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I am always passively on the prowl for better interfaces when it comes to getting things done and interacting with social media in an efficient way. Announced over the last few days at Google I/O, Google Wave purports to combine e-mail, IM, Twitter, Facebook, etc. – all in semi-real time. This is definitely Google’s response to Twitter (and the transition to real-time internet in general).

Wave steps real time up to a whole new level – as you type an instant message, for example, it broadcasts the message character by character as it is typed. This is of course a toggle, as in many cases you’ll want to carefully craft a response that might be held against you. However, for everyday communication (like between co-workers), it allows for more efficient communication – I can begin crafting my response before the sender is done authoring their instant message.

I skipped around the conference video introducing Google Wave (it is an hour and twenty minutes in length), but it has definitely hooked my interests. My previous prediction about all of these messaging services coming together into one gooey mess of communication, one feed, is finally becoming a reality.

For those users who struggle to keep up with their social networking initiatives or goals, Google Wave might make it easier to handle everything – e-mail to Twitter – in one attractive interface. I’d definitely give the conference video a gander; when Google does things on a large implementive scale, masses tend to adopt.

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