Hyve Design

I recieved an invite to the preview Google Wave system and eagerly got on and created a wave. This was simple enough and I soon exhausted most of the built in functions as seen in the looong [sic] video. They all worked pretty nicely and there were no obvious glitches.  I’ll allow some speed and performance issues in the beta.

There definitely is potential gold in this system but I see it taking some time before it becomes mainstream.

• it will require a volume of users – not just on Googles but on other installations (Federations)
• it will require robust security validation. The security model is good but does it stand up?
• it is very complex underneath the covers. Hardcore techs will eat it up but Web hacks like me will struggle to make the same sort of impact we can achieve now with a good JavaScript framework or XML application. Maybe the tools will become easier and some good tutorial waves ripple out.

It won’t be too long before enough small dynamic IT shops take it on internally and develop enough useful robots and extensions to get the critical mass of users it needs. There will be some lag though until bigger corporates and the real tech gatekeepers (kids) can take it mainstream.

wave me at stevebhyve