Find people to add to your Google Wave contact list

In order to add someone as a contact in Google Wave, you must first know their wave address.  There are two ways to find out someone's wave address:

1.  Ask them :-)

2.  Find them in a public wave, and click on their icon.

Try this:  Search for public waves containing the keyword "activerain".  Up in the search box type with:public activerain then click the search icon.

Click on the Wave titled ActiveRain Real Estate Network, to open the contents of the wave in the right panel.

Now look up at the icons of the wave participants at the top of the right panel.  Click on the words, 5 more (or 10 more, or however many more) to see everyone's icon.

See anyone you know that you would like to add to your contact list?  Click on their icon to see a mini-profile that includes the person's google wave address.

Now look down at your Contacts list in the left panel.  Click on the plus sign to add a contact.

Copy and paste in the Google Wave address of your newly found friend.  Click Submit.

Tip:  Add your own Google Wave address to your contact list.  Then you can add yourself as a participant in public waves when you feel so inclined.

Here's a previous post about adding contacts:  http://activerain.com/blogsview/1324924/google-wave-step-one-is-add-some-contacts