| Apr. 15 2008 at 4:38 PM |
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I use Google Docs and love it. My business partner and I each work out of our homes and it allows us to store documents in a place where we can each get at them, make changes and collaborate. It's great! I do think you need to be careful about what kind of information your putting on those sites... For example we never put sensitive client data on any of the documents we post.
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| Apr. 16 2008 at 8:11 AM |
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I was sceptical at first, but while working on another computer because of a problem with my own, I decided to give Google Apps for Domains a spin. It was so much easier to be able to access my docs directly instead of having to - for example - run back and forth with a usb stick.
Now I find myself working with it more and more often when I am generating worksheet for clients, writing articles, etc.
Once my domain was set up at Google Apps, I began to upload specific document packages and giving clients restricted access to the domain so they could download and fill in/work with the documents. The ability to restrictively share documents also makes it extremely convenient to talk with clients about certain things with their docs - incl. both our changes/additions/notes - right in front of our eyes during telephone coaching sessions. This was also a great advantage when co-writing an article for a leading diversity site with another trainer.
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| Apr. 17 2008 at 1:31 PM |
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I use Google Aps all the time, primarily for the spreadsheets but also for their word-processing application. My partner and I can track and edit information easily this way from separate locations, without having to actually transfer a document back and forth.
Robert Oriol The Gymrattz Collective
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| Apr. 17 2008 at 7:49 PM |
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1st- I'm just not comfortable putting my files on someone elses computer.
2nd- The internet is not reliable enough in my part of the country to facilitate access to my docs anytime I need them. (It does work 90% of the time, but the 10% worries me).
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| Apr. 20 2008 at 11:35 AM |
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Yes, I said. this will help a long way to keep our documents safe as against the lost of data through system crashing, mostly in the developing society.
Also, it will make possible access to data at any point of needs without carrying loads of PC all the time. Presently I safe most of my vital information on the net for accessibility any time and any where.
Thanks
Ayo Ayo
Nigeria
Edited by: Richman - Apr. 20 2008 at 11:39 AM
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| Apr. 20 2008 at 6:38 PM |
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yes, i consider the flexibility of such an architecture to be the wave of the future. we see it with the Google app cloud growing in such popularity. the challenge - Google manages and deploys the best cloud but Microsoft provides the best apps (but their currently client based).
the ultimate: Microsoft migrates their entire Office Suite to the Google cloud through the use of Google's recently announced Google App Engine.
until then we need to continue and watch Microsoft with their Office Live Small Business (OLSB) rollout and what Google chooses to do. And of course in the middle of all this is the Microsoft takeover of Yahoo. all quite interesting for us in the small business arena.
Edited by: billpk4 - Apr. 20 2008 at 6:40 PM
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| Apr. 21 2008 at 2:23 PM |
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I remember back when personal computers first were starting to catch
on, there were all sorts of ideas about dumb terminals. In a nutshell,
this was the concept (usually proposed by the network people) that the
data would be stored on an unbreakable remote platform, with data entry
done through a simple terminal.
Year after year, I'd read about the end of the PC as we know it, and
the latest, greatest way to put everything onto The Network. It never
happened, and I doubt it ever will happen. Just as we likely never will
end up with a paperless society.
Network storage (and data entry) certainly has a strong position in any
society, for many of the already-stated reasons. But I believe most
people *also* want their own, private storage systems. Similarly, mass
transit and public access have a place in any society, but there will
always be individual vehicles and transportation.
Craig Landes
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| Jun. 05 2008 at 3:41 AM |
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Google Docs is too slow for me. I ahven't tried Zoho too much but overall, I can't format things properly online the way I can on a desktop for some reason.
I've done some invoices on the fly on Google Docs, saved as a PDF and emailed. But that's about it. I like the frequent autosave.
Its an adjunct, not a replacement.
I do wish that there was FASTER web-based (real time) file storage
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