Google Docs do rock! If you don't have to worry about sharing private or sensitive information. I'm just saying.
Otherwise, I think it's just one more excellent tool of the many we've seen in this training. How fantastic to be able to collaborate with others from anywhere, anytime & not have to worry about who's got their thumb drive for the presentation. I'm also a big fan of using "alternative" & free software & services, so the idea of untethering my data from highly proprietary products (MS Office, I'm looking at you!) is very appealing. This is truly something I think the library should be behind, as it is just like us - providing free information & services to the masses, regardless of income, social status or technological savvy. Right now I am using it to do an inventory of our kitchen, because I am sick & tired of wondering if I have tomato paste or realizing that half my pantry expired a year ago! This way I can check my inventory via mobile device while I'm in the grocery store & shop accordingly.
Another really incredible tool for organizing yourself & your thoughts online is Evernote. It can be accessed via the web & mobile device (am I sounding like a broken record? C'mon, we have to admit there are millions of people using these devices.) & you can make notes on just about anything, it will even translate text from a photo! Want to remember how many calories were in that thing you ate from the convenience store? Take a picture of the nutritional info, upload it to Evernote & it will save the text in the picture as a note. "That's crazy talk!" you say? But wait, there's more! You can place Evernote on a thumb drive to use on different computers that don't have web access, email notes or even twitter them to your account. It can even help you remember where you parked. There are tons of uses for Evernote, check out some other user-suggested ideas, here & here.
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