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By: Web Work 101: 10 Apps You Can’t Do Without « mensonblog

Web Work 101: 10 Apps You Can’t Do Without « mensonblog — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:16:15 +0000

[...] days, I can’t live without my cloud-based workspaces. I’m a Google Docs addict now, and after my business partner’s computer crashed this week, I think she may be a new convert. [...]

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Mon, 02 Mar 2009 05:03:15 +0000

[...] days, I can’t live without my cloud-based workspaces. I’m a Google Docs addict now, and after my business partner’s computer crashed this week, I think she may be a new [...]

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- GigaNET AM: Google Docs, Comcast HD & More — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:53:56 +0000

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- GigaNET AM: Google Docs, Comcast HD & More — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:17:54 +0000

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By: Jody

Jody — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:06:53 +0000

Great post aliza, you'll be even more in love when you discover using Docs offline @Wayne, I can understand if you work at or own JC and just want to get a plug in, but if you're ignoring Google Docs because its free you're missing out. If you really think that paying for a service is necessary to have respect from your clients, you can still go with Google Apps and have it linked to your domain. While the basic setup is free, you can certainly pay for more in Premier and get more features.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:34:46 +0000

Thanks for the posting. I've use Google Docs as place to store simple notes, but would recommend Joint Contact as a better place to store company files, contacts, discussion groups and tasks. Google docs is nice for little things, but wouldn't want customers accessing it for official work or project information. All of us know that Google equals free. It just doesn't reflect a high standard of quality or professionalism.

By: aliza sherman

aliza sherman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:36:21 +0000

Meredith – hmmmmm – can’t find the email. Would love to chat about GD.

By: aliza sherman

aliza sherman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:32:16 +0000

David Leffler – Finally someone gets my humor!! Yes, that was totally intentional – the “GD” reference to God. I cracked myself up when I thought of it. It is gratifying to know that at least one other person doesn’t think I’m totally nuts.

By: Meredith

Meredith — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:01:44 +0000

Great post! I’m a program manager working with Google Docs, and I’d love to chat with you more about your use of Google Docs.
Feel free to email me at the address provided :)

By: Sunil

Sunil — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:45:19 +0000

One great use of Google Docs if you have an iPhone: Put all your notes (e.g. from your old Palm or Treo) onto Google Docs (as either docs or spreadsheets) – then access them from your iPhone! Google has made a special effort to transform the icons so they show up nicely on your iPhone web-app screen.

I find this a great use of Google docs – to be able to locate and review documents from a mobile device. (Phone numbers and URLs embedded within a doc are highlighted, so you can call or link to them with a single tap.)

By: David Leffler

David Leffler — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:38:14 +0000

Not sure if this was intentional or not (probably was), but where you say “But at least I have found GD. And it is good,” all you have to do is add an “O” to the middle of “GD” and you’ve arrived at an entirely different spiritual plane.

GD be praised.

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GigaNET AM: Google Docs, Comcast HD & More - GigaOM — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:08:43 +0000

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By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:56:35 +0000

Google Docs really does grow on you.

I’ve been using it on & off since it’s release.

Now more on than off, but it’s still something that needs to be a forced habit at times.

Only yesterday, I added all of the renewal dates for my client hosting accounts into Calendar with 1 week email reminders prior to the date.

I’ve already got plenty of documents, which are shared in different ways with different people.

I’ve not dabbled with Spreadsheet, but I’ve heard good things.

Keep the faith, Aliza! You’ll feel the benefit soon enough…

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:50:46 +0000

I still don’t get the GD thing. I have Google apps for my domain and my daughter (12) has been starting to use GD for writing school reports. For me, my word process docs and spreadsheets must be a little more compex and they don’t seem to transfer right into GD. Also, I’m not conviced I should be leaving documents on Google’s servers (and I’m not the paranoid type).

I really want to use it, I love the web and do just about all of my work on the web-heck I teach classes about the web, but I don’t use Google docs…

Dennis

By: Calaelen

Calaelen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:39:50 +0000

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Best part of this post:
The “Comments” part in the last spreadsheet picture on flickr *laugh*