We asked our Twitter followers to write eulogies for Google Wave in haiku form. Here are some of what you came up with:
@pjwaldron – Google Wave now breaks/on lost shore of much-hyped tech./What was it again?
@Csweet – Project Management folly / apologies to invitees / Google Wave is DeadÂ
@Kikapp – Really? Google wave? / What’s that? Is it a soft drink? / I thought they did search.
@MikeRylander – I never tried it / Once thought about trying it / Made sandwich instead
@Truman206 – Just like “Aloha” // a wave can mean “Hi” or “Bye” // this time it meant both.
@Fuzzynoodle – Early adopters! / Scramble, boast, I am so cool / What the frak is this?
@Marmotry – After 20 years / Google may have just killed the / surfing metaphor.
@Truman206 – Be fair to Google, / Even doing “Wave” at games / wasn’t cool for long.
@Marmotry – I’ll send you a wave. / Oh, first you need an invite. / I don’t have any.
@Ringeddragon – Such a brief lifetime/ you were here, then you were gone/what were you again?
@stevehuff – Bird skulls on white sand || The absence of splashing blue || Google’s Wave, dry, gone
@IntNorbertCon – Google wave shows us / redesigning everything / doesn’t always work
@Marmotry – Goodbye Google Wave. / You showed me some of Google’s / privacy settings.
@Fuzzynoodle – Redundancy, yes? / Why reinvent the tech wheel / I Wave bye bye, fad.
@IntNorbertCon – Here comes Google Wave / lots of bells and whistles and… /Oh, wait, never mind
@Lbredeso – What is it good for / nothing, a proof of concept / Google Wave is gone
@Wjcstp – Google pushed out Wave / despite failing the best test / elevator pitch
@IntNorbertCon – Like small southern town / Wave’s “Welcome” and “See you soon” / Printed on same sign
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