Its been a while since I have posted anything on here. There are so many things that I would love to post about but so little time right now. One of my New Years resolutions is to be a little more consistent with my blog posts. So stay tuned!

But since it is the season of giving I’m giving away 15 Google Wave invites! All I am asking you to do is leave a comment on this post and the first 15 will receive an invite. Yes its that easy!

Now what is Google Wave?

According to Google, Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

Uses for Google Wave

At the moment Google Wave’s purpose has yet to be defined. Its not email. Its not chat. Its not social-networking. Its all of the above. I guess its just a Wave. You can organize events, use it for group collaboration, photo sharing, brainstorming, and more using extensions. Extensions are the equivalent of addons in Firefox. They are just things that you can add to your Waves to make them cooler and more useful.

In conclusion, Google Wave is probably one of those tools that is so ahead of its time that we do not know what to do with it. We are so used to using a certain tool a certain way. Email and Chat will always be a back and forth mode of communication in our minds, and Wave changes that. If you are confused while reading this then you are normal. Wave is something that needs to be experienced. So hurry up and grab your invite so you can dive in! All it takes is a comment!

For more details on Google Wave check out the official site and videos here

Everyone has their Essential PC tools that they use daily to make their computing life easier. I’ll be sharing some of mine in hopes that it will make your life easier as well.

The first tool that I will talk about is one of my most commonly used, and one that I can not see myself without. The tool is called Dropbox.

Dropbox is software that allows you to sync your files online across all your computers. The way it works is by putting your files into your Dropbox on one computer, and then they instantly are available on any of your other computers that you’ve installed Dropbox on (Windows, Mac, and Linux too!). Because a copy of your files are stored on Dropbox’s secure servers, you can also access them from any computer or mobile device using the Dropbox website.

Dropbox Web Interface

Let’s say you’re editing a document at home. As soon as you click ‘Save’, Dropbox will sync this same file to all your other computers (and now your iPhone!) instantly and automatically. It’s as if you saved the document to all of your computers. This gives you the freedom to work on any of your computers and always have the files you need.

I find this tool most useful especially when you work on multiple machines during the day. I am always switching between my desktop, and laptop but forgetting to save files to my usb stick. This allows me to keep an online sandbox where I can seemlessly switch from one machine to another without forgetting to sync anything. I can even access files on my iPhone if I quickly need to refer to something.

Give Dropbox a shot and see how it’ll change the way you work. Sign up here and get a bonus 250mb of additional storage (on top of the 2gb) for free!

Sign Up (Dropbox)