgment was really the core of my point. For me, it takes a long time to try something and see if it is really worth a long term investment. - LPH™ and his dog P™