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Google Wave team talk shop and future at GTUG London
October 28, 2009 | Tagged Google Wave | Leave a Comment
I attended the Google Wave GTUG (Google Technology User Group) meet at the Park Plaza in London this evening for TNW. High demand for the event resulted in a switch of venue from the original Belgrave House offices and a very large takeaway pizza order funded by Google.
On the same day that Google launched their new social search facility, Lars Rasmussen and Stephanie Hannon, the individuals behind the Google Wave project, talked us through the latest developments and future plans for the service. They took the 200 strong audience through the latest APIs that showed a glimpse of what we can expect from Wave in the future.
Hannon started the presentation on a lighter note by showing the clever Pulp Fiction styled Google Wave introduction video as well as guaranteeing the attendees Google Wave preview invites to much appreciation.
Demand for Rasmussen and Hannon’s creation was made evident, with 2 million registering their interest after the IO Developers meeting back in May, which the video of, up to now, has received 5 million views on YouTube. As we know 100,000 lucky wavers were invited into the preview on the 30th September, opening the product to a wider audience. So what’s happened since then, do people really get it , what does the future hold and why does using it feel like visiting your 95 year old gran?
Their recognition of the responsiveness was clear, they know it’s slow, they don’t like it either and it’s their number one priority.