Comments on: Why You Should Be Excited about Google Wave

By: Gec

Gec — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:12:54 +0000

They say you’ll eventually be able to run on your own server so you’ll be able to have some “privacy”. But.

BUT… they CAN see you from their satellites, and soon enough they’ll have the technology (chances are, they already have it) to actually see what you are typing, with infrared satellite cameras and whatnot.

When we’ll have the chips, it will just get _easier_.

Cheers! ;)

By: Matthew Morgan

Matthew Morgan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:32:38 +0000

Well, Gec, that’s really one of the reasons for my comment. If you can run it on your own server, it doesn’t have to be on the internet at all. If it is being used to exchange sensitive information, it can be on a completely separate network with no internet connectivity.

I was just joking about the pair programming thing. I don’t think I know anyone who could prevent their head exploding if they were editing a source code file and simultaneously seeing someone else edit the same code.

By: Gec

Gec — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:49:31 +0000

Aye mate, your own server or their’s, there is no “intimacy” on the internet. They see everything. Now they want us to wear chips, supposedly for our own protection.

You’re right about the programming part though, it’s the next new thing.

Cheers!

By: Brandon Tilley

Brandon Tilley — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:09:11 +0000

Eventually you’ll be able to. Similar to email, you’ll be able to run you’re own Wave server (that is why Wave usernames uses the traditional user@domain pattern), and using the Wave protocol, the different servers will be able to communicate with each other.

By: Matthew Morgan

Matthew Morgan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:29:52 +0000

I can see where this would be awesome, but I think I’d feel better about something this intimate if I could load it on my own server and run it from there.

When I was reading this, though, I couldn’t help but think this could add a whole new dimension to pair programming. ;)