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Great comic sent to me by one of my co-workers:

This is incredible technology:

I apologize for the length, but the material is fascinating. Even once in a while I wonder if we will ditch the metaphor of “mail” (e-mail) on the Internet. This emerging technology looks interesting.

And for those of you who want the quick summary from Google’s Site:

What is a wave?

A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.

A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.

I found this for my Computer Science class last fall and I still love it. A group in Sweden created an animated representation of how the Internet works. Unlike Ted Stevens, this is a bit more accurate to how the internet works:

When computer networks give you trouble you have to stop and remember their just a series of tubes:

I hate to say that this never gets old. I showed it to my Computer Science students in the fall. I joke with my co-workers about it. Years later this is still so funny. If my job was only this simple…