Is Google Wave really the next BIG thing?

Honestly, yes and no. Google Wave is misunderstood. It’s not built for the thousands of geeks who use Twitter and Facebook. It’s not built to replace and beat Twitter and Facebook. The point is, Google Wave is a “something” all things collaborative. It’s ideal for small groups of people, who do not want to stay connected, but actually want to do work with great ease. As an early adopter, that’s what I got from the very first moment on the Wave. See, Google’s choice to reveal the Wave to geeks and not the masses was indeed, smart. Point is, that I realize now, we were wrong (count me in, too). We guessed that it was going to replace all things Web …