Ok I just had my first hard-core experience in Wave.
Things got pretty nuts when three of us found ourselves updating at the same time. It was sort of a “breaking-in” session for all three of us and it didn’t take long to accelerate…
Turns out it is not easy to read what two people are typing at once while you’re also typing in response to what someone just typed 10 seconds ago and trying to do it as fast as you can so you can hurry up and start responding to what the other person typed 1 second ago and what they’re typing is a response to what you just typed 5 seconds ago while the other person is adding new points and you’re kind of anticipating where those are going and already responding before they finish their sentence and meanwhile someone else was watching and they’re jumping-in too because they’ve anticipated how you’re going to finish your sentence and so they’re already adding more to iiiiiiiiiiiiiittt……
When it slowed down I noticed my palms were all sweaty. Then I started to respond to someone on Twitter and heard myself thinking “oh no everyone on Twitter just saw that typo” (I’m thinking it now too). It felt like I just jumped off a trampoline (or maybe a surf board is a better analogy); I felt dizzy being on solid ground.
It’s a problem I’m not used to experiencing on the web: having too much power & speed.
Just because my new Bugatti Veyron gets to 100 in 2.5 and tops out at 407 doesn’t mean that’s how I’m going to drive to work.
But you gotta try it at least once…
[Ed. Note: Brian does not own a Bugatti. Sometimes people write things for rhetorical value. For more information on literary devices, visit your local library, join a writers' group, or just google it.]
See what it did? Wave messes with your head… I want more Wave!
