Google Cancelling Google Wave

Updated on 25 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Google just announced they were stopping development on Google Wave and would support the current pages and users for a short time.  This is something of a surprise and disappointment, because we had predicted six months ago that Google Wave would overcome its shortcomings and become a core collaboration tool.  

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Team Brainstorming and Innovation in 2010

Updated on 24 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

In Short Stories From The Front people mentioned that brainstorming within a virtual team was difficult to impossible; for example, “Especially brainstorming in a virtual team is almost impossible.”; and, “The virtual world will never deliver the value of the hallway conversation.” Why is it so difficult? We aren’t living in the stone ages! In the stone ages we could run down the hall to our local “guru’s” office and solve a problem. A few hours later we would emerge feeling happy

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Mind the Language Barrier

Updated on 24 December 2010 by Lokesh Datta

Patty Azzarello writes many interesting pieces about maximizing one's career and effectiveness at work.  In this particular post, Thrown Overboard, she makes a good point about how we all need to view language barriers as our problem, rather than the other person's problem.

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