Google Wave and www.SmallerIndiana.com

As opportunities come and go and ideas rise and fall with the waves of internet trends in new technology, what can be more exciting to a communication and team working freak like myself than the latest Google Developments. In an ever grasping quest to more efficiently work on multiple machines and on multiple projects, I have been delving steadily into the world of Google to see what they have to offer. Not only have the reliability and efficiency of Chrome, Google Docs, and Gmail improved and become easier to use than ever but, now we have been hit by the Google Wave.

Now I am the type of person that occasionally pokes my nose into Google Labs and have found many exciting Apps like Fusion Tables and the Google Social experiment but, it wasn’t until I started trying to figure out how to use Google Wave for practical purposes that I really started seeing the big picture of where Wave could go (Go! is also an interesting topic that is a little over my head but, that at first glance supports the developments and trends that I see).

So what have I been doing with Wave and what does that have to do about www.SmallerIndiana.com ? First a little background. One day I was looking for Indiana knowledge bases on Google. Couldn’t find any, no Indiana Google developer groups, no online Google groups located in Indiana, and just plain no Google enthusiast organization in Indiana. So I just had to change that. I started GoogleWavers group on www.smallerindiana.com I have done this within the SmallerIndiana social network and we have our own Wave to accompany the activities that this group does.

Now what do we do, well not a whole lot yet but, for the 2 months that we have been plugged in we have grown, people have contributed, and people are coming together to build a Google enthusiast/developer Wave community online and in the real world base within Indiana.

So if your in or near Indiana and a Google enthusiast, developer, or just plain wanting to learn more feel free to stop by our GoogleWavers Group and request an invite to our wave and join our monthly meetings. If you don’t have a Wave ID and would like one feel free to request one from Google or you can request one from me personally.

We look forward to meeting you and hearing what ideas and real world needs you have that could perhaps be solved through learning more about Google Apps.

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