I Have Google Wave Invites

Our megacorp masters at Google have seen fit to grant me a handful of invites to the currently-beta Google Wave preview.

Since the entire point of Google Wave is to collaborate with people you know, I thought the best way to accomplish that would be to put the invites up for grabs for my Facebook friends. That way, I have folks to wave with.

If you’re interested in an invite, please reply to the thread in my profile, and I’ll hand them out first come, first served.

A couple of caveats, though.

1. I will only give my invites to current Facebook friends. No friends of friends, or “this guy I know at work asked me to get one for him.”
2. Google Wave is still very much in beta. As such, the geek quotient for this app is enormous. If you don’t know what Google Wave is, you haven’t heard about it, or you can’t see why the idea is so flippin’ cool, you shouldn’t ask for an invite. You probably won’t use it, and that takes it away from someone who may.
3. I will answer requests ONLY from comments made to my Facebook status update found in my profile. The thread is plainly marked. Any other requests via this blog, or email, or anywhere else will be ignored.

I know these rules sound a little harsh for something that I received for free, but they’re necessary. The feeding frenzy surrounding Google Wave is at a fever pitch, and some folk are downright desperate. I’m trying to prevent a little bit of the insanity I’ve seen in other areas when Wave invites go up for grabs.