Google Goes Social

Lots of interesting things coming from Google lately.

Wave was pretty cool, although I think it’ll take quite a feat for it to actually see widespread use. I tested it out a bit with some friends and it’s still extremely buggy. Large text files, for example, seem to make it explode. That’s a deal-breaker for me until it’s fixed.

Buzz, on the other hand, seems like it might be more immediately useful. I’ve been interested in a social network aggregator for a while, but haven’t been able to find something I like. Buzz integrates my gmail (along with its contacts) with anything else I might be interested in following.

If Buzz integrates with blogs outside of Blogger, I think it might become extremely useful as a distribution tool.