Google Wave

johnnyshaka · 07-23-2009, 03:06 PM

Pretty neat stuff...man, if we aren't careful, Google could easily become the new Microsoft...virtually impossible to live without.

hxxp://wave.google.com

Have a look at the video and fast forward to about the 5 minute mark to skip all the fluff. I did watch the whole thing and I think my favorite bit comes about the 1:12 mark...PHENOMINAL!!!!!

Fidatelo · 07-23-2009, 03:09 PM

Ya I'm excited about Wave. I've signed up in hopes of getting to be one of the beta users, and I'm crossing my fingers.

Ryan S · 07-23-2009, 03:13 PM

This was announced way back in May, but the latest news is that Google has announced that 100,000 will be invited to use a public beta of the service at the end of Spetember.

Wave looks pretty cool, but I would imagine that you would need to have a list of contacts using wave for the service to truly catch on. Unless you can invite friends (like the early days of Gmail), I don't know how useful the early public beta test will be.

Bad-example · 07-23-2009, 03:16 PM

Google Wave: A Complete Guide

Quote:

Google Wave has a lot of innovative features, but here are just a few:

- Real-time: In most instances, you can see what someone else is typing, character-by-character.

- Embeddability: Waves can be embedded on any blog or website.

- Applications and Extensions: Just like a FacebookFacebookFacebook application or an iGoogle gadget, developers can build their own apps within waves. They can be anything from bots to complex real-time games.

- Wiki functionality: Anything written within a Google Wave can be edited by anyone else, because all conversations within the platform are shared. Thus, you can correct information, append information, or add your own commentary within a developing conversation.

- Open source: The Google Wave code will be open source, to foster innovation and adoption amongst developers.

- Playback: You can playback any part of the wave to see what was said.

- Natural language: Google Wave can autocorrect your spelling, even going as far as knowing the difference between similar words, like “been” and “bean.” It can also auto-translate on-the-fly.

- Drag-and-drop file sharing: No attachments; just drag your file and drop it inside Google Wave and everyone will have access.

While these are only a few of the many features of Google Wave, it’s easy to see why people are extremely excited.

johnnyshaka · 07-23-2009, 03:22 PM

Yeah, I saw this a while ago as well (was surprised it hadn't been posted already) and I wonder if this becomes the new Facebook just like Facebook took over where MySpace left off?

Personally, I'm not a Facebooker nor was I a MySpacer...just not my thing as socializing isn't my priority while I'm online...and I'm not sure how Wave would make my online experience any better right now? There certainly is more potential for it to be more functional for my online habits versus Facebook or MySpace, but I don't know if I'd be someone using Wave all that often.

Don't get me wrong though, it still looks pretty cool.

Subby · 07-23-2009, 03:24 PM

Hopefully Wave frees up some of your time so you can come back and take your rightful spot among FOWL ownership.

MikeVic · 07-23-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyshaka

Yeah, I saw this a while ago as well (was surprised it hadn't been posted already) and I wonder if this becomes the new Facebook just like Facebook took over where MySpace left off?

Personally, I'm not a Facebooker nor was I a MySpacer...just not my thing as socializing isn't my priority while I'm online...and I'm not sure how Wave would make my online experience any better right now? There certainly is more potential for it to be more functional for my online habits versus Facebook or MySpace, but I don't know if I'd be someone using Wave all that often.

Don't get me wrong though, it still looks pretty cool.

I don't think it's supposed to be a social networking kind of thing... can you share photo albums and stuff like that? That's my primary use of facebook... to keep up with some friends.

johnnyshaka · 07-23-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Subby

Hopefully Wave frees up some of your time so you can come back and take your rightful spot among FOWL ownership.

LOL

johnnyshaka · 07-23-2009, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeVic

I don't think it's supposed to be a social networking kind of thing... can you share photo albums and stuff like that? That's my primary use of facebook... to keep up with some friends.

After watching the demo I could really see Facebook fading away because this is much more interactive, if you can imagine that.

