I just got signed up on Google Wave and have 6 invites I’d like to give away. I started to give them away, but got more requests so I thought… to be fair I’ll make it fun and have a little contest. Want to win an invite? Here’s how…
To enter, leave a Haiku in the comment box below about why you want a Google Wave invite. The best 6 Google Wave Haikus will win. I’ll choose the winners at 1 p.m. Eastern time on October 1, 2009. Good luck!
BONUS ENTRY if you ReTweet this contest!
WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED VERY SHORTLY…. STAY TUNED!
Haiku Winners are…. Clayton, Dain, Max, Daorenlai, Philipp and Swabie. Sending invites out now… they may not be sent out by the Big G immediately so please be patient.
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Haikus are easy
But they don't always make sense
Refrigerator
samuel.ymk@gmail.com
A Revolution
Ride the Wave prepare for change
Google Wave is here
Oh Google, Google
I would love to ride your wave
I lack invite
Google Wave so cool
Better grab some more coffee
Up till five a.m.
Hi, I want a Google Wave invite because i'm making my senior project about the web and the searches in real time. Which I actually consider as a great way of communication. Please it would be great get an invite and include google wave in my project. My e-mail addres is fer3250(at)gmail(dot)com
riding the wave
with the invite you gave
oh so kindly to me
would be a great thing to see.
please invite me jitendra.gharat@gmail.com
If I got an invitation, i would sell it on eBay and I'll be richer than Bill Gates
i have been wishing,
to ride the google wave, but-
where's my google board?
Unique cool shopping,
Cool places around the world,
Cool, Uniquely Cool
Here's my Haiku (a rather serious one):
People want to wave,
how ironic, don't you think?
Think of Sumatra!
In fact it's my first one
However, I saw the news this morning and many many people died in Sumatra because of, well, water waves… Sad story and greatly ironic in my opinion.
Twitter is a buzz
Google Wave release today
Invite madness now
wnat a google wave
i am not a slave
but need a fave
a massive wave
we all can ride together
a little bit of fun
Riding the Waves
Only one haiku away
Surfs up world!
Oh google wave,
thou digi-fountain of youth,
you'll get me laid, right?
The Wave what I want
more than everything in the world
I hope i win this
The Wave what I want
more than everything on the wolrd
I hope I win it
Awesome entries, guys… keep em' comin! Don't forget to RT this for a bonus entry!
Emails never return
to send, sort, and rearrange
the wave of my inbox.
ok, my ebay comment wasn't a haiku, so here it is:
If I'd get an invitation
no one hold a demonstration
because I'd use wave every day
and not sell it on ebay
Rather than the best
Why not reward the quickest?
– Midnight wave-seeker
wave of emotions
crash through my hippocampus
an aneurysm
ysabelegaspi AT Gmail
I must, with regret,
inform you that the above
ain't haiku either.
Wave seems really cool.
It smells bad when it's rotten.
Otherwise, it's good.
damn, you're right… Here is now my hopefully correct haiku:
I would like surfing
never sell it on ebay
the holy google wave
oh no, that wasn't 5-7-5… sorry for spamming, last try
I would like surfing
never sell it on ebay
the great google wave
This is great because,
a Uniquely Cool contest,
brings me Wave, oh yes!
a twitter trend is
a somoan tsunami
now a google wave
The Obvious Haiku:
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The might of the web
I desire on one screen
a gift from uniquely cool
The Metaphysical Haiku:
=======================
The screen recedes!
The web waves!
Ah! My current desire!
More Metaphysical Haiku
=======================
white death is true
devious eloctronic beats
a scream enters the wave
Oh mighty Wave, sweep
.
me away to unknown lands,
enthrall, surprise me
P.S.: This is much better than having to follow you on twitter or something, haiku contests FTW
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Multicolored Wave
Beginning in Australia
Grows to tsunami
Is Wave the bee’s knees?
Folks good at anatomy
Would know the answer
I retweeted as p_koke by the way.
Google wave, sailing
Sailors are plenty, onboard wave
I want to set sail
Concurrent edits
Wave enables faster work
My project team smiles
Wave triggers ocean.
I hope the same joy comes true-
When I win the prize?
Oh, for fuck's sake, guys
How do I stop comment spam?
My inbox explodes.
The wave is calling,
My thoughts begging to be shared,
I just need the key
“Michael is typing…”
Too vague an instant message.
Wave shows real time type.
the future is here
there is no time to waste
surf and feel the wave
1 P-M Oct. first
Has come, gone, no winners named.
Baited breath waning.
Thanks Uniquely Cool! Haven't received anything from Google yet, but i think that is to be expected.
Pacing back and forth,
Eagerly awaiting Wave…
Can't come soon enough!
Hmmm some of the winners you chose didnt even follow what you asked. You asked for a Haiku about why you want an invite. Daorenlai was about shopping, Clayton was about being quick to reply and spam, and swabie just said that wave released. Oh well, congrats to the winners..
Have you heard the news?
I am in on google wave,
will I be alone?
Thanks uniquely cool, now let's hope google sends these invites asap!
haha I'm stunned some of these people won, they had nothing to do with anything
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