I agree and for the same reasons. Google Wave is a great idea. At least they should consider Open Sourcing it, as was their commitment...
-FT On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Hemant Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > I just wrote a blog post making a case for Google Wave as a valuable > platform for healthcare systems: > http://proteme.org/blog/2010/google-wave-worth-saving-for-health-systems/ > > I urge you to write similar posts on your own blogs or on other forums > stating why you think Google Wave is worth saving. > > Regards, > > > Hemant > > *Hemant Shah M.D., M. Surg.* > Senior Research Informatician > > *Henry Ford Health System* > <http://henryford.com/>1 Ford Place > <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1+Ford+Place%2CDetroit%2CMI+48202%2CUnited+States&hl=en>Detroit, > MI 48202 United States > > [image: Call me on Google Voice!] <http://proteme.org/googlevoice.html> > > > *LinkedIn Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/proteme> > Email: [email protected]* > > *Websites: > Proteus <http://proteme.org/> > Proteus Open Source Project <http://kenai.com/projects/pip/>* > > > > On 8/6/2010 12:26 PM, Hemant Shah wrote: > > > Thanks for pointing out the problem with the petition. I had just accepted > the defaults in creating the petition, which gives the duration of just one > day (guess there are some causes that can be accomplished in a day). I am > terribly sorry for this omission. > > I have now changed the end date to allow everyone to show their support. > > Please do not forget to forward the petition to your friends, user groups > through Twitter, Buzz, Facebook etc. I have included a draft message for > your friends below. I have also included the code to include the gadget on > your website/blog. > > With your support and technical savvy, I am sure we can collect thousands > of signatures. > > - Hemant > > -----------draft email --------------------------------> > > Hey everyone, > > I wanted to see if I could get your quick help. We just started a petition > on Change.org titled "Save the Wave!", and would love your support. You can > sign the petition in less than 30 seconds by clicking the link below: > > www.change.org/petitions/view/save_the_wave > > Thanks so much for the help! > > {your name} > > ------- Embed Gadget on your website/blog ---------> > > span id='change_BottomBar'><a id='change_Start' href=' > http://www.change.org/start_a_petition' target='_blank'><strong>Start a > Petition »</strong></a></span><script type='text/JavaScript' src=' > http://www.change.org/widget_flash/SinglePetition/change_embed.js'></script><script>change_setup('300', > '32072', '#1A3563')</script> > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Prasad Velagaleti <[email protected]>wrote: > >> It says the time period to sign the petition has ended. >> >> >> Actually, I am wondering if Google hasnt thought of including wave in >> "Google Me". >> It would be a killer. >> >> For eg : >> >> 1) Users login Google Me and should be provided a tab "Wave". If one >> wants to schedule a trip or party or something, they could just add the >> friends, add a map gadget and specify location. They can even watch where >> their friends are on the map using Google Latitude, if they are running >> late. (Android phones could come bundled with Latitude on by default) >> >> The Wave when shared with the friends shows up in the activity feed. >> >> 2) Facebook feed is good, but there is no real-time aspect to it. >> Imagine if in "Google Me", two friends are playing chess on Wave. The other >> friends can simply watch or suggest moves as the game progresses. This is >> much more interesting/captivating/entertaining instead of playing >> "FarmVille" and letting friends know that you found a lonely cat. >> >> Developers can build wave games using opensocial. >> >> They can find enough usecases if they seriously think through it. >> >> -Prasad >> >> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:47 AM, AkiRoss <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Aug 5, 9:02 pm, -TJ <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I completely agree. But what should we do? >>> >>> Maybe just starting a community site, like on google code, and start >>> saving all the knowledge that may disappear when google shuts down >>> wave at the end of the year. >>> There are many resources and projects started which may become >>> essential for continuing wave. >>> What I think are the priorities: >>> * start a community site for development and resources, >>> * fix quickly any issue with the current protocols - if any - for both >>> server and client, bugs are fixed with time >>> * develop a server, as google didn't released any AFAIK (like >>> http://code.google.com/p/pygowave-server/ can be a good start) >>> * develop client API >>> >>> Clients will born as API get usable. I don't think that having a fully- >>> featured web client is an immediate need. First of all, data sharing >>> and framework pervasiveness is to be developed. >>> >>> Well, I've not much time to work on this, but I'll be glad to help. >>> >>> ~Aki >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Wave API" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<google-wave-api%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Wave API" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<google-wave-api%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Wave API" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-wave-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en. > -- Fred Trotter http://www.fredtrotter.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" group. 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