Google Wave

If you want to learn about Google Wave then check out the book The Complete Guide to Google Wave written by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash.

This book’s contents are freely available to view online. Here is what is covered in the book:

_Chapter 1 Meet Google Wave

Find out what Google Wave is and what problems it solves.

Chapter 2 Get Started with Wave

Set up your Wave account and create your first wave.

Chapter 3 Manage Your Wave Contacts

Find and add people and groups to collaborate with in Wave.

Chapter 4 Find and Organize Waves

Tag, file, search, and filter waves.

Chapter 5 Dive Deeper into Wave

Add rich content to your waves like maps and photo slide shows.

Chapter 6 Master Wave’s Interface

Navigate Wave from the keyboard and customize your Wave interface.

Chapter 7 Wave Gadgets

Add interactive content to your waves with gadgets.

Chapter 8 Wave Bots

Automatically update the contents of your waves with bots.

Appendix A What Wave Can’t Do

It’s not just you. See what’s NOT working in the current version of Wave, and what features the Wave team has promised are coming.

Appendix B Contribute to The Complete Guide to Google Wave

In the spirit of Google Wave, this guide is a collaborative effort. We need you (yes, you) to help revise and expand this guide as Wave evolves.

You can start reading this book here: http://completewaveguide.com/

The preview edition of The Complete Guide to Google Wave will be available for purchase as a DRM-free PDF in November of 2009. The first edition will debut in January as both a PDF and a softcover print book, with new editions to follow throughout 2010.