OK, first, I LOVE GOOGLE. I love what they makes and in general I love the way they do business. (Note: all large companies, including Google, mess up sometimes. See Google Books Lawsuit. This is obviously not the place to go into it in depth, but this is a really complicated situation. Ask me some time if you want to talk about it.)
Back to Google Docs. The concept, is great. Like I said, I love Google and most of the things they produce. The problem I have now, is that while they have developed so many great things and done it quickly, Google Docs is WAY behind in functionality. I do use it on a regular basis, and I just used it to write a group paper in grad school, but when it comes to actually creating documents, especially spreadsheets, I always, always have to download the document to edit them. Very frustrating!
Alright, so here are my three things to use Google docs for:
1. Collaborate on a group paper
2. Collaborative homework problem/discussions
3. Surveys using Google forms
This last one, is something I do use all the time, but again, I'm going to have to start using something else until Google gets it's act together and make it much more usable.
Back to Google Docs. The concept, is great. Like I said, I love Google and most of the things they produce. The problem I have now, is that while they have developed so many great things and done it quickly, Google Docs is WAY behind in functionality. I do use it on a regular basis, and I just used it to write a group paper in grad school, but when it comes to actually creating documents, especially spreadsheets, I always, always have to download the document to edit them. Very frustrating!
Alright, so here are my three things to use Google docs for:
1. Collaborate on a group paper
2. Collaborative homework problem/discussions
3. Surveys using Google forms
This last one, is something I do use all the time, but again, I'm going to have to start using something else until Google gets it's act together and make it much more usable.
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