I personally opted to join the Wave team because it was the first time that I'd seen Google try something quite different. Google has many other cool products,

I personally opted to join the Wave team because it was the first time that I'd seen Google try something quite different. Google has many other cool products, but many of them are online versions of existing desktop tools, or Google versions of existing online tools. Wave was a unique blend of a variety of communication tools, and it intrigued me. In addition, I was in a role where I spent half of my time communicating and collaborating with different groups, and after failing to be impressed with existing tools, I was particularly interested in seeing how Wave might make my role easier. And despite its various flaws, it did indeed make it better. In the end, I'm happy that I joined the Wave team. It was a really interesting project to work on and a great learning experience.