Beneath the Surface of Google Wave

Google Wave. It seems a bit stupid and obvious right now. I can already do all this.


But taking a closer look, I can see that this is going to get more and more useful. Let's start with the logo.
It's a wave in the shape of a W. But there's more to it than that. The logo actually reflects the structure of the application.

Google Wave will succeed because it fulfills a need we're already feeding. And because its basic structure is self referential. These kind of structures are strong and adaptable.

Fractal structures succeed at every level of reality, and there is reason to believe they are reality.