Google Wave and You Part One

This is one of three parts about what you can do with Google Wave.

In case you have been living under a rock, Google has this new application called Google Wave, currently available as a preview to friends of those who helped out with the beta test.

It's called an online collaboration and communication tool.

What does that mean, really? Let's break it down.

Collaboration is working on something together.

When you work on a proposal or some other important document with someone these days, you use a word processor. After your first draft you print it up or maybe you attach it to an email and send it to your colleague.

He or she receives the email, opens it up, reads the document, makes their corrections, saves it, attaches it to another email and sends it back to you.

You receive the email, open it up, read the document, make your corrections, save it, attach it to another email and send it back.

He or she gets it and does all that again and sends it back.

You get it and do that all again.

He or she -- again.

It gets exhausting.

With Google Wave, you and your colleague collaborate on the document the same time.

You type and what you're typing shows up on his or her screen.

He or she types and that shows up on your screen.

You are collaborating real-time, with Google Wave.