Personally, i have no problem turning the connectivity off. You certainly need to "unplug" regularly, just like you need sleep. On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Goulet, Richard < Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oh dear, another off topic subject that's starting a storm. Personally I > think we've got tooo much connectivity as it is. When I started in IT cell > phones were non-existent and when they did come in they weighed 5 pounds bag > & all. There is no private time anymore. No turning the world off. And > these services are to blame. I've a younger cohort who was dating a certain > young lady who was interrupted in the middle of I'm sure you can guess by a > text message from twitter. Bother & shut them down. > > > *Dick Goulet*** > Senior Oracle DBA/NA Team Lead > PAREXEL International > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Thomas Roach > *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2010 12:32 PM > *To:* Guillermo Alan Bort > *Cc:* cruepprich@xxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* Re: Google wave > > Guillermo, what if Google expanded GoogleDocs to let you have online > SVN/Git repositories and even leverage Google Code so you can create > projects and seamlessly share it with people much like you do your Google > Calendar or docs? > > I think the key is integration. I think Google has done a very lousy job of > integrating all these new services. I think Google Docs and Gmail integrate > well, but that's about it as far as I can tell. > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Guillermo Alan Bort < > cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I have both wave and buzz. Don't really like any of them. Buzz looks to me >> as a 'counter' to twitter/facebook/orkut, that allow you to 'share' 'what's >> on your mind'. It's rather annoying really... >> >> Wave has some nice features... it has potential to become a collaboration >> suite some day... but it's far from it. I think that shared code editing >> would be a nice feature, or perhaps a cvs/svn service... >> >> I'd also like the ability to join wave with gmail... since gmail is my >> 'google central'... >> >> hth >> Alan.- >> >> >> >> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Christoph <cruepprich@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> Well, Wave is still in beta, so naturally there are still some bugs. I >>> too wish there would be gmail notifications whenever waves get updated. I >>> think, however, there may be a gadget for that. >>> >>> Voice seems to integrate nicely into gmail for me. Getting text versions >>> of voicemails is certainly nice. >>> >>> As for buzz, well, it seems to be a twitter clone. Not sure of any good >>> uses for it. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Thomas Roach <troach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> My biggest gripe about wave and voice was that it did not seem to >>>> integrate with gmail. Not sure if I am doing it wrong, but it was like I >>>> had >>>> to add users separately outside of my gmail address book. Like it was a >>>> whole new service so I didn't bother to try and leverage it. >>>> >>>> Anyone find a way? is it integrated better now since buzz? >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Christoph <cruepprich@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I would like to know if any of you are using Google >>>>> Wave<http://wave.google.com/>, >>>>> and if so, how. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Christoph >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thomas Roach >>>> 813-404-6066 >>>> troach@xxxxxxxxx >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because >>> they quit playing." >>> - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes >>> >> >> > > > -- > Thomas Roach > 813-404-6066 > troach@xxxxxxxxx > -- "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing." - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes