How to create public waves

This post has been rewritten & republished on Associated Content where I thought someone might actually read it!


I am definitely enjoying this, google wave is like a little treasure trove of toys and ideas that are hiding just below the surface. Things are slightly creaky at the moment but that really is part of the pleasure of getting the chance of looking at something like this up front. 

Okay, so I just learned how to create a public wave. There is no button or specific function to make a wave public. The only way I have found to do it is to add public@a.gwave.com to your contacts list. 

To do this:

•  Click the add contacts button which is a little plus. Type public@a.gwave.com into the Address field ignoring the warning "User does not have a Google Wave account" press Enter (the submit button is greyed out, this is ok, just roll with it)

•  The public group will appear in your contacts list.

• Drag this to any wave you want to make public

Caveat Lector

• Public waves seem to get mobbed and over pretty quickly by people not quite understanding what is going on. There doesn't seem to be any access control yet as far as I can tell.
• I haven't found a way to make it private again, once it's out it's out unless someone can correct me.
• The first post you make is the title, and then away you go.

 People seem very willing to talk at the minute. It's really a lot of fun.


Edit--Publish Post


You can also add the bot easypublic@appspot.com which gets around some of the errors.