Google as continued to up the ante with its innovations in Web communications, but its next big project is sure to blow even the most jaded of digerati out of the water. Google Wave, the brain child of Google Maps founders Jens and Lars Rasmussen, is being billed as equal parts conversation and document, where people can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps and more. Plus–tech geeks rejoice–it is completely open-source. Here’s how it works, in brief, as per Lars’ blog posting:

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So many people are referring to the upcoming year as a difficult time. However, it’s also a good time to see how positive change can get you ready for 2010 and beyond. So instead of calling 2009 a difficult year, consider referring to it as a rebuilding year. more »

While the media continue to focus on who is in charge and who has the power of the Senate Chamber, we approach the third week of the well-reported impasse in the New York State Senate. And lucky us, it appears we now have both a legislative and a communications stalemate. It took fifteen days—and a resolution for extraordinary session from the Governor of NY—for the full 62 members of the Senate to coalesce in their Chamber. There, they did nothing. Or did they? more »