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Surprise: No one’s heard of Google Docs

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

So a survey by NPD shows that only a tiny fraction of people have ever heard of Web-based document management tools such as Google Docs, and an even tinier fraction have ever used them. Does this really surprise anyone? Joe Wilcox at Microsoft Watch says “RIP, Web 2.0 Office Suite% ... Continue reading »

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  • Jake

    1 year ago

    Yep. There are plenty of things that Google Docs isn't great at, but there are also some uses that make desktop clients seem absurd. It's just a matter of time til people are using GD (or something similar) for collaboration on not-for-publishing docs and spreadsheets (and probably presentations, too). And it's a good way to have an always-available shopping list, too.
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  • Robb Montgomery

    1 year ago

    I like the Google docs for collaboration and planning. It is a very simple concept that you have to try - instead of attaching a document and emailing it around (Making lots of copies and stuffing your colleague's in boxes) you instead attach people's e-mail to the document.

    It is a new paradigm and will take a while for it to get noticed and adopted to those higher-up the food chain.

    For example I just created my first one a few days ago to organize a series of Digital Journalism Seminars in Chicago.

    -- http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=ddz9stgx_2gpf3...

    I invited 17 editors and educators to volunteer to help design the program and I could add or drop more at any time and control their editing privileges.

    Previously I would have used my blog, e-mail and a forum thread to do this and it would have taken longer and required more work to track revisions. This is a great tool.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    I completely agree, Robb -- I've used it the same way myself many
    times. It simplifies the collaboration process enormously.
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  • Stuart MacDonald

    1 year ago

    Heh. "Any" key.

    Heh.

    ;)
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