back to the roots. if email is the past, is google wave the future?

UXCampLondon #1Johanna Kollmann - @johannakoll

Back to the roots. If email is the past, is Google Wave the future?

„Orality is the base of all human experience.“

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Lance Strate

„Oral communication unites people in groups.“ Walter J. Ong

http://www.flickr.com/photos/donncha/260452213/

“Orality is participatory, interactive, communal and focused on the present.The Web is all of these things.” Irwin Chen

In a tribe, people are close to each other. They know what others do and who they interact with.

Digital communication tools are developing into communication enablers: back to the roots.

Secondary orality: - instant communication, despite its use of the written word. - ideas are shared and repeated.

Die, email, die.Traditional email inhibits our natural way of communication.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jabiz/2169495907/

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Personal emails vs. letters

Evolution: interfaces of communications:

So what about the art of writing and the need to create universal knowledge?

Now, the Wave.Is it the next step towards secondary orality? Will it turn business email into a collaboration tool?Will it turn conversations into accessible knowledge?

https://www.google.com/a/wavesandbox.com/