Fidatelo · 07-23-2009, 03:53 PM

I've always thought of Wave as more of a collaboration tool, not really a social network. I'm not really an out-of-the-box thinker though, so I could be wrong.

gstelmack · 07-23-2009, 04:18 PM

Yay, more data for Google to mine and sell! No thanks...

Fidatelo · 07-23-2009, 04:21 PM

Ya, it sucks that Google uses the fact that my friends and I enjoyed The Hangover to make money so that they can drive crazy-cool innovation within the industry. What a drag.

johnnyshaka · 07-23-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I've always thought of Wave as more of a collaboration tool, not really a social network. I'm not really an out-of-the-box thinker though, so I could be wrong.

They demo'd some of the embedding API and showed how you could create a post on your blog and then have the comments show up in Wave, real time. So, somebody says they like my post and ask a question about it...that shows up, as it's being typed on my blog, in my Wave client. I can then type a reply in my Wave client that will show up on the blog, real time, that can be viewed by the world...all real time. That kind of functionality is essentially the next step for Facebook...except, Google is going to take that step first.

Fidatelo · 07-23-2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyshaka

They demo'd some of the embedding API and showed how you could create a post on your blog and then have the comments show up in Wave, real time. So, somebody says they like my post and ask a question about it...that shows up, as it's being typed on my blog, in my Wave client. I can then type a reply in my Wave client that will show up on the blog, real time, that can be viewed by the world...all real time. That kind of functionality is essentially the next step for Facebook...except, Google is going to take that step first.

But Facebook is so much more, and to be honest, I want to Wave with people on a much more restricted basis than those I Facebook with.

I believe Google's Facebook competitor is Orkut, which based on this video will have Wave embedded.

Ryan S · 07-23-2009, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

Yay, more data for Google to mine and sell! No thanks...

I think that wave is supposed to be a protocol, and it will be possible to create your own wave server. You don't need to give all your data to google if you don't want to.

chinaski · 07-23-2009, 05:04 PM

awesome, loved the Office Space reference as well

JAG · 07-23-2009, 05:42 PM

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It can also auto-translate on-the-fly.

That is a really cool feature, even if the translation is fairly lousy.

DanGarion · 09-30-2009, 05:55 PM

If anyone gets it on the Beta and has an invite code to spare please let me know. Thanks a lot...

I'll do the same if I get in.

Neuqua · 09-30-2009, 10:12 PM

Me too, I want to give it a shot.

Ryan S · 10-01-2009, 03:21 AM

Sadly it looks like I am not one of the first 100k. If anyone has a spare invite it would be much appreciated.

flere-imsaho · 10-01-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnyshaka

They demo'd some of the embedding API and showed how you could create a post on your blog and then have the comments show up in Wave, real time. So, somebody says they like my post and ask a question about it...that shows up, as it's being typed on my blog, in my Wave client. I can then type a reply in my Wave client that will show up on the blog, real time, that can be viewed by the world...all real time. That kind of functionality is essentially the next step for Facebook...except, Google is going to take that step first.

So basically it's IRC with a more user-friendly GUI?

I KEED! I KEED!

lordscarlet · 10-01-2009, 02:40 PM

I got an invite. My codes are going fast, so I don't know if have any spare ones. It's pretty useless right now -- I have no contacts, so I can't collaborate with anyone. Even the invites I did sent out haven't actually been dispersed to anyone yet. I have no idea if it's any good until I can actually do something.

DanGarion · 10-01-2009, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by lordscarlet

I got an invite. My codes are going fast, so I don't know if have any spare ones. It's pretty useless right now -- I have no contacts, so I can't collaborate with anyone. Even the invites I did sent out haven't actually been dispersed to anyone yet. I have no idea if it's any good until I can actually do something.

Well if you got one to spare...

[email protected]... ?

