I’ll admit it’s been a long time since I’ve logged into google’s experimental social media project, google wave. Not having a team to coordinate, or frankly all that many contacts that actually have a wave account, there just haven’t been a whole lot of excuses to log on. However, I was pleasantly surprised by a slew of new extensions added since around mid-january.
Just a few of the new examples below:
- Grocery List – Pretty self-explanatory
- Image Gadget – Add an inline image to your wave
- Iframe Gadget – add an embedded iframe to your wave
- Phone Conference – Allows you to create an easy conference call via google wave’s VOIP services. Invite multiple participants for live conferencing, or leave an audio message for the rest of your participants.
- Likey Gadget – a very simple gadget that allows the participants to like or dislike something. Easy as pie.
- AccuWeather – provides an easy weather forecast when you provide it with a location and a date.
- Napkin Gadget – Lets you doodle or leave hand-written notes in the wave
- Waffle (Date-Picker Gadget) – Use to plan events or set a date for something in a wave. Very simple interfaceMind Map Gadget – You can use this extension to create workflows and simple diagrams for organization. A handy tool for project lists or to-dos.
- Pollo Gadget – use this extension for simple surveys and polls
- Take-Out Gadget – Gather the office’s take-out orders and strategize lunch. You can even set a timer to combat chronic procrastinators..
- Video Chat Experience- Use this extension to set up a quick video chat within the wave, with filters and basic video effects to make it more interesting
As you can see, the higher-level features of google wave are starting to shape up, and the interface is definitely evolving into it’s potential.