Use Google Wave to Blog

I have been thinking about this idea ever since I started playing with Google Wave. How about creating a blog post by embedding Waves – one for the post and the other for comments. The former Wave will be editable only by me, while the latter will be editable by anyone (with a Google Wave account).

A blog post using Google Wave for content and comments

This became possible, recently, with the introduction of the read-only access feature. I created a blog post with a Wave talking about the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Google Wave and a blank (to start with) Wave for comments. Click here to see this blog post. This was achieved as follows: Read the rest of this entry »

Read Only Google Wave

I have been using Google Wave, ever since I got the developer sandbox access in July 2009. Subsequently, I got the invite for the Google Wave Preview. I started putting Google Wave into an obvious use - documentation. For example: I wrote a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about Google Wave itself.

But hell broke loose, when I made the Wave “public”. While it was thrilling to see the comments of the participants, the Wave no longer looked like an organized list of questions and answers. Thanks to the blips (messages) from others inserted in between. What I wanted then, is launched now by Google – Read-only participants. Read the rest of this entry »

Alfresco: Even the owner/author cannot delete his file!

Alfresco is an open source and free content management system (CMS) – kind of a MS Sharepoint alternative. I had deployed Alfresco for two clients of mine. Coincidently, both clients came up with a specific requirement stating:

“Once a user uploads the file into the content management system, he or anyone else (expect for admin) should not be able to edit/delete it.”

I came up with a simple solution to change the owner of the files when they are uploaded into the CMS. Hence, when the file is uploaded, if  the owner of the file is set to admin, even the user who created/uploaded the file will not be able to delete it.

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