Virtuality » google http://idsvandermolen.com Real and virtual stuff from cyberspace Thu, 13 May 2010 21:18:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Got Google Wave invite http://idsvandermolen.com/2009/12/09/got-google-wave-invite/ http://idsvandermolen.com/2009/12/09/got-google-wave-invite/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:44:48 +0000 Ids http://idsvandermolen.com/?p=33 Yes, finally!

just scored a Google Wave preview invite, from a colleague at work. I just have to find some time to experiment with it ASAP. I’m very curious about the possibilities and hope to also try out the iPhone app.
Hopefully Google or someone else will make it possible to run a Wave server within intranets (corporate or private). Would be even more beautiful if a “standalone” server could connect to the intertubes… Maybe finally also an opportunity to try out my VMware server farm :-)

Mmm, too many fun things to do, try and think about :-D

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Also has some amazing “discoveries”, like people searching for “full moon” every 28 days…

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