ISiddiqui · 10-01-2009, 03:16 PM

Send one here too

.

isiddiqui @ gmail.com

Thanks in advance (and if you don't have any left then

to you

)

tzussu · 10-02-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by lordscarlet

I got an invite. My codes are going fast, so I don't know if have any spare ones. It's pretty useless right now -- I have no contacts, so I can't collaborate with anyone. Even the invites I did sent out haven't actually been dispersed to anyone yet. I have no idea if it's any good until I can actually do something.

The First Google Wave Search You Must Know | Smarterware

DanGarion · 10-02-2009, 11:34 AM

Still waiting to find an invite...

lordscarlet · 10-02-2009, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tzussu

The First Google Wave Search You Must Know | Smarterware

Wow. They really should make that more obvious.

lcjjdnh · 10-03-2009, 10:45 AM

I, too, would appreciate an invite if anyone has one to spare.

terpkristin · 10-03-2009, 11:20 AM

Like many of the things on the internet these days, I'm surprised that there are so many people who can use these things at work.

I spend 85% of my time on a computer at work where we still are forced to use IE6 and most things are blocked. I just can't see how things like this are useful to me, no matter how cool they look.

I guess with the iPhone (and Blackberry's and to some extent, the Pre), people can Facebook and stuff at work (I don't have any of those...yet), but something like Wave looks like it requires a full browser, my work would never allow it.

/tk

fantom1979 · 10-03-2009, 04:08 PM

From what I have heard, Wave requires HTML 5, which IE8 doesn't even support. Would need someone to confirm that though. So those of us stuck with IE6 at work, would have no chance in hell of seeing anything involving Wave.

DanGarion · 10-03-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by fantom1979

From what I have heard, Wave requires HTML 5, which IE8 doesn't even support. Would need someone to confirm that though. So those of us stuck with IE6 at work, would have no chance in hell of seeing anything involving Wave.

Well you could always use portable Firefox... maybe.

terpkristin · 10-03-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

Well you could always use portable Firefox... maybe.

Sadly, at my office, we haven't figured out how to get that to work, either. Even running from a jump drive, we seem to be blocked. Alas.

/tk

DanGarion · 10-04-2009, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by terpkristin

Sadly, at my office, we haven't figured out how to get that to work, either. Even running from a jump drive, we seem to be blocked. Alas.

/tk

Does the program itself work you just can't browse?

terpkristin · 10-11-2009, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

Does the program itself work you just can't browse?

Program chokes on trying to initialize and something goes red in the "tray" of my start bar.

I got a Wave invite today from a friend (actually, I suggested to her that she give it to somebody who could use it, but she still sent it my way). Have no earthly idea what I'd ever use it for.

/tk

Neuqua · 10-11-2009, 07:56 PM

Well if you end up having any invites, send them my way

sunnyv at gmail

DanGarion · 10-13-2009, 11:30 AM

Ok I got in, I've sent invites to a couple friends, and also those that requested in here and left their email address.

Ryan S · 10-13-2009, 04:42 PM

Thanks to a friend, I have access to the developers sandbox (using his second account), but I guess if you not a developer there is not much to see there, especially as you can only communicate within the sandbox.

Still waiting for google to send my invite to the proper beta.

samifan24 · 10-13-2009, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanGarion

Ok I got in, I've sent invites to a couple friends, and also those that requested in here and left their email address.

Can you send one my way if you can spare any more? Thanks.

Ryan S · 10-13-2009, 04:55 PM

Random thoughts from the sandbox:

After playing around, it becomes more obvious than ever that wave will only come into it's own when you have lots of friends online.

Robots could be a little more user friendly. I obviously have not seen the beta version of the software, but it seems like it will be tricky for newcomers.

Deleting things seems like a bit of a chore, and I have not yet figured out how to get rid of extensions.

DanGarion · 10-13-2009, 06:50 PM

I sent out the last 2 I have to the two that requested on here first. As I said, those that had already posted their email addy here I invited before I posted I had invites. It takes a couple days till you get your invite.

johnnyshaka · 10-13-2009, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanGarion

I sent out the last 2 I have to the two that requested on here first. As I said, those that had already posted their email addy here I invited before I posted I had invites. It takes a couple days till you get your invite.

