Starting from today I'm an official owner of a Google wave account. A friend of mine gave me an invitation, and since I had no idea of what exactly Google wave is I had no other option than accept and give it a try.
Well, to tell the truth I still do not exactly know what this whole thing is, what can I do with it and how i can do something with it. But it gave me a strange feeling so I'll write down my impressions.
First of all, as they openly say it is still a Beta: many options are still not accessible and "will be implemented later". The layout however looks nice, it's clean and essential and all the main services they discuss in the (many) "getting started" videos are already up and running.
The general feeling I got when I first accessed my account is that Google wave is like a social network, but without all those things that make me avoid social networks, and with many things I would like to see in a social network. It is like using a chat, an email, a forum, an organiser for events and data (pictures, maps and videos) and a shared document. All together in a single window. I think it's understandable that I'm a bit overwhelmed right now, but I had the vague sensation that this thing is actually very powerful and might turn quite useful in the near future.