We have been invited to Google I/O Developer Sandbox to show our latest gadgets and development for Google Wave.
The team is busy preparing new features for the AmazonBot and our new gadget for http://streamd.in .
Have any question or want to meet in person, we will be there!
The Google Wave Team has teamed up with Mashable to highlight a handful of Google Wave extensions with the Google Wave API Contest. Both the AmazonBot & eBayBot face some great competition. Help the WithWaves team attend the Google I/O conference by voting for both extensions!
We have decided to contribute to the Google Wave developer community by releasing some of the internal tools and API’s that we use at withwaves.com by building Google Wave Extensions.
If you already have Java, Ant, Maven and the Java App Engine SDK installed, simply execute the following command in your console:
mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=http://mvn.withwaves.com
After entering the values for your project, you will have a running Google Wave robot & gadget ready in no time.
Use the same command to generate extensions in the future and you will have the option to enable new features as we release more extension generators.
Check out the videos below for a demo creating a simple "Hello World" robot and gadget, and optionally running it inside Eclipse and the Google Plugin for Eclipse.
When you create your Google Wave extension with our generator this is what you get… Continued »
We’ve received some great ideas for robots & gadgets in our first round of Google Wave invite giveaway. We’ve received a new batch of invites and have decided to make it easier to receive a invite. Interested? Simply follow both of these steps:
RT and follow @withwaves for a chance for a #waveinvite http://withwaves.com
We will randomly pick users and Direct Message them requesting an email address for an invite. The contest will run until all current invites are sent!
We’re pretty excited to push another update to our first Google Wave bot – the AmazonBot. The update includes a refreshed UI, Amazon Marketplaces support, and language localization. We’re well aware of the fact that our translations may be off (we’re trying!) and welcome any and all feedback.
Shopping Amazon’s Japan Marketplace but still a little rough reading Japanese? Simply change the language option from the settings dialog. Stay tuned for more updates by subscribing to our RSS feed or following us on Twitter @withwaves.
Find an introduction and installation instructions for the AmazonBot.
WithWaves has continued active development on Google Wave bots since the launch of the developer preview. Since then, we’ve launched this site, a few bots, and received feedback for future bot updates. Unfortunately, Google Wave is still in preview mode which means access for the general public is controlled by the ebb and flow of existing users receiving and sharing. We want to help share Wave.
At the moment, we have 10 invites to share with WithWaves readers with more on the way. To enter for your chance to receive an invite, you must do two things:
Example Tweet to use:
RT Wave Invites http://j.mp/ey1uZ – @withwaves should create a bot to [YOUR IDEA HERE] – #wwdevs
On November 16th, we will send a direct message to users with the best bot ideas requesting contact info for a invite.
We have updated the AmazonBot, AmazonMP3Bot and eBayBot to support contextual text selection. To see this new feature in action you need to have the Robots installed with the extension installer.
Simply edit any message in a wave with text and select the word(s) that you want the robot to analyze. Once the text is selected click the toolbar extension and we will automatically add the robot to the wave and analyze your selection offering matched content based on the selected robot.
Not entirely development related, but useful nonetheless. Two methods for receiving updates to Wave conversations:
If you are following and contributing to Waves, you’re going to want to know when replies are posted. If you are the type to reply to new messages ASAP, you may want to check out these two desktop options.
Wander on over to That Smith and snag the Google Wave Add-on for Firefox. In true Wave adoption fashion, Chad is using the service to announce updates or provide feedback for the browser extension – Google Wave Add-on Wave (Wave account required). The extension brings the same convenient functionality to any OS assuming Firefox is installed.
For those who prefer the SSB or single site browser route, check out Devthought where you can find a step-by-step getting Wave setup with Fluid. Devthought includes a convenient userscript which appends the Dock icon with an unread badge icon whenever new activity is detected.
Introducing the WithWaves eBayBot – a Google Wave robot and gadget – which enable social product research, auctions and shopping on ebay.com. Wave participants can share auctions & information with contacts in real-time thanks to automatic queries by the ebayBot against conversation keywords. The eBayBot gadget can detect products and return inline auction and product links or a custom full auction browser. Continued »
Introducing the WithWaves AmazonMP3Bot – a Google Wave robot and gadget – which enables social mp3 music research and shopping on Amazon.com. The AmazonMP3Bot gadget and bot can detect audio products and return inline links based on a Wave conversation or keyword query autodetecting artist name, song title, or album. Continued »
Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web. Find out more about Google Wave.
Have a gadget idea that you would like to see on Google Wave? Stay tuned for a our custom gadget development service.
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