Pffft...thanks for nothing!!

lcjjdnh · 10-27-2009, 01:57 PM

So I received an invite to Wave yesterday and, along with some friends, I'm wondering how people are using this. How does it improve on just using Google Documents for collaboration or GMail/GChat for conversation? I assume the extensions will play a big role in the future, but how are people using it now?

johnnyshaka · 10-27-2009, 02:00 PM

I don't know, I don't have access!!!!!

3ric · 11-11-2009, 10:22 AM

Just got access to this... as a collaboration tool, it looks very exciting. The main thing is how I'm going to get the proper contacts in there as well.

ISiddiqui · 11-11-2009, 01:51 PM

Btw, I'm isiddiqui @ googlewave.com if you want to add me as a contact on Wave.

Neuqua · 11-11-2009, 01:55 PM

... Still hoping for an invite..

mckerney · 11-11-2009, 02:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neuqua

... Still hoping for an invite..

Sent.

Neuqua · 11-12-2009, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mckerney

Sent.

Received it today, thanks!

DanGarion · 11-12-2009, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neuqua

Received it today, thanks!

WTF, I sent one to you back when I said I sent them...

Neuqua · 11-12-2009, 02:43 PM

That's odd. Never got it.

07-23-2009, 03:09 PM	#2
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Ya I'm excited about Wave. I've signed up in hopes of getting to be one of the beta users, and I'm crossing my fingers. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

07-23-2009, 03:24 PM	#6
Subby lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: sans pants	Hopefully Wave frees up some of your time so you can come back and take your rightful spot among FOWL ownership. __________________ Superman was flying around and saw Wonder Woman getting a tan in the nude on her balcony. Superman said I going to hit that real fast. So he flys down toward Wonder Woman to hit it and their is a loud scream. The Invincible Man scream what just hit me in the ass!!!!! I do shit, I take pictures, I write about it: chrisshue.com

07-23-2009, 03:53 PM	#10
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I've always thought of Wave as more of a collaboration tool, not really a social network. I'm not really an out-of-the-box thinker though, so I could be wrong. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

07-23-2009, 04:18 PM	#11
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	Yay, more data for Google to mine and sell! No thanks... __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

07-23-2009, 04:21 PM	#12
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	Ya, it sucks that Google uses the fact that my friends and I enjoyed The Hangover to make money so that they can drive crazy-cool innovation within the industry. What a drag. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

07-23-2009, 03:13 PM	#3
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	This was announced way back in May, but the latest news is that Google has announced that 100,000 will be invited to use a public beta of the service at the end of Spetember. Wave looks pretty cool, but I would imagine that you would need to have a list of contacts using wave for the service to truly catch on. Unless you can invite friends (like the early days of Gmail), I don't know how useful the early public beta test will be.

07-23-2009, 03:22 PM	#5
johnnyshaka College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmonton, AB	Yeah, I saw this a while ago as well (was surprised it hadn't been posted already) and I wonder if this becomes the new Facebook just like Facebook took over where MySpace left off? Personally, I'm not a Facebooker nor was I a MySpacer...just not my thing as socializing isn't my priority while I'm online...and I'm not sure how Wave would make my online experience any better right now? There certainly is more potential for it to be more functional for my online habits versus Facebook or MySpace, but I don't know if I'd be someone using Wave all that often. Don't get me wrong though, it still looks pretty cool.

07-23-2009, 05:04 PM	#16
chinaski College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon	awesome, loved the Office Space reference as well __________________ CCFL - Buffalo Bills IHOF - Houston Mustangs GML - San Diego

09-30-2009, 05:55 PM	#18
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	If anyone gets it on the Beta and has an invite code to spare please let me know. Thanks a lot... I'll do the same if I get in. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

09-30-2009, 10:12 PM	#19
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Me too, I want to give it a shot. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

10-01-2009, 03:21 AM	#20
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	Sadly it looks like I am not one of the first 100k. If anyone has a spare invite it would be much appreciated. Last edited by Ryan S : 10-27-2009 at 04:07 PM. Reason: Deleting my email address

