Actually I think that is what a lot of systems are moving towards... a real-time outliner/wiki. I use WorkFlowy with others to manage releases and other information and with just a couple multi-user oriented feature it would match your description. Trello is in this direction as well. Google Wave just felt toooo real-time and free-form.
Re:I feel I am building a new Google Wave
by saurik on Monday September 10, 2012 @01:14PM
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I believe I know three people who have all said something almost identical to that a little over 10 years ago (I kid you not).
Re:I feel I am building a new Google Wave
by smacktoward on Monday September 10, 2012 @01:40PM
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You must run with an interesting crowd! :-D
Because we all know a person who's said to us at one point or another "I wish I had a way to have a chat instantly become a document where topics of discussion are organized into branches of a mind-map diagram."