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Re-enacting ‘Good Will Hunting’ does not help explain Google Wave

Between trying to finagle an invitation and trying to understand what it is, Google Wave has caused some mild consternation in the blogosphere and in the MHT newsroom.

To fix that, software engineer/Boston College alum Joe Sabia has re-enacted the scene from “Good Will Huning” where Robin Williams tells Matt Damon about not going to Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, using the Google Wave.

If it were up to me, every explanation of a new technology would incude the word “apes___.” But even after enjoying listening to a real townie talk excitedly about the Sox to a fake townie — complete with bold, italicized and multi-colored swear words flying across the screen, I still don’t get what Wave is.

After the jump, watch Sabia’s Google Wave treatment of “Pulp Fiction.”

Posted by Brendan Lynch

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