10-01-2009, 02:40 PM	#22
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	I got an invite. My codes are going fast, so I don't know if have any spare ones. It's pretty useless right now -- I have no contacts, so I can't collaborate with anyone. Even the invites I did sent out haven't actually been dispersed to anyone yet. I have no idea if it's any good until I can actually do something. __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

10-01-2009, 03:16 PM	#24
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Send one here too . isiddiqui @ gmail.com Thanks in advance (and if you don't have any left then to you ) __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

10-02-2009, 11:34 AM	#26
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	Still waiting to find an invite... __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

10-03-2009, 10:45 AM	#28
lcjjdnh College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NJ	I, too, would appreciate an invite if anyone has one to spare.

10-03-2009, 11:20 AM	#29
terpkristin Grizzled Veteran Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ashburn, VA	Like many of the things on the internet these days, I'm surprised that there are so many people who can use these things at work. I spend 85% of my time on a computer at work where we still are forced to use IE6 and most things are blocked. I just can't see how things like this are useful to me, no matter how cool they look. I guess with the iPhone (and Blackberry's and to some extent, the Pre), people can Facebook and stuff at work (I don't have any of those...yet), but something like Wave looks like it requires a full browser, my work would never allow it. /tk __________________ GO TERPS! https://www.flickr.com/photos/terpkristin https://twitter.com/terpkristin

10-03-2009, 04:08 PM	#30
fantom1979 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sterling Heights, Mi	From what I have heard, Wave requires HTML 5, which IE8 doesn't even support. Would need someone to confirm that though. So those of us stuck with IE6 at work, would have no chance in hell of seeing anything involving Wave.

10-11-2009, 07:56 PM	#35
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	Well if you end up having any invites, send them my way sunnyv at gmail __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

10-13-2009, 11:30 AM	#36
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	Ok I got in, I've sent invites to a couple friends, and also those that requested in here and left their email address. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

10-13-2009, 04:42 PM	#37
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	Thanks to a friend, I have access to the developers sandbox (using his second account), but I guess if you not a developer there is not much to see there, especially as you can only communicate within the sandbox. Still waiting for google to send my invite to the proper beta.

10-13-2009, 04:55 PM	#39
Ryan S Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: London, England	Random thoughts from the sandbox: After playing around, it becomes more obvious than ever that wave will only come into it's own when you have lots of friends online. Robots could be a little more user friendly. I obviously have not seen the beta version of the software, but it seems like it will be tricky for newcomers. Deleting things seems like a bit of a chore, and I have not yet figured out how to get rid of extensions.

10-13-2009, 06:50 PM	#40
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	I sent out the last 2 I have to the two that requested on here first. As I said, those that had already posted their email addy here I invited before I posted I had invites. It takes a couple days till you get your invite. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

10-27-2009, 01:57 PM	#42
lcjjdnh College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NJ	So I received an invite to Wave yesterday and, along with some friends, I'm wondering how people are using this. How does it improve on just using Google Documents for collaboration or GMail/GChat for conversation? I assume the extensions will play a big role in the future, but how are people using it now?

10-27-2009, 02:00 PM	#43
johnnyshaka College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Edmonton, AB	I don't know, I don't have access!!!!!

11-11-2009, 10:22 AM	#44
3ric College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Sweden	Just got access to this... as a collaboration tool, it looks very exciting. The main thing is how I'm going to get the proper contacts in there as well. __________________ San Diego Chargers (HFL) - Lappland Reindeers (WOOF) - Gothenburg Giants (IHOF) Indiana: A TCY VC - year 2044 - the longest running dynasty ever on FOFC!

11-11-2009, 01:51 PM	#45
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	Btw, I'm isiddiqui @ googlewave.com if you want to add me as a contact on Wave. __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

11-11-2009, 01:55 PM	#46
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	... Still hoping for an invite.. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

11-12-2009, 02:43 PM	#50
Neuqua Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago, Ill	That's odd. Never got it. __________________ Our Deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?

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