Google Docs

Next to Symbaloo, Google Docs has been the tool that I have found to be the most useful. From a professional stand point it will probably be the tool I use the most often. For my job I put together a lot of presentations as well as training slides. One f the biggest challenges I face is being able to find time to work on these slides. Most times I am working on these slides at home and either have to transfer from computer to computer via a USB stick which presents a few problems, or email the files back and forth from my personal and work emails. Neither of these solutions is very efficient and in many cases I have lost my work or occasionally forget my USB drive.

Google Docs eliminates all of this hassle. I can log on from anywhere, create the document, make changes, even share the document with Co-workers. Below is a Go animate which is based on an experience I recently had where Google Docs saved the day.

Google docs by phnxx75 on GoAnimate

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I have been singing the praises of google docs for the last few weeks and it is amazing that such a great tool exists but very few people actually use it. That may change soon specially with the expected launch of Google drive. Cnet reports that some of the features expected to be coming with Google drive would be the ability to create and share many more additional document types, including Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. It may be possible for users to share and collaborate on the same documents in real-time which would be extremely helpful. All in all this is a great tool for both personal and professional uses.