google wave: ripple or tsunami for research

http://ww.flickr.com/photos/quaelin/3574598412 CC-BY-NC-SA

Google WaveRipple or Tsunami?

http://ww.flickr.com/photos/quaelin/3574598412 CC-BY-NC-SA

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-drips-with-ambition-can-it-fulfill-googles-grand-web-vision/

http://gigaom.com/2009/05/28/google-climbs-to-new-heights-of-arrogance-with-wave/

http://scobleizer.com/2009/10/01/google-wave-crashes-on-beach-of-overhype/

http://easiertounderstandthanwave.com/

http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2009/08/gartner-hype-cycle-version-20.html

Searches for “google wave”

Google IO launch

“Public” preview

Big invite rollout

What is Wave?

Real time communication

Native to the web

Automation and connection

Real time communication

Native to the web

Automation and connection

Gadgets

Robots

Real time communication

Native to the web

Automation and connection

Collaboration

Gadgets

Robots

Demo

Is it useful for research?

What are our needs?

Formal communication...

http://flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2756494307/

Dead. Broken. Disconnected.

The web...

...scales

The web...

0

1.25

2.50

3.75

5.00

1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006

Average Capacity of Human Researcher

Our record is not wired up

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tessawatson/427108549

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattymatt/3017263513

Why not?

Researchers are busy here...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/3654538029

...and not interested in this

Capture first...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/furtwangl/3851841424

...then add structure

Dionaea muscipula Musca domesticachomped on

Tools for capturing...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandawan/3950755957

Tools to connect objects up

Demo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24801682@N08/4117012787

The potential

Natural user interaction

Easy user interaction with web services and databases

Per user, per experiment, per group storage of information

Problems...

The client.

User understanding.

Conclusions?

Watch...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/1517171173 CC-BY-SA

...don’t (necessarily) jump...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/divemasterking2000/3827673841

...unless you like this kind of thing

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nov03/4087845032

...in which case have some fun!

Real time communication

Native to the web

Automation and connection

Collaboration

Gadgets

Robots

Cameron.Neylon@stfc.ac.ukhttp://blog.openwetware.org/scienceintheopenhttp://slideshare.net/cameronneylonTwitter: @cameronneylonFriendfeed: cameronneylonWave: cameronneylon@googlewave.com

Thanks to:Sciencetwists, Friendfeeders, and the wider online community for ideas, criticism, and conversations.

Deepak Singh, Larry Lessig, Andy Powell, and John Wilbanks for presentation inspiration.

Flickr (and in particular @andypowe11) for images