Web 2.0: Online Productivity Tools

Google Docs will destroy the Microsoft office suite of programs. It's just a matter of time.


Once upon a time most people kept all their money hidden somewhere in their homes. They were distrustful of banks and thought that slick educated people would cheat them out of their hard earned cash. It took several generations before a majority of the people figured out that it was easier and safer to keep your money in a bank rather than under your mattress.

Eventually people will figure out that web-based documents are easier to access and share than those residing on the hard-drive of a single computer, and they're probably safer too! If you have a pc connected to the internet, it can be hacked into much more easily than the those servers at Google can be, but where you are really at risk is if your hard-drive gets toasted, or if your computer is damaged in a fire, then your files are all gone too. It is expensive and time consuming to make back-ups of all your files - and then you have to store them someplace safe (preferably at a different location), and its a pain in the bum to migrate them every time you change computers or operating systems. Better just to store them on Google's computers and access them through the internet.

I have been an avid user of Google Docs for a couple of years.

Today, thanks to CPL 2.0, I discovered the Google Calendar. I am a very disorganized person, and I am very excited about the potential this has to organize my entire life on one calendar that I can access from anywhere!

(Two days later): Google Calendar is so cool! I put in a doctor's appt., and I entered the address so I wouldn't have to look it up again later. The calendar automatically gave me a map to my appointment! how cool is this?